A GOOD DAY~~FERPA

Today has been a wonderful day. Yesterday I found out about FERPA, Family Educational Rights And Privacy Act. I admit it. I was totally clueless. I didn't realize that if the father has custody of the children, that I had any rights. In fact he had told me that i was not "ALLOWED" to contact the childrens schools at all. We yesterday I found out this was all a LIE! So today, I contacted the school system as well as each school and requested the school records of my children!! And YES I have the right to them!!!! Funny, speaking to these people, there were unaware that the children did not live with me. They thought that the current wife was the mother!!! As if... My name is no where in the records, except on the birth certificate. And come Monday I have a teleconference with their guidance counselors!!! Seems that problems with the children have been noticed. And based on the statistics of victims of spouse abuse, 70% of men who abuse their spouses go on to abuse their children.......so.... FERPA) sets out requirements designed to protect the privacy of parents and students. In brief, the law requires a school district to: Provide a parent access to their child's educational records. Provide a parent an opportunity to seek correction of records he/she believes to be inaccurate or misleading. With some exceptions, obtain the written permission of a parent before disclosing information contained in the student's educational record. More information can be found at this link http://www.deltabravo.net/custody/ferpa.php