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Board delays interrogation/investigation policy after members say photographing students at school "gives too much exposure"
Summary
Boardmember Mary P. Bagby and others raised strong objections to language in the district's investigations policy that allows discretion for photographing or examining students at school; the board directed staff to revise the policy with input from social workers and return it for a fifth read.
During a lengthy review of Policy LD/AJA (interrogations and investigations), Boardmember Mary P. Bagby objected when staff read language that allows the presence of a principal or designate at student examinations or photographing at the discretion of DFCS or local law enforcement. Bagby said the provision "gives too much exposure to our children and taking away parental rights," and argued that schools are not the appropriate clinical setting for examinations and photographs.
"This is giving too much exposure to our children and taking away parental rights," Bagby said,…
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