Data Privacy

What Data do We Collect and Why?

School Operations

We collect data such as addresses and phone numbers, gender and age, and information to ensure student safety and accurate reporting to help run our school operations efficiently.

Measuring Progress and Participation of our Students

We collect data such as attendance, grades, and participation in school-sponsored extra-curricular activities to enable students to succeed.

Improving the Education Program

We collect results from local, state, and national assessments to provide teachers, administrators, and parents with important information about student, program, and school performance and improve our education programs.

Striving to Meet the Needs of Students

We collect surveys and other feedback to improve teaching and learning and address other issues important to students and their families.

How Does Education Data Support Student Success and School Improvement?

• Teachers need data to understand when students are thriving and when they need more support in learning specific concepts.

• Parents and guardians need access to their child’s educational data to help them succeed.

• Students need feedback on their progress so they can make good decisions about program choices and prepare for success. 

• School officials and community members need to understand school performance and know if scarce education resources are being allocated fairly and effectively.

Directory Information

FERPA permits a school to disclose PII (Personally Identifying Information) from a student’s education records, without consent, when such information has been appropriately designated as “directory information” and the parent has not opted out of the disclosure of such designated information. The FERPA regulations define directory information as information in a student’s education record that would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed.

Directory information may include information such as the student’s name, address, email address, photograph, date and place of birth, grade level, dates of attendance (i.e., the time during which the student attends or attended the school), participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, degrees, honors and awards received, and the most recent school attended. 

Parents can make a formal request to the district that their student's directory information not be released at any time while they are enrolled student in our schools.  The request will be honored until the parent requests otherwise in writing. If such written notification is not filed, the district assumes that the parent does not object to the release of the directory information.