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--- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 12:50:59 -0700 (PDT) From: michael.mcguire@gartner.com To: Declan@well.com Subject: School Board votes 6-1 to share student names Didn't see this on any of the politech listings. Fascinating, especially the school district's contention that the "spokesperson" didn't know there was a policy regarding the release of student information... -------------------- School Board votes 6-1 to share student names -------------------- By Mary Shanklin Sentinel Staff Writer October 9, 2002 Effective immediately, anyone can get the names, addresses, phone numbers, ages and other information for Orange County's 150,000-plus schoolchildren. Reacting to news that the school district had been sharing the information with political consultants and others, the Orange County School Board voted 6-1 Tuesday to release the information to everyone. Parents may opt to keep their children's information private, possibly at the beginning of the school year. The issue raised so many questions that board members approved it in concept only, hoping to iron out the details after more study and input from the attorney general. The 90-minute debate was marked by members of the public demanding that the school district fire spokeswoman Jackie Johnson, who gave directory information to a pro-school political committee. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------