I spoke with the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C. today, which will be investigating St. Johns County Schools and whether it has failed to give adequate notice students personal information is being shared with military recruiters. SJC School Board has apparently been breaching the promise that Superintendnet Dr. JOSEPH JOYNER made to the late Peg McIntire, the late Robin Nadeau, and Grandmothers for Peace, and which he affirmed to me by telephone at the time. See below.
Interestingly, yesterday's St. Augustine Record carried letter from Eric West, St. Johns County Republican Assembly Chair and Tea Party faction leader, opposing Common Core Standards (supported by our School Board, Superintendent and former Governors). Eric West's letter states in pertinent part, inter alia, "we oppose the collection of student data and the sharing of specific student data without parental consent or knowledge."
In fact, it strongly appears that "sharing of specific student data without parental consent or knowledge" is exactly what St. Johns County School Board has done, sharing students' personal information with military recruiters while hiding the opt-out form on page 59 of the Student Conduct Handbook -- never sending forms home (as was done when President Obama spoke to school children).
Thus, we look forward to Eric West, the St. Johns County Republican Assembly and the Tea Party supporting the request for investigation of St. Johns County Schools.
U.S. Department of Education investigators will communicate with Joyner. They need to take sworn depositions under oath. Our U.S. Department of Education will see that no further promiscuous privacy violations occur by the St. Johns County School Board. All St. Johns County School parents must be advised annually, in a separate mailing, that they have the right to "opt-out" of their childrens' personal information being handed over to the Defense Department (formerly the War Department), pursuant to a 2002 law.
What do you reckon?
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