New high school in Lawrence, Mass., boosts safety

June 27, 2008
Students and staff wrap up first year in new facility

As "Year One" winds down at the new $110 million Lawrence (Mass.) High School campus, school officials are tallying up all that went right and wrong. One noticeable difference from the old high school campus, according to Superintendent Wilfredo T. Laboy, is that school officials know and see more of what goes on throughout the school. Strategically placed cameras and a uniform policy that assigns different colored uniforms based on a student's area of study are helping school officials closely monitor student behavior, making the campus safer for learning.

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