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Annual Asbestos Notification 2023-2024 School Year
In accordance with Section 763.84 of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), or the “Asbestos in Schools Rule,” Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools is notifying employees and building occupants, or their legal guardians, of activities conducted within the past school year involving the asbestos inspections, response actions, and post-response action activities, including periodic re-inspection and periodic surveillance activities, that are planned or in progress at School District facilities.
During the upcoming school year (the “2023 – 2024 School Year” – August 2023 through July 2024), Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools has planned the following activities related to asbestos-containing materials throughout the School District:
• Six Month Periodic Surveillances: Six month periodic surveillances will be completed every six months and continue on a regular six month schedule (next two scheduled rounds will occur in January and July of 2024).
• Three Year Re-inspections: The EPA requires that each school district re-inspect all known and assumed asbestos-containing materials once every three years. The three year re-inspection activities for all Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools facilities were completed in July 2022. Therefore, the next three year re-inspections are due in the summer of 2025.
• Asbestos Abatement Projects – Scheduled: As of the construction of this document, no projects have been scheduled. When necessary to support renovations of building operations, abatement will be completed by trained and accredited personnel.
During the previous twelve months (the “2022 – 2023 School Year” – August 2022 through July 2023), Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools completed the following activities related to asbestos-containing materials throughout the School District:
• Six Month Periodic Surveillances: Six month periodic surveillance activities were completed in October 2022 and February 2023.
• Removed approximately 1,912 sq. ft. of material from Rooms 301 and 303 at Dye Elementary. Removed approximately 2,628 Sq. ft. from Rooms 101 and 407 at Randels Elementary.
• Removed approximately 1,050 sq. ft. of material from the Middle School due to flood and carpet/flooring damage. Removed material from the Carman-Ainsworth High School.
AHERA Management Plans are available for review in each school building office or at the CACS Administration Building (G-3475 Court Street, Flint, Michigan). Summaries for all of the asbestos abatement projects conducted prior to the 2017 – 2018 School Year are located at each building in their AHERA Management Plan, while complete documentation is maintained in the CACS Administration Building.
Questions regarding the asbestos program for Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools may be addressed to Mr. Jeff Thornton, Operations Supervisor for Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools at (810) 591-3220.
Directory Information 2023-2024
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, requires that Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools, with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child’s education records. However, Carman-Ainsworth may disclose appropriately designated “directory information” without written consent, unless you have advised the District to the contrary in accordance with District procedures. The primary purpose of directory information is to allow Carman-Ainsworth to include this type of information from your child’s education records in certain school publications.
Directory information, which is information that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released, can also be disclosed to outside organizations without a parent’s prior written consent. In addition, two Federal laws require local educational agencies (LEAs) receiving assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to provide military recruiters, upon request, with three directory information categories – names, addresses, and telephone listings – unless parents have advised the LEA that they do not want their student’s information disclosed without their prior written consent.
Carman-Ainsworth has designated the following information as directory information:
- Student’s name
- Parent’s name
- Address
- Telephone number
- Date and place of birth
- Major field of study
- Participation in officially recognized activities and sports
- Weight and height of members of athletic teams
- Dates of attendance
- Degrees, honors, and awards received
- Electronic mail address
- The most recent educational agency or institution attended
- Grade Level
- Similar information generally found in yearbooks
- Pictures and videotapes of the image of the student
If you do not want Carman-Ainsworth to disclose directory information from your child’s education records without your prior written consent, you must notify the District in writing. This letter must be resubmitted on a yearly basis to the building principal.
