Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008

From: Your full name
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To:   Principal full name
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Re:   Written Request for Copies of Student Records


Dear Principal [lastname]:

As allowed under the Family Right to Educational Privacy Act (FERPA), I am submitting this written request to obtain copies of your various historical and current records of my [child(ren)].

I am the [mother/father] of [child(ren)’s full name(s)], [a student/students] at your school.  As you may, or may not, be aware, certain deceptive forces have substantially maligned me, and also directly interfered with my [relationship(s)] with [child(ren)’s first/familiar name(s)], and I am most focused upon restoring, fully, [that/those] same [life/lives].  I will be better equipped to do that with more information, and that includes not only historical data, but also receiving timely notice of [his/her/their] current activities.

To that same goal, I am also requesting that my name, as their [mother/father] and otherwise equal parent in all respects, be included into any distribution lists of all things that the parents of your students normally receive by direct mailings, and hope for some sort of arrangement to be able to receive a copy of any wide distribution sent ‘home’ by passing out directly to the students, themselves.  I understand that this latter request might be unusual, but I suspect you have already addressed the need on prior occasions, and, in any event, I am willing to discuss how it might be handled best for all.

Please inform me in writing about what kind of educational records, including, but not limited to, academic, discipline, medical, psychological and the other types of records you have on [child(ren)’s first/familiar name(s)].

Please tell me where all these various records are kept, and who I should contact so that I can look at them, and have the appropriate copies made.  I appreciate your time spent on this request.

I look forward to hearing from you on the above matters within 5 school days.

With Sincere Thanks,


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