MSCS could fight vandalism with $612K cameras
While owned by Memphis-Shelby County Schools, both Florida-Kansas and Humes (pictured) most recently housed students from charter schools that were part of the state-run Achievement School District. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Memphis-Shelby County Schools could install new security measures its staff say would prevent vandalism at its vacant buildings.
School board members are set to vote on a contract for mobile surveillance systems during their board meeting at the end of August. Carolyn Jackson, who has recently returned to the district’s top safety and security post, presented the idea to the board at a committee meeting Tuesday, Aug. 12.
The new equipment comes with a $612,000 price tag but should deliver “a noticeable reduction in property-related incidents at vacant sites,” according to Jackson’s presentation materials. ProTec Professional Technologies is selling MSCS the cameras, which are called “mobile surveillance trailer systems.”
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Laura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter on The Daily Memphian’s metro team who writes most often about how education policies shape the lives of children and families. She regularly contributes to coverage of breaking news events and actions of the Tennessee General Assembly. Testino’s journalism career in Memphis began six years ago at The Commercial Appeal, where she began chronicling learning disruptions associated with the pandemic, and continued with Chalkbeat, where she dug into education administration in Memphis. Her reporting has appeared in The New York Times, The Times-Picayune, The Tuscaloosa News and USA Today.
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