About HCSD Arts

HCSD's Fine and Performing Arts Department affords all students the opportunity to study music, visual art, dance, and theatre, providing every child with experiences that promote life-long participation and enjoyment of the arts. We embrace the cooperative work of parents, teachers, students, and the community, and are invested in a collaborative approach to support student development and success.

About HCSD Athletics

The Harrison Athletics program is built on the principles of Rigor, Development, Communication, and Accountability. Harrison coaches work to develop programs based on communication, clear expectations, ongoing feedback, accountability and developing self-advocacy in our student athletes. We are committed to meeting the standards of high expectation and maximum effort on and off the field.

Data Privacy and Cybersecurity

The Harrison Central School District is committed to maintaining the privacy and security of student, faculty and staff data including personally identifiable information (PII). Consistent with the requirements of New York State Education Law 2d, the District adheres to comprehensive data security protocols for the protection of data in our information systems and when disclosing or releasing it on a need-to-know basis to others including, but not limited to, third-party software vendors or professional service providers. Click here for the Harrison Central School District's data privacy and security policy.

The Harrison Central School District employs layered security measures to ensure cybersecurity and the protection of PII and specific information about these measures are kept confidential for security reasons. Generally, these data security measures include:

Annual faculty/staff training on data security
Advanced network security
Internet content filtering
Multi-layer email protection

See below for more information about Harrison's Parent' Bill of Rights, information on third parties that have access to limited student information, and the process for reporting a suspected improper disclosure of PII. If you have questions, you may contact Brian Seligman, K-12 Director of Information Systems, Data and Technology, Chief Information Officer and Data Protection Officer.

Parents' Bill of Rights

Pursuant to the New York Education Law Section 2-d (“Section 2-d”) and its implementing regulations:

A student’s personally identifiable information (“PII”) cannot be sold or released for any commercial purposes.
The School District assures that the confidentiality of electronically stored PII is protected using safeguards that comport with industry standards and best practices, including but not limited to, encryption, secure firewalls and password protection when student data is stored or transferred.
Parents have a right to inspect and review the complete contents of the student’s educational record, including portions of the record that are stored electronically, even when the record is maintained by a third-party contractor.
Parents have a right to the New York State Education Department (“NYSED”) student data element list that NYSED collects for authorized uses at http://www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/sirs/.
Parents have the right to submit complaints about possible data breaches by submitting these inquiries to:

Brian Seligman
Director of Technology, Data Privacy Officer
Harrison Central School District
50 Union Avenue
Harrison, NY 10528
dataprivacy@harrisoncsd.org
914-630-3389

Additional Resources

Third Party Agreements

Report an Improper Disclosure

The District has established the following procedures for parents, guardians, teachers, principals, and other District staff to file complaints with the District about data breaches or unauthorized releases of student must be submitted to the District's Data Protection Officer in writing, utilizing the form below.
Complaints must be submitted to the District's Data Protection Officer in writing, utilizing the form below.

Complaints must be submitted to the District's Data Protection Officer in writing, utilizing the Improper Disclosure Form.
Upon receipt of a complaint, the District's Data Protection Officer will promptly acknowledge receipt of the complaint, commence an investigation, and take any necessary precautions to protect Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
Following the investigation, the District's Data Protection Officer will provide the individual who filed the complaint with its findings. This will be completed within a reasonable period of time, but no more than 60 calendar days from the receipt of the complaint by the District.

**PII (Personally Identifiable Information) is generally defined as any data from the student records of an educational agency that could potentially be used, alone or in combination with other data elements, to identify a particular student, or teacher or principal annual professional performance review (APPR) data. For more information on FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), which is the federal law that protects the privacy of student education records, go here: U.S. Department of Education FERPA information

Student Directory Information

Release of Information and Privacy Rights

The Harrison Central School District may provide, release and publish the following information pertaining to students: student's name, parents' names, photographs, video footage, address, age, grade, participation in recognized school activities, extra-curricular activities and sports programs, academic honors, achievements, awards, scholarships, and similar information. This information may be released in district and school publications and programs, on the District website, and/or in press releases to the local media.

Under Title 34 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Part 99, parents, guardians and students over the age of 18 have the right to refuse the release of any or all of the above information. Anyone who does not wish to have any or all of the above information released must submit this request in writing by September 30 of each school year, or within 30 days of registration for new entrants. To make this request, please email the Data Protection Officer at dataprivacy@harrisoncsd.org. Failure to make such a request shall be considered consent to release, provide and publish information during the school year.

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Data Privacy and Cybersecurity

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Additional Resources

Third Party Agreements

Report an Improper Disclosure

Report an Improper Disclosure

Student Directory Information

Release of Information and Privacy Rights

Data Security Incidents