Two full-time security personnel review videotape from the cameras daily, and if offenses are caught on screen, the students involved are called in and presented with the visual evidence. We've caught kids on camera, and we've disciplined kids from the camera.
Kids know it's there.
That knowledge alone, Blandie insisted, goes a long way in reducing discipline problems at Piscataway High School, the lone high school in the district. When it comes to a newfound reliance on electronic surveillance, Blandie and his district aren't alone. Congress and the U.S. Department of Energy, state task forces, and district superintendents are among the ardent supporters of surveillance systems for safer schools. In large urban schools where violence can be routine, administrators see surveillance systems as a way to bring a semblance of control to chronically violent hallways. Where violence is not a major problem, principals and superintendents call the installations preventive, eager to show a tangible reaction to Columbine and other school shootings.