Owasso Public Schools, et al.
Petitioners
Jerry A. Richardson, Counsel of RecordThe Owasso, Oklahoma, Public School System gives its teachers discretion over whether to use peer-grading — having students exchange quizzes and homework assignments in class and score them as the teacher calls out the correct answer. In October 1998, Kristja J. Falvo sued the School District, Superintendent Dale Johnson, Assistant Superintendent Lynn Johnson, Principal Rick Thomas, and the 50 Owasso students, alleging that the peer-grading violated her three children’s Fourteenth Amendment right to privacy and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). A district court granted summary judgment to the School District, relying in…
