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Public raises PowerSchool privacy concerns; Humble ISD pledges review and identifies $3M in new technology funding
Summary
A public commenter urged the board to address student data privacy linked to PowerSchool; trustees said they would investigate. Separately, the district’s technology committee reported $2 million to modernize CTE equipment and more than $1 million to buy roughly 2,000 Chromebooks and 70 carts to improve device ratios this fall.
A public commenter told the Humble ISD Board of Trustees the district should place PowerSchool and student-data security on the agenda after national reports of breaches and litigation involving the company and its products. The board acknowledged the concern and said it would review the matter; the technology committee delivered a separate update identifying immediate funding to improve classroom technology.
Scott Ford, introduced as a former teacher and author, told trustees he had previously raised security issues with Schoology and PowerSchool, referenced class action lawsuits and a…
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