Notice to Parents & Guardians
  Student Directory Information
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The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, requires that The School District of Greenville County, with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child's education records. However, The School District of Greenville County may disclose appropriately designated "directory information" without written consent, unless you have advised the School System to the contrary in accordance with School System procedures.

                   The School System has designated the following information as directory information:

All Students

- Student's name - Participation in officially recognized activities and sports
- Dates of attendance - Weight and height of members of athletic teams
- Grade level - Degrees, honors, and awards received
- Photographs and videotape of students participating in District and/or school events

High School Seniors

- Home address

All High School Students (As required by Federal law for release, upon request, to institutions of higher education and military recruiters)

- Home address
- Home telephone number

The primary purpose of directory information is to allow The School District of Greenville County to include this type of information from your child's education records in school publications. Examples of such uses include: a playbill showing your student's role in a drama production, yearbook, honor roll or other recognition lists, graduation programs, and sports activity sheets and rosters.

In addition, directory information, which is information that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released, can be released to outside organizations without a parent's prior written consent. Outside organizations include, but are not limited to, companies that manufacture class rings or publish yearbooks.

Also, two federal laws require school districts to provide military recruiters and institutions of higher education, upon request, with three directory information categories – high school students’ names, addresses and telephone listings - unless parents have advised the school that they do not want their student's information disclosed without their prior written consent.

If you do NOT want The School District of Greenville County to disclose directory information from your child's education records without your prior written consent, you must notify your child’s school in writing by _______________________.

For high school students, you may request that directory information only be released to institutions of higher education and military recruiters or that directory information be released in response to all requests except institutions of higher education and military recruiters.
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