The system can also identify students and staff who've been suspended, but it's unclear if Lockport will use it to monitor those who've been suspended over non-violent offenses. They include level 2 or 3 sex offenders, anyone prohibited from entering the schools and anybody believed to pose a threat based on credible information. The system, created by Canadian company SN Technologies, can apparently keep track of certain individuals in school grounds. Funding provided through the Bond Act is supposed to go towards instructional tech devices, such as iPads and laptops, but the district clearly had other plans.īuzzFeed News got its hands on a copy of a letter distributed to the students' parents, and it describes Aegis as "an early warning system" that can notify officials of threats.
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The district installed cameras and the software suite back in September, using $1.4 million of the $4.2 million funding it received through the New York Smart Schools Bond Act.
According to BuzzFeed News, that will make it the first in the US to pilot a facial recognition surveillance system on its students and faculty. The Lockport City School District in New York will start testing a facial and object recognition system called "Aegis" on June 3rd. Facial recognition is coming to US schools, starting in New York
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