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What you might return to at summer's end could be school administrators picking your accessories--and it's not gonna be pretty. Some Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern  students were recently required to lug (1) (Linux Users Group) A formal or informal organization of Linux users who gather together virtually or in person to exchange information and resources. Some groups maintain mailing lists and send out newsletters for their members.  ugly detectors around their necks--ID tags that are tracking devices. Skipped chemistry? The school establishment knows. Ditching phys ed phys ed  
n. Informal
Physical education.
? Don't even try. The high-tech surveillance product was designed to streamline school attendance systems. But the bulky electronic contraptions draped drape  
v. draped, drap·ing, drapes

v.tr.
1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure.
 around their necks made Brittan Elementary School students feel they were wearing dog tags and that their presence in school amounted to a mere bar code. Parents picketed, and the system was scrapped. But word on the streets is that InCom, the company that markets the technology, has been deluged with calls from school districts wanting to adopt the system. Could be coming to a school near you ....
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Title Annotation:Boo! Hiss!; electronic school attendance monitoring
Publication:Girls' Life
Geographic Code:1U9CA
Date:Jun 1, 2005
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