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Posted on 03/27/2014 4:08:40 AM PDT by servo1969
A Minnesota school district has agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a lawsuit that claimed school officials violated a student's constitutional rights by viewing her Facebook and email accounts without permission.
The lawsuit, filed in 2012 by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, alleged that Riley Stratton, now 15, was given detention after posting disparaging comments about a teacher's aide on her Facebook page, even though she was at home and not using school computers.
The ACLU also said administrators viewed her online conversations between the then-Minnewaska Area Middle School sixth-grader and a boy because of a complaint the two were using computers to talk about sex.
“I was in tears,” Riley told the Star-Tribune on Tuesday. “I was embarrassed when they made me give over my password.”
After a parent complained about the Facebook chat, the school called her in and demanded her password. With a sheriff deputy looking on, she complied, and they browsed her Facebook page in front of her, according to the report.
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But no one expects.....(pregnant pause)..... THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!
“Way to slam fellow FReepers there.”
Only the ones that REFUSE to accept what our public schools have become.
What about the ones who can’t afford to pay for both public schools (through taxes) PLUS private school tuition? Are they just trash to you? Is that how you roll?
People prioritize THINGS...I prioritize my kids.
Big brother is watching from the public schools.
The article doesn't say how the money was divided.
How did they "make her" give them her password. She needs to learn how to say "Fuck off" in scholastically admissible language, and call the cops on her cell if they persist and won't let her leave. Anything not pertaining directly with school is none of their business and none of their business to demand.
The teachers and administrators were just jealous a student was getting sex with someon else.
“Made” her give over her password? Intimidation in the school? My younger kids would have told them, “Go talk to my Dad.” My oldest would have told them to get bent and then, “Go talk to my Dad.” They would not have enjoyed that talk with me and my attorney. The message these “modern” schools are sending is that bullying is bad, except when school officials do it. People need to stop caving to these bullies and stand up for what is right.
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