Posted on 02/21/2010 5:59:06 PM PST by Mad Dawgg
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A suburban Philadelphia school district accused of secretly switching on laptop computer webcams inside students' homes says it never used webcam images to monitor or discipline students and believes one of its administrators has been "unfairly portrayed and unjustly attacked."
The Lower Merion School District, in response to a suit filed by a student, has acknowledged that webcams were remotely activated 42 times in the past 14 months, but only to find missing, lost or stolen laptops - which the district noted would include "a loaner computer that, against regulations, might be taken off campus."
"Despite some reports to the contrary, be assured that the security-tracking software has been completely disabled," Superintendent Christopher W. McGinley said in a statement on the district's Web site late Friday. Officials vowed a comprehensive review that McGinley said should result in stronger privacy policies.
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No one in the school system would misuse this system now would they?
If you bring a computer that someone else owns into your house, don’t expect all the files to be protected.
This is disgusting. They should be sued and everyone involved fired. They’ll get fired all right, fired with pay for the rest of there lives. I’m sick of government.
So are they lying about remotely accessing the student’s computer or are they calling the students thieves? Either way, not much of a defense...
If this were true, how could they accuse a kid of “inappropriate conduct” while using his PC?
Time to put the person who spied on the kids in jail.
And then onto the sexual predator list.
What was he doing? Praying?
Firing their union asses would take decades and millions.
“Officials vowed a comprehensive review that McGinley said should result in stronger privacy policies.”
Should?
You know I don't think these guys were pervs or anything taking pics of students in their bedrooms when the kids had no idea they were being viewed. I am sure it was all harmless. After all our school systems have stellar reps as far as sexual situations with students are concerned.
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[crickets chirping]
If the school officials weren’t doing anything wrong, and were only turning on the webcams to find lost laptops, why are they immediately cease and desisting the policy?
I just heard the superintendent of a school, can’t remember where, is firing every teacher, because of the teachers unions. Seems to me more school supers should be doing this.
Well, it sounds like the students who took these computers home were violating the rules.
Where did the ‘broke’ school system get the money to pass out thousands of laptops to the students in the first place?! We hear all the time about schools running out of money!
Remember we are dealing with the school systems and the Teachers Unions, so logical questions such as yours are not permitted. Please resubmit a question and alter the subject. Maybe you could ask something about why conservatives are trying to starve students and deny them computers...
I know what they did looks bad, but put yourself in their position. We are talking about Philadelphia. These computers belong to the tax payers. I wonder how many computers they’ve lost. IMO
dead on
Spt Gullo did that in Rhode Island ...and more like this should happen.
http://www.parentdish.com/2010/02/17/superintendent-to-teachers-youre-all-fired/
On a brighter note, most of the teen boys got A+ in there Reproductive Education classes, and many were noted for extra credit work.
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