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question about school report cards for non-custodial parents
On May 23, 3:38 pm, "Bob Whiteside" wrote:
"whatamess" wrote in message oups.com... On May 23, 12:32 pm, John Meyer wrote: whatamess wrote: I know there is a law which allows a non-custodial parent to have access to school records, however, we contacted my husband's daughter's school district and they claim everything must be done in person. The information we found on a father's right website stated that this request could be sent by mail, and honestly, we can't even afford a darn trip, much less to just go to the school and request the records. Does anyone here have information on this? The school district is Grand Prairie, Texas... Thanks! Check this out:http://www.palvaradolaw.com/page6.ht...School_Records In regards to "access" and how it is defined, make it clear: you will pay for postage and you will pay reasonable costs. Also, how are those records sent to custodial parents. If it's being sent to them through the mail, you have as much of a right to the same courtesy being extended to you. Thanks John... Actually, the school stated they had no problem, but that they could not "verify" who he was unless he went IN PERSON... I'm going to call again and see what they say...My husband told them all that this letter states and they still insisted he had to do this "in person"...But we will check again. Since you apparently live in a different location, ask the CP mother to contact the school office and give them verification he is the father and where to send the school information to him. I think how this gets handled varies based on school districts. My experience was after getting the process started in elementary school the request to get school information carried on through middle school and high school automatically without any involvement on my part. My children's schools kept pre-addressed envelopes in the classroom where the teachers placed a copy of everything they sent home daily in the student's backpacks. They mailed me the envelope once a week.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks for all the info...Sadly, I don't believe the mother will do that. My husband has asked her repeatedly for information and she always states she will send to him or call him and never does. Since she failed for sure last year, both normal school year AND summer school, he is now pretty worn out of asking the CP for it. He has tried not to make a big deal out of it, as everytime he asks for it, she goes to the "you don't trust me, I'm going to sc...w... you for not trusting me, blah, blah..." But at this point, he knows she at least lied all last year and is not going to take anymore chances. There is a way for him to get an online account with the school district in order to view the information, however, he needs the child's student ID and neither child nor CP will give him that...of course, he'll probably find out that part of the reason for failing is possibly due to abscences, etc...and they're worried he'll do something about it...Anyway, I think at this point we might just have to wait until we can go there and get the information. By the way, if he gives me a power of attorney to represent him, could I get that for him? Just wondering since sometimes I do have to travel to Texas for business...vs. him... Thanks! |
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question about school report cards for non-custodial parents
"whatamess" wrote in message ps.com... On May 23, 3:38 pm, "Bob Whiteside" wrote: "whatamess" wrote in message oups.com... On May 23, 12:32 pm, John Meyer wrote: whatamess wrote: I know there is a law which allows a non-custodial parent to have access to school records, however, we contacted my husband's daughter's school district and they claim everything must be done in person. The information we found on a father's right website stated that this request could be sent by mail, and honestly, we can't even afford a darn trip, much less to just go to the school and request the records. Does anyone here have information on this? The school district is Grand Prairie, Texas... Thanks! Check this out:http://www.palvaradolaw.com/page6.ht...School_Records In regards to "access" and how it is defined, make it clear: you will pay for postage and you will pay reasonable costs. Also, how are those records sent to custodial parents. If it's being sent to them through the mail, you have as much of a right to the same courtesy being extended to you. Thanks John... Actually, the school stated they had no problem, but that they could not "verify" who he was unless he went IN PERSON... I'm going to call again and see what they say...My husband told them all that this letter states and they still insisted he had to do this "in person"...But we will check again. Since you apparently live in a different location, ask the CP mother to contact the school office and give them verification he is the father and where to send the school information to him. I think how this gets handled varies based on school districts. My experience was after getting the process started in elementary school the request to get school information carried on through middle school and high school automatically without any involvement on my part. My children's schools kept pre-addressed envelopes in the classroom where the teachers placed a copy of everything they sent home daily in the student's backpacks. They mailed me the envelope once a week.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks for all the info...Sadly, I don't believe the mother will do that. My husband has asked her repeatedly for information and she always states she will send to him or call him and never does. Since she failed for sure last year, both normal school year AND summer school, he is now pretty worn out of asking the CP for it. He has tried not to make a big deal out of it, as everytime he asks for it, she goes to the "you don't trust me, I'm going to sc...w... you for not trusting me, blah, blah..." But at this point, he knows she at least lied all last year and is not going to take anymore chances. There is a way for him to get an online account with the school district in order to view the information, however, he needs the child's student ID and neither child nor CP will give him that...of course, he'll probably find out that part of the reason for failing is possibly due to abscences, etc...and they're worried he'll do something about it...Anyway, I think at this point we might just have to wait until we can go there and get the information. By the way, if he gives me a power of attorney to represent him, could I get that for him? Just wondering since sometimes I do have to travel to Texas for business...vs. him... Thanks! |
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question about school report cards for non-custodial parents
"whatamess" wrote in message ps.com... On May 23, 3:38 pm, "Bob Whiteside" wrote: "whatamess" wrote in message oups.com... On May 23, 12:32 pm, John Meyer wrote: whatamess wrote: I know there is a law which allows a non-custodial parent to have access to school records, however, we contacted my husband's daughter's school district and they claim everything must be done in person. The information we found on a father's right website stated that this request could be sent by mail, and honestly, we can't even afford a darn trip, much less to just go to the school and request the records. Does anyone here have information on this? The school district is Grand Prairie, Texas... Thanks! Check this out:http://www.palvaradolaw.com/page6.ht...School_Records In regards to "access" and how it is defined, make it clear: you will pay for postage and you will pay reasonable costs. Also, how are those records sent to custodial parents. If it's being sent to them through the mail, you have as much of a right to the same courtesy being extended to you. Thanks John... Actually, the school stated they had no problem, but that they could not "verify" who he was unless he went IN PERSON... I'm going to call again and see what they say...My husband told them all that this letter states and they still insisted he had to do this "in person"...But we will check again. Since you apparently live in a different location, ask the CP mother to contact the school office and give them verification he is the father and where to send the school information to him. I think how this gets handled varies based on school districts. My experience was after getting the process started in elementary school the request to get school information carried on through middle school and high school automatically without any involvement on my part. My children's schools kept pre-addressed envelopes in the classroom where the teachers placed a copy of everything they sent home daily in the student's backpacks. They mailed me the envelope once a week.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks for all the info...Sadly, I don't believe the mother will do that. My husband has asked her repeatedly for information and she always states she will send to him or call him and never does. Since she failed for sure last year, both normal school year AND summer school, he is now pretty worn out of asking the CP for it. He has tried not to make a big deal out of it, as everytime he asks for it, she goes to the "you don't trust me, I'm going to sc...w... you for not trusting me, blah, blah..." But at this point, he knows she at least lied all last year and is not going to take anymore chances. There is a way for him to get an online account with the school district in order to view the information, however, he needs the child's student ID and neither child nor CP will give him that...of course, he'll probably find out that part of the reason for failing is possibly due to abscences, etc...and they're worried he'll do something about it...Anyway, I think at this point we might just have to wait until we can go there and get the information. By the way, if he gives me a power of attorney to represent him, could I get that for him? Just wondering since sometimes I do have to travel to Texas for business...vs. him... There is an alternative approach you might consider. Pay an attorney to draw up a General Release that recites the custody portion of the decree, all the related language regarding CP and NCP rights like notification of moving, access to school records, notification of school activities, ability to seek medical, hospital, dental, and orthodontic records from education and healthcare providers, the need to share information, etc. Then it names the child(ren), she signs it before a Notary and the father makes copies to use any time he needs the information. The attorney will send it to her attorney of record for her signature. BTW - I never had to use the General Release because there were no serious healthcare issues, the school officials knew me and were cooperative, and my ex knew I had the notarized General Release to pull out of my pocket any time she didn't cooperate with me. Also I took both my children to doctors at my expense when she refused to take them herself. The General Release is broad enough to allow an NCP the right to seek healthcare. The school should cooperate regarding notification of school activities, parent-teacher conferences, report cards, school functions, etc. They also allowed me to come to school to observe class and stay for lunch with my children. The only area where the General Release didn't work was for student security issues. As an example I couldn't go to the school to pick up my children without written authorization from my ex. |
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