Sophia initially had planned to go to adminsitrator's office to request using selfie drones. For protection. In times when privacy laws were stringent and rich guarded their details like a gold, any activity which could potentially breach their privacy had to be confiscated. In worse cases, the person would vanish, rather than just pay fine or go to jail.
Though Sophia had plans for breaking those privacy laws, purely for her safety, she still wanted to be law abiding person for as long as possible. Privacy was guaranteed by Sky Lark High, this they had lots of measures to guard the privacy of all the second generation or multi generation rich brats. So, needing a permission from school was a must. If not, she had another way. Still, let's try the easy way.
Before she could make an appointment, she was called to go there, pronto. Only when she entered the office and saw others, did she understand the situation.