Kids Who Skip School Get Tracked By GPS

suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from the Orange County Register: "Frustrated by students habitually skipping class, police and the Anaheim Union High School District are turning to GPS tracking to ensure they come to class. The six-week pilot program is the first in California to test GPS. Seventh- and eighth-graders with four unexcused absences or more this school year are assigned to carry a handheld GPS device, about the size of a cell phone. 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."

Re:Conditioning

[tophermeyer]

...so it's not a bug, it's a feature?

Re:8PM?

[strack]

headed?

Re:Great plan there

[Drakkenmensch]

"Excuse me sir, but all the GPS hoodlums are reporting from the same location, every day!"

"Dear god, they've formed a GANG!"

Re:Great plan there

[Low Ranked Craig]

Sounds autobiographical.

Re:Great plan there

[Push Latency]

Which means they're likely skipping class to play Dungeons & Dragons! [slashdot.org]

My thoughts exactly. One problem though...

[crovira]

I doubt that kids have enough folding dough to make this truly profitable, unless you count pre-tit poontang from the girly-truants. (If inept sex is all you can manage; go for it. :-)