| AP |
Assistant Principal |
| BLT |
Building Level Team |
| CAC |
Citizen's Advisory Committee. A Board
appointed committee that advises the Board on issues. |
| CSE |
Committee on Special Education. |
| CPSE |
Committee on Preschool Special
Education. |
| DRA |
Deficit Reduction Assessment. The term
used by Governor Patterson to describe the reduction of State Aid to school
districts in his December 2008 budget. |
| FERPA |
The Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act
(FERPA, also known as the Buckley Amendment) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part
99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.
The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable
program of the U.S. Department of Education.
Click
here for more information on FERPA |
| FOIL |
(New York State) Freedom of Information
Law |
| NCLB |
No Child Left Behind |
| PART |
Parent Administrative Relay
Team. A parent group
headed by local resident Dan McCabe. The group has periodically met
with district administration to discuss issues and propose solutions.
Update June 2006: The PART group has become the Citizens Advisory Committee
(CAC) at the encouragement of the Administration. |
| PCSD |
Poughkeepsie City School
District |
| PHS |
Poughkeepsie High School |
| PMS |
Poughkeepsie Middle School |
| PPSTA |
Poughkeepsie Public School
Teachers' Association |
| PTA |
Parent Teacher Association |
| PTO |
Parent Teacher Organization |
| Rubric |
A scoring guide for a test or other
assessment |
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