Student opinion on new student identification app

The new student identification (ID) app was released for the 2025-26 school year, as an update on the previous version, and it has been a very controversial topic among students.

“When I was first told about the app, I thought it was redundant, since the previous app seemed to work fine,” senior Liad Studnik said.

Many students were confused when the app first came out and they thought it was unnecessary and were annoyed by the fact that they had to download the new app.

“It just takes up storage on my phone now,” junior Tyler Medvedev said. “I don’t like it.”

There are other issues caused by the app that make it disliked among the student body of El Camino. There are some features about the app that some of the student body liked as well.

“It can show your classes, tardies, and how many detentions you have,” senior Tyler Evangelista said. “It was good because I never knew I had so many tardies until I logged in to the app.”

The new features of the app have some people happy about it as students think it makes important changes that make student life significantly easier.

“[The app] is easy to navigate, so the change was relatively simple,” Studnik said.

The straightforward layout helps students stay informed of important information, especially for seniors who need to stay on top of their tardies for senior activities.

“It makes it easier to see total tardies and detentions compared to the hassle of accessing the online pending detention sheet and the Aeries attendance tab.” Studnik said.

While there has been a generally positive consensus on the overall layout of the app, there are still problems with the app. It appears to be slow in updating its information, with schedules being outdated among other issues.

“I changed my schedule around and it’s still the schedule I got on the first day,” Medvedev said. “It should be updated so we can see our classes.”

The student body has questioned since the first day of school if this change was truly necessary, but there are positives that seem to benefit everyone.

“I’m not sure why the change was made, or what it was trying to accomplish,” Studnik said. “After looking at the different features of the app, I’m actually quite fond of it.”