Education of Homeless Children and Youths:
The School district’s liaison for homeless children and youth will ensure that the educational rights of homeless children and youth are met. Homeless children and youth must have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education as provided to other children residing in the district and be provided with comparable services. For more information, contact Emily Schumacher at 262-348-3003 or Tana Kubly at 262-348-2101
Meningococcal Disease Information:
According to section 118.07(3) of the state statutes, each school district must provide the parents/guardians of students enrolled in grades 6 – 12 with information about meningococcal disease (commonly known as bacterial meningitis).
- Meningococcal bacteria can potentially be transmitted through close contact with an infected person through direct contact with respiratory and/or oral secretions from an infected person (for example, through sharing drinking containers or kissing)
- Meningococcal disease can be misdiagnosed as something less serious, because of early symptoms like high fever, severe headache, nausea, vomiting and stiff neck
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other leading medical organizations recommends that all 11 – 12 year olds be vaccinated with meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4). A booster shot is recommended for teens at age 16 to continue providing protection when their risk for meningococcal disease is highest.
For more information about meningococcal disease and immunization, please feel free to contact our school nurse at 262-348-4002 (Joint-1) or 262-348-2002 (Badger) or visit the following websites to learn more about meningococcal disease, vaccine information, and public health resources:
Student Records:
The school district maintains student records for each student attending school in the district. State and federal laws require that the maintenance of such records assure confidentiality.
All records directly related to a student and maintained by the school district are pupil records. They include records maintained in any way, including but not limited to, written, printed or drawn material, computer storage media, video and audiotape, film, microfilm and microfiche. Records maintained for personal use by a teacher or other certified personnel and not available to others and psychological treatment records necessary for and available only to persons involved in the psychological treatment of the student are not considered pupil records. The district maintains the following types of student records:
Progress Records – grades, courses, attendance, immunization,extra curricular activities. These records are maintained for five years after the child ceases to be enrolled.
Behavioral Records – psychological tests, personality evaluations, records of conversations, written statements related to a pupil’s behavior, achievement and ability tests, and physical health records, other than immunization records or lead screening records, certain law enforcement officers’ records, and any other pupil records thatare not progress records. Law enforcement records are maintained separately from other pupil records. Behavioral records are maintained for one year after the child graduates or ceases to be enrolled.
Pupil Physical Health Records – basic health information that includes the immunization card, an emergency medical card, a log of first aid and medicine administered to the pupil, an athletic permit card, health screening testsand other basic health information as determined by the state superintendent.
Directory Data – includes the student’s name, address, telephone listing, date and place of birth, field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, photographs, degrees and awards received and the name of the school most recently attended. This information may be disclosed to any person, except that parents/guardians or adult students may refuse the release of all or any part of the directory data without prior consent if they inform the school district of their refusal to release such information without prior consent by writing within fourteen days from the publication of this noticeto: District Administrator, 208 E. South Street, Lake Geneva, WI 53147, 262-348-1000. Districts are required by law to provide military recruiters access to secondary students’ names, addresses, and telephone listings unless access to such information has been restricted by the parental/guardian request or adult student by requesting that directory data not be disclosed without prior written consent to anyone, including military recruiters; or by restricting the disclosure of directory data without prior written consent specifically to military recruiters, using the procedure in this section. The district shall comply with the request.
Student Records - Student and Parent/Guardian Rights:
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and section 118.125, Wisconsin Statutes, afford parents/guardians and students 18 years of age and older (“adult students”) the following rights with respect to education records:
- The right to inspect and review the student’s education records within 45 days of a written request that identifies the record(s) they wish to inspect and obtain a copy, consistent with the board’s student records policy and procedures.
- The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the parent/guardian or adult student believes is inaccurate or misleading or otherwise in violation of the student’s privacy rights consistent with the Board’s student records policy and procedures.
- The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information in the student’s education records, except to the extent that federal and state law authorize disclosure without consent including disclosure without consent to school officials determined to have legitimate educational interests in the records, including safety interests, agents of the school district, another school when written notice is received from the parent/guardian or adult student that the student intends to enroll in another school or school district, and when requested by educational agencies or institutions of postsecondary education where the student seeks or intends to enroll.
- The right to file a complaint with the Family Policy compliance Office of the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the District to comply with the requirements of FERPA.
- To inspect, review, or obtain a copy of the student’s education record, or to request the amendment of a record, contact the building level principal of the school which your child attends
- Parents have a right to inspect any third party surveys or evaluations prior to their administration by the School District.
Parents must provide prior written consent for the administration of, and may inspect or request a copy of any survey, analysis, or evaluation by the school district containing one or more of the eight protected areas listed below when funded in whole or in part by the U.S. Dept. of Education:
- mental or psychological problems of the student or student’s family;
- sex behavior and attitudes;
- illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior;
- critical appraisals of other individuals with whom respondents have close family relationships;
- legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those of lawyers, physicians, and ministers;
- religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or student’s parents/guardians;
- income other than that required by law to determine financial assistance in federal program.
For More Information on Protecting Students Privacy, please click this link.