Hello,

My name is Kait, and coming up is my senior year of high school. I've been training for upcoming volleyball try outs for the past summer until it was recently brought to my attention that I might not be eligible to play any sport this year because of a rule in my school district. "Students who are on their fifth consecutive year of high school are ineligible for all sports." However they do take "special cases". For example, time off school for family, medical, ect reasons.

I studied abroad my junior year in Germany with rotary youth exchange, and due to the rigorous curriculum of German high schools, and my lack of adequate language (in the beginning), I made the decision to repeat a year of school to better prepare myself for college.

It was decided that since I made the decision to go to Germany and repeat a year (and that nothing "out of my control" had prevented me from completing my high school in 4 years) that I could not play any sport my senior year.

Keep in mind:

*I've only played high school volleyball for two full years. This upcoming year would be my third.

*I have a 3.75 UW GPA in mostly advanced courses.

*I entered the program and went to Germany thinking that I would get my year abroad to count as my Junior year. I changed my mind later on.

*I am 18 years old. And I will be 18 years old when I graduate high school next year.

This rule was created to prevent drop outs from playing sports and being older than 18 and also as a restriction to those athletes that are held back a year.

I want to appeal this decision and hire a lawyer to make a case in front of the school board. Do you think that I would have a case against something like this?

I am a student at Bergen community college in NJ. I am on the verge of graduating but I am being denied a degree that I have completed because I was never technically registered for it and the catalog year for it was 2012-2013.

The program is still being offered to those who were grandfathered into it by declaring it before on in fall 2012.

What do I do now. I invested so much time time that I will never get back and it has been all for nothing because some counselor coldly said the deadline has passed.

News of registering for this program or the fact that it was going to expire was never said to me. The program catalog is still listed on their webadvisor under the words. What if I changed my program of study? next to a list of the options including the degree that I applied for. It was never indicated anywhere that the last day to register for this program was.... Whenever, because it doesn't say and no body knows when it actually expired.

I also prior to these complications spoke to academic advisors about my options and was told that this was an option.

I received contradicting statements, poor guidance, and I invested 3 years as a part time student working a steady job on the side for a degree I am being denied,(that is still being rewarded to those who have not even finished what I have finished) because of the word closed. This is so cold and I feel extremely cheated of my time and my trust in this so called educational establishment. I am set to complete the program June 28 after this final in progress class is taken care of. I put in my time, Passed all my classes, and IM being denied because its easier to say sorry its closed rather then to officially recognize my accomplishment, my investment, my future.

I have a part in my custody agreement that states "Both parents shall have acess to the child's medical, dental and school records."

Now there is the FERPA law that states I have access to any maintained files that have my childs name, student id, social security number etc. In general anything that has to do with my child I am able to review.

My question is this does the custody agreement I have just reinforce the FERPA law that already states I have complete access to any and all of my childs school records toinclue but not be limited to behavioral records, files not located at the district but are at the school etc..

I only ask because the school is denying me access to my childs records located at the school she attends but are only allowing me access to her school records at the district office. Is this accurate based on this information. Am I not entitled to Any and All school records or documents that have my childs info. On it??