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Warren Township student urges faster fix after preferred-name settings expose legal names
Summary
A junior at Warren Township High School told the board preferred-name entries in PowerSchool aren’t syncing across district systems, leaving students’ legal names visible to substitutes and on printouts; district staff agreed to investigate technical fixes and interim privacy steps.
Pete Jones, a junior at Warren Township High School, told the board he and other students who signed preferred-name forms have seen their legal names appear on class printouts and be called aloud by substitutes, exposing transgender students and violating their privacy. "This is pretty much a privacy issue," Jones said, asking the district to move more quickly on a technical solution after changes in the district’s preferred-name policy in February.
District staff and board members acknowledged the problem and described it…
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