Notification: PowerSchool Impacted by Massive Data Breach

Good Afternoon Fredericksburg City Public Schools (FCPS) families and employees:

On Tuesday, January 7, PowerSchool, an international provider of education administration software, announced that it had suffered a cybersecurity incident in late December. PowerSchool is a cloud-based data program that stores over 60 million students' information from 18,000 schools globally. Although security of PowerSchool’s systems has been restored, data pertaining to students and employees at many school systems around the country were subjected to unauthorized access. The breach was limited to PowerSchool’s internal systems.

FCPS is one of thousands impacted by the massive data breach. We have asked PowerSchool to identify the scope of impact this incident may have had on information pertaining to members of our school community. PowerSchool has assured us that they are investigating the matter.

FCPS takes the privacy of our students’ and employees’ information very seriously. We are committed to holding PowerSchool accountable.

We will continue to seek additional information from PowerSchool as they proceed with their investigation. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Gladys West Elementary School

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