More often than not, that doesn't mean monitoring the hallways at school; it means monitoring the hallways at home.
Thirteen cameras monitor the hotel's hallways and exterior.
I recently learned that more than a year ago the landlord in my rent-stabilized building installed hidden cameras in the hallways to monitor the comings and goings of a tenant he suspected was not using the apartment as his primary residence.
The school system, as the budget now stands, will have to do without 860 of its school paraprofessionals and the equivalent of 767 full-time school aides, who monitor hallways and bathrooms and distribute books, among other duties.
A closed-circuit monitor trained on the hallway was mounted above the television, affording Jam Master Jay and Mr. Rincon a view of any visitors.
The agreement was a victory for the groups, which have depended on the aides to do everything from monitoring hallways to tying shoelaces, freeing teachers in crowded classrooms to concentrate more on instruction.
News reports said that video cameras monitored hallways and that students were forbidden to wear overcoats in the halls.
Instead of monitoring hallways, teachers are available in labs for students who want help with a particular subject or concept.
