Lyle Denniston reports on SCOTUSBlog: The Supreme Court, stepping into a new controversy over child sex abuse, agreed on Tuesday to decide whether the Constitution puts limits on the authority to interview children at school about claims of sexual assault. The specific issue is whether police and social workers must obtain a warrant before conducting…
Category: Youth & Schools
Lower Merion School District and Blake Robbins Reach a Settlement in Spycamgate
Over on Forbes, Kashmir Hill discusses the settlement in the Lower Merion webcam civil suits that have been discussed on this site previously. As reported last night, the two civil suits settled for $610k, with the lawyer getting the bulk of the settlement, presumably to cover all his time in court seeking an injunction, payment…
No right to know for bullying?
I’m no longer amazed when journalists occasionally report as news that schools cannot reveal disciplinary outcomes of students due to FERPA. In today’s installment, Michael Brindley reports: When students are disciplined for bullying, privacy laws prevent school officials from telling victims and their parents what action was taken, Superintendent Mark Conrad said last week. During…
Lower Merion SD settles two webcam lawsuits for $610k
MaryClaire Dale of The Associated Press reports that Lower Merion School District will pay $610,000 to settle two lawsuits stemming over webcam surveillance on district-issued laptops. District officials say they voted Monday night to pay Robbins $175,000 and his lawyer, Mark Haltzman, $425,000 for his work on the case. A second student will get $10,000.