Bus cameras keep an eye on kids: Recordings help with discipline, but systems can be pricey for school districts.

Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) | January 27, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Kandis Carper

Jan. 27--When the mother of a West Valley middle school student was told her child had taken a nail file to a school bus cushion, she assured the district that her child wouldn't do anything like that. "When we showed her the tape, she was a little bit shocked," said Doug Matson, West Valley deputy superintendent. "The cameras show that the behavior happened." In recent years there has been a sharp increase in violence on school buses. Nationally, news about students stabbing one another, shooting pellet guns, fighting and sexually ...

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