Deal weighs students in front of one another???
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A child weighing himself and no one else knowing the weight unless he personally tells them? No, HIPPA doessn't cover that. |
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You obviously don't understand weight issues young girls can have. |
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Just b/c it happened years before does not mean it is OK.
I would ask the school - why does the PE teacher need this info? Are there ways the school can accomplish this differently? |
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| This was common practice in my Eastern European School, once upon a time. We all had yearly physical exams and lined up. Of course, there was no obesity epidemic and nobody cared either way. Since I didn't think there were these kind of group physicals here in schools, I wonder what was the purpose of this weigh in? |
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It is PE. They cover health and fitness as well. They will exercise daily and see what changes occur. |
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Just to be clear: The OP read a Facebook post and extrapolated that it happened at Deal. There has still not been a single first-hand report on this thread validating that a Deal PE teacher has publicly weighed students and announced their weights. We do, however, have a couple of Deal parents reporting that children are weighed privately in PE and that it's possible the kids talk about their weights. It would be reasonable to suggest that even this isn't appropriate/necessary, and that it puts kids in the position of being peer-pressured into discussing their weights. I would agree with that position! But the entire premise of the original post--what's generating all of the outrage--is an unconfirmed, third-hand report that the PE teacher at an unnamed middle school that might be Deal is publicly shaming kids about their weight. And it seems not to be backed up by a single poster on this thread. So maybe let's not freak out? |
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| A teacher weighed students in my child's kindergarten class last year at Shepherd ES in front of everyone. I was surprised and my ds let me know who weighed what. |
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Just talked to dc, Deal 7th grader. Kids get their weight and height taken as part of the "Pacer" test. It's recorded, not announced. Happens every year. He says it's not a big deal, but he doesn't have body issues.
I wonder if this is mandated by the District or if it's a federally mandated? |
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This drives me nuts. The protections of HIPAA don't attach to medical information itself. Rather, the law imposes obligations on certain types of entities (called covered entities and business associates). Basically, you have to be a healthcare provider, pharmacy, insurance carrier, or an entity that is working under contract on behalf of those entities. In other words, HIPAA does not say "All medical information must be kept private." Instead, it says something to the effect of "Covered entities and business associates must do XYZ to keep your information private/secure..." So unless the school was employing a third-party medical provider to collect this information, it would not be covered by HIPAA. FERPA, on the other hand, might prevent its disclosure. |
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| I would lose my mind if I were a parent. Lose. My. Mind. |
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The pacer test measures one's cardiovascular physical fitness. It is not mandated federally. |
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No. Not health care providers. 
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