Mrs. Madeline Young, Principal

802-868-4170 ext. 202

November 12, 2009

Dear Parents & Guardians:

The No Child Left Behind Legislation requires that schools that receive Title I funds to notify parents that they can request and receive specific information about a teacher’s and paraprofessional’s qualifications.

As a parent of a student at Highgate Elementary School, you have the right to know the professional qualifications of the classroom teachers (and paraprofessionals/instructional assistants’ qualifications) who instruct your child.  Federal law allows you to ask for certain information about your child’s classroom/core teachers, and requires us to give you this information in a timely manner if you ask for it.  Specifically, you have the right to ask for the following information about your child’s classroom teachers (and paraprofessionals/instructional assistants):

• Whether the Vermont Department of Education has licensed or qualified the teacher for the grades and subjects he or she teaches.
• Whether the Vermont Department of Education has decided that the teacher can teach in a classroom without being licensed or qualified under state regulations because of special circumstances.
• The teacher’s college major; whether the teacher has any advanced degree and if so the subject of the degrees.
• Whether any paraprofessionals/instructional assistants provide services to your child and if they do, their qualifications.

For the 2007-2008 School year The Dept. of Education Reports the following:

If you would like to receive any of this information, please contact Mrs. Young at the Highgate Elementary School at 868-4170.

Sincerely,

Madeline B. Young

Principal