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School Policies ...

Attendance Policy:
Attendance at Black Elementary is very important for your child's continued success in school. Attendance shall be a minimum of 160 days for grades kindergarten through fourth grade.

Weekly Work Folders:
Our students bring home a weekly folder with their work in it. Please take time to review all papers and discuss them with your child. In addition to the papers there will also be a weekly conduct grade. This is one way that your child's teacher will use to communicate your child's successes in learning.

Parent/Teacher Conference:
Parents wishing to have a conference with their child's teacher will need to make an appointment with the school secretary for a time during the teacher's conference period. The conference should be scheduled at least one day in advance.

Building Security:
Parents are always welcome at Black Elementary. In order to ensure the safety of our students, it is imperative that all visitors to our school stop in the office upon arrival, sign in and get a visitor's pass. You are obligated to present a drivers license to prove valid identification.

Bus Policies:
The bus driver is responsible for the safety of your child/children on the school bus. Misconduct is reported to the principal, who will take the appropriate action for the safety of the children who ride our buses. In accordance with the School Board Policy, students may be removed
from riding the bus for any of the following reasons:
* Either directly or indirectly creating a safety hazard on the bus or with its occupants.
* Refusal to follow any reasonable instructions of the bus driver.
* Rowdy or disorderly conduct which tends to impair safe operation of the vehicle.
* Willful or malicious damage to the bus, whether such action is premeditated or the result of misconduct.
* Acts which threaten the safety of students whether they occur at the bus stop or on the bus shall be sufficient grounds for suspension of student from riding the school bus.
Tardy Policy:
Being late at Black Elementary School is not an acceptable practice. Quality instructional time is very important to the success of your child. If a child is continually late to class. He/she is missing important concepts that may not be discussed again. Your child will be held accountable for that information presented. Excessive tardiness at Black Elementary may result in your child being excluded from:
* classroom field trips
* sports day activities
* daily recess
* assembly programs
* special refreshments

News from the Clinic:
Children often wake up in the morning saying they do not feel well. As a parent it is hard to know when to keep them home from school. Here are some guidelines to use:
* If a child's temperature is more than 100 degrees he/she should not be sent to school. The student may have an infection.
* If a child has diarrhea, which is considered to be contagious, he/she should be kept at home.
* Many things can cause a child to vomit; however, if it occurs more than once and if the child has a fever it could mean there is an infection present.
* Headaches are common among school aged children. They can be caused by lack of sleep, hunger, etc. If a headache is accompanied by fever, vomiting, dizziness or lasts for an hour or more, the student may have other illnesses.
Finally, it is important that the nurse is able to contact parents when a child is ill.

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