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Trustees press technology staff on screen time, monitoring and parent access; district outlines GoGuardian and PowerSchool plans
Summary
Midland ISD technology leaders laid out cybersecurity and PowerSchool parent-portal plans while trustees and public commenters raised concerns about Chromebook overuse, I-Ready dependence, and data privacy; administrators said principals can pull usage reports and parents may use GoGuardian parent portal for district devices.
District technology leadership presented the department’s priorities — cybersecurity, device reliability, and the PowerSchool/MyPowerHub parent portal — and described existing tools the district uses to monitor student device activity, including GoGuardian.
Preston Nguyen of Technology Services said GoGuardian monitoring is active on district-issued devices both on and off campus and that the district provides a GoGuardian parent portal so families…
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