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Parents press West Seneca board for stronger policies after bathroom photos and AI-manipulated images

WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Education · May 8, 2024
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Summary

Multiple parents told the West Seneca board May 7 about incidents they say harmed students: alleged bathroom/locker-room photos, AI-altered images distributed on social media, and concerns about recent Title IX changes; speakers asked the district to update policies and consider stricter discipline.

Three public commenters at the May 7 West Seneca board meeting urged stronger policies to protect students' privacy and safety.

Mark Priore, who identified himself as a 25-year West Seneca resident and a candidate for the 142nd Assembly, raised reports that an eighth-grade student had to come into the high school to change and alleged "the particular student was taking photographs within the bathroom and or the locker room and posting them on social media." He asked the district to re-inform students of social-media rules and to "establish, if there isn't one already, a policy in place" to provide safe, private changing…

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