Are the FERPA forms in the first day packets different from how they were last year?
Given the knowledge that private information about students and families were inappropriately - if not illegally - shared with a commercial enterprise, the District may have altered the FERPA form.
Given the knowledge that private information about students and families were inappropriately - if not illegally - shared with a commercial enterprise, are you regarding the FERPA form more closely?
7 comments:
Yes -- definately read more carefully.
As it reads I think they can give information out to pretty much anyone as they included "consultants" and other very generic terms for professions.
I will still say 'no' but don't know what difference it will make.
I said 'no' last year and we have been contacted multiple times for surveys by groups other than the District.
Could you be a little more specific about the violations of FERPA? Thanks.
Yes, permission slips looked similar. However, I was given an additional form (only from the middle school..not elementary school) for families that selected the No Release Option (B). The No Release Option form had several areas ( Media Release, Yearbook Release, All school family directory and Website) with options to check yes or no. By my signiture, I specifically wrote in that information was for family directory ONLY.
I'm thinking that I'm going to copy my FERPA forms this year before I turn them in just in case I need to prove that I signed them.
Maureen, that's exactly what I did for years because I wanted to be able to say, "Yes, I do know what I signed because I have a copy of it."
Anonymous ebaer said...
Could you be a little more specific about the violations of FERPA? Thanks.
9/9/10 7:05 PM
Please see my write-up about this at: Should the School District Be Allowed to Give Our Kids’ Phone numbers, Addresses and Photos to Every Tom, Dick and Pollster?"
-- sue peters
ebaer - go here for the information you want:
http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/the-fallacy-of-%E2%80%9Cmerit%E2%80%9D-and-%E2%80%9Cperformance-pay%E2%80%9D-as-teacher-incentives-they-dont-serve-anyone-well/
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