California Students Who Skip School Are Now Tracked by GPS

The Anaheim Union High School district is the first to use this method of keeping kids in school.

Seventh and eighth graders with four or more unexcused absences are given a GPS device about the size of an average cellphone. The student is then required to check in at random points in time through out the day and even get a reminder in the morning that they need to get up and go to school. Students who still are causing trouble get an adult coach/buddy who they are required to call three times a week to update them on their status.

Source: The Orange County Register