Big Glendale Is Watching

The Glendale Unified School District (which DOES NOT include GCC) has hired a company to monitor social media posts by local high school students in an attempt to crack down on cyber bullying and other abusive messages. The company monitors only messages that can be viewed by the public, but some wonder if the school district is overstepping its authority. The Los Angeles Times reports.

Questions...

•Is the Glendale Unified School District doing the right thing here? Why or why not?

•Is it an invasion of privacy if only publicly-available messages are monitored?

•Should a student be punished for bullying or other offensive comments made outside of school?

•Would it be permissible for the school district to inform parents if their children are making bullying or otherwise offensive comments? What if they are making possibly suicidal comments?

•What do you think of the list of issues the monitoring company looks for? Are there any you would add? Are there any you would delete?