Highly Disturbing Monitoring by School of Kid's Account

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The solution here is to make sure your child knows not to use their school account for anything other than school purposes, and then log out when they’re done.

Perhaps go back to old school where kids used books, papers, and pens to do homework. If MCPS doesn't fix this issue, any computer work will have to be done at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tell me that MCPS is maintaining recordings of the web surfing going on at home on logged-in MCPS student account when there is no reason to do so, and then I'll get riled up. If a live feed to a teacher is required - Meh.

Seriously! Teachers have far better things to do after hours than monitor what little Larla is doing at home on her account.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tell me that MCPS is maintaining recordings of the web surfing going on at home on logged-in MCPS student account when there is no reason to do so, and then I'll get riled up. If a live feed to a teacher is required - Meh.

Seriously! Teachers have far better things to do after hours than monitor what little Larla is doing at home on her account.

Because there is NEVER even one bad seed in the MCPS school system, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The solution here is to make sure your child knows not to use their school account for anything other than school purposes, and then log out when they’re done.

Perhaps go back to old school where kids used books, papers, and pens to do homework. If MCPS doesn't fix this issue, any computer work will have to be done at school.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

I would actually really like to hear from a lawyer on this matter.

1) We certainly never were given information on any ramifications of what the schools has access to once a child logs into an account, particularly at school. Shouldn't there be something formal that explains this to parents? Should a parent consent with written permission?
2) What is the legality with this kind of access? We are not talking about just seeing URLs of sites visited, but the actual screen.

[Anonymous]

Make sure you get all the facts straight and not rely on the reports of a single child in the matter.

[Anonymous]

It’s school - they’re using a school website with school property, are they not? And they’re supposed to be using it ONLY to do school work, right?
What’s the problem here? Are they supposed to let kids waste their classroom time doing frivolous things or maybe cyber bullying other kids? Why wouldn’t you parents be supporting this?? Tell your kids to only use the school WiFi and device for school related work and get on with your lives.

[Anonymous]

I'd never trust MCPS.
They've proven themselves to be untrustworthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would actually really like to hear from a lawyer on this matter.

1) We certainly never were given information on any ramifications of what the schools has access to once a child logs into an account, particularly at school. Shouldn't there be something formal that explains this to parents? Should a parent consent with written permission?
2) What is the legality with this kind of access? We are not talking about just seeing URLs of sites visited, but the actual screen.

I'm the poster who wrote this. I like to clarify that that I don't frankly care that schools monitor the kids while at school. They should. Monitor them all day with every keystroke they tap while they are using school chromebooks. We are talking about home access, and the unknowing parents who do not know they are being monitored to this level from the home computer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would actually really like to hear from a lawyer on this matter.

1) We certainly never were given information on any ramifications of what the schools has access to once a child logs into an account, particularly at school. Shouldn't there be something formal that explains this to parents? Should a parent consent with written permission?
2) What is the legality with this kind of access? We are not talking about just seeing URLs of sites visited, but the actual screen.

I'm the poster who wrote this. I like to clarify that that I don't frankly care that schools monitor the kids while at school. They should. Monitor them all day with every keystroke they tap while they are using school chromebooks. We are talking about home access, and the unknowing parents who do not know they are being monitored to this level from the home computer.

You didn't have to sign anything before your child could use the school computer/website?

If they are really doing this, I wouldn't allow access to that website at home.

[Anonymous]

Has anybody asked the school about this?

[Anonymous]

Why shouldn’t mcps be able to monitor how students are using mcps accounts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make sure you get all the facts straight and not rely on the reports of a single child in the matter.

+1

Pretty sure a lot of this may be inaccurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s school - they’re using a school website with school property, are they not? And they’re supposed to be using it ONLY to do school work, right?
What’s the problem here? Are they supposed to let kids waste their classroom time doing frivolous things or maybe cyber bullying other kids? Why wouldn’t you parents be supporting this?? Tell your kids to only use the school WiFi and device for school related work and get on with your lives.

OP is talking about her home computer, at home, using her personal wifi.

OP out of curiosity, is your school using google docs, SIS or blackboard? Or some other program?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Make sure you get all the facts straight and not rely on the reports of a single child in the matter.

+1

Pretty sure a lot of this may be inaccurate.

Pretty sure you’re wrong.