Follow the rules
Up in Boston, Harvard School System Superintendent Thomas Jefferson has escaped one kind of trouble just in time to land in another kind. When the Worcester district attorney’s office announced that it wouldn’t pursue a criminal case on alleged illegal payments, Johnson must have breathed a sigh of relief.
Now he’s in trouble in a different way. Here’s a quote from the Boston Globe about the situation and how a background check plays into it.
A Harvard parent, Robert Harrah, said he has filed a complaint with the state’s Criminal History Systems Board, alleging that Jefferson discussed his criminal record with another parent, in violation of Criminal Offender Record Information, or CORI, rules. Harrah said he complained that Jefferson discussed his record, which includes arrests in 1974 and 1981 that led to fines, during a conversation at a middle school dance last November.
The School Department had conducted a background check on Harrah last year before he was allowed to chaperone a class field trip, he said.
The message to people who have access to confidential records and do background checks is twofold. Follow the rules. And make sure confidential things stay that way.
Make sure you know the rules that you should follow […]