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Parent says multiple student-data breaches; asks Carmel board to enforce FERPA and hold administrators accountable
Summary
A Kent resident told the board she received a message sent as a group by a Carmel High School social worker that disclosed private evaluation information to dozens of parents; she also described two other breaches earlier in the school year and urged district action and accountability under FERPA.
Samantha Folling of the town of Kent used public comment time at the Oct. 21 Carmel Central School District board meeting to describe what she said were three separate incidents this school year in which student-sensitive information was distributed to groups of parents.
Folling said she received a ParentSquare message on Oct. 27 that was part of a group thread from a Carmel High School social worker and that the message was visible to 48 other parents, thereby exposing private information about her child and other students.…
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