(1) The right to inspect and review the student’s education records within 45 days of the day the District receives a request for access. Parents or eligible students should submit to the school principal (or appropriate school official) a written request that identifies the record(s) they wish to inspect. The principal will make arrangements for access and notify the parent or eligible student of the time and place where the records may be inspected.

(2) The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the parent or eligible student believes are inaccurate or misleading.

Parents or eligible students may ask the School District to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They should write the school principal, clearly identify the part of the record they want changed, and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading.

If the District decides not to amend the record as requested by the parent or eligible student, the District will notify the parent or eligible student of the decision and advise them of their right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the parent or eligible student when notified of the right to a hearing.

(3) The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent.

One exception, which permits disclosure without consent, is a disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school official is a person employed by the District as an administrator, supervisor, instructor, or support staff member (including health or medical staff and law enforcement unit personnel); a person serving on the School Board; a person or company with whom the District has contracted to perform a special task (such as an attorney, auditor, consultant, or therapist); or a parent or student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks.

A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility.

The School District may disclose without consent directory information, which is information not generally considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed, which may include:

• Students' name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, dates of enrollment 
• Parents'/guardians' name and address
• Students' grade level, enrollment status and dates of attendance
• Students’ photograph
• Students' participation in recognized school activities and sports
• Weight and height of members of athletic teams 
• Students' diplomas, certificates, awards and honors received

Parents may within fifteen (15) days after notification of rights request in writing the removal of all or part of the directory information on their child they do not wish to be available to the public. Such requests shall be written, dated and addressed to the Superintendent of Schools, 19 Haverhill Road, P. O. Box 510, Windham, NH 03087. All such requests, except those requests received in September, shall remain effective until the first day of October of the following year. Parents, or an eligible student, may request that the school district keep this information on file while the student is enrolled in the school district, thereby not having to complete a new request form each September. If such a request is made, any changes in information need to be reported to the schools as they occur.

Upon request, the School District discloses education records without consent to officials of a school district in which a student seeks or intends to enroll.

The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the District to comply with the requirements of FERPA.

The office that administers FERPA is:
Family Policy Compliance Office
U. S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-4605
August, 2001
Revised Jan. 2004