I would be concerned. What do they do with the footage? Hope that it is kept securely and destroyed appropriately.

I wonder whether the classroom teacher knew about this in her classroom? I’m sure there would be repercussions from staff as well as the families involved.

I don’t understand why parents would get their panties in a twist over this- it only makes for a safer environment for the kids really because if anything happens there’s proof and things are very easily identified.

I don’t have a problem with this. If you don’t do anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about. I also agree with the secrecy. You cannot catch someone out if you warn them first. In many cases it is camera footage that is conclusive proof of wrongdoing.

I can understand the reason behind needing the camera BUT, parents should have definitely been advised. As parents, we put our trust in schools and teachers and this act certainly puts that trust in jeopardy!

Yes I certainly would be outraged. This is just plain wrong.

I think they should have alerted parents before their children were filmed regardless of the reason that they were installed.

Yes I would be outraged. not good enough

I think if they were to alert the parents to the camera’s word would have easily spread and would have jeopardised catching the person responsible so in this case I think it is understandable why they didn’t inform the parents.

I do hope that they solved the issue and caught the person responsible

wow what a crazy thing to occur.

It is not allowed and people have to be advised and informed when cameras are in use. It is for the privacy and rights and protection of children and adults. No one has the right to your image without your consent. There may also be matters before courts and due care needs to be shown. Again it comes down to transparency. Would adults like it if they were being filmed secretly at work? I imagine not!

Well, when there clearly was a good reason when they needed to identify a perpetrator of repeated acts of vandalism and victimisation at the school, but I do think that parents should have be informed as it sounds rather serious.

Yes, because we’re so careful about not posting images of our kids.

There is 2 ways of looking at this. It will show evidence of any wrong behaviour and could protect a pupil as much as it does a teacher. If parents were notified there is a chance they are going to warn their kids and the activity happen elsewhere in the school. Obviously the School Principal wants evidence to show everybody involved. The Police will use it, also possibly other parts of the Education Dept.

wouldn’t it kind of defeat the purpose of it being a hidden camera trying to catch someone out if everyone knew about it??

The parents definitely had a rightyo know there was a harrassment incident being investigated by police. If its serious enough to need hidden cameras then its serious enough that the person they were investigating should have been suspended and a proper investigation done.

You need to be informed first if they wish to do this!

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  • • mom93821 replied
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  Absolutely! It completely breaks the trust between parents and school.

Well i would want to know if my child was being filmed! that is a very sneaky and invasive thing for the school to do! i understand wanting to put in the camera but the parents should have been notified of this decision.

Well, I surely wouldn’t like to make such a discovery!!

Not really – everyone’s image is all over everything anyway so it seems.