Since PWCS will begin scheduling elementary students for next school year in April, we need to begin collecting these revised demographic data for students right away.

In order to collect the new racial and ethnic data, a form is being sent home with students on March 8, which needs to be completed (both parts A and B), signed, and dated at the bottom by parents/guardians, then returned to your students’ homeroom teacher by Friday, March 19.

The new form allows the parent/guardian to self-identify ethnicity and race, and permits you to select more than one race. This change allows individuals to more accurately reflect their racial and ethnic background by not limiting you to only one racial or ethnic category. As required in the new federal guidelines, if the forms are not completed by parents/guardians, then a staff member will observe and select racial and ethnic categories on the student’s behalf.