Matilda Battersby writes: ContactPoint, a £224 million government database containing records of all UK children, will be switched off at noon today. One of the boldest moves made so far by the new Coalition Government in its first 100 days of power, the decision to scrap Labour’s ambitious child protection initiative is being greeted with…
Category: Youth & Schools
Dad Fights Suspension Over Party Photo
Adam Klasfield reports on yet another lawsuit based on a school attempting to punish students for what they do outside of school and on their own time: A high school girl was suspended from extra-curricular activities for two years based on a bogus “good conduct policy” implemented after the superintendent found a photograph of her…
Father demands $7.5 Million because school officials read daughter’s text message
Duarte Geraldino reports on a case in Irving, Texas where a family is suing the school district for searching their teenage daughter’s cell phone for text messages. The incident occurred when school officials: got wind of a potentially threatening situation at the school involving a gun and keyed cars. They believed Madelyn was somehow involved…
Second suit over Lower Merion webcam snooping
Derrick Nunnally reports: The letter from Lower Merion school administrators delivered the news three weeks ago – her son had been secretly monitored by the webcam on his school-issued laptop. But only when Fatima Hasan saw the evidence did the scope of the spying on her son Jalil become apparent. There were more than 1,000…