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Parents or eligible students have the right to:

1. inspect and review education records.
2. request the amendment of the student’s education records to ensure that theyare not inaccurate, misleading or otherwise in violation of the student’s privacy or other rights.
3. consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s education records, except when requested by a government agency. Identifiable information contains the following: student name, a parent name, address, personal identifier, list of personal characteristics or information that would make the student’s identity easily traceable.
4. file complaints with the U.S. Department of Education.
5. review copy of the FERPA in the principal’s office.

Directory Information (FERPA)

The Tift County School System has designated the following information as Directory Information:

1. Student’s participation in official school clubs and sports;
2. Weight and height of student if he/she is a member of an athletic team;
3. Dates of attendance at the Tift County School System; and
4. Awards received during the time enrolled in the Tift County School System.

Unless you, as a parent/guardian or eligible student, request otherwise, this information may be disclosed to the public upon request. You have the right to refuse to allow all or any part of the above information to be designated as Directory Information and to be disclosed to the public upon request. If you wish to exercise this right, you must notify, in writing, the principal of the school at which the student is enrolled within 10 days after the student’s enrollment date.

You are also notified that from time to time students may be photographed, videotaped, or interviewed by the news media at school or some school activity or event or by school officials as part of school publications. If you, as a parent/ guardian, object to your child being photographed, videotaped, or interviewed, the objection must be presented, in writing, to the principal of the school where your child is enrolled within 10 days after the student enters school.

Statement of Authority of Principal

The principal is the designated leader of the school and, along with the staff, is responsible for its orderly operation. In case of discipline violations not covered by prescribed disposition in this handbook, the principal may enact corrective measures which he/she feels are in the best interest of the school and student iinvolved.

Tift County Schools
207 North Ridge Avenue :: P.O. Box 389 :: Tifton, Georgia 31794
Phone: (229) 387-2400 :: Fax: (229) 386-1020

Tift County Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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