SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICIES

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION:

It is the policy of the Essex County Vocational and Technical Schools to provide equal educational employment opportunities regardless of sex, color, race, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, handicap or social economic status. All inquiries regarding Affirmative Action 504 rehabilitation Act of 1973 for handicapped people or inquiries regarding Title IX of the Educational Amendment of 1972, contact the Affirmative Action Officer. It is the policy of the Essex County Vocational Schools to maintain a learning , and working environment that is free from sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and is prohibited by both federal and state law. It shall be a violation of this policy for any member of the Essex County Vocational School district to harass another staff member or student through conduct or communication of a sexual, nature. Complaints of sexual harassment should be forwarded to the Affirmative Action Officer. The Essex County Vocational School district affirms its responsibilities to ensure all handicapped people in the Essex County Vocational Schools be given an equal and non-discriminatory opportunity for employment and education regardless of the nature and severity of their handicap. For grievance procedures, please contact the district 504 coordinator.

 

Affirmative Action Officer:

Kristie M. Howard, Esq.

300 North 13th Street

Newark, New Jersey 07107

Phone: 973-412-2203

District 504 Coordinator:  

Michael Zelkowitz, Psy.D

300 North 13th Street

Newark, New Jersey 07107

Phone: 973-483-3484

 

 

COMPREHENSIVE EQUITY PLAN: 

The district’s Comprehensive Equity Plan can be found at the District’s Central Offices located at 900 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona , New Jersey 07044.

 

 

WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY:

Essex County Technical Vocational School District cares about the safety and privacy of children online, and we comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its accompanying FTC regulations establish United States federal law that protects the privacy of children using the Internet. Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with an appropriate law enforcement investigation, current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.

On certain Essextech.org web pages, "cookies" are used to help with interactive usage of the site. A cookie is a small file that a Web site transfers to your hard disk, usually to keep track of your while you are connected to that site. The cookies on Essextech.org's pages do not collect information about you, but only about your browser "session." The cookie makes it easier for you to use the dynamic features of these Web pages, without having to provide the same information again and again as you move from one page to another. To protect your privacy, be sure to close your browser completely after you have finished conducting business with a Web site that uses cookies. If you are concerned about potential use of information gathered from your computer by cookies, you can set your browser to prompt you before it accepts a cookie. Most Internet browsers have settings that let you identify and/or reject cookies.

If you decide to send us an electronic mail message (Email), the message will usually contain your return email address. If you include personally-identifying information in your email because you want us to address issues specific to your situation, we may use that information in responding to your request. In other limited circumstance, we may be required by law to disclose information that you submit.

EMAIL Policy:

Unless otherwise specifically indicated, the contents of this E-mail message and any attachments (this "E-mail") are for information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation. This E-mail is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any location where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation.

This E-mail may contain privileged or confidential information or may otherwise be protected by work product immunity or other legal rules. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. Access, copying or re-use of information by non-intended or non-authorized recipients is prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient of this E-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute any portion of this E-mail.

The transmission and content of this E-mail cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we cannot represent that the information in this E-mail is complete, accurate, uncorrupted, timely or free of viruses, and Essex County Vocational Schools cannot accept any liability for E-mails that have been altered in the course of delivery. Essex County Vocational Schools does not waive any intellectual property rights in this E-mail. For your protection, we recommend that you not send us any individual personal information via nonsecure methods of communication, including via public electronic communication channels, such as Internet E-mail, which are generally not secure and could be intercepted by a third party. Information in this E-mail is subject to change without notice and any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and may not reflect the views of Essex County Vocational Schools. Essex County Vocational Schools reserves the right to monitor, review and retain all electronic communications, including E-mail, traveling through its networks and systems (subject to and in accordance with local laws). If any of your details are incorrect or if you no longer wish to receive mailings such as this by E-mail please contact the sender by reply E-mail.

The information in this E-mail is not intended to replace a recipient's own internal business processes for evaluating proposed transactions.

References to "Essex County Vocational Schools" are references to any school in the Essex County Vocational School System. Attachments that are part of this E-mail may have additional important disclosures and disclaimers, which you should read.