Radhika Agrawal

On Sept. 10, 2025, Carlmont High School went into a secure campus after a tip suggested a possible threat. Thanks to the quick action of administrators, doors were locked and students stayed safe. The tip came through the “Say Something” line, which students can access by scanning a QR code on their ID cards with a phone.

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A “Smile, You’re on Camera” decal sits beside the attendance clerk window on the side of the administration building, one of the few visible notices that students are being recorded. Its language did not match the wording mandated by the district’s own Board Policy 3515.

At Carlmont High School, that cheerful store-decal on the attendance window is one of the few indicators that a student is being watched by security cameras. Alongside a faded sticker for Ojo Technology — a now defunct security company that the Sequoia Union High School District (SUHSD) hasn't contracted for eight years — and two signs posted at two of the school's entrances, these notices serve as the only public face of a sophisticated surveillance network sprawling across the campus.

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