I emailed members of FCPS school board, advising them of FCPS’ privacy breaches. I redacted names of students before posting.įCPS provided me a document related to a FCPS family that submitted a complaint to the Virginia Department of Education. Within its response to a 6.8.17 FERPA request I submitted, FCPS provided me information about eight students at Silverbrook Elementary School and two students at unspecified schools.Ĭlick on image above to view document in full. (As you scroll through this article, note how many times Silverbrook is listed.) Yet, evidently a grapevine of information was flowing from Silverbrook Elementary School. The family in question didn’t provide the teacher information, did not provide him permission to talk about their child, and did not give Melaney Mackin permission to talk about the child with an individual who wasn’t even an employee of the school. Melaney Mackin responded to him, indicating that she would speak with him.
Read: FCPS Office of Special Education Procedural Support Has a History of Privacy Breaches 6.7.17:įormer Silverbrook Elementary School teacher Wilson Johnson emailed Principal Melaney Mackin that he “heard through the grape vine that this family has been giving you a bit of trouble”. Jim Burgess, a former senior specialist in OSEPS, breached the privacy of a student and parent and then refused to provide the parent the name of the individual to whom Jim provided information about her and her child. VDOE found FCPS in noncompliance for breach of privacy. Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) found FCPS in noncompliance for breach of privacy.įormer South County Middle School teacher Christina Schneider bcc’d her husband again on an email that contained confidential student information. Within its response to a 7.21.16 FERPA request I submitted, FCPS provided me information about two staff members at Silverbrook Elementary School.įormer South County Middle School teacher Christina Schneider bcc’d her husband on an email that contained confidential student information. Within its response to a 6.10.16 FERPA request I submitted, FCPS provided me the special education screening committee schedule, which listed two children from West Springfield Elementary school, who aren’t my own. Related Reading: Hot Topics and “ FCPS Reports List 400+ Special Education Violations VDOE Refuses to Investigate“ 6.10.16 FERPA Request: I redacted names of students before posting. Click on image above to view document in full. FCPS was found out of compliance by VDOE due to a confidentiality breach at Silverbrook ES, and we anticipate a noncompliant finding by VDOE again in the pending state complaint regarding Silverbrook and South County MS. In the same “Hot Topics” document, FCPS stated:Ĭonfidentiality of student records is a significant concern across the division.
Provided FERPA/confidentiality training to Silverbrook. Maintain student confidentiality, particularly about sped status. CAP required training for SES and letter of assurance. Proposed resolution to parents and they declined. In an internal FCPS document titled “ Hot Topics“, dated December 11, 2017, which covers the 2015-17 period, FCPS stated the following about Silverbrook Elementary School:Ī SLP asked all sixth grade speech students to stand to be recognized during the EOY assembly in front of entire school.
Please join me in asking Superintendent Brabrand to finally address FCPS FULLY securing the private information of its staff and students. In a realistic world, where past is prologue, the expectation is that updates might never stop. In a perfect world, there’d be no reason to mention this article will be updated in the future. In addition, it includes FCPS noncompliance related to it failing to provide parents an opportunity to inspect and review their student’s education records and/or review the education records within regulatory timelines. It includes breaches related to records FCPS provided to me, breaches related to my own family (and about which I filed state complaints), breaches other FCPS families shared with me, as well as the hacking of FCPS that occurred in 2020. This article details FCPS FERPA violations between 20. of Education OSEP Differentiated Monitoring and Support ReportsįCPS has been releasing information about students without their consent for years.
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