The Manteca Unified School District has decided to stop broadcasting video of the school board meetings. It seems that after spending more than $13 million on the new administration building and meeting hall, they can't afford to move the video camera to the new building. They said it might cost as much as $90,000 to run the cameras.
The board decided that the expenditure was just "too much" and if they broadcast the meetings, they would have to fire a teacher. They actually said that.
They didn't think there would be any inconvenience to the public or any issue with keeping the public informed of their government's actions. They said an audio recording of the meetings will still be available if anyone wishes to simply drive down to the district office complex and provide some compatible multi-layered optical media and they would be happy to make a copy for you.
Here is a rare video from the superintendent's control room located in the penthouse of the new administration building showing the decision making process; I think obtained by hacking into a Chinese satellite transmission.
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