Non-Custodial Parent Access to Students and Records

We request that when parents are divorced, they provide the school a copy of any legal documentation restricting legal or physical custody of the children. We will use these documents to make certain that your child’s best interests as well as both of the parents’ interests/rights (as determined by law) are being served.

Without a court order terminating or determining parental rights, or a restraining order denying access to the children, school, or children’s records both parents have access to the following:

• Parent-teacher conferences
• Access to the child's school records

The parent without physical custody may visit the child at school, i.e., during lunch/recess, or pick them up from school if thesse actions fall within the custody agreement. The school will not know if a person's parental rights have been removed or modified by the courts unless we are so informed by the child's caretaker. This information must be in the form of a copy of the official court documents.