Academics

In accordance with School Board Policy IF—Curriculum and Parental Rights and 22 Pa. Code Section 4.4 parents and guardians have the following rights: a) access to information about the curriculum including academic standards to be achieved, instructional materials, and assessment techniques; b) a process for review of instructional materials: c) the right to have their child(ren) excused from specific instruction which conflicts with their religious beliefs, upon receipt by the District of a written request from the parents or guardians; d) the right to have their child(ren) excused from the State assessments if, upon inspection of the assessments, the parents or guardians find the assessments to be in conflict with their religious belief and wish their child(ren) to be excused, upon written request to the school superintendent: e) the opportunity for involvement in the strategic planning process; f) the right to have their child(ren) excused from the any research studies or surveys conducted by entities other than the District unless prior written consent has been obtained; g) the right to review the State assessments in the District two weeks prior to their administration (or as soon thereafter as the district receives the assessments during hours convenient to the parents and guardians; and, h) the right to have their child(ren) excused from instruction regarding the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (AIDS) and other life-threatening and communicable diseases when the instruction conflicts with the parents’ or guardians’ religious beliefs or principles, upon receipt by the District of a written request for exemption.

Under Act 88, students have the right to decline to participate in education projects involving harmful or destructive use of animals (i.e.: dissection, vivisection, incubation, capture, etc.)

Please be advised that the District curriculum may include instruction or discussion of a wide array of topics including race, color, age, creed, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, familial status, language, genetic information, pregnancy, or handicap or disability, even if such instruction is not specifically identified in the published Curriculum. 

Parents/guardians who wish their child(ren) to be excused from specific instruction on these or any other topics because they conflict with their religious beliefs should notify their child(ren)’s principal in writing.