Hand scans for Florida gradeschoolers

And here we were thinking that when you're in middle school, the only thing big brother does is beat you up. 
Don Estridge middle school in Boca Raton, Florida, is now keeping biometric data of all its students for such purposes as signing in and out of schoolbusses, taking attendence, and the ever popular aggregate citizen data collection program.  Jim Kelly, the schools' police chief says, "We are a testing ground for this new technology.  It's like an ID card for kids, but they won't be able to lose them."  Wanna bet?  Kids can lose
anything.