Boca Raton School Zones Add Speed Cameras

Drivers near three more schools will face $100 civil penalties for speeding during school zone hours once warnings end.

Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Secondary Education

Bold flat-color vector editorial illustration of a single speed camera on a gray pole beside a yellow crosswalk, with palm fronds in the background. — Boca Raton will begin enforcing $100 civil speeding penalties at three more school zones on Nov. 9, bringing its total to six camera-monitored zones. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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Boca Raton will activate school zone speed cameras at Calusa Elementary, Blue Lake Elementary and Omni Middle School/Spanish River High School on Nov. 9, bringing the city's total to six school zones with cameras.

Why it matters

For families in Boca Raton, the cameras add an enforcement layer to school drop-off and pickup routes, and the city says they are meant to deter speeding and improve safety for drivers, bikers and pedestrians. Citations carry no points on a license and do not affect auto insurance rates, so the financial consequence is a civil penalty rather than a driving record hit.

Calusa Elementary, Blue Lake Elementary and Omni Middle School/Spanish River High School join the program on Nov. 9, 2026, with enforcement windows tied to each school's arrival and dismissal times. Cameras capture violations only while school zone lights are flashing, and the first 30 days in each zone are warnings.

The players

City of Boca Raton

The South Florida city runs the School Zone Safety Program that operates the speed cameras.

RedSpeed

The vendor that operates the school zone speed camera program with the city of Boca Raton.

The details

Cameras operate only when a school zone's warning lights are flashing, so they enforce during the morning and afternoon windows listed for each school rather than around the clock. Calusa Elementary's enforcement hours run 7:05 to 8:05 a.m. and 2 to 2:35 p.m., Blue Lake Elementary's run 7:20 to 8:05 a.m. and 2 to 2:35 p.m., and the Omni/Spanish River zone runs 7 to 9:35 a.m. and 2:45 to 4:35 p.m. A driver going 11 mph or more over the posted limit during those flashing-light periods can receive a $100 civil penalty once the 30-day warning period has ended.

Nov. 9, 2026: Speed cameras activate at Calusa Elementary, Blue Lake Elementary and Omni Middle School/Spanish River High School.
Each zone's 30-day warning period follows activation, after which citations may be issued.

The Home Front

The expansion extends Boca Raton's School Zone Safety Program, which began at Addison Mizner School, Boca Raton Community High School and J.C. Mitchell Elementary School. Its growth to six zones shows the city extending camera enforcement from its original school sites to additional neighborhoods around schools.

If your household drives through the Calusa Elementary, Blue Lake Elementary or Omni/Spanish River school zones during enforcement hours, plan to slow to the posted limit while lights are flashing. Check the City of Boca Raton's school zone safety information before Nov. 9 so you know the enforcement windows for your children's school.

The takeaway

Speed cameras in school zones only enforce while the warning lights are flashing, so the key habit is slowing down during those posted windows. Before the Nov. 9 activation, confirm your child's school zone hours on the city's school zone safety page.

What happens next

Speed cameras go live at the three new school zones on Nov. 9, 2026, and the 30-day warning period in each zone runs from that date before citations can be issued.