Student Handbook
Student Handbook
Policy and Procedures
School Policies and Procedures at Crestview Elementary
Attendance
Regular attendance is important. Please call the attendance line at 801-402-3206 to report an absence. We strongly encourage your student not miss more than 9 days of school over the course of the year. We realize that health problems do arise. In the event your child is going to miss school, please let us know so that we can work with them. It is also important that you student be on time and attend the entire day. Please help your student be on time and refrain from checking your student out early.
Baby Sitters/Day Cares
If you have a baby sitter or a day care, please work with them to be sure that they and you receive all notices that are sent home from the school with your children. Please keep the baby sitter/day care’s name, address, and telephone number updated on the registration card.
Bikes, Scooters, etc.
Wheeled transportation should be walked on school grounds at all times for the safety of everyone. Bicycles, scooters, and skateboards may not be stored in the school and should be locked in the bike racks as soon as they arrive and left in place until it is time to go home. Rollerblades/skates should be changed out for shoes prior to entering the building.
Bus Students
Students riding buses should be at the designated pick-up areas a few minutes before the bus arrives. Students are expected to follow all rules and procedures expected on the bus and respect the bus driver. For safety, if a child does not use appropriate self-control, and follow the rules in place, bus privileges may be revoked. Non-bus students are not allowed on the bus.
Check Out
If a student needs to leave the school during school hours, it is State policy that the parents pick him/her up and sign him/her out at the office. We cannot check students out with a telephone call. Valid ID will be required to remove the student(s) from our school.
Dress Code
Clothing, hair, and body should be neat, clean, and modest. Extreme hairstyles or hair colors are prohibited; hair colors must be natural. Shoes must be worn at all times. Hats, hoods, etc. may not be worn in the school building. Extreme low-rider, sagging or baggy pants may not be worn. Summer wear must be modest. Shirts can be sleeveless if the arm opening fits tightly around the arm and does not sag. Halter tops, spaghetti straps and midriff tops are not appropriate. Shorts may be worn, but must be hemmed and must not be excessively short. Boxers, briefs, cut-offs, short shorts, or bicycle/spandex shorts are not allowed. Clothing which displays obscene, vulgar, lewd, disrespectful, or sexually explicit words, messages, or pictures, clothing that can be identified as “gang related”, and clothing which shows an illegal substance are not allowed. Clothing attachments or accessories which could cause injury are prohibited. Exaggerated cosmetics, body paint, or body piercing are prohibited.
Electronic Devices
Please review the “Electronic Device Policy” on the school’s web page.
First Aid and Medication
The school will try to reach parents when students are ill or injured. If we cannot reach you, we will follow the instructions you have written on your child’s registration card. Please keep this information up-to-date. If a student needs medication because of doctor’s orders, a parent must come in to the office for a form. This form must be signed by a doctor before any medication can be administered at school. A new form must be filled out each school year. All medication must be in licensed prescription bottles with directions on the outside. Students may bring one daily dose of medication for themselves as needed. Staff will not be allowed to administer any medication at school unless a medical consent form is current and on file at the school.
Leaving School Grounds
Students are not permitted to leave school during the day except when properly checked out of school.
Lockers
Students will be assigned a locker by the teacher. The lockers do not lock, and students are not allowed to bring a personal lock for their lockers. Students may use magnets to decorate the interior of their locker, but may not decorate with anything sticky or permanent. The exterior of lockers may not be decorated. Please do not expect that money, electronic devices, or items of value will be safe in a locker; items of value should not be brought to school.
Lunch & Breakfast
Breakfast is available in the cafeteria beginning at 8:20. The only students allowed in the building before school are those in the cafeteria eating breakfast. Students are excused outside as soon as they finish eating. The school lunch program is available each day; students may also bring a sack lunch and purchase milk. On occasion, there are items that may be purchased ala carte at the beginning of the lunch line. Lunch money should be payable to Davis Nutrition Services. You can pay by cash, check, or on-line using a credit card. If you choose to send money with your student, please put it in an envelope labeled with his/her name and the teacher’s name, and the amount enclosed. If you qualify for free or reduced lunch, please do not send money until after you have completed a lunch application form. This must be done yearly. You have a 10-day grace period to do this.
Monday Folder
A folder will be sent home with information for parents on the first school day of each week. There will be one side designed for items that need to be returned to school, often with your signature and one side for advertisements and items to keep at home. Please return them weekly. We use the same folder all year!
Pets
The Health Code prohibits dogs, cats, and other animals on school property. There is both personal and district liability with animals in school. For other questions please call Risk Management at 801-402-5144.
Respect Crestview
We take great pride in Crestview’s Elementary School. We hope you enjoy playing in our field and walking the track. Vandalism of any kind to our school or neighborhood should be reported immediately. Please help us maintain the security and beauty of our school.
School Arrival Time
Crestview Elementary does not provide for student supervision before or after school. Children should arrive at school no earlier than 8:20 AM, and leave for home promptly after school. Students are expected to be in their designated line when the morning bell rings.
Stormy Weather
Schools in Davis County rarely close due to weather conditions. In the event of a severe storm, please listen to your local radio stations for notices concerning school closures. We do not insist that children go outside at recess time during excessively wet, windy, or cold weather. However, on a normal day, children are expected to go outside for recess and to have adequate outer clothing, jackets, gloves, hats, boots, etc. to be comfortable. Recess is considered part of the school day. If your student needs to remain indoors for health reasons, you must send a note. Students who remain inside during recess for health concerns will either be with their teacher in the classroom or in the office when the teacher is unavailable to supervise students. When indoor recess is determined, children will remain in the classroom with activities to do.
Telephones
Messages for students may be taken by the Office when there is an emergency or when it is essential for a student to receive information. Since office telephones are constantly in use for school business, students may not use telephones unless given permission by a teacher. Parents are encouraged to call teachers when they have questions, leaving a message and phone number with the office or on individual voice mail. Electronic devices (such as cell phones and games) are not permitted to be used during school hours (they must be turned off during school hours) and may be confiscated by school officials if they disrupt the educational environment.
Toys
Students should not bring toys to school. They may be confiscated by school officials when they disrupt the school day.
Visiting School Grounds
Parents are welcome to visit the school, but are required to always check in at the office. Kindly call the teacher and arrange for the visit so that joint goals may be accomplished. Children visiting in your home may not attend Crestview.
Eletronic Devices
Electronic Device Policy Crestview Elementary School
Scope
We realize there may be valid reasons a child has been given a cell phone to take to school. However, we are concerned with student cell phone practices that may interfere with classroom learning. Therefore, we have set up some guidelines for cell phones and other electronic devices used by our students.
Definition
For the purposes of this policy, “Electronic Device” means a privately owned wireless and/or portable electronic handheld equipment that include, but are not limited to, existing and emerging mobile communication systems and smart technologies (cell phones, smartphones, walkie-talkies, pagers, etc.), portable internet devices (mobile managers, mobile messengers, BlackBerry™ handset, etc.), Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) (Palm organizers, pocket PCs, etc.), handheld entertainment systems (video games, virtual pets, CD players, compact DVD players, MP3 players, iPods©, Walkman™ devices, etc.), and any other convergent communication technologies that do any number of the previously mentioned functions. Electronic Device also includes any current or emerging wireless handheld technologies or portable information technology systems that can be used for word processing, wireless Internet access, image capture/recording, sound recording, information transmitting/receiving/storing, etc.
Possession and Use
Students may bring cell phones/electronic devices to school. Once arriving at school, students must turn off all cell phones, electronic devices and secure them in a safe place. After school has been dismissed for the day, students may then turn their cell phones back on to call parents or check their messages. We would appreciate students taking their phones and using them outside so students can leave the building without interruption or incident. Cell phones/electronic devices may NOT be used in the classroom, at recess or during lunch, or any other school sponsored activity or on school transportation. Sending or checking text messages during the school day is not allowed.
Prohibitions
Electronic Devices shall not be used in a way that threatens, humiliates, harasses, or intimidates school-related individuals, including students, employee, and visitors, or violates local, state, or federal law.
Confiscation
If an electronic device is being used during the school day, school sponsored activity, or school transportation, school staff will confiscate that phone until the end of the day. If this happens more than once, the parent will be contacted to retrieve the device and discuss the issue.
Potential Disciplinary Actions
Violation of this policy can result in discipline up to and including suspension, in school suspension, or expulsion, and notification of law enforcement authorities.
A student who violates this policy may be prohibited from possession of an electronic device at school or school-related events, confiscation of device for a period of time, depending on the severity of the offense.
Student Conduct and Discipline Policy
Security of Devices
Students shall be personally and solely responsible for the security of electronic devices brought to school. The school shall not assume responsibility for theft, loss, damage, or unauthorized calls made with an electronic device. If devices are loaned to or borrowed and misused by non-owners, device owners are jointly responsible for the misuse of policy violation(s).
Reporting
Individual wishing to report a violation of this policy should contact a school administrator.
Prohibitions on Audio Recording
Camera or audio recording functions of electronic devices may pose threats to the personal privacy of individuals, used to exploit personal information, and/or compromise the integrity of educational programs. Accordingly, the use of the audio recording or camera functions of electronic devices is strictly prohibited on school premises at all time.
Exceptions
With prior approval of the principal, the above prohibitions may be relaxed under the following circumstances:
· The use is specifically required to implement a student’s current and valid IEP;
· The use is at the direction of a teacher for educational purposes;
· The use is determined by the principal to be necessary for other special circumstances, health-related reasons, or emergency.
Child Find Notice
Child Find Notice
Davis School District is responsible for Child Find identification and evaluation for all students suspected of having a disability residing in Davis County. This includes children (birth through 21 years of age) who are in public schools, private schools, are being home schooled, are preschoolers (birth to five years) and are in need of an evaluation for possible special education or early intervention services. Early identification and intervention may be essential to your child’s development.
If your child is having significant difficulty with vision, hearing, speech, behavior, is experiencing slow development typical for his/her age, physical development or learning difficulty, he/she may be a child with a disability that requires specialized instruction through special education. If you suspect that your school age child may have a disability, please contact your neighborhood school principal or special education department at 801-402-5169.
If your child’s age is birth to three years or three to five years, contact the Davis Early Learning Center at 801-402-5409.
Statement Of Nondiscrimination and Notice
Date: July 1, 2023
To: All Principals and Head Secretaries
From: Dr. Dan Linford, Superintendent of Schools
Ben Onofrio, Legal Counsel
RE: Administrative Memo #31
Statement of Nondiscrimination and Notice of Policies to be Published in
Student and Employee Handbooks, Folders, and Registration Materials for
the 2023-2024 School Year.
NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION
Davis School District and Crestview Elementary are committed to creating an environment free from harassment and discrimination, including addressing and correcting incidents of harassment and discrimination when they occur, ensuring that discipline is free from discrimination, and ensuring nondiscriminatory access to student groups. Students and employees may not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, in its programs and activities, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Policy 11IR-100 prohibits harassment and discrimination against students on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, or disability (“Protected Class”).
Complaints of harassment or discrimination against students on the basis of a Protected Class should be directed to the Office of Equal Opportunity.
Darrin Nash, Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity
Davis School District
45 East State Street, P.O. Box 588
Farmington, Utah 84025
tel: (801) 402-8701
Further information regarding student-on-student or staff-on-student harassment will be provided in a separate Notice of Non-Discrimination.
Employee requests for accommodations or complaints of harassment or discrimination against an employee should be directed to the Office of Human Resources at:
Steven Baker, Associate Director Human Resources
ADA (Employment Issues) Coordinator
Davis School District
45 East State Street, P.O. Box 588
Farmington, Utah 84025
tel: (801) 402-5315
sbaker@dsdmail.net
Information regarding accommodations for disabilities should be directed to:
Midori Clough, District 504 Coordinator
Section 504 (Student Issues) Coordinator
Davis School District
Freeport Center West Building F3
Clearfield, UT 84015
tel: (801) 402-5180
mclough@dsdmail.net
Information or complaints about discrimination on the basis of sex in athletic programs may be directed to:
Tim Best, Healthy Lifestyles Coordinator
Title IX Athletic Compliance Coordinator
Sex Based Discrimination in Athletic Programs
Davis School District
20 North Main Street, P.O. Box 588
Farmington, Utah 84025
tel: (801) 402-7850
tbest@dsdmail.net
Information or complaints about discrimination on the basis of a disability in access to facilities may be directed to:
Rich Swanson, Director of Risk Management
Physical Facilities Compliance Coordinator
Davis School District
20 North Main Street, P.O. Box 588
Farmington, Utah 84025
tel: (801) 402-5307
rswanson@dsdmail.net
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
In compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (504) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Davis School District and Crestview Elementary will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Students, parents, or employees needing accommodation should contact their school ADA/504 Coordinator, Greg Mudrow (402-3203), their principal or supervisor, or you may contact the District ADA Coordinator, Steve Baker (402-5315), for parent or employee accommodations; or Section 504 Coordinator, Midori Clough (402-5180) for student accommodations.
SAFE & ORDERLY SCHOOLS
It is the policy of the Davis School District and Crestview Elementary to promote a safe and orderly school environment for all students and employees. Criminal acts or disruptive behavior of any kind will not be tolerated and any individual who engages in such activity will be subject to school disciplinary action as determined by school administrators, or District disciplinary action as determined by the District Case Management Team. Criminal acts that are a class B misdemeanor or above (including but not limited to drug possession or physical assault) may also be referred to law enforcement. In determining appropriate discipline, school officials will consider the totality of the circumstances, including the severity of the offense, as well as the individual’s age, disability status, intent, academic status, and prior disciplinary records.
WEAPONS AND EXPLOSIVES – UP TO ONE YEAR EXPULSION (Utah Code 53G-8-205)
Any student who in a school building, in a school vehicle, on District property, or in conjunction with any school activity, possesses, controls, sales, arranges for the sale of, uses or threatens use of a real weapon, explosive, noxious or flammable material, or actually uses or threatens to use a look-alike or pretend weapon with the intent to intimidate another person or to disrupt normal school activities, shall be expelled from all District schools, programs, and activities for a period of not less than one calendar year; unless the District Case Management Team determines, on a case-by-case basis, that a lesser consequence would be more appropriate. The terms “weapon,” “explosive,” and “noxious or flammable material” includes but are not limited to: guns, starter pistols, cap guns, knives, martial arts accessories, bombs, bullets and ammunition, fireworks, gasoline, or other flammable liquids, matches, and lighters.
DRUGS/CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Any student, who possesses, controls, uses, distributes, sells, or arranges the sale of an illegal drug or controlled substance (which includes alcohol, tobacco in any form, and electronic cigarettes, or electronic cigarette substance or product), an imitation controlled substance, or drug paraphernalia in a school building, in a school vehicle, on District property, or in conjunction with any school activity, may be suspended, transferred to an alternative placement, tested for drugs, expelled, referred for police investigation, and/or prosecuted.
SAFE SCHOOL VIOLATIONS
Any student may be suspended, transferred to an alternative placement, expelled, referred for police investigation, and/or prosecuted for committing any of the following school-related serious violations: 1) threatening or causing harm to the school, school property, or person associated with the school, or property associated with that person, regardless of where the conduct occurs; 2) committing any criminal act, including but not limited to: assault, hazing, rape, trespass, arson, theft, vandalism, possession or use of pornographic materials on school property; 3) engaging in any gang activity, including but not limited to flashing gang signs, displaying or spraying gang graffiti, wearing or displaying gang related clothing or apparel, or soliciting others for membership in a gang.
DISRUPTION OF SCHOOL OPERATIONS
Any student may be suspended, transferred to an alternative placement, or expelled for any conduct that creates an unreasonable and substantial disruption or risk of disruption of a class, activity, program, or other function of the school, including but not limited to frequent, flagrant, or willful disobedience; defiance of school authority; criminal activity; fighting; noncompliance with school dress code; possession of contraband (i.e., drug paraphernalia, pornography, mace, pepper spray, laser pen, chains, needles, razor blades, bats and clubs); or the use of foul, profane, vulgar, harassing or abusive language. Conduct that is a class B misdemeanor may also be referred to law enforcement. Conduct which is a class C misdemeanor, an infraction, a status offense on school property, or an offense that is truancy may not be referred to law enforcement or a prosecuting attorney unless a student refuses to participate in alternative restorative interventions offered at the time of the infraction, or the student has committed the same offense on two prior occasions and has been referred to alternative restorative interventions in each prior case.
NONDISCRIMINATION IN DISCIPLINE
The District will ensure that students are not discriminated against in the administration of discipline, including the duration and type of consequence, and in referrals to law enforcement.
DUE PROCESS
When a student is suspected of violating Crestview Elementary or District policy the school administrator must meet with and inform him/her of the allegations and provide the student the opportunity to give his/her version of the incident. If the school administrator determines sufficient evidence exists to impose discipline the school administrator shall notify the parent that 1) this student has been suspended; 2) grounds for the suspension; 3) the period of time for which the student is suspended; and 4) the time and place for the parent to meet a designated school official to review the suspension.
AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND OR EXPEL
The school administration has the authority to suspend a student for up to ten school days per incident. If the school administrator desires or contemplates suspending for longer than ten school days or expelling a student, the school administrator shall make a referral to the District’s Case Management Team.
BULLYING/CYBER-BULLYING/HAZING/RETALIATION/ABUSIVE CONDUCT
A student may be suspended, transferred to an alternative placement, expelled, referred for police investigation, and/or prosecuted for engaging in any written, physical, or verbal aggression, intimidation, discrimination, or abusive conduct of any school employee or student at school or a school-related activities regardless of location or circumstance, including but not limited to bullying, cyber-bullying, hazing, or retaliation.
District policy may be found at 5S-100 Conduct and Discipline. Crestview Elementary policy may be found at https://crestview.davis.k12.ut.us/school-information/policies or a copy may be obtained in the school office. For incidents of harassment (unwelcome conduct based on a protected class) and discrimination, please refer to 11IR-100.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
School officials have the authority to search a student’s person, personal property, or vehicle while located on school property or at a school sponsored activity, when they have reasonable grounds to believe that the search will turn up evidence that the student has violated or is violating a particular law or school rule.
School Lockers, desks, or other storage areas are the sole property of the Davis School District and Crestview Elementary. Periodic general inspections of school lockers may be conducted by school authorities randomly without notice, without student consent, and without a search warrant. Searches will be conducted in such a way as to be short in duration and not disrupt educational activities.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
The District will ensure that students have an equal opportunity to participate in, create, and maintain student groups without regard to their race, sex, disability, or other protected classification.
However, students who are suspended, transferred to an alternative placement, or expelled, may lose the privilege of participation in all extracurricular activities, such as interscholastic athletics, cheerleading, student government, student clubs, graduation ceremonies, and other extracurricular activities, during the period of discipline and will not be afforded separate due process procedures to challenge the denial of participation in an extracurricular activity.
COMPULSORY EDUCATION REQUIREMENT
A parent having custody over a school-age minor is required under State law to enroll and send a school-age minor to a public or established private school during the school year in the district in which the minor resides. The process of education requires continuity of instruction, class participation and study. Parents are encouraged to work with the school in promoting regular attendance of all students.
FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT
Student Education Records
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law designed to protect the privacy of a student’s education records. FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect to their student’s education records. These rights are:
1. Inspect and review all their student’s education records maintained by the school within 45 days of a request for access.
2. Request that a school correct education records believed to be inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the student’s privacy rights under FERPA.
Parents who wish to ask the school to amend a record should write the principal or appropriate school official, clearly identify the part of the record they want changed and specify why it should be changed. If the school decides not to amend the record as requested by the parent, the school will notify the parent or eligible student of the decision and advise them of their right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment.
3. Provide consent before the school discloses personally identifiable information (PPI) from a student’s record, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosure without consent. Such exceptions include, but are not limited to:
[a] school officials with legitimate educational interests;
[b] other schools to which a student is transferring;
[c] individuals who have obtained court orders or subpoenas;
[d] individuals who need to know in cases of health and safety emergencies;
[e] official in the juvenile justice system to improve education outcomes;
[f] a State agency or organization that is legally responsible for the care and protection of the student, including the responsibility to investigate a report of educational neglect;
[g] specified officials for audit or evaluation purposes; or
[h] organizations conducting studies for or on behalf of the District.
A school official is a person employed by the District as an administrator, supervisor, instructor, or support staff member (including health or medical staff and law enforcement unit personnel); a person serving as a volunteer; a person serving on the District School Board; a person or company with whom the District has contracted to perform a special task (such as an attorney, auditor, medical consultant, or therapist), or to whom the District has outsourced institutional services or functions.
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.
Student Directory Information
Directory Information, which is information that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released, may be released at the discretion of school officials, without consent, for appropriate reasons such as, school publications, newspaper articles, and to outside education related organizations. In addition, two federal laws require secondary schools to provide military recruiters, upon request, the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of their students.
The Davis School District has designated the following information as directory information:
1) student’s name, address, and telephone number; 2) student’s date and place of birth; 3) grade level and enrollment status; 4) student’s District email address; 5) student’s ID number that is displayed on a student ID badge; 6) parent email address; 7) participation in officially recognized activities and sports; 8) weight and height of members of athletic teams; 9) dates of attendance; 10) degrees, honors, and awards received; 11) most recent educational institution attended by the student; 12) student’s digital image.
The following shall be considered limited use directory information that may be disclosed only to other students enrolled in the same course (regardless of whether such students are enrolled in the same class section) that has been audio or video recorded by the District, for instructional and educational purposes only: 1) name to the extent it is referenced or captured during the audio or video recordings; 2) any photograph or image of the student captured during the audio or video recording; 3) any audio or video recording of the student participating in the course; and 4) any online chats or other recorded communications among participants in the course captured during the audio or video recording.
To protect the privacy of other students, parents/students are not permitted to make their own recordings of class sessions or to share or distribute District recordings of class sessions.
If you, as a parent do not want Crestview Elementary to disclose limited directory information of your child without your prior written consent, you must notify the school in writing annually.
Parents who believe their rights have been violated may contact the school’s administration or file a complaint with:
Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO)
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-5920
(202) 260-3887
Informal inquiries may be sent to FPCO via the following email address: FERPA@ED.Gov
For additional information please visit the SPPO website at the following address: https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/
Complaints should be reported as soon as possible, but not later than 180 days from the date you learned of the circumstances of the alleged violation.
RIGHTS UNDER THE PROTECTION OF PUPIL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) affords parents certain rights regarding the use of surveys or other school activities which may involve the collection or use of protected information.
These include the right to:
Consent before students are required to participate in any survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals information, whether personally identifiable or not, concerning the student’s or any family member’s:
[a] political affiliations or beliefs;
[b] mental or psychological problems;
[c] sexual behavior, orientation, or attitudes
[d] illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior;
[e] critical appraisals of others with whom the student or family have close family relationships;
[f] legally recognized privileged relationships, such as with lawyers, doctors, or ministers;
[g] religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs; or
[h] income, other than as required by law to determine program eligibility.
Receive notice and an opportunity to opt a student out of activities involving collection, disclosure, or use of personal information obtained from students regarding any of the protected information areas.
Inspect, upon request and before administration or use of:
[a] protected information surveys designed to be administered to students; and
[b] instructional material used as part of the educational curriculum.
Davis School District has policies in place to protect student privacy as required by both State and Federal law. Crestview Elementary will directly notify you of the specific or approximate dates of activities which involve the collection or use of protected information and provide an opportunity to opt your student out of participating in such activities.
Parents who believe their rights have been violated may contact the school’s administration or file a complaint with:
Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO)
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-5920
(202) 260-3887
Informal inquiries may be sent to FPCO via the following email address: PPRA@ED.Gov
For additional information please visit the SPPO website at the following address: https://studentprivacy.ed.gov/
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag shall be recited by students at the beginning of each school day in each public school classroom in the State, led by a student in the classroom, as assigned by the classroom teacher on a rotating basis. Participation in the Pledge is voluntary and not compulsory.
RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
In compliance with existing federal and State law regarding religion and religious expression in public schools, the District or school may neither advance nor inhibit religion. It is the District’s policy to: 1) allow students and employees to engage in expression of personal religious views or beliefs within the parameters of current law; and 2) maintain the schools’ official neutrality regarding sectarian religious issues according to the constitutional principle of separation between church and state.
PARENTAL RIGHTS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION
The Davis School District and Crestview Elementary shall reasonably accommodate ** a parent’s:
· Written request to retain a student in kindergarten through grade 8 on grade level based on the student’s academic ability or the student’s social, emotional, or physical maturity.
· Written request, prior to scheduled event, to excuse the student from attendance for a family event or a scheduled proactive visit to a health care provider. (Student agrees to make up course work for school days missed for the scheduled absence).
· Written request to place a student in a specialized class, a specialized program, or an advance course. (In determining whether placement is reasonable, the District shall consider multiple academic data points).
· Request to excuse the student from taking an assessment that is federally mandated, is mandated by the state, or requires the use of a state assessment system or software that is provided or paid for by the state.
· Initial selection of a teacher or request for a change of teacher.
· Request to visit and observe any class the student attends.
· Request to meet with a teacher at a mutually agreeable time if unable to attend a regularly scheduled parent teacher conference.
Each accommodation shall be considered on an individual basis and no student shall be considered to a greater or a greater or lesser degree than any other student.
**Reasonably accommodate for purposes of this section means the District or school shall make its best effort to enable a parent to exercise a parental right specified here without substantial impact to staff and resources, including employee working conditions, safety and supervision on school premises and for school activities, and the efficient allocation of expenditures; while balancing: the parental rights of parents; the educational needs of other students; the academic and behaviorally impact to a classroom; a teacher’s workload; and the assurance of the safe and efficient operation of a school.
The parental rights specified here do not include all the rights or accommodations available to parents from the public education system.
MEAL CHARGES IN SCHOOLS
The purpose of these procedures is to establish consistent meal charging and collection procedures districtwide. The District’s goals are:
· To maintain a positive experience for students during meal service.
· To treat all students with dignity and respect.
· To establish practices which are age appropriate.
· To minimize meal charges and encourage parents to pre-pay for all meals.
· To promote parents’ responsibility for meal payment and self-responsibility of the student.
Meal Accounts: Payment in advance for meals enables the District to achieve these goals. Personal checks and cash deposits are accepted daily at the schools. For convenience, deposits may also be made by credit/debit card through a parent’s myDSD account.
Emergency Meal Service: The Board of Education acknowledges that on occasion, students may forget or lose meal money. In such cases, the student’s statement of need shall be accepted, and a meal will be made available. School lunch employees shall not, withhold a meal, provide an alternate meal, pull a student from the line, ask the student to call his parent or friend, stamp the student’s hand, or otherwise call attention to the student who has forgotten or lost meal money. A school lunch employee may remind a student attending a secondary school that his account is in the negative. The cost of the unpaid meal will be charged to the student’s account.
Evaluate Individual Circumstances: When a student repeatedly comes to school without a meal from home or money to participate in the school meal program, school administrators should consider if circumstances in the home warrant contacting social workers or Child Protective Services. Frequent requests may indicate the family’s need for free- or reduced-price meals. School administrators may work with the family to apply for school meal benefits. All meals eaten before a free- or reduced-price meal application is processed and approved are the responsibility of the parent and must be paid for.
Repayment for Meal Charges and Bad Checks: Federal guidelines prohibit the Food and Nutrition operation from writing off bad debts as a result of charged meals. Every effort will be made to collect for unpaid meals. Unpaid meal charges may result in the following:
· An automated telephone call to the parent.
· An email sent to the parent.
· A verbal reminder to student attending a secondary school.
· School lunch manager contact parents by phone or notes in teacher mailboxes.
· In case of significant delinquent payments, a letter will be sent home from the Food and Nutrition Department.
Parents are responsible to pay all their student’s meal charges. All unpaid charges will be added to the list of any outstanding fees or unpaid fines at the end of the school year. Uncollected meal charges shall be handled the same as other school debt.