School Board Policy 343.34

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a federal law, requires the District, with certain exceptions, to obtain your consent prior to disclosing personal information from your student’s education records. The law recognizes, though, that schools often desire to publish student information, for example, to recognize students through awards or athletic programs. Additionally, outside organizations such as colleges, legislators, the military, and vendors for items such as photographs or class rings, often seek contact information for students. To meet this need, FERPA allows the District to designate as “directory information” any personally identifiable information in a student’s educational records that would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed. School officials may release directory information about a student without first obtaining parental consent, unless you object by returning this form.

The District has identified the following information as   directory  information   student   name,    address,

e-mail, year of birth, enrollment, dates of attendance, grade level, degrees and awards received, date of graduation, name of secondary school most recently attended, scholarship eligibility, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, and height and weight of members of interscholastic athletic teams. This list is found at Anchorage School Board Policy 343.34. A copy of this policy is available for review in the office of all of our schools or on the District’s website.

In two instances, the District is required by law to release certain contact information regarding junior and senior high school students, unless you object. First, the District is required to provide to the University of Alaska the names and addresses of those students eligible for UA scholarship programs. Second, upon receiving a request from military recruiters and/or institutions of higher learning, the District must provide names, addresses, and telephone listings. The form below specifically allows you, as a parent, to object to release of phone numbers and directory information to military recruiters and colleges.

If you do not want the District to disclose directory information from your student’s education records during the 2010-2011 school year, you must notify the District, in writing, by returning this form Directory Opt-Out. If you have no objections to the release of directory information, you do not need to take any action.

Thank you for your cooperation.