See below. The accounting problem is a far greater challenge that security. Interestingly school information systems are notoriously bad at security, so hitting par won't actually be that hard. Accurate accounting may be a huge challenge, though.
Either way, mentoring would be key, and no system developed vy students should be allowed into production at a scholl without a complete review. But that that's part of the process. Even in a private company/OSS project, code shouldn't be allowed into production without a review. I do have access to many people with the right skill set to be able to develop such a system on their own (my self included) in addition to the fact that I work for an information security research institution, so I have access to folks who know a whole lot more about trusted systems than I.
Of course, HS students will make mistakes, but the mentors will be there to review the work, and make suggestions, while keeping "bad code" from hitting a production system.
In the end, I'm not sure that I'm convinced that a student developed system is any different from one developed by some outside company.
assuming that the majority of the work at commercial company X is done by people who weren't long-ago HS students themselves, often with minimal training and support at their company, I agree, there's likely very little difference, other than the mistakes will be more open and easier for people to see and fix.
Either way, mentoring would be key, and no system developed vy students should be allowed into production at a scholl without a complete review. But that that's part of the process. Even in a private company/OSS project, code shouldn't be allowed into production without a review. I do have access to many people with the right skill set to be able to develop such a system on their own (my self included) in addition to the fact that I work for an information security research institution, so I have access to folks who know a whole lot more about trusted systems than I.
Of course, HS students will make mistakes, but the mentors will be there to review the work, and make suggestions, while keeping "bad code" from hitting a production system.
In the end, I'm not sure that I'm convinced that a student developed system is any different from one developed by some outside company.