47,000 student records accidentally released to a parent

Private records for thousands of students in Lake County were released by mistake. And the district says the parent that got those records won't delete them. Alexis Clevenger is live for us tonight. the school board filed a lawsuit against that parent. Yeah, Manny Luan, and they want to make sure that those records don't get into anyone else's hands. So they're asking a judge to get involved to require that parent to destroy all of those records. Nearly 47,000 student records. 47,000 is a big number. And it's certainly understandable why that number could concern parents. Now in the hands of one Lake County parent. The district says that parent made a public records request in September and an employee fulfilling the request in October accidentally uploaded eight unredacted files. According to court documents, those files not only had general education records, but also information concerning students' disabilities, individual educational plans, and special education services. This was an employee error. Mistakes happen. And the best the district can do is to try to correct that mistake. The district says it asked the parent to destroy the files. Unfortunately, the parent at issue has declined to destroy those records. The district, therefore, has filed a complaint in circuit court. Seeking an injunction requiring the destruction of the records. According to the complaint, the parent's attorney told the district that their client had hundreds of statutory violations in his hands. The attorney allegedly asked what the district could offer the parent in a settlement for him to destroy the documents and not disclose the information. The parent tells Fox 35 the files are on an encrypted thumb drive in a secure location and he says he's filed a complaint with the attorney general's office. And right now, it's still unclear when that circuit court will rule on the district's injunction. Live in Lake County, Alexis Clevenger, Fox 35 News.