I'm not arguing with you. You are the expert.
But I don't see where a school district has any business or even a legal right without a warrant to monitor a video feed of a student's house, car, life, backpack, etc. wherever that pc is.
Please explain?
Using the software they had, they go onto Absolutes website, login, punch in the account info for the laptop (probably the serial number), and then they wait. Next time the laptop is connected to the Internet, it "phones home" to the Absolute database and checks to see if it has been flagged. If so, it turns the iSight on, snaps a picture, and returns a system snap shot with relevant info in it like IP, DNS info, that could be used to help track the system down.
That is a far cry from having an active, "all the time" spy node in someones house.
There is a way to do it with Apple's Remote Desktop, but you'd need to be VPN'd into the school's network for the sys admin to get at it.
If they do, then certain other parties have a reasonable case for doing the same. For example your bank that holds a mortgage on your house, to make sure you're taking good care of their investment; your car insurance company, to determine how risky you really are or how much mileage you actually accrue; your city sewer authority, just in case you want to drain the wrong runoff, like pool water; your health insurance company (which may soon be your mandatory health insurance company!); or even the clothing store that currently trusts you to try on clothing in a private booth.
Really, the only privacy that is sacred in liberal thought is the one you have when you are killing a baby -- or an invalid.