RALEIGH -- Wake County school officials are asking parents to keep trying to use a Web site that will allow them to get free credit reports for a year because their children's Social Security numbers were accidentally included on postcards mailed last week.
School administrators had apologized for the error in letters mailed to parents Friday that gave a Web site for getting free credit reports from Experian. The reports will cost Wake $20 per family.
But the Web site wasn't up as of Monday afternoon, prompting complaints from some parents and a request from school administrators to be patient for the link to become active. School officials said Monday that the letters began arriving in homes sooner than expected.
