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Lincoln County parent urges board to review FERPA and staff-misconduct procedures after alleged privacy breach

5860820 · September 30, 2025
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A Lincoln County parent told the school board that a special-education teacher accessed and shared her son's private information without permission and asked the board to review district FERPA compliance, student-protection procedures and communication with families.

Christie Hasten, a Lincoln County parent, told the Lincoln County School Board that a special-education teacher at Lincoln County High School accessed and shared private information about her son without permission and asked the board to initiate a review of district policies related to FERPA and staff misconduct.

Hasten said the district imposed a two-day unpaid suspension on the teacher but that the staff member returned to work on the following Monday with only a verbal directive to avoid contact with her child. “For my son, the…

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