Walcott defends plan to release student records to private biz
Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott defended a controversial plan to allow private businesses to get a look at information about public school students, telling a town hall audience in Bensonhurst that pupil’s privacy would not be violated.
‘We will maintain student privacy. We are very strict around that. We will never, ever pierce student privacy,” Walcott said in answer to a question at a town hall hosted by the Community Education Council of District 20 (CEC 20) on May 2.
“I’m a zealot about that,” Walcott added.