[Tonchi]

I think the point was that this was all in SECRET. Making clandestine recordings of a person who is not aware that they are being photographed, or taping a conversation by telephone without notifying the other party is illegal. So unless a school administrator is working for Homeland Security (in which case, it seems that all bets are off), he does not have the right to appropriate the taxpayer's money to monitor minor children in a public area, without the approval of the School Board, parents, police department, or any other group who could identify and approve the "need" for this surveilance. And if the principal was REALLY not aware that it was being done, an investigation of some sort definitely needs to be made.