The cameras at Griffith Jr./Sr. High School were pretty state of the art when it comes to security cameras, even able to outline and pick out specific people from a crowd, but during spring break they decided it’s time for an upgrade, adding new cameras in place of old ones and adding even more cameras to the school. 

Of course while, the original cameras were state of the art, they had a single strong flaw, they didn’t have any audio, the security team was stuck having to piece together things happening around the school with nothing but visual clues, the biggest issue of adding microphones to the cameras is that the hallways are extremely loud and have almost no way they can make out any actual words spoken in the halls.  

When replacing security cameras, the obvious answer for why is that this is an upgrade, but that might not be it. Some of the cameras might be new adding even more security to the school, “we do an audit every year on where they’re aimed, where we can use them, and where they can be more effective before we want to start purchasing new cameras” said school security chief Dan young which proposes the question, were the cameras not effective before? how long until a simple security improvement becomes an invasion of privacy? how many cameras are too many? Should the school be covered head to toe in cameras ensuring the safety of students but not allowing any privacy of students? 

The new cameras are more likely to just be improvements, with maybe even audio added, but the idea that students have had about the new cameras shouldn’t be thrown aside, more cameras is restricting and also leads to some students not being able to have a moment of peace while knowing they are now being watched by a new state of the art camera. 

However, there is a lack of cameras in the classrooms, the place that students would be the most, and teachers can’t always have their eye on every student so why not add cameras to the classrooms instead of just adding more?