http://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/ Switched Comments for New Jersey School Forces Students to Carry GPS-Enabled Cell Phones http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/Mar 18th 2008 9:25PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/Mar 24th 2008 9:15PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/Dec 4th 2007 8:45PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/
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If these were government mandated GPS for all citizens I'd agree with you... this is no where near that.]]>Dec 5th 2007 7:50AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/
It's a safety program, I don't understand why people are so suspicious of it.]]>Dec 5th 2007 9:50AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/Dec 5th 2007 10:45AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/And WHO is going to pay for this!?!?!...
Obviously...it will be the responsibility of the NJ taxpayer...or raised college tuition...or BOTH...
But, at the bottom line, the college will pass the cost of this experiment on to the taxpaying citizens one way or the other...
Is it any wonder that the NJ School System is one of the most expensive systems in the country...Inefficiently run,a system of tenure that protects incompetent educators, over staffed at the Board and Management ends, and prone to stupid ideas that cost more than they are worth...And this idiotic scheme is just another !!!
Why don't the schools of NJ focus on what SHOULD be their Primary Objective...Effective Education of their students...!!!...]]>Dec 5th 2007 10:50AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/
The students have to activate the alarm, that is not the same as saying the tracking feature is off when the alarm is not activated. Montclair is a state university supported by New Jerey taxpayers. A state whose government never ceases to find ways to spend money it does not have. This state owes way more than its projected revenues for decades to come, yet compels students to have a particular phone service. Does letting that contract sound fishy to you?

The only thing that does surprise me is that the state does not require all New Jerseyans to have the same phones. Welcome to the quintesential nanny state!]]>Dec 5th 2007 10:53AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/
Dang]]>Dec 5th 2007 11:08AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/http://www.switched.com/2007/12/04/new-jersey-school-mandates-gps-cell-phones-for-students/Dec 5th 2007 11:39AM