Friday, September 19, 2008

Re: student names in email messages

Among our Middle School last year, we started using the convention of
initals and grade. So that if we were talking about 6th grader Clark Kent,
the heading might include CK7. Once you get to the body of the email, you
can mention Clark by name.

Of course, this isn't a policy, merely a convention that we followed.

And remember, no matter what you do, you're never going to be able to
perfectly guarantee privacy. And in fact, the more you try to guarantee it,
the less forgiving people will be when there's some unforeseen breach. You
do your best, and accept the fact that fecal matter happens.

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Matthew Frattali <mattfratt@gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm wondering how schools address student privacy, especially a student's
> name, in emails from one
> teacher to another. When sending emails from one teacher to another, do
> you allow the use of the
> student's name in the subject line of the email? In the body of an email?
> Any feedback is appreciated.
>
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