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Crisis Help Numbers
Abused Women’s Services & Shelter
770-963-9799 (24 hours)
AID Gwinnett, Inc.
770-962-8396
Alanon, Alateen
404-685-9040
Child & Elder Abuse Reporting
770-995-2122
Gwinnett Sexual Assault Center
770-476-7407 (24 hours)
SAFE House
770-995-7620
(Available 24 hours; help also available at any Quick Trip)
Suicide Prevention Hotline
770-963-8141 (bus. hours),
770-985-2495 (24 hours)
College Credit Now
Juniors and seniors who wish to participate must be enrolled in a college or
university to receive both high school graduation credit and college credit.
Please access
for specific guidelines. Contact Dr.
Phyllis Gerard in the counseling office for more details.
Records Transfer
Copies of a student’s educational record may be transferred to officials of other
schools in which the student seeks to enroll. Please note that we are unable to
fax student records. Effective July 1, 1977, Georgia law requires:
Students in sixth grade or higher transferring to a new school will be required
to provide academic and disciplinary transcripts to school officials. Students
will be required to disclose conviction of designated felony acts, whether they
currently are serving a suspension or expulsion from another school, the
reason for such discipline, and the term of the discipline. Schools can refuse to
admit students under disciplinary action from other school systems. In lieu of
compliance, a student may be admitted on a conditional basis if he or she and
his or her parent or legal guardian execute a document providing the name and
address of the school last attended authorizing the release of all academic and
disciplinary records to the school administration. Every school system in the
state will be obligated to provide complete information to a requesting school
within ten (10) days of receipt of request.
Student Records
Under the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, parents
have several rights. These include: the right to inspect and review educational
records of their child, the right to challenge the content of those records, the
right to control the release of educational records of their child, the right to
complain to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Office about the
school’s failure to comply with the law, and the right to be informed of these
rights just listed. To obtain a copy of the Gwinnett County policies on their
compliance with the law, or to request the opportunity to inspect and review
your child’s records, contact your child’s school. Gwinnett County Public
Schools provide the student and his or her parent with important rights
pertaining to student records. The rights include: the right to receive this
information in a format understandable to the student and parent; the right to
inspect and review student records by parents (and in the case of students over
the age of eighteen, by students) within 45 days of the request and the right to
