Marion City Schools Takes Action To Secure Electronic Network

The Marion City Schools voted unanimously May 10 to terminate the  contract of an employee who violated the district’s computer  network/system policies and procedures.  

A district  investigation that included employing an outside computer forensic firm  to review the district’s computer network determined that an employee  who works in the IT department accessed information without  authorization. The employee allegedly did this beyond the scope of his  position. 

While this primarily included breached employee  emails as well as confidential attorney-client privileged information,  some access to student education records was also noted. There is no  evidence that this unauthorized access involved any employees’ personal  or financial information or the personal information of any students.  

“Security  is our top priority and we take the violation of our network and trust  very seriously,” said Interim Superintendent Stephen Fujii. “We are  outraged at this clear violation of trust. We are actively reviewing and  updating our procedures. We are earnestly addressing this concern and  have involved the Marion Police Department in our investigation.” 

The  district placed the employee on paid leave on April 26 and terminated  his access to the district’s computer network at that time. The employee  will not receive any form of compensation from the district following  the board vote. 

The issue remains under investigation by the district. 


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