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Parents and educators press Glen Rock board for classroom monitoring and stronger digital safety
Summary
During the second public-comment period, parents and educators urged the board to adopt classroom-monitoring software and stronger internet safety measures, citing instances of unmonitored finals, widespread cheating and risks to younger students' online safety.
Public commenters urged the Glen Rock Board of Education to adopt classroom-management and monitoring software and to strengthen district digital-safety policies for middle and high school students.
Katherine Schwankler, an educator who said she will teach next year outside Glen Rock, described reports that students completed finals without monitoring and said classroom-management tools are widely used in neighboring districts. "If there isn't an understanding that the teacher can see what you're doing, they're buying clothes, they're playing games," she said, arguing that monitoring software is necessary to maintain academic integrity, especially given new AI tools.
Federated HSA member and parent Carlos Brigal asked the board to address online-safety protections for middle-school Chromebooks and school internet filtering, saying he had seen insufficient logging and safeguards for younger students.
Board members did not take immediate action at the meeting but acknowledged the concerns and asked administration to evaluate existing monitoring tools and digital-safety options for discussion in future committee work.
