From the desk of James Shelley, VP:
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requires that Cliffside Park school district, with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child’s educational records. However, Cliffside Park School District may disclose appropriately designated “directory information” without written consent, unless you have advised the District to the contrary. The primary purpose of directory information is to allow the Cliffside Park school district to include this type of information in certain school publications such as the yearbook, an honor roll list, or a graduation program. Directory information is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released and can also be disclosed to outside organizations without a parent’s prior written consent. Outside organizations include, but are not limited to, companies that manufacture class rings or publish yearbooks. In addition, two federal laws require local education agencies (LEAs) to provide military recruiters, upon request, with three directory information categories – names, addresses, and telephone listings – unless parents have advised the LEA that they do not want their student’s information disclosed without their prior written consent. If you do not want Cliffside Park school district to disclose directory information from your child’s education records without your prior written consent, you must notify the District in writing by March 7, 2003. Cliffside Park school district has designated the following information a directory information:
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