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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does it have to do with trans children? Monitoring already happens. No one is talking about cameras.[/quote]

They are talking about cameras outside of the bathrooms to monitor who is going in and when, but not inside the bathrooms, which would obviously come with gross privacy violations and wouldn't move forward.[/quote]

There are hallway cameras in schools now.[/quote]

It's not the same in all schools and the cameras aren't specifically positioned to capture bathroom traffic. Arlington Public Schools is tweaking and optimizing its video surveillance for this exact same reason:

[QUOTE]After a meeting with principals, the school system is also reviewing some of its security measures, specifically regarding cameras.

Board Vice Chair Cristina Diaz-Torres said she’s been told cameras in some schools have blind spots, “and so students are engaging in reckless behavior, in exchanges and in sales, or in acts of aggression and physical violence, where they know that the cameras are not looking.”

County officials started visiting schools last week to review camera placement and positioning and are working with school staff to see whether additional cameras need to be purchased, John Mayo, the school system’s chief operating officer, said.[/QUOTE]

https://wtop.com/arlington/2023/02/arlington-schools-considering-security-communication-changes-after-apparent-overdose/[/quote]

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