High School Paper Scores Big Scoop on Hidden Cameras

By: A high school newspaper has scored a big scoop, revealing the existence of hidden cameras in the hallways of Newton South High School.

And both the school committee and teachers union want to know why they weren't told about the cameras, which weren't yet working.

The paper's editors wouldn't say how they found out about the cameras. They say the cameras should have been discussed before they were installed this summer behind dark-tinted domes or disguised as smoke detectors.

Superintendent Jeffrey Young says the cameras were placed outside locker rooms and bathrooms where officials noted several thefts of student property.

He wasn't sure why they weren't working.

Young says the schools didn't introduce the security measure "in a particularly great way."