Danville High School Policies & Procedures
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA),
a Federal law, requires that schools obtain your written consent
prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from
your child's educational records. However, Danville High School
may disclose "directory information" without written consent,
unless you have advised the school to the contrary. Directory information
is not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released.
In most cases it includes the student's name, address, and telephone
number. The primary purpose of directory information is to allow
Danville High School to include names of students participating
in a variety of school activities. Examples include:
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a playbill, showing your student's role in a drama production
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the school yearbook
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honor roll or other recognition lists
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graduation programs
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sporting events (ie, wrestling, showing weight and height of
team members)
Directory information 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, federal law requires local
educational agencies like Danville High School to provide military
recruiters, upon request, with the same three pieces of directory
information (name, address, and telephone listing).
If you do not want Danville High school to disclose directory information
from your child's records without your prior written consent, you
must notify Mary Buesking at Danville High school by calling 444-1507
by September 30.