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[quote=Anonymous]I am a special educator, but not in your district. We were told by our district’s legal team that any communication that has identifiable student information (name, initials, student ID number, etc.) is open to subpoena, including text messages on personal phones (which would be a clear FERPA violation anyway). Your district is going to do everything they can to avoid giving you this info, so please take everything they tell you with a grain of salt. You need a lawyer! In the meantime, include a list of all “searchable terms” about your child in the letter you send telling the district not to destroy any communication about your child, including name, nickname, initials, student ID number, birthdate, and any other things you have heard staff call the child. Staff does communicate about students via email and, very likely, via text message on their private phones; this communication is usually out of necessity and to benefit the child (“did you finish Larla’s present levels?”, “FYI, our little friend is super tired today.”, “can you attend an IEP on 5/27 for 12345?”, etc.), but it exists.  Good luck![/quote]

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