Safety and security are of top priority at The Masters School — it’s what keeps our school safe from harm, and it promotes a healthy sense of community among students and faculty alike. What is one of the most – if not the most essential – part of this? Security cameras. 

From the dorms to the classrooms, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center to the art studio, Masters has a total of 147 security cameras all across campus. And like many other students at Masters, Senior Beila Kraus was also unaware of the many cameras strewn about our school, originally guessing that there were 20 of them.

“I think that we should publicize that there are cameras. On a lot of college campuses public knowledge, and it’s a problem that it’s not public knowledge here.” Said Kraus, who is critical of the privacy factor (or lack thereof) of the cameras. 

Mr. Seguinot, the head of security, emphasizes the need for cameras, saying that they are a crucial part of overall security. 

“At Masters, it’s one of the most important tools that we have, and we actually cover the cameras 24/7, all day long. They’re like another set of eyes, too. With 96 acres of land to watch out over, the cameras help up navigate that distance. Rest assured, the security cameras do not pick up audio.” Mr. Seguinot said.

Security, however, isn’t the only thing that the cameras are used for. When students get into squabbles or disputes, security cameras can help draw a conclusion out of a sticky situation.

“Security cameras help us see what happens in a particular moment. So, if we know that there’s something that happened at the Fonseca Center for example, we can check the cameras, just to give us some more information along with what people are telling us is happening. An incident that comes to mind is when we had so much snow last year, and students were having a snowball fight on Rosenberg terrace, and some snow went into the cafe, so that’s a time when it was helpful for us to be able to see what went down.” Dean of Students Jeff Carnevale said.