I'm not a proponent of facial recognition at all and would not endorse it especially in this use case. But, if you believe the 17,000 hours/year number, that's ~$500,000/year (assuming $30/hour, random guess) in potential savings. Are you saying there can't possibly be system that could be designed to take attendance while not further infringing on a student's privacy that's cheaper than that?
What is probably happening is that this is some sneaky way of introducing facial recognition in schools and something benign like attendance was the excuse. That, however, is a separate conversation from my original post of how would you automate attendance without using facial recognition.
What is probably happening is that this is some sneaky way of introducing facial recognition in schools and something benign like attendance was the excuse. That, however, is a separate conversation from my original post of how would you automate attendance without using facial recognition.