Re:School or Prison
by ineedasername on Friday January 01, 2021 @08:05PM
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I don't know about how things usually are because my kids aren't in HS yet, but I do know that their school district, during distance learning, has a blanket policy that parents are not allowed to record the teaching sessions. So I wouldn't be too surprised if voice recorders aren't allowed in many schools as well.
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It sounds like that policy needs to be broken as thoroughly and consistently as possible, provided that you are in a one-party consent state.
I can't imagine any good reason for that policy other than covering for terrible people.
> provided that you are in a one-party consent state
Is there an expectation of privacy in a public school classroom?
I'm no lawyer, but if I had to bet, I would assume that the wiretapping laws that would no doubt zealously be applied to such a recording event (if it ruffled the right feathers) wouldn't have an exception for that, as they were written before even speakerphones came into wide use.
Re:School or Prison
by justinclift on Friday January 01, 2021 @09:58PM
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Sometimes, breaking the rules is the only way to obtain real evidence. ;)