The Holland Patent Central School District is required to annually notify parents of their rights under FERPA; that information can be found in our FERPA Notification Policy. Under FERPA, the District may identify certain data elements as Directory Information, which may be disclosed without obtaining prior parental consent. Parents are provided with the opportunity to opt out of certain Directory Information disclosures by filling out the form HERE. The data identified as Directory Information by our BOCES is:

• student’s name
• address
• telephone number
• email address
• date and place of birth
• name of the student’s parents
• student’s home school district
• student’s class designation
• participation in extracurricular activities
• dates of attendance
• student’s achievement awards and honors
• most recent previous educational agency attended by the student.
• photographs
• audio recordings
• video images of students (with or without sound) engaged in routine activities.

Additional FERPA Form Links: Inspection of Student Records, Correction of Student Records