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FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The number of security cameras in Alaska schools is going up.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/1sUPRjx) reports video cameras are being installed in Fairbanks middle and elementary schools and it's part of a statewide trend aimed at making schools safer.
Fairbanks technology director Janet Cobb says a $4 million, multi-year state project is paying for technology and security upgrades.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District spokeswoman Catherine Esary says local officials want the community to know that school safety is the No. 1 priority for the district in the wake of school shootings elsewhere.
Anchorage School District chief operating officer Mike Abbott says the district is wrapping up a project to install surveillance cameras at all schools.
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