By Nigel Maxwell

Judge decides vice-principal acted appropriately

Nov 7, 2014 | 5:29 AM

A Prince Albert judge has ruled in favour of the Saskatchewan Rivers School Division, in a case that opened up the issue of cellphone privacy at school.

The case dates back to March 2010, when a sixth grader’s phone was confiscated at Riverside Public School and a text about a stolen car was looked at.  The text messages would lead police to making an arrest.

The student’s grandparents claimed damages by the school division and the vice-principal, and were seeking financial compensation of $50,000.

The family said they feared retaliation because someone saw the kid in the police car near the stolen car.

In his decision the judge said there was no bearing to the family’s arguments, and the vice-principal was acting in the best interests of the student.

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The Ratt family has been ordered to pay the legal costs of the vice-principal and the school division.

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