# Parents can check on their kids in school from afar

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-can-check-on-their-kids-in-school-from-afar/193899>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 8, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-can-check-on-their-kids-in-school-from-afar/193899 "2003-08-08T20:20:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-can-check-on-their-kids-in-school-from-afar/193899/21 "2003-08-14T23:50:12Z")

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**autz** : The only thing there I can really complain about is this:

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> [Maryann Graczyk, president of the Mississippi American Federation of Teachers] also said she is troubled by inability of students, parents or teachers to see the recordings without going to court.

If these cameras are being installed at taxpayer expense, ostensibly for the safety of students, and administrators can view the recordings at any time, then parents, students, and teachers ought to be able to view the recordings as well. I don’t see it as a violation of privacy, because classrooms and hallways are essentially public places anyway. Certainly there’s no expectation of privacy in these places.

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