Personally, I am against this. But schools today are becoming more and more like prisons, so this story doesn't surprise me a bit.

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Though kids in the UK give up their rights, this violates privacy rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution. These schools are making themselves liable for a huge lawsuit that they would have no defense against seeing as no strong evidence allows them to put such drastic measures into effect. Only if the students were criminals and the school had a warrant would cameras in bathrooms be allowed, but since that isn't the case, then I disagree and so should all other upholders of liberty.

You have just been owned by a 16 year old beast.

i think that puttin a camera n the bathroom is wrong even though its only directed at the sinks. It raises the question of how far is 2 far? i would b very uncomfortable if some one did that at my childs school. wut happens if they decide that they are curious about wut happens n the actual stall? they have already went as far as putting a camera n the bathroom. it just doesnt sit well with me, wut if an unethicall person abuses the advantage of the camera and decides to peak where they shouldnt. a good child is made by their parents, i have worked hard to teach my gurls the difference between right and wrong. if others did the same and enforced disipline n a humain mannor then the world would b a better place. we have to stand up for our rights and what we belive in or be trampled over. it is my right as a parent to send my gurls to public school without an added worry about what the staff may see in the bathroom. i have two well behaved children, i am blessed to have them and i will not b afraid for them to go to the bathroom in a supposedly safe enviroment. the world is poisened enough i think we shouldnt make it any worse

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both"

A paraphrased quote from a man who America seems to have forgotten about. A few years ago I complained to anyone who would listen about the slippery slope of cameras on every street corner issuing speeding tickets, but it was needed people replied, stop those speeders, catch those criminals...Well I havent seen much in the way of a change in crime or traffic behavior, but I know a lot of people who've recieved undeserved tickets...but I also pointed out the invasion of privacy, maybe I dont want a camera recording me as I drive, but nobody cared, and now they're everywhere...I had made jokes about what would be next, cameras in public bathrooms? I had been kidding. The people behind putting up cameras in the bathrooms should be arrested, I don't care what thier excuse's are, I ever see a camera in a bathroom, I'm ripping it down, they have no right to film that. I don't care if they are pointed at the sinks, or at the toilet area, totally irrelevant. This is completely outrageous, and should be stopped immediately before this sort of garbage spreads any further. The people behind this are very very lucky I don't have a child of my own to protect from them.

This is an outrageous inasion of privacy. The people reponsible for this are perverts and on the level of a peeping tom. You don't invade a young girls privacy by monitering her in the ladies room. If this happened at my childs school I would sue everyone involved! They are looking to catch a glimpse of a girl changing her clothes., or in various stages of undress. How do the parents know that the cameras aren't going to moved to moniter then while they are doing their business in the bathroom stall? That is the next step. They will think of some excuse, like grafetti, to aim the camera into the stall. Do these college eduated people have no shame? They certainly don't have any common sense! Then the person in charge of the film will most certainly take the film, and it will end up on a pornagrafic website somewhere. Pure evil. If the parents do not stand up and fight this, they are stupid! The whole thing is disgusting!

I think it is ridulous to put cameras in school bathrooms. It is a Big Brother action. We the parents asked about this, since they are all most likely under the age of 18.
and if theree is a school who does have a Muslim praryer room and they are allowed to leave to go to it. Is there a Christian or a Jewish prayer room, so that at least the other 2 major world religions will be treated equally. Otherwise, I think that if they want to continue this then the parents of non-muslims should sue the school Board, board of Education. Also, what the atheists contemplation or complaining room for those who don't believe anything.

Im a parent of two teenage girls, this is an outrage, a major invasion of privacy, if the school is so worried about soap paper, a female teacher or aid should be standing in or by the bathroom, but the camera's????

Some kids are misusing the paper. Some are misusing the soap.
It sounds to me the Muslims are misusing the sinks.
Did you all hear about the 10 year old that humg theirself in the school bathroom. As long as the cameras cannot see in the toilet stalls I see a need for the cameras.

This is a large privacy issue, but it can be helpful. I personally know a couple of kids who were having sex in the bathroom at school and were caught because of hidden cameras in the bathroom. Yes, the cameras probably shouldn't be in the bathrooms, but at least in this incident the cameras may have prevented another teenage pregnancy. The cameras do have their perks.

i'm teacher. We tried that. Didn't work. The kids are HORRENDOUS nowadays. No moral or ethical behavior. A lot of them do whatever they want, whenever they want with no fear of consequences. I don't have many problems because my parents and kids know, suing goes both ways. And I'll empty my savings, my 401K and my retirement to prove a point if I have to. I'm not going anything intentionally wrong and I simply expect the same courtesy. I'm here to teach. That's all I want to do. That's all they pay me to do. And that's what I'm going to do. Simple as that. Even our magnet schools, behavior problems are on the rise. I don't know if you heard or not, but somehow our children, yes children feel ENTITLED and that someone OWES them any and EVERYTHING. No, that's not the case. We all have rules to follow. It's just a matter of time, when we will adopt Japan and China policy and procedures. Act right in school and learn, or get put in a rice field as soon as 8 years old. That's where America is headed. Good job on the cameras in the bathroom!!!!!!

CAMERAS IN THE SCHOOL BATHROOM? NO WAY!!!!! PICTURES WILL SHOW UP ON THE 'NET'.
MOST SCHOOLS HAVE 'HALL MONITORS'. HOW ABOUT 'BATHROOM MONITORS'?

hey thats a great generalization. one bad apple spoils the bunch. thank god i have such great role models for my race, timothy mcvee, jeffrey dahmer, ted bundy shall i go on. its not race, its a consious decision to be a waste or an asset to this world

Maybe you don't know it yet, but the whites have become the minority. Look around you at the people the next time you go shopping in a grocery store. As for the camera's in the bathroom, I think a security guard standing in the bathroom would be better than camera's, but that's just my opinion.

Wow ame s Let's just say I feel little empathy for your situation. I'm sure YOUR offspring are FAR above doing such menial labor as bathroom duty. That is for the rest of the "little people" who were born without that silver spoon, right? Oddly enough, it's often the most privileged children who act out the most. After all they are BETTER than everyone else, and they are ENTITLED to do as they wish. Ugh... You may have money, but you're a little short on class. Pun intended.

Put your beer on the table and read my comment first and recent comment again, RN Army Vet Michelle. I will re-state: my daughters clean their bathroom at home. They are the only ones who use it, so they take turns cleaning it. I clean the bathroom attached to my bedroom and the half bath.
I'll provide additional information, although it is not any of your business, nor should it concern you in any way. I pay $600 a month tuition, $200 a year for an enrollment (sp?) fee, $40 a year for the activity fee, plus supplies and books my older child needs for the private school she attends. My dead husband's life insurance policy and my daughter's Social Security survivor's benefits fund these costs. Her school employes (sp? again) several custodians. It is their job to keep the restrooms clean.
I pay approx. $4000 a year in property taxes that go towards the maintenance of the public school my younger daughter attends. Her school also employs people to clean and maintain the buildings.
There are no silver spoons in our home and the only reason I have the money I have (besides my JOB, of course) is because my husband freaking DIED and had the fore-thought to have life insurance.
You can kiss my butt.

If it were some 45 year old pervert putting cameras in the bathroom, there'd be hell to pay. What's the difference between the perv and the school personel? The school personel won't do jail time. I'd be ripping someone into the streets and kicking their ass if I found out my kid was being watched in the bathroom!

well this is in reply to your later comment. i am sure noone will kiss your butt even if you personally cleaned it and i can guarantee you AREN'T benefitting from a silverspoon education by your foul mouth. She only said what anyone would say. you were bragging about your kids private schooling and this commentary has nothing to do with their education. if you expect people to feel sorry for you on the loss of your husband don't if all you can do is brag. the article did not mention the kids having to clean the bathrooms. IT IS TRUE that private school kids cause more trouble than others and so do rich kids that are brought up to expect everything without giving anything...so maybe you should quit bragging and take a look at your own little brats.