DRIVING PERMIT
All students driving to school must apply for parking permits at the school office. When applying for a parking permit you must show your drivers license, proof of insurance, and tag receipt. Drivers will have assigned parking places. Students must sign a form stating they will abide by the following rules.
- Students must be in homeroom no later than 8:00 a.m.
- If a student has five(5) tardies in any nine (9)week period, driving privileges will be lost for one (1) week, beginning the next school day after the fifth tardy.
- A student will then lose a week's driving privilege for each five (5) tardies for the rest of the nine (9) week period.
- If students lose their driving privileges for a total of 4 weeks during the entire year, their driving privileges will be revoked and student and parents must go before the School Board to have it reinstated.
- Drivers must have a written note from their parents and the parents of the passenger to carry any passenger off campus. This note must be given to the school office.
- Students cannot take anyone home from school even on emergency basis unless both parents have been contacted and it has been approved. Any violation of rules five (5) and six (6) will result in immediate revocation of driving privileges.
- Any student driver who leaves campus without permission will be suspended. A student's second offense will result in having their driving privileges revoked. Parents and student will be required to meet with the school board to have the student's driving privileges reinstated
MEDICAL INFORMATION CARDS
Each student is required to have an emergency information card in the school office. No medical assistance can be provided without that information.
MEDICINE
All medicine must be brought into the office and kept during the school day. A note must be sent from home indicating dosage and time for medicine to be administered. The office cannot dispense medicine without written consent from the parents. Over the counter drugs must be maintained in the original container. Prescription drugs must be in original container, bearing the name of patient, the name of physician prescribing the medication and the name of the pharmacy filling the prescription. NO medicine will be allowed to remain with the student during the school day.
SCHOOL VISITORS
All parents and visitors to the school must check in at the school office to receive a visitor's badge. Prior permission must be obtained from the school before parents or visitor can spend a significant amount of time in the classroom or on school campus. Pastors and youth pastors are welcome to have lunch with the students on school campus after receiving a visitor's badge.
STUDENT DROP-OFF AND PICK UP
Parents must line up in the car line in the order of the diagram below. Students will not be allowed to cross the line of traffic in the parking lot. This will provide safety to all students. Parents of K3 through sixth grade will be issued a gold ID card for pickup. ID cards must be placed in clear view when going through the car line. If you have limited time and must pick up your child early you must come in the school office and sign your student out by 2:45 . Students will not be dismissed before 3:00 for elementary and 3:20 for 7th – 12th grade without parental sign out. Please do not park in the student parking spaces.
TELEPHONE CALLS
The school cannot take or deliver personal messages for students except under very special and specific circumstances. These circumstances are listed below:
- Notification of death, serious illness, or disaster in the family
- Medical appointments that have changed unexpectedly
- An unexpected change in work schedule for a student enrolled in the work program.
Students are not to use the phone unless an administrator or secretary is present. After-school plans should be made before coming to school; the phone will not be used for social purposes.
TRANSCRIPT PROCEDURE
Transcripts of students will be sent directly to institutions when requested by parents or the institution. All financial obligations to the school must be cleared before any records or transcripts will be released. After two transcripts have been requested there will be a $2.00 charge.
WITHDRAWAL POLICY
Parents withdrawing a student from school for any reason will be required to pick up a withdrawal form from the school office. Each teacher must sign the withdrawal form. All textbooks, library books, and sports uniforms must be turned in to the teacher and all financial obligations to the school must be completed before the withdrawal form will be finalized.
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