Cleaning Crew Disposes of Student Financial Information in Dumpster

Isaac Miller elementary School in Santa Maria, California is currently investigation a situation in which boxes of unshredded financial information of students on free or reduced price school lunches were found in an outside dumpster. It is believed that the files were accidentally thrown away by a cleaning crew that was organizing storage rooms in the school during the school break. The files were found by a resident throwing out trash, and was reported to the school and the police. The records date back several years, which means that hundreds of thousands of students and families may be affected by this incident.

For individuals who have students at Isaac Miller Elementary School, they are highly recommended to closely watch their financial records and to consider identity theft protection services to ensure that their data is safe and not being used inappropriately for fraud or identity theft.