My personal take is that this is a dual part answer. Anonymous is as awesome as it is terrible. The idea of anonymous is what I think I would champion most.
There are some good things done by the faceless group... and there are stupid childish things done by the faceless group.. neither the same part of the whole, but still apart of the group.
From this we see community, and from internet community, we see weirdos. Just depends on how deep you're wanting to look.
I wonder what the school's policy is on tampering with the device. Working for a Texas School not to terribly far away, I've wondered quite a bit about this case.
The school is willing to deactivate the device by taking the battery out... and if applicable to one student it would be applicable to all, no? So why not have all students just remove the batteries. System deactivated. Problem solved.
Just was making an honest statement about my experiences with Apple Maps. I can aim to come up with something immediately more negative next time if you would like.
One small step for man, one giant stumble for mankind.