[silverleaf]

the legal age for having a facebook account is 13

the school is replacing her parents in grounding this twit

if the kids use school computers to access social sites then the schools shuld have the right to demand their passwords

[EBH]

According to the ACLU's version of events, the girl had moved and entered a new school as a 6th-grade student in the fall of 2010. In early 2011, she felt targeted by a school monitor and posted an update to her friends-only Facebook wall saying she "hated" the monitor because "she was mean to me," using her own computer and while off campus.

First, read the story before commenting is a good practice.

Second, no the school does not have the right to demand passwords.

Third, be sure the school did not instigate the kids have online accounts to "help teach computer skills."

[El Gato]

if the kids use school computers to access social sites then the schools shuld have the right to demand their passwords

Get with the program, they use smart phones to access facebook. So do I, when I'm away from my computer. I need a tablet, my fingers are just too phat for the phone.

Besides which, most folks set it up so their password is "remembered", although doing that on a public computer is.. dumb.

[rockrr]

There is no legitimate rationale for schools accessing a students personal accounts, be they social networking, email, or banking.

Any school system worth its salt knows how to block social networking sites within their network if they are a concern to them.

[rmlew]

What did the teen do that was worth grounding?
She calld a school official mean and was punished. There was not moral or legal basis for this school thuggery. She then called out the scum who ratted out her non-crime to the totalitarians and was punished. And then this 12 year old discussed sex with another student. OMG. Clearly she needs to be re-educated.