absolutely my first though. in case it changes, the headline at the time of this comment ends with "Not everyone likes it".

It seems like "some people love it" would be the MUCH more interesting (if not disturbing) story.

I bet the school administrators (and to a slightly lesser extent the teachers) love it, it gets them to offload a central part of their job. Now instead of disciplining students when they break rules, they can just offload it to an app and abdicate any responsibility. "Oh the app says you can't use the restroom? Guess you can't use the restroom, sorry!" Big "The Lady from Silicon Valley" vibes.