Dear Friends and Families of Los Ranchos Elementary,
As you know, conferences are coming up. The minimum day schedule has been different this year due to our new report cards. We apologize for the inconvenience this new schedule may have created last week. We will have minimum days all next week, March 7 - 11. All of our students, K - 6 grade, will get out at 1:00. TK will continue to get out at 12:20 p.m.
We have another event coming up that you will not want to miss. On Tuesday, March 22 our PTA is sponsoring a presentation on the challenges of raising children safely and responsibly in a digital world. Eileen Calandro will be presenting Introduction to Parenting Kids on Social Media from 6:00 - 7:00 followed up by 30 minutes of questions on the evening of March 22nd. She will be doing a follow-up presentation to all of our 5th and 6th graders on March 23. I want to thank our PTA for sponsoring these presentations. The information will be both empowering and enlightening.
Sincerely,
Marlie Schmidt
Minimum Days
Next week, March 7-11th.
All of our students, K - 6 grade, will get out at 1:00. TK will continue to be dismissed att at 12:20 p.m
Release of Identifying Student Data:
There is a recent court decision involving the California Department of Education (CDE) and the release of identifying data regarding students. SLCUSD is not a party to the litigation and is not required to disclose any student information, nor does it intend to do so. However, while SLCUSD will not directly release any information, the data requested in the litigation will be that which has been collected over the years from California School Districts by the CDE and stored by CDE. The CDE may release this information unless parents fill out the "Notice and Objection" Form (see link below).
Regarding the case: The California Department of Education (“CDE”) is currently engaged in litigation with two non-profit associations comprised of parents and guardians of children with disabilities. The plaintiffs in that litigation have requested numerous documents, as well as student data collected and stored by CDE, which may include personally identifiable student information.
To comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”), CDE has been ordered, among other things, to inform parents and students of the disclosure of such information.
CDE has requested that school districts and SELPAs post the following link to CDE’swebsite:
The link provides a Notice and Objection Form to allow parents to object, by April 1, 2016, to the disclosure of personally identifiable information related to their children.
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Variety Show at Los Ranchos
If your child would like to be part of our Variety Show, please sign a permission slip and your child will attend an audition on March 7th or 8th. The parent show will be held on March 18th at 6pm.
Introduction to Parenting Kids on Social Media -
Parent Presentation
Los Ranchos Multi-Use Room.
Join us on March 22nd from 6:00pm-7:00pm
Spring Break
Students are out for Spring Break from Friday, March 25th - April 1st. Students return to school on April 4th .
