Technology & Data Management

Student/Parent Support

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PARENT PORTAL

Parent Portal allows you access to your student’s profile via the internet anytime, anywhere. The family-oriented design enables you to view all of your student’s information with one log-in regardless of grade or school assignment.  Parent Portal is a highly secure, internet-based application through which you are able to view district-permitted details of your student’s academic records.
Parent Portal / Schooltool (chesterufsd.org)  

• Sign Up / Information Sheet
• Parent Portal - Parent's User Guide

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COMPUTER NETWORK/INTERNET ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

Internet access is available to students in the Chester School District. Our goal in providing this service to students is to promote educational excellence in the district by facilitating resource sharing, innovation and communication. An Acceptable Use Contract is a written agreement, signed by students and their parents or guardians, outlining the terms and conditions of Network and Internet use. It specifically sets out acceptable uses, rules of online behavior, and access privileges. (Board Policy 7315)

This document must be reviewed and completed by both Students and parents-guardians and submitted to be on file in the Main Office. Failure to submit the completed form will result in discontinuing internet access through the Chromebook.

Chester UFSD COMPUTER NETWORK/INTERNET ACCEPTABLE USE form

Each year, NYSED requires parents in K-12 schools to complete their NYS Digital Equity Survey for each of their students. This survey is very brief with eight short questions. This survey is located in the Chester Schooltool Parent Portal. Please submit as soon as possible for each student. We also created a hard-copy version of this survey and distributed to our school offices.

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Parents’ Bill of Rights for Data Privacy and Security (See Links/Form below)

Chester UFSD is committed to protecting the privacy and security of each and every student’s data. Parents should be aware of the following rights they have concerning their child’s data:

1. A student’s personally identifiable information cannot be sold or released for any commercial purposes.
    

2. Parents have the right to inspect and review the complete contents of their child’s education record.
    

3. The confidentiality of a student’s personally identifiable information is protected by existing state and federal laws, and safeguards such as encryption, firewalls, and password protection, must be in place when data is stored or transferred. Third party contractors are required to employ technology, safeguards and practices that align with the National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework.
    

4. A complete list of all student data elements collected by the State Education Department is available for public review at:

   • http://www.nysed.gov/data-privacy-security/student-data-inventory

   • or by writing to the

     • Office of Information & Reporting Services
       New York State Education Department, Room 863 EBA
       89 Washington Avenue
       Albany, NY 12234.
        

5. Parents have the right to file complaints about possible breaches of student data. Parents may submit a complaint regarding a potential breach by the District to Mr. Daniel Svarczkopf (contact information linked above). Chester UFSD shall promptly acknowledge any complaints received and commence an investigation into the complaint, while taking the necessary precautions to protect personally identifiable information. Chester UFSD shall provide a response detailing its findings from the investigation no more than sixty (60) days after receipt of the complaint. Complaints pertaining to the State Education Department or one of its third party vendors should be directed in writing to the Chief Privacy Officer, New York State Education Department, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12234, or email to CPO@mail.nysed.gov.
    

6. In the event of a data breach or unauthorized disclosure of students’ personally identifiable information, third party contractors are required by law to notify the School District within seven (7) days of discovery of the breach or unauthorized disclosure.
    

7. If the District enters into a contract with a third party in which student, teacher, or principal data is shared with a third party, supplemental information for each such contract will be appended to this Parents’ Bill of Rights.
    

8. Parents may access the State Education Department’s Parents’ Bill of Rights at: http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/programs/data-privacy-security/parents-bill-of-rights_2.pdf