District: Middle Schooler Accessed File with Personal Information of 2,000 District Employees

A Radnor Middle School student accessed a computer file that contained the Social Security numbers, addresses and cell phone numbers of 2,000 current and former Radnor School District employees.

According to a Nov. 25 letter from Superintendent Michael J. Kelly to current and former employees, the student was logged into the district's secure network on a student classroom computer in the middle school in May or June.

The student copied the file and emailed it to three other students, Kelly said. He said officials learned about the matter on Nov. 4.

"The file was accessible because the district was in the process of transferring data to a new financial software provider. A district employee unintentionally left the file accessible after a transferring of data," Kelly wrote.

The three students and their parents assured that the email had been deleted without being copied or forwarded.

"The district does not believe the students had any malicious intent and there is no evidence that any personal information was used inappropriately," Kelly wrote.

Among other things, the district has eliminated the ability of network users to browse the network and removed the accessed file from the network, Kelly said.