Nice to see ongoing communication (reviewed for grammar this time!) from the district on this matter. There still seem to be a few gaps that would help families better understand the districts action plan. Not sure how to escalate this appropriately or whether it is even worth mentioning? Can someone with those powers help escalate if it is worth doing so? 1. Clarify whether the district plans to utilize this law firm for future cases - it is not specified below. 2. Be specific about how the district is verifying there is no indication the student information has been given to any other individuals. Is there a records review of all emails sent from this firm for any other cases they are/were managing for SPS? 3. Use a multimodal approach in contacting families. Not everyone receives emails (for various reasons); therefore, a hard copy mailing and phone call should be used given the magnitude of this confidentiality breach. Kat ________________________________________ From: Seattle Public Schools Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 2:30 PM To: Kat Korab Subject: Recovery of Student Information Data Update Dear Families, As indicated in our last two letters to parents, our outside law firm mistakenly released records on more than 7,400 Special Education students district wide and as well as records on regular education students from Roosevelt High School. Since that time we have taken the following actions: • Terminated the law firm working on this case • Sent a preliminary letter to you indicating the kinds of records released by mistake • Gone to court to recover the records from the one individual who has them As reported in the last letter, we don’t believe that the person holding those records has given the records to anyone else. He has been ordered to destroy those records and certify to the judge that he has done so. Again, there is no indication the student information has been given to any other individuals. The district has also been working to identify the specific information released for each individual student. This will take some time to review these records, student by student. We are also working to prevent such errors in the future. Several departments met today to discuss steps to prevent inappropriate releases in the future. You can find updates and additional information as it becomes available at: bit.ly/StudentDataDisclosure. I apologize again for this error. I sincerely regret the disclosure of personal and sensitive student information. Sincerely, Dr. Larry Nyland Interim Superintendent ________________________________________ Seattle Public Schools would like to continue connecting with you via email. If you prefer to be removed from our list, please contact Seattle Public Schools directly. To stop receiving all email messages distributed through our SchoolMessenger service, follow this link and confirm: Unsubscribe SchoolMessenger is a notification service used by the nations leading school systems to connect with parents, students and staff through voice, SMS text, email, and social media. __._,_.___ ________________________________________ Posted by: Kat Korab ________________________________________ Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (1) In compliance with our 501(c)(3) status, the Seattle Special Education PTSA does not support or endorse candidates for political office. All opinions expressed by these postings are strictly those of the person making the posting, and not necessarily those of the Seattle Special Ed PTSA. Questions or concerns about particular postings can be directed to the Seattle Special Ed Board by emailing seattlespecialedptsa@gmail. VISIT YOUR GROUP • New Members 1 • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 23:17:39 +0000
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