Notice of Special Education Records Destruction
By the Ware County School System
In compliance with the Individual Disabilities Act (IDEA), The Georgia Records Act, and the Ware County School System local procedure regarding destruction of data collected, maintained or used in the provision of a free and appropriate public education of students with disabilities in the Ware County Schools, the Records Department announces its intention to destroy special education records during the month of May 2025.
Records on students who were enrolled in a special education program in the Ware County School System who were born during the following year are no longer needed for educational purposes:
January 1, 1997 and December 31, 1997 and were twenty-seven (27) years of age as of January 1, 2025.
The student or parent may need these records for Social Security or other reasons. If you, as a former student served in special education or a parent of a former student served in special education, wish to obtain these records prior to destruction, you should contact the Special Education Records Department, Ware County Board of Education, 1301 Bailey Street, Waycross, Georgia. Positive identification will be required before the records can be released to the individual.
For more information, contact the Special Education Records Department at 912-283-8656 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. You may also visit our website at www.ware.k12.ga.us to view this notice.