ILLINOIS COMPUTERS STOLEN http://norridge.suntimes.com/6090606-417/districts-64-207-not-affected-by-computer-theft-officials.html

Districts 64, 207 not affected by computer theft: officials

By JENNIFER JOHNSON jjohnson@pioneerlocal.com June 21, 2011 4:22PM

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Updated: June 23, 2011 3:37AM

Personal information of Park Ridge elementary-school students and faculty members is not believed to be stored on computers recently reported stolen from employees working for the Illinois State Board of Education.

“It does not appear that this affected us,” said Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 spokeswoman Bernadette Tramm.

Dave Beery, spokesman for Maine Township High School District 207, said he did not believe information about District 207 students and staff was included on the stolen laptops, but at the time was awaiting confirmation from the district’s director of special education.

Last week hundreds of Illinois parents reportedly received letters from the Harrisburg Project, a data-storage subcontractor working with the Illinois State Board of Education. The letters stated that two laptops had been stolen from Harrisburg employees.

The Harrisburg Project is contracted by the state to store the personal information of special-education students and instructors for reimbursement.

On June 16, ISBE spokesman Matt Vanover confirmed that two computers were missing. Vanover said records for 7,841 students and 2,613 staff from 42 districts in northern Illinois were on the computers. Social Security numbers were part of that information, he said.

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