Student Records & Directory
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords parents/guardians and students over 18 years of age rights with respect to student’s education records. Parents/guardians and students have the right to:
- Records. Requests for student educational records should be directed to the building registrar at the student’s school. Records include grades, test scores, attendance, discipline, and other information about a student that the district collects and maintains on a routine basis.
- Privacy. You have a say in whether your child’s photos, names, and other directory information are used in publications on our website or by the media.
The law allows districts to disclose what they call “directory information” without your consent for the following purposes:
- Yearbooks;
- District social media posts;
- District websites;
- Videos, including the release of district-created videos to local media;
- Sports team news reports and other coverage, including rosters;
- My TRL (online-only Timberland Library Card) https://trl.org/mytrl
- Washington State Immunization Information System (WA IIS)
- OSPI Directory Information (High School Only)
- Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC)
- Institution of Higher Education (High School Only)
If you do not want this information released, you must submit a letter to your child’s school, each school year, by September 29, requesting that your student’s Directory Information not be released for the purposes listed above. Each letter is good for one school year only.
How to Opt-Out of Directory Information
Military Connected Student and Family Support
North Thurston Public Schools is a PURPLE STAR district. We earned this designation by setting up systems to help our schools respond to the educational and social-emotional challenges that military-connected children face during their transition to a new school. We take pride in supporting military-connected students as they move in and out of our school district due to a parent’s change in duty station and are committed to keeping them on track to be college, workforce, and life-ready.
Military families are invited to consult the district Military Family Support Webpage on our district site for more information about supports, services, and events. Our district also provides a Military Support Liaison, who can be reached at militarysupport@nthurston.k12.wa.us.
Requests by Military Recruiters
Federal law requires the district to provide military recruiters with secondary student contact information unless parents/guardians tell the district not to do so. If you want your child’s contact information withheld specifically from military recruiters, you must inform your school in writing by September 29 of each year.