Principal warns about 300 students had access to porn via Snapchat groupchats

THOSE MARCHERS CONTINUE TO MOVE

TOWARD BRETT BICENTENNIAL

PLAZA.

>> NEARLY 300 MIDDLE SCHOOL

STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO SHARED

IN GROUP CHATS. WAKE COUNTY

SCHOOLS SAYS THE IMAGES WERE

SHARED THROUGH SNAPCHAT AND

INVOLVE STUDENTS AT ALSTON

RIDGE. MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE'RE

ASKING HOW THIS HAPPENED.

WHAT THE DISTRICT IS DOING

ABOUT IT. AND IF ANY STUDENTS

ARE FACING CONSEQUENCES.

WRAL'S HEIDI KIRK IS LIVE AT

ALSTON RIDGE, MIDDLE SCHOOL

WHERE SHE SPOKE WITH PARENTS

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEY

RECEIVED THIS EMAIL. IT.

>> WELL, DEBORAH, THOSE PARENTS

ARE UNDERSTANDABLY VERY, VERY

UPSET THAT THEIR STUDENTS GOT

ACCESS TO THIS. NOW, THE

DISTRICT SAYS THAT THIS DIDN'T

TAKE PLACE HERE ON THEIR MAIN

CAMPUS, BUT BECAUSE IT INVOLVES

SO MANY OF THEIR STUDENTS,

THEY'RE LOOKING INTO IT.

>> IT'S A NAP MEANT TO SHARE

SILLY VIDEOS AND PICTURES WITH

YOUR FRIENDS. BUT SOME STUDENTS

AT ALSTON RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL

ARE USING IT FOR SOMETHING IT

SPREADS LIKE WILDFIRE.

STUFF LIKE THAT INAPPROPRIATE

STUFF. FUNNY STUFF. JASON

DAVIES IS ONE OF MANY PARENTS

WHO GOT THIS E-MAIL FROM THE

PRINCIPAL AT HIS SON'S SCHOOL

INFORMING THEM THAT ABOUT 300

STUDENTS WERE INVOLVED IN A

SNAPCHAT GROUP SHARING PORT A

EVEN THOUGH HIS SON DOESN'T

HAVE SNAPCHAT. HE'S CONCERNED.

I HOPE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN DURING

SCHOOL HOURS. WE TOOK THAT

QUESTION TO THE SCHOOL WHICH

SAYS IT DIDN'T WHEN STUDENTS ON

CAMPUS. HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT

THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, MANA TURN?

WE HAVE FILTERS IN PLACE.

>> THAT PREVENT

THEM GOING SITES THAT WE KNOW

ARE UNSAVORY ARE NOT

APPROPRIATE FOR SCHOOL USE.

SO WE MANAGE THOSE DEVICES ON

OUR INTERNET, EVEN IF THEY USE

THEIR DEVICE ON

OUR OWN. ON OUR INTERNET, THAT

INTERNET IS FILTERED. WE ASKED

HOW THEY HANDLE THIS OFF-CAMPUS

ACTIVITIES SINCE IT INVOLVES SO

MANY STUDENTS WERE TOLD THEY'RE

INVESTIGATING AND WILL TAKE

ACTION IF NEEDED.

>> IN THE MEANTIME, THEY'RE

URGING PARENTS TO TALK TO THEIR

KIDS ABOUT THEIR PHONE USE,

HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM

ABOUT HOW THEY'RE USING IT,

WHAT THEY'RE SEEING HADN'T PAID

FEEL ABOUT IT. THAT IS IT IS A

GREAT WAY FOR A PARENT TO

REALLY GET A GAUGE OF HOW

HEALTHY, IF YOU WILL, USAGE OF

THE DEVICES. DAVEY SAYS HE

ALREADY MONITORS WHAT HIS SON

IS LOOKING AT ON THE INTERNET

WITH SOMETHING.

>> COMES UP THAT HE'S NOT

SUPPOSED TO WATCHING THOSE.

HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO WATCH IT.

AND THAT COMES FROM THE DUE

DILIGENCE THAT WE'VE GONE

THROUGH HIS PARENTS. HE SAYS

THAT DUE DILIGENCE IS WORTH IT

TO PUT A STOP TO THIS.

>> WE REACHED OUT TO LAW

ENFORCEMENT TO SEE IF THEY'RE

TAKING ANY ROLE IN THIS

INVESTIGATION. CARRY POLICE

SAID THAT THEY ARE NOT BECAUSE

IT IS TECHNICALLY NOT A

CRIMINAL MATTER. HEIDI KIRK,