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School Head Mum On Webcams At Meeting
LOWER MERION, Pa. - The superintendent of Lower Merion Schools held a previously scheduled public meeting on Tuesday, but no public talk about privacy issues and web cams was allowed.
“We are unable to discuss laptop security,” said Superintendent Christopher McGinley, who read from a prepared statement.
A letter from Narberth mayor's office sent earlier on Tuesday made it clear the laptop webcam controversy based on a student's spying allegations would not be discussed for legal reasons.
The meeting was held in Narberth Borough Hall, located at the corner of Conway and Haverford avenues.
"Though it is a public meeting, the intent of the meeting is to address concerns of Narberth residents as they pertain to local topics, such as parity of educational programs, transportation, transition between schools, the Narberth school building, etc.," Narberth Mayor Tom Grady said in the news release.
"Any questions or comments pertaining to the webcam issue or lawsuit will not be answered," Grady wrote.
Tuesday night's event was scheduled before the controversy arose at Harriton High School. At issue is the federal lawsuit in which sophomore Blake Robbins claims the school used his district-issued laptop webcam to monitor him in his home.
The district admits users were not informed of the laptops' capability to snap pictures in the event they were reported lost or stolen, but officials deny the feature was ever used to spy on or discipline students.
The FBI, the U.S. Attorney's office, and the U.S. Justice Department are looking into the case.
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