Tuesday, August 24, 2010

New anti-bullying plan includes cell phone search

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Oak Harbor, WA) August 23:

"Oak Harbor school principals may start looking through cell phones as a way to crack down on cyber-bullying, but some students and their parents in the Island County school district say the proposed policy is an invasion of privacy... The district wants principals to confiscate and search electronic devices when they suspect students may be using their phones to harass others through e-mails, text messages or photos.  The policy would extend to messages and images sent outside of school hours if that content was then shared during school."
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