The issue isn’t opposition to change.
It’s the lack of honesty behind the WHY.
Consider “gun crime.” The left has championed “smart gun technology, “red flag laws,” “assault weapon bans” and so on, to reduce “gun crime.”
These ideas are rejected by normal people, because they fail the WHY test. The left’s stated WHY is “these controls will lower deaths without impinging on the rights of law-abiding citizens.”
As the meme goes, Sure Jan…sure…because there are scores of other controls that will WORK and most thinking people realize their WHY is a sham. To wit: almost every solution offered up by the left reduces liberty and empowers Leviathan, not to mention the control will fail.
Now, let’s turn to taking roll. I think everyone can get behind automating mundane administrative tasks to maximize value-added activities. But in this case, most people see the WHY as a sham as well. Why not swipes? Yes, the kids may lose their ID - well, then they go to someone in school who key punches their attendance into the database and Johnny brings his ID tomorrow. Like with firearms, the solution is unnecessarily elaborate and probably is a front for something, possibly more sinister*.
The same thing happened with Covid. The WHY behind masks, shutdowns, 2 weeks to flatten the curve, vaccine mandates, etc was a sham. That didn’t stop them.
* - I will agree, that perhaps a strong element of paranoia has entered into any such discussion nowadays. But, as they say, yesterday’s conspiracy theory is tomorrow’s historical fact.
You are over thinking the issue.
The finger register is automated taking of the roll. Schools always take rolls, every day.