California high school embroiled in debate over app that times students' bathroom breaks
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California's Fresno High School sparked debate after incorporating the 5-Star Students app to help track bathroom breaks, with some critical of its potential to invade privacy.
Students, who are restricted to two, 7-minute bathroom trips daily, must plug their student ID number into the app in order for a countdown to begin. Taylor Penley is an associate editor with Fox News.
"If the system detects fewer than 25 students campus-wide are on bathroom trips, the screen turns green and the countdown begins," The Fresno Bee reported. Students must return to class before time runs out.
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