Hundreds of students’ confidential records — including psychiatric exams and Social Security numbers — were dumped on the sidewalk in front of their former Manhattan high school yesterday.
Infuriated parents and kids from the School for the Physical City rushed to the East 25th Street site after learning of the horrific privacy bungle, saying they were terrified about the compromised personal information.
“We got an anonymous call about 6:30 [p.m.], so we flew here with a shopping cart,” said worried mom Connie Click, whose daughter, Skylar, graduated from the architecture-oriented high school a year ago.
“I have no idea who did this. People are always looking through the garbage, especially down here.”
A “disgusted” Skylar added, “One of my friends has information here — I found his file on the street.
“We don’t even know what information they have in the [nearby] Dumpster,” she said. “We’re taking my files and my friend’s files. I don’t want that kind of information out there.”
About 15 brown cardboard boxes and clear plastic bins crammed with the students’ records were piled high on the sidewalk in front of the former site of the school, along with a locker and several computers.
The records included psychological exams, copies of birth certificates and Social Security cards, and medical records, including many for children with learning disabilities. The records date back to at least 1990.
A nearby Dumpster was also overflowing with records.
The school — which has about 100 students in ninth to 12th grades — moved from its old East 25th Street location to West 14th Street over the summer, city Department of Education spokeswoman Margie Feinberg said last night.
Feinberg said the department first learned about the dumped records from a Post reporter.
“We are taking this very seriously,” she said. “This would be an improper disposal of student records, and it is not acceptable and is going to be investigated.
“Right now, we’re going to the school building and look and see what has been left and investigate, and then take appropriate action.”
Feinberg said that when the high school transferred across town, “Baruch College moved into the location.”
Calls to the college and the high school’s principal were not immediately returned.
Connie Click said she has already spoken to a lawyer.
“This is a crime. They’re letting everyone’s life out on the street,” she said.
kate.sheehy@nypost.com