A Brookfield Board of Education member has been disciplined for using her official email account to try to get information about a student who wasn't her child. 

The Board of Selectmen and the Ethics Board investigated the situation involving Joy Greenstein.  The Newstimes reports that parent Andrew Corea filed the ethics complaint after she emailed the principal of Whisconier Middle School about disciplinary action taken against several girls for a matter that happened out of school.  They are part of the Brookfield Lacrosse Club. 

The Selectmen adopted the Ethics Board's recommendations, which include requiring Greenstein to speak with an attorney or expert about acceptable practices when using town email accounts and asking for student information.  The retraining has since occurred.  The Club is not a school or town organization. 

According to the  Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act, information about educational records can't be released, regardless of the email account requesting it, without written permission from a parent. 

Greenstein said she wanted to “mirror appropriate action” for the girls involved. 

The selectmen are looking into developing policies for town employees about using town email accounts and recommend the Board of Ed do the same.