School becomes surveillance state

By at 12:28 pm Sunday, Sep 8

A California high-school has turned itself into a surveillance state, tracking students moment-by-moment. Presumably, this is so that they will be better prepared to live in a surveillance state by the time they graduate.
As Mike Brooder pulls into the student parking lot outside West Hills High School, wireless cameras record his face and license plate--doing the same to every car that follows.

The cameras then track the 17-year-old senior as he walks up a concrete path, studies his schedule, scratches his chin, waves to friends and then wanders to class...

Each bathroom door is monitored. Sensors that detect the smoke of a single match send alerts to campus security.

By Christmas, four more cameras will be installed, and hall monitors will carry wireless computers that can pull up a student's school picture and class schedule.

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