Notice Concerning Directory Information

The district may disclose directory information. Under FERPA, “directory information” is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released, can also be disclosed to outside organizations without a parents’ prior written consent. Outside organizations include, but are not limited to, companies that manufacture class rings or publish yearbooks.

The types of personally identifiable information that the district has designated as directory information are as follows: student’s name, address, telephone listing, electronic mail address, photograph, major fields of study, dates of attendance, grade level, enrollment status (e.g., undergraduate or graduate, full-time or part-time), participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, degrees, honors and awards received.

A parent or eligible student has the right to refuse to let the district designate any or all of those types of information about the student as directory information. Parents or guardians may refuse to allow their student’s information to be designated as “directory information” at any time during the school year, so long as the parent notifies the Director of Student Services. Please write to Ryan Zabawa, Director of Student Services, 5905 O Street, Lincoln, NE 68510, to indicate your refusal to have your child’s information designated as directory information.

The district may disclose information about former students without meeting the conditions in this section.

The district’s policy is for education records to be kept confidential except as permitted by the FERPA law, and the district does not approve any practice which involves an unauthorized disclosure of education records. In some courses student work may be displayed or made available to others. Also, some teachers may have persons other than the teacher or school staff, such as volunteers or fellow students, assist with the task of grading student work and returning graded work to students. The district does not either approve or disapprove such teaching practices, and designates such student work as directory information and/or as non-education records. Each parent and eligible student shall be presumed to have accepted this designation in the absence of the parent or eligible student giving notification to the district in writing in the manner set forth above pertaining to the designation of directory information. Consent will be presumed to have been given in the absence of such a notification from the parent or eligible student.