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Dear Parents,
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 Swanton 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 and 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.
If you would like to receive any of this information, please contact the Principal at Swanton School.
Brent Coon - Principal
Sara Raabe - Assistant Principal
Swanton Elementary School
Mary S. Babcock Building
113 Grand Avenue
Swanton, VT 05488
Tel # (802) 868-4920
Fax # (802) 868-3389
Swanton Central Building
24 Fourth Street
Swanton, VT 05488
Tel # (802) 868-5346
Fax # (802) 868-4861
