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The Great Divide
Boston’s exam schools adopt stricter camera mandates, frustrating some students
Like many students forced to attend school remotely this fall, Adriana Cepeda had no calm, quiet space at home for logging on to classes. Other household members showed up frequently on camera, and it was often loud enough to be distracting.

So the teenager started logging in from a nearby Boys and Girls Club instead, which helped her focus, but also made her feel exposed: Would her classmates wonder what was wrong at home?

To solve her problem and put her mind at ease, Cepeda opted to turn off her camera. Until, that is, her school adopted a new policy last month, allowing teachers to lower students’ grades if they fail to keep their laptop cameras on.

The change has elicited criticism from some of the school’s 1,800 students.

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