LatinoFoxNews.com is reporting that Andrea Hernandez successfully fought a proposal by the North Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas to implement a student-tracking system that would equip each child with ID cards that contained radio frequency identification technology (RFID). The cards are capable of pinpointing a student's location anywhere he or she might be and was meant to boost attendance.
Hernandez, like many other U.S. citizens, was leery of the gadget and said it violated her religious beliefs because it was so much like the "mark of the beast" found in the Bible. She was eventually forced to transfer to another school when she refused to wear the badge.
"In the book of Revelations it talks about if you don't take the mark of the beast you pretty much can't participate in the world's economy," said Andrea's father, Steve Hernandez. "The correlation was just there, if you didn't wear the chip badge, you couldn't participate in school activities."
Superintentendent Brian Woods told San Antonio Express News that Hernandez's suit was one of many reasons why the district, which is the fourth largest in the state, decided to nix the program.
“When we looked at the attendance rates, surveys of parents, staff and students on the program, how much effort it took to track down the students and make them wear the badges, and to a lesser degree, the court case and negative publicity, we decided to not pursue continuing with it,” Woods said.
Andrea is waiting to learn if she can return to her old school, but says the fight was worth it.
"Even if you win or lose," said Andrea, "it's the fact that you stood up and you said something and tried to make a difference."
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