CCTV In School Toilets

An anonymous reader writes "Students at Grace Academy in Chelmsley Wood, UK, have returned from half-term break to find staff had installed cameras in bathrooms without notifying them or their parents. Some parents are furious at what they say is a 'total invasion of privacy' and claim some pupils are so anxious about being watched they are refusing to use the facilities."

Comments

Easy remedy

[Anonymous Coward]

Just start using the hallways instead. They'll get rid of those cameras real quick.

Re:pics?

[Anonymous Coward]

As soon as this story broke I started sending my resume to British high schools. I'll post the pics on Flickr as soon as I get a job monitoring the toilet camera's.

I so far haven't found any advertisements for this particular position yet, though monitoring bathroom facilities is highly labor-intensive, I'm sure there are bound to be plenty of employment opportunities.

I can imagine the job ads would look something like this:

Looking for highly attentive individuals with good eyesight to monitor cameras placed in the toilet facilities in the local high school. Good writing skills are required because hourly logs of observed activity must be maintained. Job also requires a good memory so that names can easily be matched with faces for identification purposes. The ability and willingness to escalate observances of children inappropriately touching themselves during (after, before, or in the absence of) defecation is mandatory. All anti-social activities observed in the bathroom must be noted and placed in the students permanent record.

I'll keep on applying until I get this job. Persistence is a virtue. Wish me luck!