Good evening,
As you may or may not know, during tonight's Grades 9-10 high school parent
focus group there was inappropriate pornographic content posted. This content
was taken down immediately, but was still visible to participants of the focus
group. In addition, inappropriate, sexual and racist commentary was also posted
in the chat feature. Approximately 10 participants were ejected from
the meeting and the chat was disabled. Our IT department is investigating these
posts and ways to prevent further instances of these inappropriate actions. To
date we have had approximately 50 focus groups with thousands of staff, student,
and parent participants and this is the first time that such
inappropriate conduct has occurred. It is unfortunate that the actions of a few
could jeopardize our ability to effectively interact with the school community
on a live platform. Nevertheless, we will work to adjust our practices to
ensure that something like this does not happen again.
Again, I apologize for the issues that occurred this evening during the
information meeting. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to
contact me at 617-984-8701 or via email at
kevinmulvey@quincypublicschools.com.
Sincerely,
Kevin W. Mulvey, J.D.
Superintendent of Schools