Policies and Procedures
by Debbie Wickstrom
August 08, 2007
Attendance Policy/Senior Attendance Policy
Student MUST attend school on a regular basis. Students will attend all classes, assemblies, and required meetings unless properly excused by a parent or guardian. Students are required to report to school and classes on time and to remain on the school campus during regular school hours.
1. The school attendance officer is empowered to approve a legal excuse to any pupil for the following reasons;
* Medical/Dental Absences:
Written verification and/or parental written excuse required.
Excessive absences for illness may require medical personnel verification for assurance to be excused.
* Board Approved Absences:
The following activities are legal excuses for being absent from
School, religious holidays, court appearances, out of school
suspensions, and a death in the immediate family.
* Parent Approved Absences:
State Statutes (Section 9.118.15 (3) (c) A student may be excused
in writing by his or her parent/guardian before an absence for not
more than (any part of) ten days, during the school year for any
reason the parent authorizes as necessary and/or appropriate.
2. Students excused from school under any of the above absences categories shall be required to make up any schoolwork missed. The student will have two (2) days in which they make up work for each day absent for any reason: After the two days, each incomplete assignment becomes an "F".
* Unexcused tardiness, or absences for any part or all of a school day
is a violation of Wisconsin statute. For practical reasons they are also very disruptive to an efficiently functioning school. Shopping, hair appointments, tanning, prom clothing issues, etc. would not be considered sound reasons for school absence. We solicit and encourage parent cooperation to help us maintain our guidelines. Hopefully, this will minimize the possibility of problems with unsupervised students, and will reduce classroom and school day disruptions.
* Unexcused Absences: Failure to report to assigned class(es) without
an acceptable excuse. Appropriate make-up time will be assigned
(detention)
EXCESSIVE ABSENCES
1. Luck Schools wish to emphasize the educational value of good attendance. To help develop the habit of good school attendance the following criteria shall be met:
* High school students will not receive BOARD ACCREDITATION
for second semester course work, even if all individual class work is completed and graded, (will be recorded as incomplete) if the student was absent more than fifteen (15) school days in one school year.
* Junior High (7&8) students will not be promoted to the next grade
level if they were absent more than fifteen (15) days.
* School sponsored field trips, or illnesses verified by the family
physician, will not be included. In emergency situations, approval by the building administrator and/or faculty advisory council may be granted to exclude days over the required minimum.
2. Students who have not met the minimal attendance requirements, who wish to secure earned credit (9-12) or promotion to the next grade level (7&8) may
CORRECT ATTENDANCE DEFICIENCY BY:
* Attending remedial summer sessions for number of days to meet
minimal attendance requirements and successfully complete all assigned work.
* An approved Individual Educational Plan (IEP). Approval of this IEP
is at the discretion of the Board and/or Administration. The goal of this IEP is to make up the deficiency in a manner best suited to the unique situation of the individual student.
* Seniors not meeting a pro-rated minimum attendance requirement,
(based on graduation date), will not receive a signed diploma until minimal attendance/academic requirements are met. However, Seniors may begin excessive absent makeup on the Friday following graduation practice.
TARDINESS
Tardiness is a disruptive factor to any classroom. In addition, it adversely affects a student's grades whether it is tardiness to school in the morning or to classes during the day. Tardy students shall be admitted to class and name submitted to the principal's office for processing.
Offense 1 and 2 Warnings
Offense 3-6 Detention (each) and parent notification
Offense 7-10 Detentions and parent meeting
TRUANCY
Being absent from school - part or all of a school day without permission of parents or school administrators. Appropriate make-up time will be assigned, (detention). Habitual offenders referred to authorities under provision of SS 118.25.
Habitual truant is defined as a pupil who is absent from school without an acceptable excuse for part or all of five (5) or more days on which school is held during a school semester.
According to state statues 118.15 (3) (c) habitual truancy shall be defined as a pupil who is absent from school without an acceptable excuse for part or all of five (5) days on which school is held during a semester.
SENIOR ATTENDANCE POLICY
Students of senior status must attend school at least 158 days of the 178 in order to be eligible to participate in the graduation ceremony. Four periods equal 1/2 day, 8 periods equal a full day, 4 tardies would be counted as a full day. After this threshold has been crossed, a student's wish to participate in the graduation ceremony will require the principal's arranging a plan that will require time to be made up after school, off days and/or Saturdays. Unexcused absences will not be considered for this provision. The School Board can be petitioned to make the final decision by April of the graduation year.
LUCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
Luck Junior/Senior High
Academic Honesty
Policy
Policy No: 448
Date Enacted: July 24, 2006
Luck School District students are expected to demonstrate honesty and integrity. This includes, but is not limited to: test taking, homework, class assignments, and the original creation of projects, papers, compositions, and research. All work submitted by students should be a true reflection of their effort and ability.
The following behaviors are examples (non-inclusive) of violations of the academic honesty policy:
1. Cheating on a test.
2. Plagiarism-using the ideas of another as one's own without
acknowledgement of the source (downloading materials from the
internet, using an author's ideas without crediting the author or
the source).
3. Submitting another person's work as one's own.
4. Copying another student's work (test, quiz, homework, and
project).
5. Allowing another student to copy your work.
Classroom teachers are responsible for documenting offenses in their classes.
First Offense in a Class
1. Zero for educational product
2. The student will not be given an opportunity to make up the
assignment or complete extra credit.
3. Discipline Report filed
4. Removal from National Honor Society for one year
5. Ineligible to apply for National Honor Society for one year
Second Offense in a Class
1. Zero for education product
2. The student will not be given an opportunity to make up the
assignment or complete extra credit.
3. Discipline Form filed
4. Offer a conference with parents, teacher, and student
5. In-School Suspension - 1 day
6. Removal from and ineligible to apply/reapply to the National
Honor Society
This includes cell phones, CD players, I PODS, MP3’s, radios,
digital cameras, recording devices, pagers, portable DVD players,
gameboys and other hand held games, and any other device that may
impede or interrupt the learning environment in the classroom.
Students that bring these devices to school run the risk of having
them stolen, damaged, or misplaced. Thus it is recommended that if
they need to be brought to school that they are secured in their
coat locker with a school provided lock. These devices are not to
be used in the entire school during regular instructional hours. If
an employee hears or sees a device it will be confiscated and the
student will be able to pick it up from the Principal’s office
after serving one hour of detention. A refusal to turn over the
restricted item will have an additional one day out of school
suspension. A second violation will require a parent or
guardian to pick up the device at the Principal’s convenience after
three school days (weekends and vacation days do not count). A
third violation will require a parent’s conference after a minimum
of one calendar week in order for the family to regain possession.
A fourth violation will result in the device being secured by the
Principal for the rest of the school year and a five day out of
school suspension. If this occurs after May 1st of the academic
year the device can be retrieved after June 15th. A student who
allows another student use their device and that student is caught
will be disciplined as if she/he was caught with the
device.
Some violations such as text messaging harassing messages, cheating
on tests, displaying inappropriate web sites on devices capable of
receiving the Internet, taking pictures of students in locker rooms
and rest rooms will cause immediate actions, such as forfeitures of
grades, suspensions from school or extra-curriculars, police
intervention, and possible expulsion. In reality it could range
from a simple misdemeanor to a felony depending on the
situation.
When it becomes necessary to close school due to inclement weather, parents and students are asked to listen to any of the following stations:
· TV: Channel 4, WCCO; Channel 5, KSTP; Channel 9, KMSP-FOX;
or Channel 11, KARE.
· RADIO: WWLC 104.9, WXCE 1260, WCCO 830, WJMC 1240/96.3, WAQE
1090/97.7, WAXX/WAYY 104.5/790, and WWIB 103.7.
Closures in the morning are usually done
prior to 6:15 a.m., with all radio and television stations notified
immediately.
When it becomes necessary to dismiss school
early, parents are asked to monitor these same stations. A
dismissal time will be provided, so that parents are able to tell
approximately when to expect their children at home.
Please make sure the school
has been provided ahead of time with the information needed to get
your children to the proper place, should it be different than the
normal destination.
The phone lines can become jammed with parents trying to call in
while students are trying to call out to determine the best course
of action.
We need to know this plan in advance.
Students need to check out of school at the office.
This has been an issue since the trend of instantaneous
communication has become the norm. Students who contact parents via
email or cell phone (the latter is against school policy) and
receive permission to check out are still required to go through
the office before leaving the premises.
Our policy is to have the parent contact the office if their child
needs to leave. If a student leaves without following proper
procedure, they will be considered truant and school, county and
or/state laws will be pursued. If a student is ill, she/he needs to
come to the office to call a responsible adult. Copies of the
policy are available in the district office.
