A computer breach at Jim Thorpe Area High School in October was investigated internally and did not involve the local police department, according to Principal Thomas Lesisko.

The statement, made in a Nov. 25 email to district parents, contradicted a Lesisko email on Oct. 30, when he said both the Jim Thorpe Police Department and high school administration conducted a "thorough investigation."Both emails were obtained through a recent Right To Know request.Borough Police Chief Joseph Schatz said his department did not investigate the breach."We received information about it, but we did not investigate any part of that," Schatz said. "After that first email, we spoke with the district and advised them of that."Lesisko said the incident involved "a listing of student numbers and names being briefly available on the internal high school student network.""Several students stumbled across the file and used it to access two friends' computer accounts," he added. "The actions were discovered immediately."The student numbers, which are associated with lunch numbers, were changed "out of an abundance of caution" while the investigation was completed, the district said."No confidential information, such as demographics, financial information, or grades were ever accessible as those are an entirely different system with different passwords," Lesisko said. "Appropriate disciplinary measures, as outlined in the student handbook, were taken with the students involved. The investigation found no evidence of hacking."Lesisko told parents the district believes in transparency when it has facts."On a daily basis, many allegations and rumors are investigated and found to be baseless and there is no reason to notify you," he said in the Oct. 30 email. "In addition, details of investigations can't be shared since they may jeopardize an ongoing investigation or breach the confidentiality of student records."A request for further documents regarding the computer breach was denied by the district, which cited several exceptions it believes applies to the law. The exceptions include a record regarding computer hardware, software and networks, which, if disclosed, would be reasonably likely to jeopardize computer security; a record that includes information made confidential by law or court order; records relating to a criminal investigation; investigative materials related to a criminal investigation; materials related to internal deliberations; a confidential source exclusion, and that releasing the materials will deprive a person of the right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication."There were no criminal charges filed and it is not, and never was, under investigation by us," Schatz said.One incident the police department did investigate was a reported sexual assault in a high school stairwell around the same time as the breach."No charges have been filed as a result of that investigation," Schatz said. "That being said, we keep all of our files open on sexual cases. We never close down a case like that. It is considered an open investigation."