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The 5th grade academic challenge that was scheduled for Wednesday, January 22nd has been rescheduled to Monday, January 27th.

Dear Freddie Families: 

We were recently notified by PowerSchool and META Solutions of an international data breach over Christmas break that affected student information servers in the U.S. and Canada, including Fredericktown’s server hosted by META Solutions.

PowerSchool has assured us that the threat actor has reportedly destroyed the data, and our data appears safe. They believe the breach has been contained without replication or dissemination, and that no additional copies of student or staff data exist. While no student financial information was accessed, we still await clarification on the specific student data involved.

PowerSchool has committed to providing credit monitoring or identity protection services if required. We will do our best to keep you updated as we receive further information.

Please find below a parent letter from PowerSchool regarding the incident.

Gary Chapman, Superintendent
Fredericktown Local Schools

PowerSchool Users

We are writing to make you aware of a recent cybersecurity incident involving PowerSchool, a software vendor which provides our Student Information System (SIS).

On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, PowerSchool informed our leadership team that they experienced a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to certain PowerSchool SIS customer data. Unfortunately, they have confirmed that the information belongs to some of Fredericktown Local Schools’s families and educators.

PowerSchool informed us that the taken data primarily includes parent and student contact information with data elements such as name and address information. Across their international customer base, they have determined that for a portion of individuals, some personally identifiable information (PII), such as social security numbers (SSN) and medical information, was impacted. They are working with urgency to complete their investigation and determine whether PII belonging to our students was included. 

Protecting our students is something we take seriously. With PowerSchool’s help, more information and resources (including credit monitoring or identity protection services if applicable) will be provided to you as it becomes available. 

Thank you for your patience and understanding. 

GENERAL MONITORING OF SCHOOL-ISSUED DEVICES

Please be aware that the Fredericktown Local School District, either directly or through a technology provider, is electing to generally monitor all school-issued devices (as that term is defined by R.C. 3319.325). The monitoring will include the following features: location tracking and student interactions with school- issued devices (e.g., keystrokes and web-browsing activity). The District generally monitors these features for the noncommercial education purpose of instruction, technical support, and/or exam proctoring. Additionally, these features are generally monitored as a necessary precaution for preventing and/or responding to threats to life or safety.