However, some students say that the IDs make them feel uncomfortable. Teachers say the IDs are helpful. Broadcast Journalism teacher John Goldman said that the IDs let students know who staff members are and let teachers know who students are. Besides security reasons, IDs are being used to ease some school functions including buying lunch, assistant principal Paul Farmer said. Students can pay into a lunch account and have the cost of their lunch withdrawn from their account automatically when they scan their ID's bar code.
Students checking out books from the library also have to scan their bar code.
Students who ride a bus have a 'B' written on their ID, indicating that they can receive a public bus token if they stay after school for an extracurricular activity, according to Farmer.