Hall Cameras Installed

Students and teachers have erupted with concern about the newly installed cameras throughout the hallways of the school.

“What’s next, cameras in classrooms?” senior Tim Gray said.

Twenty Three cameras have been put up in the school hallways not including ones outside also. School security argues that it is a perfectly acceptable measure being as Annandale is one of the last high schools in Fairfax County to put cameras throughout the school in addition to those outside.

It is not only students questioning measures taken by the school but also the teachers.

“I don’t want cameras following me around in school. What and they are going to put them in the classrooms and bathrooms next? Seems like an invasion of privacy to me, where do they even get that right? Where did I sign that they could be videoing and watching me throughout the school when I accepted my job here?” computer science teacher, Lark Madoo said.

Madoo raises some great points. The cameras in the hallways can be interpreted as an invasion of privacy, and students and teachers did not sign anything agreeing with this policy.

Although there are some questionable aspects to the cameras, there is a lot of good that will come out of it also.

Some students will feel safer rather than scared of these cameras. Security will be able to catch students skipping easier or any fights being staged. It will make Annandale a safer place overall. They can also be a reference point when something happens and there are two different stories.
Although the cameras do not have sound, actions will be caught by the cameras to reveal the truth and hold students accountable.