This is a fucking horrible idea, and I'll tell you why.

Y'all might have the best intentions with this kind of surveillance, but one day it will most certainly end up in the wrong hands, and that is power you don't want your enemies to have.

People argue that these cameras will not be networked, and that the data will stay localized to the school, but look no further to our voting machines to see how that worked out. Our voting machines were not supposed to be networked either, and yet somehow China ended up with our voting data. Ever wonder how that happened? Someone somewhere along the voting chain installed or enabled networking capabilities on those machines. Can you be certain the same will not happen with the data from these cameras?

Furthermore, you need to consider the consequences of what might happen if such data were to end up in the hands of a nefarious activist. Look what happened to Nicholas Sandman with a short one minute clip of him taken out of context by CNN. That poor kid had his life turned upside down. You are advocating for millions of other students to be put at risk of this same level of doxing and harassment. Bad actors exist, and they will seek to use this data in nefarious means. Can you guarantee that this data will remain safe and secure, and not end up in the hands of CNN or MSNBC?

I really don't think y'all have thought this through. You are jumping on board with technology you do not fully comprehend or understand. The risks this technology opens your student to are not worth the reward you are seeking.