The father of a 13-year-old student at Mountain View Middle School in Beaverton failed to obtain a temporary restraining order to halt the school’s use of digital hall passes.
Jeffrey Myers appeared in U.S. District Court in Portland on Thursday before Judge Adrienne Nelson, where he argued that the system tracks student movements in a way that could reveal psychological patterns and be used to monitor behavior.
Concerns Over Student Privacy and Data Access
Myers raised concerns about the number of school staff members who can access the digital pass data.
He also pointed out that the Beaverton School District had acknowledged the possibility of using the system for behavioral interventions, such as counseling. This, he argued, exceeded the boundaries of administrative record-keeping…