The school bought every student in school Macbooks with track-back feature which allows the school district to take photos anytime a laptop is reported missing in order to help find it. They didn't have to hack any computers to do this.
These computers are not cheep btw. How the school district could justify such a huge expenditure, paid for by a state grant, while other school districts are destitute should be interesting to hear them explain also.
What is clear is that the assistant principal was misusing the tracking feature and that she and anyone else that was doing this should end up in prison. They are also going to cost the school district millions in damages. Here is another article with much more detail.
If the feature were truly for tracking lost or stolen computers, then it would go to reason, for any sane, normal, non-educrat, that it would NOT be activated unless there was a report of a lost or stolen computer.
Well, the story is so bizzarre that it's hard to believe. I started questioning it, too.
Because, if it's true, it's a nightmare-come-true.
Now it sounds like heads are rolling over there.
For the record, other sources say both state and federal grants were used to buy those laptops.
If you've never been to Lower Merion, you have to see it to believe it. It's beautiful.
Not every single family there is wealthy, but many are.