student success. The index includes a range of assessment, on-track, and readiness indicators to more accurately report student learning, growth, and success in the classroom and beyond. For more information and to view the Future Ready PA Index and all Pennsylvania school results, visit http:// futurereadypa. org.
ARMED FORCES / MILITARY RECRUITERS / MILITARY SCHOOLS
Both federal public law 107-110, section 9528 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and state laws require that school districts provide military recruiters access to secondary school students. The Every Student Succeeds Act, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, and Pennsylvania Act 10( The Armed Forces Recruiting Act) reflect these requirements. They collectively require school districts to provide military recruiters the same access to secondary school students as they provide to postsecondary institutions or to prospective employers. This would include the student’ s name, address, and telephone number. However, the law also allows parents / guardians and / or students the right to opt-out from this by requesting that the district not release information to armed forces, military recruiters, and / or military schools. The school counseling department offers a“ Military Release of Information Opt-Out Form.” The completion and return of the form serves as a parent’ s / guardian’ s and / or student’ s request to withhold private information. Parent / guardian permission is required for those students younger than 18 years of age. Students 18 and older may sign for themselves. For further information, parents / guardians and / or students should contact the Fox Chapel Area High School counseling office at( 412) 967-2438 prior to the beginning of each school year.
ASBESTOS REINSPECTIONS
In compliance with the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency( EPA) Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, the EPA requires the district to perform reinspections of asbestos materials every three years. In July 2023, accredited asbestos inspectors performed these
reinspections and a certified asbestos management planner reviewed the results. The results of the reinspections are on file in the school district administration office as part of the asbestos management plan. The management plan is available for viewing by the public during regular school hours( Monday-Friday from 8 a. m.-4 p. m.).
MEDIA NOTIFICATION
Our schools are public buildings, and our students, educational programs, school events, and community-oriented activities are sometimes made the subject of recording by video, audio, photography, livestreaming, and the like for use as instructional and informational tools. In addition, our students’ work is sometimes published in print and / or electronic media. The district will allow students to be recorded, interviewed, livestreamed, and / or photographed and students’ work to be published for legitimate public purposes. Additionally, our students and their work may be featured on social media.
Throughout the school year, students may be recorded, interviewed, livestreamed, and / or photographed by representatives from newspapers, television stations, and radio stations, as well as district communications office personnel and / or their designees, and these items may be publicly displayed. Students and their work and photographs may also appear in print media and / or electronically in places such as public websites, social media, and through broadcasts.
If parents / guardians object to such publication, a written objection must be filed. The district will not deliberately publish a child if a written objection has been filed. The district will also make a reasonable effort to avoid publication by any third party. It is understood that the district has no control of the news media or others outside of the school organization. Student participation in school activities, especially athletics and other competitive events and extracurricular activities, increases the likelihood of publication of stories and images of those students. Additionally, please note that the written objection does not preclude a child’ s voice from being livestreamed for instructional purposes.
Written objections must be filed at the beginning of each school year addressed to the Coordinator of Communications, Fox Chapel Area School District, 611 Field Club Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238, or via email at bonnie _ berzonski @ fcasd. edu. If a written objection has been filed in the past, a new letter of objection still must be filed each year. If parents / guardians do not file a written objection, their silence will serve as implied consent. ox Chapel Area
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