Good morning all,
I would say no. Here is a recent opinion about something similar in classrooms. The library is my classroom.
Your idea to place surveillance cameras in classrooms more broadly is very different and especially concerning. Setting aside how intrusive teachers would find such cameras, the State Board of Labor Relations has ruled that placement of surveillance cameras in the workplace is a mandatory subject of negotiations. See, e.g., City of Hartford, Decision No. 4719 (St. Bd. Lab. Rel., March 19, 2014). Accordingly, it would be an unfair labor practice for you to place surveillance cameras in classrooms unless your school district and the teachers’ union agree through negotiations that you may do so (which will never happen).
The full text of the article is here.
Jamie
Library Scientist and
K-12 Library/Media Coordinator
Simsbury Public Schools
860.658.2251 ext. 118
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