The Seattle Public School District says activities requiring students to provide information protected by federal and state law do not violate the statutes as long as teachers do not store the information without parental consent.
Seattle Public Schools has defended its use of “social identity wheel” handouts in which students are asked to reflect on their “privilege” based on income, race, mental health, sexual identity and religion. Federal and state laws prohibit schools from asking students for that information without approval from parents
Chalkboard News reported in February that SPS taught students about race, privilege and gender for Black Lives Matter at School week. Some of that instruction included using privilege or social identity wheels, which asked students to chart their privilege based on personal characteristics. (Chalkboard is published by The Franklin News Foundation, which also publishes The Center Square.)
The school district did not respond to Chalkboard’s request for comment
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