Some students and employees in Rapides Parish schools might have had their personal information compromised because of a breach with a company used by the district for its student information system,

The nationwide PowerSchool data breach has left many districts worried about leaked student information. However, the NDITD is taking an extra step to ensure the security of the school districts’ data.

Several central Ohio school districts have confirmed student, family and educator data may have been accessed in a data breach of a popular student information software. PowerSchool is a student information system that can be used by school districts to organize student data,