What will the WSN ID consist of – letters, numbers? Will common names cause a problem?
The WSN ID will be a 10 digit number with no embedded meaning. • Do you have plans to eventually bring in the private school students? No. • It is my understanding that Home Schooled students make application to home school through the DPI. Will you be assigning WSN numbers to these students? No. • Would you advise districts to provide the student number to parents? • Why are you not advising districts to share WSN with parents? Districts are expected to treat WSNs as confidential to help keep other more sensitive data about students confidiential. Parents have access to confidential data about their children, but since WSNs are used only as data base keys in our system we see no need to share WSNs with parents unless there is a request. • Why would we bring the WSN into our system? You will need the WSN in your system to report data for the Individual Student Enrollment System in the fall of 2004.
