Several Johnson City parents are frustrated after their children's personal information, including Social Security numbers, went home with other students.
Johnson City Schools Supervisor of Instruction and Communications Dr. Debra Bentley says some Woodland Elementary School students in six classrooms were affected by the mix-up earlier this week.
"In six classrooms some parents did receive the incorrect information," Dr. Bentley said. "(Documents) were put in the child's folder, the child then takes the folder and puts it in their backpack."
She says the school sent emergency contact information home with students in an effort to make sure all of that information was up-to-date. Unfortunately, the school system says some children's emergency contact cards went home with the wrong kids.
"We want our parents to know we consider this quite serious so we are quickly moving to make sure we have procedures in place to make sure this doesn't happen again, but also monitor in the long term any concerns from this," Dr. Bentley said.
Although the superintendent says he believes the potential for harm is minimal, he is now apologizing for the mix-up and pledging the school system will do everything it can to make sure it never happens again. According to Dr. Bentley, schools will never again send home documents containing personal information. Instead, emergency contact information will be updated securely online.
Kenneth Thompson was one of the parents who received a letter alerting him that his son's information may have been sent home with the wrong child.
"It's crazy, I just don't understand how you can send someone else's information to someone else's house, it doesn't make sense to me," Thompson said. "Only thing I can do is just take their word and hope that it doesn't happen again, but whatever happened they need to get to the bottom of it and make sure it doesn't happen again."
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