The Tampa Tribune reports that Schrader Elementary and Chasco Middle School in New Port Richey, Fla., will test a new program this month in the hope of speeding up their lunch lines.
The biometrics system, sold by School-Link Technologies, is similar to one used by pass holders at Disney’s theme parks in Orlando. If the system works well, it will be installed at Veterans Elementary in Wesley Chapel and Crews Lake Middle in Shady Hills, which open next year, and phased in during the next three to five years.
The cost, about $350 a keypad, is about the same as replacing the old system, which is about 10 years old. The scanner collects and stores a numerical pattern that denotes contours rather than a fingerprint, and no fingerprints may be retrieved from the system. Parents who do not wish to have their children participate may opt out of the pilot program. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/archive-4.gif)
