A $76.3 million investment will bring new and upgraded surveillance cameras to around 330 schools over the next three years, Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez announced Wednesday.
A camera watches over a hallway and staircase inside Eli Whitney Elementary School in Chicago, Feb. 22, 2023.
Installed in indoor and outdoor locations, primarily at elementary schools, Martinez said the cameras will “give security staff greater visibility across all areas of our campuses throughout the school day” and “prove valuable in deterring crime and resolving criminal acts that take place around our schools.”But while surveillance cameras do have their security benefits, they can contribute to adverse impacts on students, said Odis Johnson, Jr.
An education and public health professor, Johnson and research partner Jason Jabbari analyzed U.S. Department of Education data from around 750 U.S. high schools to understand the effects of surveillance on students. They found students in “high-surveillance” schools are less likely to enroll and persist in college than their peers in schools with low levels of surveillance.
And in regards to student privacy, both Johnson and Edwin Yohnka, director of communications and public policy for the Illinois American Civil Liberties Union said at a minimum, parents deserve transparency on the details of the district’s plans. Unlike other contracts in the CPS procurement database, the $76.3 million contract is not publicly navigable. “In order to protect student and staff safety, CPS does not release the specific details of our school safety and security plans,” a district spokesperson said, adding that CPS cameras do not have facial recognition or audio and do not collect biometric data, unlike school cameras that have sparked controversy in other states.
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