Locator chips for students

I have heard in the news recently that schools in Texas are using "locator chips" in the students id's to pinpoint exactly where they are in the school to track attendance. This chips even can tell a person the student is in the bathroom which totally crosses boundaries of privacy. There has been some opposition to this because people, especially religious groups, say it doesn't go along with their beliefs. People who support this idea say that they are just trying to make it easier to find the student if they are needed.I have to oppose it, but for reasons different than what some religious groups are saying. I think students should be accountable for getting to class on time, especially high school students. Students these days are being treated like babies and should suffer the same consequences everyone has in the past if they aren't where they need to be on school property.
Another issue to take into consideration with this system is the security of the children. If the system were to compromised and someone who shouldn't be looking at it saw where every specific child was on school property, that could be very dangerous. If schools are considering permanently implementing this they need to make sure that take this in to consideration
 Privacy and freedom are main factors. If these most of these students are old enough to drive, they should be able to have the ability to have freedom and privacy to make their own decisions, even if they are bad ones. This locator card takes the freedom from the student and furthers the feeling that schools are systematic and unforgiving, which is not the idea these kids should be getting.

-an article from The Statesman