Category Archives: PII

Parents: Don’t Let Your Kids Carry Chips into Pinellas Schools!

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Harmonica

Pinellas County Schools, Florida, just announced a pilot for two AI “weapons detection systems” starting in Spring 2026. This means students are going to be surveilled by an AI machine for weapons, and mathematical formulas could trigger on non-existent weapons—kids … Continue reading →

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Florida Education Rebranded Mental Health and Social Emotional Learning as “Resiliency”: Leading the Way with a Globalist Agenda

Posted on September 28, 2023 by Harmonica

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Public Schools: A Massive For-Profit Surveillance Operation

Posted on September 21, 2023 by Harmonica

Schools surveil and collect data on children without your informed consent. School districts vary with respect to their Education Technology (EdTech) heavy handedness; but in my opinion one EdTech application is too many—it is data collection at risk of breach. … Continue reading →

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BREACHED: Hillsborough Schools (FL) Seventh Largest School District in USA

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Harmonica

On August 31, the country’s seventh largest school district sent correspondence to not all parents about a cybersecurity incident. Very little data is trickling out about what happened. Thirteen days later Hillsborough Schools has still not revealed when the malicious … Continue reading →

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Cameras in Florida Classrooms: 30 Points Leading to NO

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Harmonica

What is the effect of training kids to submit to surveillance all day? China does it—and then uses the surveillance to social credit score citizens and limit freedom. What is the psychological impact on kids from cameras in classrooms? Will … Continue reading →

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A War on Parents and a Waste of Taxpayer Dollars: Social Emotional Learning

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Harmonica

Hillsborough County School Board (ahem: IMO law breakers!) recently approved spending $362,500 annually on Panorama Social Emotional Learning (SEL) surveys.  It was not spent on reading, writing, or arithmetic; it was spent on a contract with Panorama Education for SURVEYS … Continue reading →

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FortifyFL: Florida’s Misguided Communist-Style Student Reporting Tool

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Harmonica

In 2018 Florida passed legislation requiring the rollout of a reporting app called FortifyFL that promotes communist-style snitching on your neighbor, but in this case on Florida’s students. Continue reading →

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Congratulations Hillsborough Schools: Your Skills in Stonewalling Parents are Superb!

Posted on July 26, 2020 by Harmonica

My jaw dropped when I came across School Board Member Cindy Stuart’s comments from the July 30, 2019 Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) board meeting.  Given what I know from years of research on student data security, her comment swirled … Continue reading →

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Who Holds Florida School Districts Accountable?

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Harmonica

On May 12 Boca News Now reported that a second grader hacked Palm Beach County School District’s student password system.  This isn’t the first time a Florida school system has had problems with security.  In 2018 Florida Virtual Schools “left the … Continue reading →

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Was Angelina Jolie Elected To Hillsborough County School Board?

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Harmonica

A Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) website posted a picture of Jolie as one of its school board members!  Maybe we can get an autograph if we attend a school board meeting! Is this a joke? Was the website hacked? … Continue reading →

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