Student Handbook
2008 – 2009
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Letter from the
Principal…………………………………………....................................................................1
Table of
Contents……………………………………………………………………………………………2-3
SECTION
I: GENERAL INFORMATION
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................................
4
TDD
Users.........................................................................................................................................................................
4
School
Safety Hotline......................................................................................................................................................
4
Non-Discrimination
Statement........................................................................................................................................
4
Enrollment......................................................................................................................................................................
5
School
Fees....................................................................................................................................................................
5
Textbook
Rental.............................................................................................................................................................
5
Sickness
and Communicable Diseases...............................................................................
.......................................
5-6
Student
Insurance...........................................................................................................................................................
6
Channel
of Communication..........................................................................................................................................
6-7
Complaint
Policy.............................................................................................................................................................
7
NCLB,
Title Programs, Parent Involvement..................................................................................................................
7
Occupational
and Educational Information.............................................................................................................
7-11
Special
Education Services...........................................................................................................................................
12
Library
Media Center...................................................................................................................................................
12
Classes.........................................................................................................................................................................
13
Class
Parent Responsibilities........................................................................................................................................
13
Fund
Raising.................................................................................................................................................................
14
Classification
of Students........................................................................................................................................
14-15
Graduation
Requirements and Academic Load..........................................................................................................
15
Minimum
Requirements for Graduation.................................................................................................................
15-16
Minimum
Graduation Requirements – Qualified Admissions........................................................................................
16
Kansas
Scholar’s Curriculum..................................................................................................................................
16-17
NCAA
Initial-Eligibility Requirements........................................................................................................................
17
Additional
Graduation Considerations.......................................................................................................................
17
Grade
Cards – Grading Scale.......................................................................................................................................
17
Semester
Tests.............................................................................................................................................................
17
Honor
Roll....................................................................................................................................................................
18
Valedictorian
and Salutatorian......................................................................................................................................
18
Graduation
Attire..........................................................................................................................................................
18
Visitors.........................................................................................................................................................................
18
Telephone...............................................................................................................................................................
18-19
Medication.................................................................................................................................................................
19
Deliveries.....................................................................................................................................................................
19
Transportation,
Trips and Travel............................................................................................................................
19-20
Bus
Riding Rules.........................................................................................................................................................
20
Section
II: Student Responsibility
Staff
Authority.............................................................................................................................................................
21
Student
Responsibility..................................................................................................................................................
21
Personal
Appearance...................................................................................................................................................
21
Cell
Phones, Pagers, Laser Pointers, and Electronic Devices........................................................................................
22
Lockers.......................................................................................................................................................................
22
Care
of School Property..............................................................................................................................................
22
Musical
Instruments owned by the School...................................................................................................................
22
Announcements...........................................................................................................................................................
22
Teacher
Aides..............................................................................................................................................................
22
Work
Release Participants............................................................................................................................................
23
Student
Volunteers.......................................................................................................................................................
23
Section
III: School Day Procedures
School
Day Procedure.................................................................................................................................................
24
Closing
of Schools.......................................................................................................................................................
24
Emergency
Drills.........................................................................................................................................................
24
Attendance..................................................................................................................................................................
25
Absence
Procedure.....................................................................................................................................................
26
Excused
Absences.......................................................................................................................................................
26
Unexcused
Absences...................................................................................................................................................
26
Tardies........................................................................................................................................................................
26
Student
Planners..........................................................................................................................................................
27
Student
Lunch Policy...................................................................................................................................................
27
Section
IV: Discipline
Discipline....................................................................................................................................................................
28
Hazing/Harassment/Intimidation/Bullying/Menacing......................................................................................................
29
Consequences.......................................................................................................................................................
29-30
Drug
Free Schools – Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Policy............................................................................................
31
Mood-Altering
Chemicals Policy: Students not
in School Activities..............................................................................
31
Section
V: Activities
Activities......................................................................................................................................................................
32
Eligibility
Requirements.................................................................................................................................................
32
Physicals.....................................................................................................................................................................
32
Mood-Altering
Chemicals Policy: Students
involved in Activities............................................................................
32-33
Students
Not in Good Standing...................................................................................................................................
33
Student
Social Events..................................................................................................................................................
33
High
School Homecoming ...........................................................................................................................................
34
Dance
Rules................................................................................................................................................................
35
Sportsmanship.............................................................................................................................................................
35
KSHSAA
Rule 52......................................................................................................................................................
35
Section
VI: Acceptable Technology Use Policy
Definition
of Technology and the Internet.....................................................................................................................
36
Overview
and Purpose...............................................................................................................................................
36
Guidelines...................................................................................................................................................................
36
Acceptable
Use......................................................................................................................................................
36-38
State
and Local Policies...............................................................................................................................................
38
Security......................................................................................................................................................................
38
Privileges....................................................................................................................................................................
39
Vandalism-Harassment................................................................................................................................................
39
Penalties......................................................................................................................................................................
39
Parent-Student
Agreement to Keep in Handbook........................................................................................................
40
Parent-Student
Agreement to Sign and Return to Office..............................................................................................
41
Section I
General Information
INTRODUCTION
The following pages contain general information that
will aid you as a student in preparing and planning for this school year.
While it does not contain all of the detailed directions, it should
serve as a general guide. Additional
regulations and guidelines are set forth in the Board of Education Policy
Book. A copy is available in
the office of the Superintendent and Principal.
These additional policies will be explained in detail to individual
students when and if they are applicable.
All parents and students need
to fully understand the information contained in this handbook.
TDD USERS
Persons
with hearing or speech impairments who use TDD devices may communicate with
Unified
School District
300 by dialing the
Kansas
Relay
Center
at 1-800-766-3777.
SCHOOL SAFETY HOTLINE
The
Kansas Highway Patrol has installed a statewide Kansas School Safety
Hotline. It will be available 24 hours a day 365 days a year to report
impending school violence to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Information received on this hotline will immediately be shared with
local law enforcement and school officials.
Help keep your school safe. Report
any information that might threaten the safety of schools or students.
CALL 1-877-626-8203.
NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
In compliance with the Executive Order 11246; Title II
of the Education Amendments of 1976; Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964; as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, Title IX
Regulation Implementing Education Amendment of 1972; Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and all other Federal, State, School rules,
laws, regulations, and policies, USD 300, shall not discriminate on the
basis of sex, race, color, national origin, or handicap in the educational
programs or activities which it operates.
It is the intent of USD 300 to comply with both the
letter and the spirit of the law in making certain that discrimination does
not exist in its policies, regulations and operations.
Grievance procedures for Title IX and Section 504 have been
established for students, their parents, and employees who feel
discrimination has been shown by the School/District/Agency.
Specific complaints of all alleged discrimination
under Title IX (sex) and Section 504 (handicap) should be referred to:
Michael Baldwin, Superintendent
of Schools
Section 504/Title IX Coordinator
Unified
School District
300
P.O. Box
721
Coldwater
,
Kansas
67029
(620) 582-2181
ENROLLMENT
A letter is sent to all parents regarding enrollment,
fees, supplies, etc. during the summer. Enrollment information is also
published in the local paper. Enrollment
for all students is done in late July and/or early
August at the appropriate school office.
Any child enrolled in Kansas Schools must have the
immunizations required by state law. The
certification of these immunizations must be presented upon enrollment.
It is the parent’s responsibility to obtain the required
immunizations and present a certificate of immunizations to the school.
If you have a question about the required immunizations, please
contact your doctor, Comanche County Health Department, or the school
office. Children who do not
have the proper immunizations may be excluded from school until the
immunizations are brought up to date.
The textbook rental fee includes charges for workbook
and workbook type consumable instructional materials and varies according
to grade level. Students may be responsible for additional class supplies
such as disks for technology-based classes or activities. The
textbook rental fee is to be paid at the time of enrollment unless
otherwise arranged with the building principal.
SCHOOL FEES
School fees are determined annually by the Board of
Education and are available at enrollment time.
Enrollment fees include textbook rental and consumables.
Students and parents may also purchases lunch tickets at enrollment.
TEXTBOOK RENTAL
SICKNESS AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
A child running
a fever should not be sent to school. Children
who have a fever will be sent home.
A child
suffering from nausea (sick-at-the-stomach) should not be sent to school.
A child who vomits at school will be sent home.
When a student
becomes ill during the day, he/she will remain at school until satisfactory
arrangements have been made with the parents.
HS:
A student is NOT to be in the sick room without prior approval from
the office.
If your child has a health condition that can be
spread to other students, special precautions may need to be taken, such as
excluding your child from school. This
would include such conditions as impetigo, measles, head lice, pink-eye,
ring-worm, etc. The school will
base decisions on how to handle these conditions on regulations from the
Kansas State Department of Health, Comanche County Health Department, and
the child’s doctor.
Hepatitis B and Varicella will be required for school
entry for Kindergarten students for the school year 2004-2005.
K.A.R.
28-1-20
. Immunizations required for
school entry. Except as
provided in K.S.A. 75-5209(b) and amendments thereto, each child or
adolescent shall be required to receive the following vaccinations before
enrolling in any
Kansas
School
:
diphtheria;
hepatitis
B;
measles
(rubeola);
mumps;
pertussis
(whooping cough);
poliomyelitis;
(German
measles); and
tetanus;
and
varicella
(rubella chickenpox), unless proof of prior varicella disease is provided.
This proof shall be verified by one of the following:
~The signed statement of a
physician indicating the child’s or adolescent’s date of this illness;
~The signed statement of a
parent indicating the child’s or adolescent’s date of this illness;
~Laboratory evidence of
varicella immunity.
The immunization record of each pupil shall document
that the pupil has received the vaccinations specified in subsection (a)
from a licensed physician or local health department in accordance with the
“Recommended Childhood and
Adolescent
Immunization
Schedule-United
States
, 2003,” approved by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
and hereby adopted by reference.
The
office will maintain a list of students with incomplete immunizations,
including those with medical or religious exemptions.
These students need to be readily identified for exclusion from
school in the event of an outbreak or a suspected vaccine-preventable
disease.
STUDENT INSURANCE
The school district provides student insurance
coverage at two levels, secondary to the family’s primary coverage.
LEVEL I
All enrolled students of USD 300 are covered as a
secondary coverage for all school sponsored activities.
LEVEL II
All students and/or athletes participating in Kansas
State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) sponsored activities or
athletics have major catastrophic coverage.
If your student is involved in an accident or is
injured, it is very important that the school office knows the details
involved. We will make sure the
appropriate paperwork is completed and the accident or injury date and
details are documented.
Please remember the school insurance is secondary to
the family insurance. Parents
have the option to purchase additional health coverage if they desire.
If you have questions about the school insurance
coverage, please contact either Mr. Jellison or Mr. Baldwin at the school.
CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION
Communication between the school, the home, and the
community is essential for the smooth functioning of an educational
institution. South Central
Schools will utilize a variety of methods to inform the students,
parents/guardians, and communities of school activities and recent
accomplishments. The school
system will make an earnest effort to use local and daily newspaper
articles; radio and television announcements; school bulletins, letters,
memos, flyers, and posters; and telephone calls to keep our school families
and public informed. Likewise,
parents/guardians need to contact the school regarding changes in their
students’ attendance, educational program, and/or extracurricular
activities.
For a school district to maintain a proper school
climate for students and employees, patrons must follow some simple rules
involving lines of communication:
*If a problem develops this
year and involves a particular teacher, please contact the teacher.
Teachers are willing to discuss any problem involving your student.
A special conference will be set up if necessary.
*If the problem still exists
after visiting with the teacher, a conference with the principal should be
arranged. The teacher may or
may not be included in this conference.
*Should the problem continue
to exist after visiting with the principal, the parent may take the problem
to the superintendent. A
conference with the superintendent may or may not include the teacher and
building principal.
*If the problem still exists
after following this procedure, the patron may ask to be placed on the
agenda at the next regularly scheduled board of education meeting.
No action may be taken on an item unless it is placed on the agenda.
*Board members have been
asked to refer comments made by patrons concerning students, employees,
parents, district policy, etc. to the proper administrator.
*This line of communication
is a must. Please follow the
above procedure and the school year will go much smoother for all.
Toll free numbers:
High School
877-572-7717
Elementary/Middle School 877-572-7727
COMPLAINT
POLICY
USD 300 Board of Education Policy Handbook provides a
means of filing a formal complaint. It
reads: In order to provide an opportunity for the expression of legitimate
concerns of students with respect to the application of any school rule or
regulation, the board will consider complaints and grievances through the
procedures established therefore in the board’s rules and regulations
implementing this policy.
NCLB,
TITLE PROGRAMS, PARENT INVOLVEMENT
The federal education program, No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001 (NCLB) mandates that all school districts that receive Title
funds, must have developed a parental involvement program including the
implementation and use of parent-school compacts and annual notification of
“Parents’ Right to Know.”
OCCUPATIONAL
AND EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION
Each student may receive through the library or
guidance counselor’s office, information on colleges, trade and technical
schools, available scholarships, loan programs, and occupations. A senior
timeline will be distributed to the seniors and their parents.
A financial aid meeting will be held annually.
ANNUAL
NOTICE TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS OF RIGHTS UNDER THE FAMILY EDUCATIONAL
RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT (FERPA)
Under the provisions of
the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), parents of students
and eligible students (those who are 18 or older) are afforded various
rights with regard to educational records that are kept and maintained by
Unified School District No. 300. In
accordance with FERPA, you are required to be notified of those rights
which include:
1.
The right to review and inspect all of your educational records,
except those which are specifically exempt. Records will be available for
your review within 45 days of the day the district receives your request
for access.
2.
The right to prevent disclosure of personally identifiable
information contained in your educational records to other persons, with
certain limited exceptions. Disclosure
of information from your educational records to others persons will occur
only if:
a.
we have your prior written consent for disclosure;
b.
the information is considered “directory information” and you
have not objected to the
release of
such information; or
c. disclosure
without your prior consent is permitted by law.
§
The district may disclose, without your consent, personally
identifiable information to school officials with a legitimate educational
interest. A school official is
a person employed by the school as an administrator, supervisor,
instructor, or support staff member (including health or medical staff and
law enforcement unit personnel); the school board (in executive session); a
person or company with whom the school has contracted to perform a special
task (such as an attorney, auditor, medical consultant, or therapist); or a
parent or student serving on an official committee such as a disciplinary
or grievance committee, or assisting another school official in performing
his or her tasks. A school
official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to
review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional
responsibility or duties.
§
The district will disclose a student’s education records to
officials of another school district in
which the student seeks or intends to enroll without your consent
and without further notice that
the records have been requested or forwarded.
3.
The right to request that your educational records be amended if you
believe the records are misleading, inaccurate, or otherwise in violation
of your rights. This right
includes the right to request a hearing at which you may present evidence
to show why the record should be changed if your request for an amendment
to your records is denied in the first instance.
4.
The right to file a complaint with the Family Policy and Regulations
Office at the U.S. Department of Education if you believe that Unified
School District No. 300 has failed to comply with FERPA’s requirements.
The address of this office is:
Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S.
Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Room 4074
Washington
,
DC
20202-4605
5. The
right to obtain a copy of Unified School District No. 300 policies for
complying with FERPA. A copy
may be obtained from:
Superintendent of South Central Schools USD 300
600 N.
Leavenworth
Coldwater
,
KS
67029
Directory Information:
For purposes of FERPA, Unified School District No. 300 has
designated certain information contained in educational records as
directory information. This
information may be disclosed for any purpose without your consent.
This information can be disclosed without consent because it is the
type of information that would not generally be considered harmful or an
invasion of privacy if disclosed. The
following information is considered directory information; name, address,
telephone number, electronic mail address, date and place of birth,
participation in officially recognized activities and sports, weight and
height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, degrees, honors
and awards received, the most recent previous school attended by the
student, class designation or grade level, enrollment status (e.g.,
undergraduate or graduate, full-time or part-time), major field of study
and photographs.
You
have a right to refuse to permit the designation of any or all of the above
information as directory information. If
you refuse, you must file written notification to this effect with Unified
School District No. 300 at Superintendent of Schools 600 North Leavenworth,
Coldwater
,
Kansas
67029
no later than 20 school days after named student has enrolled in South
Central Schools for the current school year.
If a refusal is not filed, Unified School District No. 300 assumes
you have no objection to the release of the directory information
designated.
Recruiting Information:
Military recruiters and institutions for higher education are
entitled under federal law to a list of names, addresses, and telephone
numbers of high school students unless you object to the release of this
information. If you notify your
principal in writing at any time that you do not wish your child’s name,
address, and telephone number released without your written consent, we
will honor that request.
NOTIFICATION
OF RIGHTS UNDER THE PROTECTION OF PUPIL RIGHTS AMENDMENT (PPRA)
PPRA affords parents certain rights regarding Comanche
County USD 300 conduct of surveys, collection and use of information for
marketing purposes, and certain physical exams.
These include the right to:
·
Consent before students are required to submit to a
survey that concerns one or more of the following protected areas
(“protected information survey”) if the survey is funded in whole or in
part by a program of the U.S. Department of Education (ED)—
1.
Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or student’s
parent;
2.
Mental or psychological problems of the student or student’s
family;
3.
Sex behavior or attitudes;
4.
Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior;
5.
Critical appraisals of others with whom respondents have close
family relationships:
6.
Legally recognized privileged relationships, such as with lawyers,
doctors, or ministers;
7.
Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or
parents; or
8.
Income, other than as required by law to determine program
eligibility.
·
Receive notice and an opportunity to opt a student out
of—
1.
Any other protected information survey, regardless of funding;
2.
Any non-emergency, invasive physical exam or screening required as a
condition of attendance,
administered
by the school or its agent, and not necessary to protect the immediate
health and
safety of
a student, except for hearing, vision, or scoliosis screenings or any
physical exam or
screening
permitted or required under State law; and
3.
Activities involving collection, disclosure, or use of personal
information obtained from students
for
marketing or to sell or other wise distribute the information to others.
·
Inspect, upon request and before administration or
use—
1.
Protected information surveys of students;
2.
Instruments used to collect personal information from students for
any of the above marketing,
sales, or
other distribution purposes; and
3.
Instructional material used as part of the educational curriculum.
These rights transfer from
the parents to a student who is 18 years old or an emancipated minor under
State law.
Comanche County USD 300 has developed and adopted
policies, in consultation with parents, regarding these rights, as well as
arrangements to protect student privacy in the administration of protected
information surveys and the collection, disclosure, or use of personal
information for marketing, sales, or other distribution purposes.
Comanche County USD 300 will directly notify parents of these
policies at least annually at the start of each school year and after any
substantive changes. Comanche
County USD 300 will also directly notify, such as through U.S. Mail or
email, parents of students who are scheduled to participate in the specific
activities or surveys noted below and will provide an opportunity for the
parent to opt his or her child out of participation of the specific
activity or survey. Comanche
County USD 300 will make this notification to parents at the beginning of
the school year if the District has identified the specific or approximate
dates of the activities or surveys at that time.
For surveys and activities scheduled after the school year starts,
parents will be provided reasonable notification of the planned activities
and surveys listed below and are provided an opportunity to opt their child
out of such activities and surveys. Parents
will also be provided an opportunity to review any pertinent surveys.
Following is a list of the specific activities and surveys covered
under this requirement:
·
Collection, disclosure, or use of personal information for
marketing, sales or other distribution.
·
Administration of any protected information survey not funded
in whole or in part by ED.
·
Any non-emergency, invasive physical examination or screening
as described above.
Parents who believe their rights have been violated
may file a complaint with:
Family Policy Compliance Office
U.S.
Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington
,
DC
20202-5901
PPRA NOTICE AND CONSENT/OPT-OUT SPECIFIC
ACTIVITIES
The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), 20
U.S.C. § 1232h, requires Comanche County USD 300 to notify you and obtain
consent or allow you to opt your child out of participating in certain
school activities. These
activities include a student survey, analysis, or evaluation that concerns
one or more of the following eight areas (“protected information
surveys”):
1.
Political affiliations or beliefs of the student or student’s
parent;
2.
Mental or psychological problems of the student or student’s
family;
3.
Sex behavior or attitudes;
4.
Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior;
5.
Critical appraisals of others with whom respondents have close
family relationships;
6.
Legally recognized privileged relationships, such as with lawyers,
doctors, or ministers;
7.
Religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or
parents; or
8.
Income, other than as required by law to determine program
eligibility
This requirement also applies to the collection,
disclosure or use of student information for marketing purposes
(“marketing surveys”), and certain physical exams and screenings.
Comanche County USD 300 will provide parents, within a
reasonable period of time prior to the administration of any surveys or
activities that meet the above definitions, notification of the surveys and
activities and will provide an opportunity to opt their child out, as well
as an opportunity to review the surveys.
(Please note that this notice and consent/opt-out transfers from
parents to any student who is 18 years old or an emancipated minor under
State law.)
If you wish to review any survey instrument or
instructional material used in connection with any protected information or
marketing survey, please submit a request to
Superintendent of Schools
Comanche
County
USD
300
600 N.
Leavenworth
Coldwater
,
KS
67029
The superintendent will notify you of the time and
place where you may review these materials.
You have the right to review a survey and/or instructional materials
before the survey is administered to a student.
NOTIFICATION OF
SECTION 504/ADA/TITLE IX GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
It is the policy of USD 300 not to discriminate on
the basis of disability in employment, educational programs, or activities
as required by Section 504 of Title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and on the basis of sex as
required by Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments.
As a student of USD 300, you are protected against discrimination in
the following areas:
1. Admission
2. Access
to enrollment
3.
Access to and use of school facilities
4. Counseling
and guidance
5. Vocational
education
6. Physical
education
7. Competitive
athletics
8. Student
rules, regulations, and benefits
9. Health
services
10. School-sponsored
extra-curricular activities.
If you believe you have been discriminated against
on the basis of disability or gender, you may make a claim that your rights
have been denied. This claim or
grievance may be filed with the principal of your school who is the
ADA
, 504 and Title IX coordinator of your school.
You
will be asked to write down the actions, policies, or practices, which you
believe are discriminatory. You
may obtain help from the ADA/504/Title IX coordinator, who is the
principal of your school, or anyone you believe is knowledgeable.
Once you have filed your grievance, you will be asked to meet with
those persons who would be involved in correcting the policies, practices,
or programs that you believe are discriminatory.
If there is agreement that you were discriminated against,
corrective action will be taken to restore your rights.
If there is not agreement, you may appeal the grievance to a person
with higher authority.
You may also file a
complaint of illegal discrimination with the Office for Civil Rights of the
Department of Education, Washington D.C., at the same time you file the
grievance, during or after use of the grievance process, or without using
the grievance process at all. If
you file your complaint with the Office for Civil Rights, you must file it
in writing no later than 180 days after the occurrence of the possible
discrimination.
In preparing your grievance, you should give thought to the
following:
1.
The exact nature of the grievance - how you think you have been
discriminated against and any persons you believe may be responsible,
2.
The date, time and place of the grievance,
3.
The names of witnesses or persons, who have knowledge about the
grievance,
4.
Any available written documentation or evidence that is
relevant to the grievance, and
5.
The actions that could be taken to correct the grievance.
If you wish to discuss your rights under the ADA/Section 504/Title
IX, to obtain a copy of the full ADA/504/Title IX grievance procedures, or
to obtain help in filing a grievance, contact the ADA/504/Title IX
coordinator, or your designated ADA/504/Title IX grievance representative.
Superintendent of Schools, 600 N.
Leavenworth
;
Coldwater
,
KS
67029
, Telephone: (620) 582-2181
SPECIAL
SERVICES
USD 300 is member of the South Central Kansas Special Education
Cooperative. Services to
students with special education needs are available through the
cooperative.
SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES
Recent state and federal court decisions and
legislation have specified that all exceptional children have a right to a
free appropriate public education based on their needs.
This means that USD 300 will attempt to identify exceptional
children in the elementary, middle, and
secondary buildings, and then
provide the needed special education for these students in the least
restrictive environment. Exceptional
children are defined as mentally handicapped, specific learning disabled,
gifted, hearing impaired, language or speech impaired, personally and
socially maladjusted, deaf, blind, and/or visually impaired. Special
education services for these students
are available through USD 300 in
cooperation with the South
Central Kansas
Special Education Cooperative (SCKSEC).
Office address:
P.O. Box K,
Pratt
,
KS
67124
, 620-672-7500. Specific steps
in identifying and providing special education services are followed.
All parent and student due process rights and confidentiality will
be provided.
The stated goals of an appropriate educational program
for all exceptional students are a reflection of the philosophy of USD 300
to provide quality educational services for all children.
For more specific information concerning the special education
programs, contact the building Principal or Superintendent of Schools.
The State Department of Education also maintains a toll-free number
(800-332-6262) which may be called for additional information or resource
materials on special education services, rights, and procedures.
LIBRARY
MEDIA
CENTER
MS: CHECK-OUT POLICY
Overdue books must be returned by the end of the nine
weeks period or checkout privileges will be suspended until materials are
returned or paid for if lost. Parents
will be notified if students have overdue library books at the end of the
nine weeks. If a lost item is
found and returned before a replacement copy has been purchased, the
assessed cost for the item will be refunded.
HS: CHECK-OUT POLICY
ITEM
CHECK-OUT POLICY
FINE
RENEWABLE
Books
2 weeks
.05/school day
2 weeks
Magazines
Current
1 day
.10/school day
1 day
Reference Materials
1 week
.05/school day
1 week
FINES
Fines will not be charged for materials due during an
excused absence, if students return materials the first day upon returning to school.
All fines should be paid when library materials are returned to the
library or by the end of each nine-week grading period.
At the end of the nine weeks period, if fines are not paid, a notice
will be included with grade cards, notifying parents and students that
checkout privileges are suspended until fines are paid and/or all material
returned. Students with unpaid
fines or unreturned library materials will be allowed to use the media
center materials in the library.
REPLACEMENT COSTS
Students will be expected to pay for lost or badly
damaged items based on replacement costs.
If a lost item is found and returned later, the assessed cost will
be returned to the user if a replacement copy has not already been
purchased. High School students are also responsible for daily fines incurred to the date
the lost book is paid for if a replacement copy has not already been
purchased. Unless the current replacement cost exceeds the standard replacement
fee, replacement costs will be as follows:
Fiction hardbound books
$20.00
Nonfiction hardbound books
$25.00
Paperbacks
$10.00
Magazines
$10.00
Current magazines with protective cover
$15.00
Reference Books
Based on replacement cost
CLASSES
CLASS/ORGANIZATION MEETINGS
HS: Class
and organization meetings will take place during the scheduled lunch period.
MS:
Organizational meetings will take
place at various times during the school day.
GENERAL ORGANIZATION ITEMS
The
Principal must approve all fund raising activities of a class.
Parents
will be in charge of the organization and operation of all fund-raising
projects and activities.
