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                               NORTHMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT CHILD FIND

The Northmont City School District is conducting an awareness campaign in accordance with the requirements of the Individuals With Disabilities Act (IDEA), the Ohio revised code and the State Board of Education’s rules for the Education of Handicapped Children.

Each public school district, Ohio’s special educational regional centers, and the Ohio Department of Education are working to identify children with disabilities, birth through age 21, who may be in need of special education services. For children birth to three, a disability means an established condition known to result in delay or a documented developmental delay. For children ages three to five, a disability means that a child has a documented deficit in one or more of the following developmental areas: communication, vision, hearing, motor skills, social/emotional behavioral functioning, self-help skills, or cognitive skills. For school age students, a disability means that a student has been identified as having one or more of the following conditions: autism, deaf-blindness, hearing impairment including deafness, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, emotional disturbance, specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, and/or visual impairment including blindness.

Once the school district is notified regarding a child who is suspected of having a disability, the child’s parent(s) are contacted and informed of their rights as required by the Individuals With Disabilities Act (IDEA) and arrangements are made with the parents to evaluate the suspected disability.

Questions regarding Child Find should be directed to Student Services at Northmont City Schools at 937-832-5036.                  

                                                   IDEA-B & TITLE FUNDING

All school districts receive Federal funds (IDEA-B Funding) to be used for special education purposes.  Additional funding is provided to districts for intervention through Title services. The amount varies from year to year based upon actions taken by the Federal Congress and Ohio Department of Education.  Currently Northmont uses this funding for personnel, technology, special education equipment and intervention materials.

In accordance with federal requirements, an in-person meeting for public input is scheduled for May 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM at the Northmont Board of Education located at 1150 W. National Road. Please contact the Student Services Department at the Northmont City Schools at 937-832-5036 in advance so adequate space is planned for participants.

 

General Monitoring of School-Issued Devices

Northmont City Schools is providing this annual notice to its parents and guardians regarding the monitoring of school-issued devices used by students. School-issued devices include any hardware, software, or accounts provided to students for instructional use.

Students should have no expectation of privacy when using school-issued devices. Northmont City Schools and its technology providers can electronically access or monitor these devices under specific legal conditions. 

For example, to comply with the requirements of the Federal E-Rate funding programs, Northmont filters all student internet access in alignment with Board policy. This includes filtering materials that are obscene, objectionable, inappropriate, and/or harmful to minors. School administrators may be alerted to questionable content for review. They can also receive information on possible self-harm indicators on student devices, and a parent will be contacted if it is determined to be a threat to life or safety.

Reasons for Monitoring School-Issued Devices

Throughout the school year, there are a limited number of situations in which the District and its technology providers may electronically access and monitor your student’s school-issued device. These reasons are:

1. For educational purposes for instruction, technical support or exam proctoring by school staff;

2. If required by a court order;

3. If the device is reported lost or stolen;

4. To respond to a threat to life or safety;

5. To comply with federal or state laws; and

6. As required by federal or state funding programs.

 

Notification to Parents and Guardians

For reason number one above, the District is providing you with advance notice that it and/or one of its technology providers intend to electronically access or monitor your student’s school-issued devices for non-commercial educational purposes for instruction, technical support or exam proctoring by school district employees or staff. It shall not be done for any reason other than educational purposes as outlined.

For reasons 2-6 listed above, the District or school will notify parents and guardians in writing about what was electronically accessed and why within 72 hours of the monitoring. If providing notice is a threat to life or safety, the notice will be provided within 72 hours after the threat has ended.

We are so excited that we were chosen to participate in this cool video project that Montgomery County recently put together to welcome people to our community. We're so proud of what we do at Northmont and it was so much fun to put this together.

Watch the video HERE

September 16, 2024