Rep. Good wants cameras in the classroom
He made the comments during a GOP committee meeting.
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Good wants cameras in classrooms
Rep. Bob Good (R) advocated for cameras in classrooms during an appearance at a local GOP Committee meeting earlier this week.
Good said he became an advocate for cameras in classrooms at the beginning of the pandemic. He also described Covid-19 as the “China Virus” during the meeting.
“Parents were more engaged and involved by necessity,” he said of the time during the pandemic. “Parents and family and guardians can dial in at any time and see what is happening in the classroom. There is a way that that can be done which protects the privacy of our children. But we all want cameras on our police officers when they're doing their job.”
Josh Throneburg, the Democratic candidate in VA-05 who is looking to unseat Good criticized the idea in a long statement Wednesday.
“Bob probably doesn't realize that many of our schools struggle to even access broadband because he's consistently voted against expanded infrastructure funding. Schools can't afford crayons, let alone high-tech streaming technology,” Throneburg said. “This is a massive privacy and safety violation. Parents might not want their children's faces broadcast to the whole world, and the lax gun laws that Good supports mean that we also have to worry about potential shooters monitoring classrooms and paying attention to kids and teachers as they go in and out.”
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