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Organizational meetings will be cleared through he principal’s office.
The main office is for business only. Do not loiter. No student is allowed beyond the front of the secretary’s desk without permission. The chairs are for persons waiting to be helped.
PARENT INVOLVEMENT, RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS
The District believes that the best educational result for each student occurs when all three partners are doing their best: the District, staff, the student’s parents and the student. Such a partnership requires trust and much communication between home and school. To strengthen this partnership, every parent is urged to:
Encourage his or her child to put high priority on education and commit to making the most of the educational opportunities the school provides.
Review the information in the student handbook with his or her child and sign and return the acknowledgment form. A parent with questions is encouraged to contact Superintendent Hvidsten.
Become familiar with all of the child’s school activities and with the academic programs, including special program offered in the District.
Parent-Teacher conferences will be held twice a year at the discretion of the school administration. Parents will be given advance notice.
Students may use the classroom phone for necessary calls and with staff permission only. The pay phone located outside the gym is available for personal calls. Students will not be called out of class except for emergencies. Messages will be delivered to students.
Each student has a right to individually, voluntarily, and silently pray in school in a manner that does not disrupt instructional or other activities of the school. The students will not require or coerce a student to engage in or refrain from such prayer during any student activity.
No student will be required to participate without parental consent in any survey, analysis, or evaluation - funded in whole or in part by the U.S. Department of Education - that concerns:
Political affiliations.
Mental and psychological problems potentially embarrassing to the student or family.
Sexual behavior and attitudes.
Illegal, antisocial, self-incriminating, and demeaning behavior.
Criticism of other individual with whom the student or the student’s family has a close relationship.
Relationships privileged under law, such as relationship with lawyers, physicians and ministers.
Income, except when the information will be used to determine the student’s eligibility to participate in a special program or to receive financial assistance under such a program.
Parents will be able to inspect any teaching materials used in connection with such a survey, analysis or evaluation.
RELEASE OF STUDENTS FROM SCHOOL
A student will not be released from school at times other than at the end of the school day except with permission from the principal and according to the school sign-out procedures. Unless the principal has granted approval because of extenuating circumstances, a student will not regularly be released before the end of the instructional day.
Students will not leave early unless the office receives communication from parents beforehand. A student who becomes ill during the school day should, with the teacher’s permission, report to the office or school nurse. The administrator will decide whether or not the student should be sent home and will notify the student’s parent or guardian.
Mid term reports will be sent home with the students at the middle of each nine week quarter. Report cards will be sent home with students at the end of each nine week period.
Refer to Mrs. Linnell, counselor.
In the interest of promoting student safety and attempting to ensure that schools are safe and drug free, District officials may from time to time conduct searches. Such searches are conducted without a warrant and as permitted by law.
Student’s Desks and Lockers - Student’s desks and lockers are school property and remain under the control and jurisdiction of the school even when assigned to an individual student.
Students are fully responsible for the security and contents of the assigned desks and lockers. Students may ask for a lock and be certain that the lock is locked, and that the combination is not available to others.
Searches of desks or lockers may be conducted at any time there is reasonable cause to believe that they contain articles or material prohibited by District Policy, whether or not a student is present. Searches may also be conducted at random, in accordance with law and District Policy 3231. The parent will be notified if any prohibited items are found in the student’s desk or locker.
Vehicles on campus - Vehicles parked on school property are under the jurisdiction of the school. School officials may search any vehicle any time there is reasonable cause to do so, with or without the presence of the student. A student has full responsibility for the security of his or her vehicle and must make certain that it is locked and that the keys are not given to others.
SENIOR PRIVILEGES - SENIORS STUDY HALL
Senior privileges will be the result of communications between the seniors and the superintendent. Seniors are to meet with the superintendent in December.
A one day trip may be approved by the Board of Trustees. The agenda for the trip must be turned in to the principal by April 11, 2008. The board will furnish the bus and the gas only. No overnight trips will be approved.
Teachers have the right to teach without interruptions. Students have the right to learn free of interruptions. Parents have the right to expect that their children are being educated in a safe, secure and predictable environment. Consequences of student misbehavior have the above goals in sight.
Montana School Law 20-5-210 states, in part, that a pupil shall comply with the policies of the trustees and the rules of the school that the pupil attends; be subject to the control and authority of the teachers, principal, and district superintendent while the pupil is in school or on school premises, on the way to and from school, or during intermission or recess. A pupil who continually and willfully disobeys the provisions of this section, shows open defiance of the authority vested in school personnel by this section is liable for punishment suspension, or expulsion under the provisions of this title.
Students are expected to wear appropriate attire while on school premises and while representing the school off school grounds. Matters of dress remain the primary responsibility of students, in consultation with their parents. Nevertheless, certain minimum standards shall be observed by all students.
Hats, caps and other headwear are not to be worn by either sex once inside the school during school hours and after school hours, unless the headwear is part of a religious dress. Wearing of headwear in the gym area after school hours is allowed.
Inappropriate dress at NTCHS:
A person’s upper torso, stomach, back and underwear
are to be covered when standing or bending over.
No bra straps should show or spaghetti straps worn.
Dresses and skirt hem lines should be no shorter that 4" above the
middle of a person’s knee cap. No short shorts.
No undershirts or tank tops without an additional shirt worn.
No attire advertising tobacco, drugs, alcohol, or having foul or
offensive language or graphics on them are acceptable. No excessively
torn clothing should be worn.
Consequences due to being insubordinate will consist of:
1st offense Wear designated shirt or sweat pants
2nd offense Detention
3rd offense ISS for 1 day
4th offense ISS for 1 day for each additional offense and meet with school board.
A student’s records are confidential and are protected from unauthorized inspection or use. A cumulative record is maintained for each student from the time the students enters the district until the time the student withdraws or graduates. A copy of this record moves with the student from school to school.
By law, both parents, whether married, separated or divorced, have access to the records of a student who is under 18 or a dependent for tax purposes. A parent whose rights have been legally terminated will be denied access to the records if the school is given a copy of the court order terminating these rights. The principal is custodian of all records for currently enrolled students. Records may be reviewed during regular school hours, upon completion of the written request form. If circumstances prevent a parent or eligible student from inspecting the records, the district will either provide a copy of the requested records or make other arrangements for the parent or student to review the records.
Parents of a minor or of a students who is a dependent for tax purposes (if 18 or older), and school officials with legitimate educational interests are the only persons who have general access to a student’s records. “School officials with legitimate educational interests” include any employees, agents, or trustees of the district; cooperatives of which the district is a member, or facilities with which the district contracts for the placement of students with disabilities, as well as their attorneys and consultants who are working with the student.
Certain officials from various governmental agencies may have limited access to the records. The district forwards a student’s records on request and without prior parental consent to a school in which a student seeks or intends to enroll. Records are also released in accordance with court order or lawfully issued subpoena.
Board-approved textbooks are provided free of charge. Books must be treated with care. A student who is issued a damaged book should report the damage to the teacher. Any student failing to return a book issued by the school or damaging a book issued by the school may be charged to replace the book or pay a damage fee.