technology and school law

In our other online class, school law, we have been looking at a number of issues dealing with actions by and toward school personnel. In the court case that was posted as a scenerio this week, a non-custodial parent sent a false fax to school, granting him permission to pick up his daughter from school, which was clearly against the wishes of and court orders in favor of the custodial parent. This raises the question about how careful school personnel must be in verifying the sources of electronic communication. While technology by and large has made our lives more efficient and effective, this court case proves that it still isn't foolproof and raises an issue of looking for additional policies, procedures and safeguards to put in place that we may not have needed 5 or 10 years ago.