Transportation Note

October 5, 2012
By Technology Administrator

Discipline on the bus this year is taken very seriously.  Please talk to your children about the importance of good bus behavior to avoid transportation suspensions.  Please remember that transportation is a privilege, not a right.  If you have any questions, please contact Transportation Director, Mike Wing, at the Bus Barn, 652-4616.  

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Required Reading Material

October 5, 2012
By Technology Administrator

Pages 8-13 of this newsletter contain required annual notifications regarding student records, educational equity, employment equity, child abuse reporting, harassment and bullying, and asbestos planning.  Please set aside time over the next week to read through all this information.  Together we can make the 2012/13 school year the best ever. All district policies are...

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Rights under Family Educational Rights and Privacy (FERPA)

October 5, 2012
By Technology Administrator

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords parents and students over eighteen (18) years of age (“eligible students”) certain rights with respect to the student’s education records.  They are:   (1)  The right to inspect and review the student’s education records within 45 days of the day the district receives a request...

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Directory Information

October 5, 2012
By Technology Administrator

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, required the district, with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child’s education records.  However, the district may disclose appropriately designated “directory information” without written consent, unless you have advised the district to the...

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Rights Under the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA)

October 5, 2012
By Technology Administrator

PPRA affords parents certain rights regarding our conduct of surveys, collection and use of information for marketing purposes, and certain physical exams.  These include the right to: Consent before students are required to submit to a survey that concerns one or more of the following protected areas (”protected information survey”) if the survey is...

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Destruction of Special Education Related Student Records

October 5, 2012
By Technology Administrator

Record information related to the provision of special education services is maintained for a period of two years following the student’s graduation or termination of enrollment in the district.  At that time, all records except those which must be kept permanently (basic enrollment), grades, and attendance information, etc.) are destroyed.  Parents or eligible students...

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