Arizona school board president kept secret dossier on parents opposed to CRT and mask mandates that was discovered after he accidentally sent a link to a mom: Private investigator ran background checks and filmed parents
A school board president in Arizona has been accused of maintaining a secret online dossier containing personal details about parents who opposed mask mandates and Critical Race Theory.
Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg's access to the Google Drive file was revealed after he accidentally displayed the link in a screenshot he sent to a parent in a heated email chain.
The drive contained files labeled 'SUSD Wackos' and 'Anti Mask Lunatics' among others in a sprawling database tracking the online activities of parents in the district.
The drive was set to public, allowing anyone with a link to view it, and the contents, including the Social Security numbers, financial information and divorce records of parents, quickly set off a firestorm of calls for Greenburg to resign, according to AZ Free News.
The district blames Greenburg's father Mark, who shares a home and computer with his son, for creating the bizarre dossier, and the school board president has denied involvement, vowing an investigation by 'forensic IT staff'.
The link to the Google Drive was accidentally made public when Greenburg shared this screenshot with a parent, who discovered that the drive was public
A spokeswoman for SUSD did not immediately respond to an inquiry from DailyMail.com on Thursday night.
The unusual affair is just one example of the increasing tensions between parents and school leadership across the country, with passions running high over a range of issues from curriculum and reopening to mask and vaccine mandates.
The existence of the Scottsdale dossier first came to light in August, when Jann-Michael Greenburg apparently sent a screenshot of a Facebook conversation to area resident Kim Stafford, accusing her of anti-Jewish sentiment.
Stafford dismissed the accusation in a reply, saying that Greenburg had read the conversation out of order and misinterpreted her post accusing someone else of anti-Islamic sentiment.
However, the mom noticed that at the top of the screenshot, a Google Drive address was visible, and when she entered the address into her browser, found that the cloud drive was publicly accessible.
The drive has since been set to private, but a copy of its contents has been reviewed by DailyMail.com.
The sprawling drive contains folders with names including 'SUSD Wackos,' 'Press Conference Psychos' and 'Anti Mask Lunatics.'
Amy Carney, who is calling for Greenburg's resignation, speaks on behalf of parents during a protest last May against critical race theory being taught at Scottsdale schools
The drive contains a disorganized collection of hundreds of screenshots of Facebook posts, memes mocking parents, and an investigative background report on certain parents
It contains a disorganized collection of hundreds of screenshots of Facebook posts and conversations in Facebook groups dedicated to the Scottsdale school system, with the apparent theme of tracking the political sentiments of various parents.
Some of the files include memes mocking certain parents, PTA leaders and local elected officials.
Disturbingly, the drive also contains a background report that appears to have been generated by a private investigator, which includes personal details such as financial and criminal records of parents.
Among the files are bodycam videos that appear to have been filmed by Mark Greenburg, the school board president's father, as he rides his motorcycle.
In one video, Mark Greenburg is heard confiding with friendly parents in the parking lot of a school, apparently before a school board meeting.
'Somewhere around here, we have a private investigator, who's writing down all their plates,' he can be heard saying.
'That you've hired?' asks one of the allied moms.
'Yeah, I did. Yeah. I had our law firm do it so that it's protected. So that we can get the information,' Mark Greenburg is heard saying.
Mark Greenburg was listed as the owner of the original Google Drive, which was also linked to Jann-Michael Greenburg, according to Independent Newsmedia.
In a phone interview with the outlet, Jann-Michael Greenburg furiously denied that he was behind the sprawling dossier.
'I categorically deny having anything to do with any of this. If you are going to claim in a story right now, that I had anything to do with this, I would argue that crosses the line,' Jann-Michael said, while his father was also on the call.
'We are going to have forensic IT staff look into this and figure out what that is. You can file with law enforcement, I am not sure even why we are looking at these photos.'
Asked if his father had access to the Google Drive, he replied: 'I am not my father's keeper.'
'I think that has been made clear previously,' he added, apparently referring to his father's creation of a parody website targeting a former SUSD board member.
'I have been sent screenshots on what is done on [a parent's Facebook group]. I have been sent videos, and, yes, from parents, including my own father,' he said. 'Yes, people send me emails and text messages, but I don't store them and I don't know who stores them if that is what you are asking.'
Jann-Michael Greenburg has filed to run for reelection in November 2022, but is already facing angry calls for his immediate resignation.
'I am calling for the immediate resignation of our board president Jann-Michael Greenburg,' Amy Carney, who is running for a seat on the Scottsdale Governing Board next year, told AZ Free News.
'We cannot allow anyone in a leadership position to secretly compile personal documents and information on moms and dads who have dared speak out publicly or on social media about their grievances with the district,' said the mother of six.
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