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Iroquaarea School District iroqua Area School District pupil records. They include records maintained in any way including, but not limited • Grade level • Activity participation to, computer storage media, video and audiotape, film, microfilm, and microfiche. • Degrees, honors and awards • Weight, height for athletic teams Records maintained for personal use by a teacher and not available to others and Asbestos Notification In compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection records available only to persons involved in the psychological treatment of a child Agency (EPA) and the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), this is are not pupil records. notice that the Viroqua Area School District is free of all asbestos. Public Notice Regarding Student Records Notice of Nondiscrimination Applications for employment, students, parents, Four-Year-Old Kindergarten The Viroqua School District maintains student records in the interest of the student employees, sources of referral of applications for employment, and all unions Class offerings for the four year old to assist in providing appropriate educational experiences. Two classes of records or professional organizations holding collective bargaining or professional are maintained: behavioral and progress records. Progress records means those agreements with the Viroqua Area School District are hereby notified that this Kindergarten program will be all day on pupil records which include the pupil’s grades, a statement of the courses the institution does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, national student has taken, the pupil’s attendance record and records of the pupil’s school origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, martial or parental status, sexual orientation, or Monday/Thursday or Tuesday/Friday with extracurricular activities. Behavioral records means those pupil records which physical, mental, emotional, learning disability, or any other factor provided for by include psychological tests, personality evaluations, records of conversations, any state and federal laws and regulations in admissions or access to, or treatment or Wednesday being an outreach day to families. written statement relating specifically to achievement or measurement of ability, the employment in its programs and activities. Any person having inquires concerning Call the Elementary Office, 637-7071 to enroll pupil’s physical health records and any other pupil records which are not progress the Viroqua Area School District’s compliance with the regulations implementing records. Student records are confidential. An adult student or parent/guardian has Title VI of the Civil Rights act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of your child. the right to consent to disclosure of personally identifiable information contained in 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, ADA Act of 1990, Civil Rights the students education record. Such information may not be released to any party Act of 1991, or Section 118.13 Wisconsin Statutes is directed to contact: Dr. Robert without the written consent of parent/guardian or adult student, except to a court Knadle, District Administrator, Viroqua Area School District, Viroqua, WI 54665. Five-Year-Old Kindergarten order or subpoena, to licensed employees of the DPI, or to local or state health Notice of Rights Concerning Student Records Pursuant to the provisions of the officials. Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, The Viroqua Area School District Attendance & First Grade Admission Student Records is required to give annual notice to parents and adult students of their rights Any adult student or parent/guardian has the right to inspect and review the regarding student records. 2009 WISCONSIN ACT 41 - Assembly Bill 119 students education records. Records are kept at the following locations: The School Board has adopted a policy to ensure the confidentiality of The law now requires a child who is enrolled in 5-year-old PK-4 Ryan Rieber Elementary student records. A copy of this policy is available from the office of the District Administrator in the District Office, (608) 637-1186 kindergarten in a public or private school to regularly attend 5-8 John Schneider Middle School 9-12 Kathy Klos High School If you believe that the District is not complying with the Federal Students’ Records kindergarten during the school year. Spec. Ed. Cathryn Poshepny District Office Laws, you may file a complaint at the office of the District Administrator. Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, with certain exceptions, the law Requests to view, obtain copies, and/or release records should be addressed to Education of Homeless Children and Youth requires a child to complete 5-year-old kindergarten as a prerequisite those named above. Progress records are maintained permanently. Behavioral Homeless children and unaccompanied youth within the Viroqua Area School to being admitted to first grade in a public school, including a charter records are destroyed one year after graduation or the last date of attendance, District must have access to public school educational programs and services school. unless permission is granted for maintenance by the parent/guardian or adult that allow them to meet the same challenging state academic standards to which student. all students are held. Homeless children and youth are identified as individuals Each school board that operates a 5-year-old kindergarten program Student records are transferred to another school district within five days of receipt who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence. The term includes shall adopt a written policy specifying the criteria for promoting a of a written notice from another school district that the student has enrolled in children and youth who are: pupil from 5-year-old kindergarten to the first grade. Each school that district. Parental consent is not required for the transfer. A copy of the school • Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic board that operates a 5-year-old kindergarten program also shall district’s student record policy may be obtained by writing: hardship, establish procedures, conditions, and standards for exempting a Dr. Robert Knadle, District Administrator or similar reasons; Viroqua Area School District • Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or campgrounds; child from the requirement that the child complete kindergarten as 115 N Education Avenue a prerequisite to enrollment in the first grade and for reviewing the Viroqua, WI 54665 • Living in emergency or transitional shelters denial of an exemption upon the request of the pupil’s parent or Parent/guardian and adult students have the right to file complaints concerning • Abandoned in hospitals; guardian. alleged violations of their rights with regard to education records under Section • Awaiting foster-care placement; The Viroqua Area Schools’ Board of Education is currently drafting 438 of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act with the US Department • Living in a primary night-time residence not used as a regular sleeping of Education Rights and Privacy Act Office, US Department of Education, 330 accommodation; written policy specifying the criteria allowing for the exemption of a Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201. pupil from attending 5-year-old kindergarten. This information will • Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, The school district maintains several classes of pupil records. bus or train stations, or similar settings; and/or be published once finalized. “Progress records” include such records as psychological tests, personality • Migratory children living in any of the circumstances described above. The new law requires a school board and the operator of an evaluations, records of conversations, written statements relating specifically to If you are personally aware of or are acquainted with any children who may be independent charter school to enroll in first grade a child who the pupil’s behavior, tests relating specifically to achievements or measurement of homeless, please contact Cathryn Poshepny, Pupil Services Designee, 637-1182. ability, physical health records other than immunization and lead screening records, has not completed kindergarten but is otherwise eligible to be Title 1 law enforcement officers’ records, and other pupil records. Behavioral records may enrolled in first grade if the child moves into Wisconsin from a state, be maintained for no longer than one year after the child graduates or otherwise Title 1 is a federally funded program. The Viroqua Area School District operates country, or territory in which completion of kindergarten is not a ceases to the enrolled, unless the parent specifies in writing that the records may a Title 1 program that provides academic support to students in Kindergarten prerequisite to entering first grade or if the child was exempted from be maintained for a longer period of time. The school district informs parents when through grade 6. Students are identified for participation through the use of the requirement to complete kindergarten in the state, country, or pupil records are no longer needed to provide special education. At the request classroom assessments, standardized testing, and teacher observation. Parents are notified of their child’s eligibility by the classroom teacher. Parents have an territory from which the child moved. of the child’s parents, the school district destroys the information that is no longer needed. opportunity
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