Schools forced to divert staff amid historic flood of records requests

[ralfy]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/03/27/school-district-foia-records-request/

School districts across the nation are facing a mounting pile of increasingly complex records requests from parents, community members or attorneys representing education advocacy groups — all of whom say they want greater transparency about how local children are educated. The requests are expansive, with filers seeking hundreds of thousands of pages of school emails, lesson plans and other internal documents, all of which must be carefully reviewed for student and employee personal information in compliance with federal privacy laws. School leaders warn that resources are being diverted away from students’ academic needs at the exact instant America is facing dropping test scores, a teen mental health crisis and a teacher shortage.

 

[pknopp]

People should be able to access information on the schools they fund but odds are hardly any of them would take the time to attend a single school board meeting.

 

[JGalt]

Parents have a right to know what schools are doing to their children. The parents own those children, not the schools.

 

[1srelluc]

Terry McAuliffe said parents should not have authority over what schools teach their children.....In large part that's why Youngkin beat him by keeping the NOtVA percentages down.

Given the way NOtVA is showing their ass around denying their honor students of recognition in the name of "equal outcomes" I don't expect those percentages will improve for the dems.