Rantz: Eatonville High School uses ankle monitors on student athletes to track COVID outbreaks

Eatonville HS asks players to wear tracking devices during some sporting events to help track COVID exposure. (Photo: Eatonville High School Facebook page)

Eatonville High School is using taxpayer-funded ankle monitors to track student athletes during the COVID pandemic. But not all parents reportedly signed off on this move.

The Eatonville School District confirms to the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH that the district uses proximity monitors. Regardless of vaccination status, coaches and staff wear them during high contact and moderate indoor contact sports. The district says students are not tracked. Instead, the device’s radio-based sensors track the distance between others who wear

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