2011-2012 WSFCS Parent-Student Handbook - Camel City Dispatch
2011-2012 WSFCS Parent-Student Handbook - Camel City Dispatch
2011-2012 WSFCS Parent-Student Handbook - Camel City Dispatch
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VII. Communication and<br />
Coordination with Law<br />
Enforcement Personnel<br />
A. The principal shall inform the appropriate<br />
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FCSD) orally or in writing whenever a controlled<br />
substance is used, possessed, sold or<br />
distributed at school for at any school-related<br />
activity in violation of state law and school<br />
board policy.<br />
B. The report may be made orally or by mailing a<br />
copy of the discipline record form to the WSPD,<br />
KPD, or FCSD, as needed.<br />
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be turned over to law enforcement personnel<br />
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VII. Drug Testing Regulations<br />
and Procedures<br />
A. Types of testing<br />
1. Voluntary random alcohol/drug testing. This<br />
is an expansion of the “It’s My Call Program”<br />
to include all middle and high schools.<br />
2. Mandatory random alcohol/drug testing program.<br />
All high school students who participate<br />
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and AR 6145, “School Sponsored Extra-Class<br />
Activities”, will be required to participate in<br />
random alcohol/drug testing, the “It’s Our<br />
Call” Program. If participation in an after<br />
school activity is required to earn credit or a<br />
grade in a course, the activity is not considered<br />
an extra-class activity. Participation in extraclass<br />
activities does not include attendance<br />
at school events such as athletic contests and<br />
drama productions.<br />
3. Reasonable cause alcohol/drug testing program.<br />
In the event a school administrator<br />
determines after appropriate investigation<br />
that a student is at school or a school activity<br />
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student will be offered the opportunity for<br />
an alcohol/drug test with parent knowledge<br />
and/or consent.<br />
B. Permission forms, sign ups, data collection<br />
and record keeping.<br />
1. <strong>Student</strong>/parent permission required. Each<br />
student and each student’s custodial parent/<br />
guardian (unless the student is 18 years old or<br />
emancipated) wishing to participate in extraclass<br />
activities, the “It’s Our Call” Program,<br />
and in the voluntary “It’s My Call” Program<br />
must give consent in writing for random<br />
alcohol and drug testing and for the release<br />
of the test results to: WS/FCS’s Drug Testing<br />
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(MRO); the student and the student’s custodial<br />
parent/guardian; and the school principal<br />
or his/her designee on a form provided by<br />
WS/FCS.<br />
2. Creation of databases. Each school shall create<br />
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listing those students who have joined the “It’s<br />
My Call/It’s Our Call” programs.<br />
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3. Sign-up schedule. <strong>Student</strong>s will be encouraged<br />
to “sign-up” for both the “It’s My Call” and<br />
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of the school year. The enrollment shall be for<br />
the entire time that a student is in high school<br />
rather than for one year. <strong>Student</strong>s may sign-up<br />
at any time in the school year.<br />
4. Process of random selection. It shall be the<br />
responsibility of the WS/FCS’s test administrator<br />
to maintain for each of the regular high<br />
schools and the two special high schools,<br />
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who have given permission for testing under<br />
both the “It’s My Call” and “It’s Our Call”<br />
programs. Based on the WS/FCS budget, the<br />
test administrator will randomly select approximately<br />
1 percent of the students subject<br />
to testing at each school 10 times per school<br />
year on a random schedule. The day of testing<br />
shall be varied so that testing does not become<br />
predictable. Because of their low enrollments,<br />
the students at Carter Vocational High School<br />
may be tested at Parkland High School.<br />
C. (Method of collection of urine samples)<br />
D. Substances tested for and types of tests.<br />
1. Substances.<br />
a. <strong>Student</strong>s may be tested for any of the following<br />
substances: alcohol, marijuana, amphetamines,<br />
barbiturates, cocaine, opiates and<br />
benzodiazepines.<br />
b. At the recommendation of the test administrator,<br />
students may be tested any other or<br />
additional substances.<br />
2. (Screening test)<br />
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4. (Split sample)<br />
5. (Reasonable cause testing for alcohol)<br />
6. (Standards for positive test)<br />
7. (Use of licensed laboratory only)<br />
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F. Consequences of a positive test<br />
1. It’s My Call Program. A student who tests<br />
positive shall be excluded from the “It’s My<br />
Call Program” unless the student with his/<br />
her parent’s/guardian’s knowledge and consent<br />
agrees to participate in an assessment<br />
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the receipt of the results and an intervention<br />
program recommended by Step One and shall<br />
be suspended from the “It’s My Call Program”<br />
for 365 days.<br />
2. It’s Our Call Program. A student who tests<br />
positive shall be ineligible for participation<br />
in extracurricular activities, including athletics,<br />
for a period of 365 calendar days unless<br />
the student with his/her parent’s/guardian’s<br />
knowledge and consent agrees to participate<br />
in an assessment provided by Step One within<br />
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an intervention program provided by Step<br />
One at WS/FCS expense. If the student needs<br />
a more intensive treatment program than can<br />
be provide by Step One, the student shall be<br />
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referred to an appropriate service provider by<br />
Step One. In addition, a student and a student’s<br />
parent may prefer to enroll the student in an<br />
alternative intervention program.<br />
Programs not provided by Step One must be<br />
provided at parent’s expense. If the student<br />
agrees to the assessment and enrolls in the<br />
recommended intervention program, the<br />
student may continue his/her participation in<br />
extra-class activities.<br />
3. Reasonable cause testing. A positive test<br />
shall be considered corroborative evidence in<br />
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school or a school activity. If it is the student’s<br />
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by the Step One and to participate in<br />
the intervention program, the student shall<br />
be re-admitted to the regular school program<br />
subject to the student’s continued participation<br />
in the intervention program. If is it a second<br />
offense, the student is subject to expulsion.<br />
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The test administrator and his/her agent and<br />
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and test results.<br />
— June 2005<br />
AR 5131<br />
Guidelines for <strong>Student</strong><br />
Discipline<br />
Changes in state law during the summer of<br />
<strong>2011</strong> require the Board of Education to make<br />
substantial changes to its discipline policies.<br />
The board is scheduled to update its policies in<br />
August <strong>2011</strong>, which is after this book is printed.<br />
Copies of the new policies will be printed and<br />
given to all students once they are approved.<br />
In the meantime, please ask your principal or<br />
the school attorney if you have questions about<br />
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