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It got altered. Barry had a new one made up and wrote Hawaii in the blank instead of Kenya? Do I win?
Troll much?
The birthers persist in the belief that in 1961:
A very pregnant white 18 year old and her African husband magically funded and travelled 11,000 miles from Hawaii to Kenya, with multiple connections, and
Kenya was in the midst of a civil war, and
Interracial relations and marriages were against the law in Kenya.
Based on the degree that a candidates background is investigated it is just a matter of time before some news agency reports that so & so did whatever back in 3rd grade....
Based on the money spent by campaigns and PACs, if there’s dirt, it will come out. If there is no dirt it will be manufactured and spread online.
Even though this thread is moronic there is a need for some education.
If you were told about having a permanent record then that is true. While in school all records pertaining to you (attendance, grades, testing, discipline, medical events requiring outside intervention, etc.) are kept on site (usually) and sent to your next school when you leave for the next level or move. They're kept in what is typically called a Limited Access File (LAF) which can be accessed by staff upon sign out for a variety of reasons. Courts can also access them for proceedings.
Once you graduate those documents are removed from the school and stored centrally. They used to be put on microfilm after a period of years, seven was typical, and retained. Today they're digitized.
My former school system, where I taught, claims it has records back to the 1920s. I doubt that simply because it can screw up a one float parade.
My parents' school system no longer exists, it was merged with a couple others, but its successor system still has their records on file. They graduated in 1937 and 1939.
As a note, when I was teaching I often pulled a LAF for a high school kid that was six inches thick, all discipline referrals.
Each of my report cards, parent-teacher conference notes and one sample of my school work from each grade-level were stored by the school.
At the beginning of my military career, I needed an SSBI to be completed for my security clearances. That initial SSBI included some poor slob rooting through my elementary school records.
They are held in storage at the BOE in your area. I know that they have mine at my local public school system. I saw it before in my 20s. Had a cute pic of me in it from kindergarten when I first started school! Note some areas/states destroy the records after a certain period of time.
Even though this thread is moronic there is a need for some education.
If you were told about having a permanent record then that is true. While in school all records pertaining to you (attendance, grades, testing, discipline, medical events requiring outside intervention, etc.) are kept on site (usually) and sent to your next school when you leave for the next level or move. They're kept in what is typically called a Limited Access File (LAF) which can be accessed by staff upon sign out for a variety of reasons. Courts can also access them for proceedings.
Once you graduate those documents are removed from the school and stored centrally. They used to be put on microfilm after a period of years, seven was typical, and retained. Today they're digitized.
My former school system, where I taught, claims it has records back to the 1920s. I doubt that simply because it can screw up a one float parade.
My parents' school system no longer exists, it was merged with a couple others, but its successor system still has their records on file. They graduated in 1937 and 1939.
As a note, when I was teaching I often pulled a LAF for a high school kid that was six inches thick, all discipline referrals.
Wanted to note on your parents record's and claims of records back to the 1920s, I believe that they probably do have them.
Our local school district sends school records to state archives. As a genealogical researcher, I have reviewed school information for some of my older relatives from the 1930s in particular. One of my elderly cousins died last year and she was over 100 years old and I have some of her records from when she was in school in the 1920s/1930s. She graduated high school in 1932.
In Ohio, our state archives also has information for old and current state hospitals. People would be surprised what states keep and for how long.
Wanted to note on your parents record's and claims of records back to the 1920s, I believe that they probably do have them.
Our local school district sends school records to state archives. As a genealogical researcher, I have reviewed school information for some of my older relatives from the 1930s in particular. One of my elderly cousins died last year and she was over 100 years old and I have some of her records from when she was in school in the 1920s/1930s. She graduated high school in 1932.
In Ohio, our state archives also has information for old and current state hospitals. People would be surprised what states keep and for how long.
The system where I taught doesn't pay its bills on time and regularly bounces payroll or forgets to authorize employee insurance coverage. That's the genesis of doubting they have, or have access to, the records.
I'm sure they meant to keep them but someone got distracted. Actually, I do know they've lost records because a few of my former students have needed theirs and they couldn't be located.
The system where I taught doesn't pay its bills on time and regularly bounces payroll or forgets to authorize employee insurance coverage. That's the genesis of doubting they have, or have access to, the records.
I'm sure they meant to keep them but someone got distracted. Actually, I do know they've lost records because a few of my former students have needed theirs and they couldn't be located.
That's a shame in regards to the bold. Most states have rules about old records in that they are supposed to be sent to state archival locations across the state depending on the record after a certain period of time.
I'm working right now with someone in our state archives to see if I can find some information regarding my great grandmother who died in 1938 at a state hospital. Nurses got off shift and found her laying outside in the snow. Newspapers said she "fell" or "jumped" but older relatives in the family always felt she was murdered/pushed out of a window. Going to see what they have about her death. An autopsy was performed so going to see if they have that too. They may have been lost/damaged or destroyed. Unfortunately many records are destroyed just because they are not housed properly or due to fires. This particular great grandmother actually went to school with my cousin who died last year so I was able to get some of her high school records as well.
I thought you were referring to "Free to Be You and Me".
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