Senior Academic Records/File
Please read the info below about requesting to keep your academic record/file after graduation. If you are 18 years or older, you may complete this form. If you are under 18 years, your parent must submit.
6:3-2.8 Retention and destruction of pupil records
(a) A pupil record is considered to be incomplete and not subject to the provisions of the Destruction of Public Records Law, N.J.S.A. 47:3-15 et seq., while the pupil is enrolled in the school district.
(b) Mandated pupil records of currently enrolled pupils, other than that described in (e) below, may be destroyed after the information is no longer necessary to provide educational services to a pupil. Such destruction shall be accomplished only after written parental or adult pupil notification and written parental or adult pupil permission has been granted or after reasonable attempts of such notification and reasonable attempts to secure parental or adult pupil permission have been unsuccessful.
(c) Upon graduation or permanent departure of a pupil from the school district, the parent or adult pupil shall be notified in writing that a copy of the pupil’s entire record will be provided to them upon request. Information in pupil records, other than that described in (e) below, may be destroyed but only in accordance with the Destruction of Public Records Law, N.J.S.A. 47:3-15 et seq. Such destruction shall be accomplished only after written parental or adult pupil notification and written parental or adult pupil permission has been granted, or after reasonable attempts at such notification and reasonable attempts to secure parental or adult permission have been unsuccessful.
(d) No additions shall be made to the record after graduation or permanent departure without the prior written consent of the parent or adult pupil.
(e) In accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:32-7.8(e), the New Jersey public school district of last enrollment, graduation or permanent departure of the pupil from the school district shall keep for 100 years a mandated record of a pupil’s name, date of birth, name of parent(s), gender, citizenship, address, telephone number, health history and immunization, standardized assessment, grades, attendance, classes attended, grade level completed, year completed, and years of attendance.
** Students are responsible for the retrieval of records and must contact the Guidance Office for an appointment before November 1, 2022.**