District 23 Elementary Schools Student Handbook

Table of Contents

 

1.       Introductory Information & General Notices

á       Welcome letter

á       General School Information

á       Admissions and Residency

á       Visitors

á       Equal Opportunity and Sex Equity

á       Animals on School Property

á       School Volunteers

á       Emergency School Closings

á       Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities

á       Students with Food Allergies

á       Medical Management Plan of Students with Diabetes

2.       Attendance, Promotion & Graduation

á       Attendance, School Hours

á       Student Absences

á       Release Time for Religious Instruction/Observance

á       Make-Up Work

á       Truancy

á       Grading & Promotion, Retention Policy

á       Homework

á       Home and Hospital Instruction

3.       Student Fees and Meal Costs

á       Fines, Fees and Charges; Waiver of Student Fees

á       Lunch Policy

4.       Transportation & Parking

á       Bus Transportation, Bicycles, and Bus Discipline Procedures 

á       Parking, Traffic Safety on School Property

5.       Health and Safety

á       Immunization, Health, Eye and Dental Examinations

á       Student Medication

á       Safety Drill Procedures and Conflict, Crisis Response

á       Communicable Diseases

á       Head Lice

6.       Discipline and Conduct

á       General Building Conduct, Detentions

á       School Dress Code/Student Appearance

á       Student Discipline

á       Preventing Bullying, Intimidation and Harassment

á       Field Trips

7.       Internet, Technology & Publications

á       Guidelines for Student Distribution of Non-School Sponsored Publications

á       Technology

8.       Search and Seizure

á       Search and Seizure

9.       Athletic and Extra Curricular Activities

á       Band and Orchestra, Intramural Sports

10.  Special Education

á       RtI, Education of Children with Disabilities; Individual Education Program (IEP); and Annual Review, Section 504

á       Discipline of Students with Disabilities

á       Exemption from Physical Education Requirement

á       Request to Access Classroom or Personnel for Special Education Evaluation or Observation

11.  Student Records and Privacy

á       Student Privacy Protections, Student Pictures in Media

á       Student Records and Transferring Out

12.  Parental Right Notifications

á       Teacher Qualifications

á       Standardized Testing

á       Homeless ChildÕs Right to Education

á       Sex Education Instruction

á       Parental Involvement (Title 1)

á       English Language Learners (ELL)

á       School Visitation Rights

á       Pest Control and Asbestos Notification

á       Mandated Reporters

á       Transfer to Another School

á       Sex Offender Notification Law

á       Sex Offender & Violent Offender Community Notification Laws

13.  Instruction

á       Gifted Education, Libraries, Lost & Found

á       Parent Teacher Conferences, Placement of Students and Promotion, Preschool Screening

á       Reading Support Programs and Textbooks

á       Instructional Materials