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Parents of Haverhill Public School students are receiving assurances they are not impacted by a data breach involving a particular PowerSchool-branded educational product.
Haverhill Director of Technology Douglas Russell said in an email Thursday to staff that city schools do not use the product.
“First and foremost, we want to assure you that our district does not utilize PowerSchool’s Student Information System, which was the affected product in this incident. Instead, we use PowerSchool’s application system, and PowerSchool has indicated that only their SIS was compromised,” Russell wrote.
Schools across the country were notified Wednesday by the Folsom, Calif. company that “an unauthorized party gained access to certain PowerSchool Student Information System customer data.” That data, according to Nashoba Regional School District, includes student records, grades, attendance and enrollment, but
He explained Haverhill schools use a different student information system, SchoolBrains, which was not involved. Russell shared a statement from SchoolBrains that reported, “Our servers are equipped with the latest and most robust software to ensure your district’s information remains secure. We continuously monitor and update our systems to stay ahead of potential threats.”