Cover Your Awesome Kid – SEA Transportation Records Request Template

Date: 

TO: Yvonne Huelcher, Yvonne.Huelcher@dc.gov 

My name is ________. I am __________’s parent. I am attaching this records request to the Education Records Disclosure Authorization Form I filled out. Pursuant to The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act or FERPA (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) and The Freedom of Information Act (D.C. Code §§ 2-531-539), I am writing to request my child, ___________’s (DOB:_____) complete and cumulative transportation records for the following school years _________, ____________, including but not limited to:

  • Transportation Request Forms (“TRFs”)
  • Route records, i.e.:
  • Route/bus number
  • Names of drivers and aides
  • Qualifications of assigned Division of Transportation (“DOT”) staff, including training DOT staff received before OSSE assigned them to this route. 
  • Number of students on student’s route 
  • Distance of commute 
  • How long each part of the commute is, i.e. how many minutes, hours, etc…?
  • Type(s) of vehicle(s)
  • Climate control features; is there AC, heating, ability to open windows?
  • Bus tickets
  • Scheduled and actual pick-up and drop-off times, pick-up and drop-off locations
  • Route tracker – actual pick-up and drop-off times and locations
  • Audio recordings of phone calls with The Parent Resource Center
  • OSSE DOT Database Index aka IDS Index of Documents for Student 
  • Incident reports
  • Notes from bus driver and aide 
  • Correspondence with OSSE Division of Transportation/OSSE in general via email, text messages, and letters
  • Audio Recordings of Parent Resource Center Calls. 
  • Parent Contact Log or other communication logs;  
  • Transportation Record Index, and 
  • OSSE Division of Transportation agency records. 

 

I am submitting this letter along with the complete Education Records Disclosure Authorization Form and a photo of my ID card. 

Please confirm receipt and let me know if you have any questions. Please let me know if you will be able to fulfill any part of, or the entire, request for records by _______________. They can be (emailed or mailed) to me at this address ________________ (or I can pick them up). 

Best,

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