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Board hears detailed pitch for stop‑arm cameras; votes to table while seeking contract options
Summary
District staff presented stop‑arm camera pilot options after months of stop‑arm violations; the board voted to table the matter to allow legal review and bring multiple contract options back for approval.
The Cleveland City Schools Board of Education heard a detailed presentation on an AI‑enabled stop‑arm camera program intended to reduce traffic violations around school buses and improve student safety, and voted to table action while staff and legal counsel review contract terms.
Hal Taylor, a district transportation presenter, showed video evidence and summary counts showing frequent stop‑arm violations in Cleveland. Taylor described near misses captured on bus cameras and said a short pilot of five buses — selected for high incident counts — recorded dozens of violations over a brief period. "Just in January, from the seventh to the 29th, only on five school buses ... we had 54 violations," Taylor said, noting the number was above the national average for comparable samples.
Taylor said the…
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