Attendance
Attending and graduating from the schools of the district shall be recognized as a right and responsibility of the law for those who meet the requirements of minimum entry age (5) before August 31 and are less than 21 years of age. Regular school attendance is necessary for mastery of the educational program provided to students of the district. Students at times may appropriately be absent from class under the following guidelines:
- absence due to illness or a health condition.
- religious observance
- school-approved activities
- family emergencies
- disciplinary actions
- home schooling
Excused absences shall be verified by parent/guardian or school authority, and the student will be allowed to make up all missed assignments outside of class; however, make-up work is not an adequate substitute for classroom learning.
State law requires the district to
- Notify parents after one unexcused absence
- Meet with parents after two unexcused absences
- Notify juvenile court after 7 unexcused absences in a month or 10 in a year
Health
Important Information Regarding H1N1 Flu
When to keep your child home or when your child might be sent home:
- Students with a fever (100 or higher) should stay home for at least 24 hours and not attend school or go into the community except to seek medical care. Students may return to school when they are fever-free for 24 hours, without use of fever-reducing medications.
- Students with a cough or sore throat, especially with a fever, should stay home from school until at least 24 hours after flu-like symptoms have resolved.
- Vomiting or diarrhea, until symptom free for 24 hours
- Pink eye, with or without drainage, until treated
- Lice, Nits (lice eggs) or scabies until treated and nit/lice free
- Body rash, especially with a fever
Please be sure to notify the school if your child will be absent. For additional information, please contact your child's school and ask for the nurse.
Medication
Students who must take medication, either prescription or over-the-counter, must provide written instructions and a signature from their physician and parent/guardian on the District Medication Authorization form.
Notification of Rights Under FERPA for Elementary and Secondary Institutions
The Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords parents and students over 18 years of age ("eligible students") certain rights with respect to the student's education records. They are:
- 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, guardians or eligible students should submit to the school principal (or appropriate school official) a written request that identifies the records they wish to inspect. The principal will make arrangements for access and notify the parents, guardian or eligible student of the time and place the records may be inspected.
- The right to request an amendment of student's education records that the parent, guardian or eligible student believes are inaccurate or misleading.
Parents, guardians or eligible students may ask Riverview School District to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They should write the school principal or program director, 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, guardian or eligible student, the District will notify the parent, guardian 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, guardian or eligible student when notified of the right to a hearing.
- The right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student's educational records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent.
One exception that permits disclosure without consent is 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 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, hearing officer, auditor, medical 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.
- 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 name and address of the Office that administers FERPA is: Family Policy Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, Washington D.C. 20202-4605.
A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her responsibility.
Upon request, the District discloses education records without consent to officials of another school district in which a student seeks or intends to enroll.
The district may also release directory information without consent. The Riverview School District identifies and limits such directory information about a student which may be in the possession of the school: name, address, telephone number, date of birth, participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, diplomas and awards received and the most previous school attended. This student information is used as the basis for student directories, for information necessary to announce and describe student activities such as athletic events, plays and musicals, for information necessary to publish student awards and graduation lists, and for information to be placed in the public domain by the schools for other school purposes consistent with the school district policies and regulations.
The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act grants parents or guardians the right to request that directory information not be released without their prior written consent. If such request is placed in a student's record, the student shall be omitted from such publications. It is possible to request that only part of the directory information not be released without prior written consent.