Ben Squires reports: The Hartford Public Schools board has suspended a 77-year-old school nurse after posts she made on social media. She was accused of transphobia and failing to respect the privacy of students by commenting publicly about what is going on at the school. In a moms’ group, Kathleen Cataford, who works at Richard J…
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What ECASD’s student privacy policy may mean student’s discussing sensitive issues with school personnel
Maria Blough reports on how the Eau Claire Area School District is addressing parent concerns over its student privacy policy. Some parents are concerned that their children may not talk to them about issues such as gender identity and sexual orientation. If students confide in school personnel, privacy laws would prohibit the school personnel from…
MA: Cell “tower dumps” require search warrant based on probable cause
John Wesley Hall writes: Cell “tower dump” of all numbers connected to it requires a search warrant issued on probable cause. Here it was lacking. Commonwealth v. Perry, 2022 Mass. LEXIS 151 (Apr. 1, 2022): As law enforcement capabilities continue to develop in the wake of advancing technology, so too must our constitutional jurisprudence. To this…
‘Really alarming’: the rise of smart cameras used to catch maskless students in US schools
Mark Keierleber reports: When students in suburban Atlanta returned to school for in-person classes amid the pandemic, they were required to mask up, like in many places across the US. Yet in this 95,000-student district, officials took mask compliance a step further than most. Through a network of security cameras, officials harnessed artificial intelligence to…