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Re: Help! Privacy Rights Violated Or No?
Posted by Meggers on 6/03/07
Wrong message board-meant to post on advocacy...Sorry for
the interruption. On 6/03/07, Meggers wrote:
> lost my personal cell-phone in the school building last
> week. I called the front office, reported a phone was
> missing and if any were found it may be mine. No students
> were in attendance that day and no later that 1 hour after
> leaving the building, I get a call from the Principal who
> wants me to know that they think they found "what they
> beleive to be my phone." I asked her to simply turn it off
> and I would pick it up the following week upon my return
> to the building...When I went to p/u the phone the
> following week-I was confronted by my Principal/Asst.
> Administrator about my text-message logs...Of course, I
> have nothing to hide but one message involved personal
> medical information that I had to try and explain to my
> Superiors...The Principal claimed they came across the
> information in the text-messages while trying to determine
> who the phone belonged to...(Hmmm, the questions posed to
> me at this "impromptu" meeting were at least 100 or
> so "deep" into my logged messages that I don't ever
> delete...The Principals claimed they didn't know how to
> turn off the phone-so it was dead without a battery...
>
> There is the vague synopsis...Now, I need to know how to
> go about handling this...I contacted my local NEA PRES.
> HE WAS FURIOUS but needed to check the legal aspects
> involved with this type of situation...So, while waiting
> for him to get back to me-I figured I would pose the
> scenario to others who may have the right input...
>
> Did my Principals violate privacy laws by reading my
> logged text-messages?? They claimed the phone was
> submitted to the office by two teachers, (which they
> didn't identify during the meeting). Should I hire a
> lawyer and sue? Should I try to "clear the air" with as
> little "drama" as possible. I think that for a long time
> now, my Principal has been suspicious of my activity both
> on-site and off because I am young, popular with the kids,
> and because they have access to my phone number...I always
> act with 100&37; professionalism, I'm married with a 2
year
> old, but I have been put through an interrogation into my
> personal life for no reason aside from Administrators
> invading my "lost" phone...I am so worried about this I'm
> losing sleep...Help...
>
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