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Garvey trustees review $1.9 million Verkada camera proposal, ask for privacy and backup policies
Summary
At a special Oct. 21 meeting, the Garvey School District board reviewed a proposed $1.9 million districtwide Verkada security camera system, discussed privacy controls and backup resiliency and directed staff to form a stakeholder committee to draft access, retention and notification policies; no purchase vote was taken.
The Garvey School District Board of Education on Oct. 21 reviewed a proposal to deploy a districtwide security camera system from Verkada with an estimated cost of about $1.9 million and a $400,000 discount the vendor said would expire Oct. 31, 2025. Superintendent Anita Chu introduced the plan and described prior pilot installations at Child Development sites.
The presentation, led by Director of Education Technology and Innovations Ricky Hernandez and representatives from Verkada and NIC Partners, outlined a hybrid-cloud approach that stores footage locally on cameras and also keeps cloud backups. Vendors said the system offers remote access, two-factor authentication, AI search tools for people and vehicles, privacy controls such as facial blurring, immutable audit logs that record who accesses footage, and a 10-year hardware warranty. Vendors described 30-day default cloud retention…
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