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Florida School District Begins Fingerprinting Students 294

First time accepted submitter Boogaroo writes "The Washington County school district in Florida has placed fingerprint scanners at the entrance to Chipley High School. They've also made a decision to run an alternate trial by placing the scanners on buses since most kids in the district ride buses every day. Since the beginning the fingerprinting, attendance is up, but not everyone is in agreement that the costs and risks are worth the attendance boost." Aren't there simpler and less-creepy ways to count kids, like looking at empty desks?

Comment It's just business. (Score 1) 735

Do the right thing. Do what is right for you and your family at the particular point in time of your life. There will always be projects, and if your current company treats you well, that's great. As you know, especially in the UK, there are lots of layoffs happening. You may be totally loyal to the company, yet the company may lay you off. It's just business. And it will be out of your control. Training the 'juniors' is a way to help hand down your skills to the cheaper staff. Outsourcing programming jobs is getting easier, and your job may end up being outsourced in India or China. On the other hand, more money, closer commute, similar type of job - these are very attractive attributes of the new job. You will save 45 minutes in commuting time. As you put it - a massive difference in your life. DO IT!

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