Assign apps to classroom iPads without Apple IDs

Our district is integrating Profile Manager on OSX Server, bound to AD, with 50+ iPads. They will be handed out to certain K-12 classrooms.
I was hoping once myself or a teacher was authenticated against AD, and the iPad auto enrolled, I could assign/push apps OTA (similarly to AD or Novell with a PC). I don't want teachers having to log in with their apple IDs, on every device, then the device handled by young children.
I thought the easiest part of the setup would be distributing VPP apps, however is appears each user has to be "invited", accept, and then sign in with an apple id. Is this true? Am I missing something?
All help is appreciated it!

For more info... Beyond the Apple VPP for Education document and particularly for a wealth of background and experiences with integrating iPad hardware into schools, see Fraser Speir's blog postings, and then skim the archives of the Mac Enterprise mailing list for yet more information on using iPad and OS X Server together, and (if you have any time left) skimming EnterpriseIOS.

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