Pedometers track your physical activity, by measuring the steps you take each day. Now, they're being used in several local schools to track the physical activity of students. Should schools require students to wear them?

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Several parents tell 2 On Your Side that they're refusing to have their kids wear them and a prominent local attorney says they're onto something.

..."I think we're teaching our kids to give away personal information far too easily," said Kelly Labonte, who has three kids in North Tonawanda. Her kids just told her that they have to wear the devices, including one who's a special education student.

"It just baffles me, how they can force this upon you? I think it should be a choice and I think some kids will choose to do it," she said.

Paul Cambria, a civil and criminal attorney says, "this is an invasion of privacy because it's morning to night, and it measures your body, your body's activity."

Cambria adds that specifically, the schools need to get permission to do this, "the question is whether that is an invasion of privacy and whether a state entity, which a school is can invade your privacy without a court order."

The program, which originates from the U.S. Department of Education says students K-12, except those with serious physical problems are to wear them all the time...

The school districts...are expecting anywhere between 230-thousand dollars to 725-thousand dollars from the federal government to offer the program.