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A ZeroEyes image shows its software marking a handgun with a red box on a gym security camera feed. The company\u2019s image blacks out faces. (Courtesy of ZeroEyes)<\/p>\n
Minutes of the March 26 board meeting<\/a> say the school was \u201cconsidering purchasing the Zero Eyes Camera\/Weapon detection system.\u201d The CEO\u2019s reports in the April and June minutes say the system \u201chas been engaged.\u201d<\/p>\n Minutes from every board meeting from March through August, except July\u2019s canceled meeting, record no vote on the system. ZeroEyes\u2019 announcement gives no price or contract length and does not say how the system is paid for.<\/p>\n Stay informed on Lehigh Valley news<\/p>\n Get our newsletter for ongoing coverage and follow-ups on stories like this one.<\/p>\n By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy<\/a> and consent to receive updates.<\/p>\n ZeroEyes does not publish prices. Its website says most customers pay less than $50 per camera per month, and the per-camera price drops as more cameras are added.<\/p>\n School contracts StateScoop obtained through public records requests<\/a> in 2024 show what that looks like. A two-school Iowa district paid $22,500 a year to monitor up to 38 cameras, plus a $5,000 setup fee. Across the contracts it reported, prices worked out to about $14 to $49 per camera a month, with the largest districts paying the least.<\/p>\n The school\u2019s CEO told trustees in 2022 that it had more than 50 security cameras in its building. At those rates, 50 cameras would cost about $8,400 to $29,600 a year, or less than one-tenth of 1% of the $31.6 million in revenue the school budgeted for 2026-27. The campus now also includes a field house and a new football stadium, and neither the school nor ZeroEyes has said how many cameras the system watches.<\/p>\n \u201cSafety is our number one priority,\u201d Bob Lysek, the school\u2019s CEO and founder, said in the announcement. \u201cWe have built strong relationships with local law enforcement and continuously evaluate technologies that can help us better protect our students, staff, and community.\u201d<\/p>\n Some school safety experts question how much such systems can do. Michael Dorn, executive director of Safe Havens International, a nonprofit that does safety assessments for K-12 schools, told StateScoop that an alert can speed the response but can\u2019t stop a shooting once a gun is out. \u201cA lot of the active shooter events I\u2019ve worked on, it\u2019s nine seconds from when the gun comes out \u2019till they\u2019re done shooting,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Jay Stanley of the American Civil Liberties Union\u2019s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project warned in a 2022 analysis on the group\u2019s website about false alarms and about cameras watched for guns being used for other surveillance, such as face recognition. \u201cZeroEyes has humans in the loop that review camera images before alarms are sent, which is helpful \u2014 but that\u2019s no guarantee against errors,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n The board\u2019s next public meeting is Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. at the school, 555 Union Blvd., according to its posted schedule<\/a>. Anyone who wants to raise a topic must submit it in writing to the school\u2019s business office 48 hours before the meeting.<\/p>\n Stay informed on Lehigh Valley news<\/p>\n Get our newsletter for ongoing coverage and follow-ups on stories like this one.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/allentown-charter-school-zeroeyes-gun-detection-2026-276a0f8a.jpg\")
An analyst works in the ZeroEyes Operations Center, where staff reviews possible gun detections before alerts go out, according to the company. (Courtesy of ZeroEyes)<\/p>\n