All that sounds great, but how do you actually assert those things without your child missing out on their classes?
We got enrolled this year and all the kids apparently get chromebooks with a bunch of software pre-installed. I mentioned to the school I would rather just provide laptops for them, and they were not really open to that, legal or no. Apparently the kids have been using them everyday, so I'm glad, on one hand, I didn't push the issue and let the kids get behind because of my pet issue, but on the other hand I clearly got steam rolled by the system.
Only consolation I got was links to all their softwares' individual privacy policies they signed with the school in relation to the kids usage and data. Feels a bit like malicious compliance (reading one of those is a strain, reading one for every single piece of software they use in the year is quite a mental burden).
We got enrolled this year and all the kids apparently get chromebooks with a bunch of software pre-installed. I mentioned to the school I would rather just provide laptops for them, and they were not really open to that, legal or no. Apparently the kids have been using them everyday, so I'm glad, on one hand, I didn't push the issue and let the kids get behind because of my pet issue, but on the other hand I clearly got steam rolled by the system.
Only consolation I got was links to all their softwares' individual privacy policies they signed with the school in relation to the kids usage and data. Feels a bit like malicious compliance (reading one of those is a strain, reading one for every single piece of software they use in the year is quite a mental burden).