Anaheim School District Tracks Students with GPS

Kids In California School Tracked By GPS If They Cut Class

San Francisco Chronicle

Officials in the Anaheim school district in southern California are taking a new technological approach to cutting high school truancy: GPS devices.

According to the Orange County Register, students in seventh or eighth grade who cut class more than a few times can avoid "continuation school" or juvenile prosecution by agreeing to carry a handheld GPS device the size of a cell phone. Then, at critical times of day where they might skip out -- like on the way to school and at lunch -- they are supposed to enter a code that tells officials where they are...

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GPS To Track Truant Students In Anaheim

ANAHEIM (CBS) — Call it a last-ditch effort to tackle truancy in Orange County.

Two Anaheim schools have become the first in California to adopt GPS tracking to prevent students from cutting class...

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Schools use GPS to track students who skip

MSNBC

Skipping class, though frowned upon, is practically a rite of passage for young teens, but thanks to an elaborate system involving GPS being used by some school districts, it is practically being eliminated completely.

The Orange County Register reports that the Anaheim Union High School District in California is currently participating in a pilot program which involves using a combination of Global Positioning System technology, automated telephone reminders, and one-on-one coaching to cut down on truancy. It's similar to programs being used in Baltimore and San Antonio...

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Anaheim Program Tracking Students Through GPS Devices

Review of Electronics

The Anaheim Union High School District in California is currently cracking down on students who have a penchant for missing classes. The Cali school district is currently taking part in a pilot program in association with The Orange County Register Reports, which will be tracking lackadaisical students who have 4 or more unexcused absences throughout the year. How will they track them? Through a complex GPS system that works in conjunction with automated telephone reminders, coaching, and student responses. According to reports, 7^th and 8^th grade students will be enrolled in the Anaheim program who have a history of cutting class. These kids will receive a GPS tracking device, which will need to be used on a regular basis.

“Each morning on schooldays, [students will] get an automated phone call reminding them that they need to get to school on time. Then, five times a day, they are required to enter a code that tracks their locations – as they leave for school, when they arrive at school, at lunchtime, when they leave school and at 8 p.m...

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