Marshall Public Schools

We are writing to make you aware of a recent cybersecurity incident involving PowerSchool, a software vendor which provides our Student Information System (SIS). 

On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, PowerSchool informed our leadership team that they experienced a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to certain PowerSchool SIS customer data. Unfortunately, they have confirmed that the information belongs to some student and staff information here at Marshall Public Schools. 

PowerSchool informed us that the taken data primarily includes parent and student contact information with data elements such as name and address information. Across their customer base, they have determined that for a portion of individuals, some personally identifiable information (PII), such as social security numbers (SSN) and medical information, was impacted. They are working with urgency to complete their investigation and determine whether PII belonging to our students was included. Fortunately, we do NOT include student social security numbers in our system to help protect them in just such instances.  However, the same is not true for staff. 

Powerschool did stop the breach quickly, and shut it down.  We will force password changes to be safe, and we will continue to monitor what if any impact this may have and keep everyone informed along the way.  We have also notified our tech department, insurance, and legal representation to help us take every step necessary to protect information. Protecting our students is something we take seriously. With PowerSchool’s help, more information and resources (including credit monitoring or identity protection services if applicable) will be provided to you as it becomes available. It is too soon to tell if that will be necessary for students, and we hope it is not since we omit social security numbers for students.  Staff, it appears that what was breached, does not populate anything valuable from what we can see at this time.  However, it is too early to be certain.  We will continue to monitor the situation as information becomes available.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. 

Sincerely,