Should There Be Security Cameras In Schools

Cost"Smart boards are being put up in the Spanish and band classrooms which is useless because this whole entire year, my teachers have used the expensive boards only to draw on because they are confused by all the devices"This is your mere assertion. You have no evidence smart boards are expensive, no evidence smart boards are put in unnecessary clases, no evidence that teachers don't know how to use them, no evidence they aren't worth the cost, etc. If bullying is a major issue in school the child can report it for free. The U. S. tax payers should not have to shell out millions of dollars because kids are to scared to tattle on a bully. That's ridiculous. If kids really want bullying to stop they can report it themselves. They don't need a $1000 dollar camera to do it for them. I'm also assuming the cameras will be on for 6 hours and that you are requiring teachers to view all of that. That either require you to pull teachers from their jobs to pay them watch hours of useless footage and they might miss something like the sale of a drug. Or you will have to pay a security guard more money to view the footage. Cameras are too expensive. SecurityI have already explained that school shootings are unlikely and that a cheaper and more effective way would be to allow teachers to carry their firearms on campus. You are asking schools to spend several thousands dollars plus the cost of a security guard to prevent an event that will more than likely never occur. If 2 or 3 teachers at a school kept guns at a home allowing them to bring them to school would be free and would be more effective at stopping a shooter than mere cameras. PrivacyRegarding privacy, in gym class, people don't mind dressing with members of the same sex. There also aren't teachers watching. Even moreso people don't use the same bathroom stalls, which is a popular place where the sale and use of drugs occur. In order to prevent a good deal of illegal activity, cameras need to be installed in bathroom stalls. Now I for one don't mind being seen naked if it's for a good security reason such as when I go through security at an airport. But many do mind and therefore they don't go to airports. You are forcing everyone who doesn't make the choice to go to school to be forced to reveal themselves naked, in the bathroom, etc to school officials. Yes we know teachers won't go around telling others what they saw, but we don't want them to see us period. ConclusionIn conclusion my opponent has offered no evidence that smart boards are useless, expensive or implemented in many classrooms unnecessarilyMy opponent has no proven that forcing schools to spend thousands of dollars on security cameras is more effective than simply allowing teachers to carry their firearms at home on campusMy opponent has not shown how it makes sense to force schools to spend thousands on security cameras to catch bullying when kids aren't willing to do it themselvesMy opponent has not shown how it is ethical to subject students to the embarrasment and stress, who are forced to go to school to have themselves, without choice, be displayed naked, using the bathroom, etc to the very teachers that teach them.