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Good morning! It's Ann Schimke with Chalkbeat Colorado.

Students and families provide all kinds of personal information to school districts. But how safe is that data? An audit from the nation’s largest school system provided a disconcerting answer this week, finding major weaknesses in how student data is tracked, secured, and managed. Read more from Chalkbeat’s data fellow Lizzie Walsh.

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