'In loco parentis', when the child is *in* the home, is gonna hold water like a sieve. Apparently this is a fairly well-off school district which can afford to give every one of their 1800 high-schoolers a laptop. The school district is going to be a smoldering hole when this suit is done and that Vice Principal won't be able to find his ass with both hands, a flashlight, a map, *and* GPS unit. (although I suspect this person is already of sufficiently challenged thought process where this may already be the case).
Benjamin Brown wrote: > Just something to chew on: A number of court decisions (press me harder and > I can search for the titles) rule in favor of the administration of public > schools in cases that would have otherwise been seen a pure violation of a > student's rights. These cases often invoke an argument of *In loco > parentis*for the administration. Though in every case I have read the > rulings > concerned actions taken on school grounds or within close proximity. This > case involves school property (the laptop), but occurs at the students home. > I am curious how this shakes out and what the court ruling (and inevitable > appeal ruling) will say. > > My 2 dinars =) > -Ben > > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & > Hannah <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Date sent: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:28:13 -0600 >> From: RandallM <[email protected]> >> >>> http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/17/school-used-student.html >> and >> >> http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/02/18/24789.htm >> >> "A federal class action claims a suburban school district has been spying >> on >> students and families through the "indiscriminant use of and ability to >> remotely >> activate the webcams incorporated into each laptop issued to students," >> without >> the knowledge or consent of students or parents. The named plaintiffs say >> they >> learned that Big Brother was in their home when an assistant principal told >> their >> son that the school district knew he `was engaged in improper behavior in >> his >> home, and cited as evidence a photograph from the webcam embedded in minor >> plaintiff's personal laptop issued by the school district.'" >> >> Always possible that the allegations are wrong or overstated, but, on the >> face of it, >> sounds like this school district could be in very serious trouble ... >> >> (Cue comments about protecting children, and being willing to give up >> personal >> freedoms for a worthy cause, etc ... ) >> >> ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) >> [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] >> What you ... call a poor signal-to-noise ratio is the 'glue' that >> holds a community together, that lets us recognize one another as >> people rather than roles. - Anton Aylward >> victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/slade/index.html >> http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ >> http://twitter.com/NoticeBored http://twitter.com/rslade >> _______________________________________________ >> Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. >> https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec >> Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
