Re: [Phys-L] Private schools

["Dr Holly Priestley" <HPriestley5@comcast.net>]

> Which reminds me - I heard something surprising about what parents are told
when their offspring sign up for on campus residential accommodation at a
> Texas A&M school:

> If you have co signed as guaranteeing your child's  room, that offers you
no privileges in hearing  about student misdeeds or progress. We are not
allowed to >share matters of this kind,  or even that you son is about to be
expelled....

This is the Family Educational Right to Privacy Act (Buckley Amendment) 20
USC S. 1232g.  While teaching HS I had to make sure that if parents were
divorced that the parent that came in had custody of the student - same with
giving grades to parent.  It keeps college parents from knowing their
child's grades, etc., once they are older than 18.  I presume that this is
what you are talking about.

Holly Priestley