The Information Age Strikes Again

Being a future teacher, I'm sort of ambivalent on this one, but the state of Florida has released the permanent records of its teachers to the public.

This can go a couple ways: my libertarian side says that's a major violation of privacy, and that if the teacher is good enough to keep his or her job, then shouldn't that be the business of the school? If, say, a young teacher has a small misdemeanor on his or her record, that's probably not a big deal to most people, but at the same time, if it's a "morally reprehensible" act, it could change the perception of them for some parents.

On the other hand, the school systems can't always be trusted because there is such a dearth of teachers, and in the present age we really have to expect any and all information about ourselves to be public knowledge. As a future parent as well (probably), I'd imagine I would be fine knowing that my kid's teacher had been convicted for pedophila (ideally, they wouldn't be hired, but see the problem already stated in this paragraph).

I encourage everyone to weigh in on this: is it a violation of privacy for every single parent in Florida (and soon in other states as well) to have access to teachers' legal records? Is it their right to have that information?

Moreover, is it everyone's right to have information on everyone else just because the technology is available? Let us know.