Frederick Campus - Maryland School for the Deaf

If a student is not picked up by the required time, loss of after school activities or residential hall privileges may
occur. Notification will be given in writing prior to its implementation. A parent conference may be required before
any privileges are returned to the student.
Once the student goes home and is under the supervision of parents, the student remains the responsibility of the
parent, even if that student is dropped off on campus again for a school sponsored event. Parents of high school
students may drop off their child at the activity and pick them up at the end of the activity. Parents of elementary
and middle school aged students are expected to remain with their children throughout the activity. MSD staff
members will not assume responsibility for those students by taking them back to the residence halls.
When parents pick up their child at or before the required pick up time, they must sign out their child. Forms will
be placed in each lobby of each residence hall for parents to sign out their child. Failure to do so will result in a
warning and repeated incidents will result in loss of residence hall privileges.
A day student is defined as a student who has access to daily transportation provided by their local school
system. He/She arrives no earlier than 7:45 a.m. and reports to his/her designated waiting area. Students in
the elementary and middle school departments who are day students may not stay overnight and must be picked
up by their parents no later than 4:30 p.m. for elementary students and 4:45 p.m. for middle school students.
In the High School Department day students may stay overnight with 48 hours advance written notice given to the
appropriate Student Life Counselor, Supervisor. If a high school student does not stay overnight, he/she must be
picked up no later than 9:00 p.m. Parents who pick up their child must enter the first floor of their child’s residence
hall and sign the sign-out form.
Upon written parental requests, exceptions to stay later or overnight may be granted by either the Dean of
Students or the Director of Student Affairs. The 3 categories under which exemptions will be considered are:
TYPE 1: Full Year
� An example of a Type 1 (full year) waiver would be if a student lived in excess of a 1 hour, oneway
commute from school. If this type waiver is granted, then the student must become a full
time residential student (sleeping over 4 or 5 nights per week).
TYPE 2: Seasonal or Reoccurring
� A Type 2 (seasonal or reoccurring) waiver is intended to help those families which have children
in more than one department and families with a child(ren) involved in many extra-curricular
activities. If this type exemption is granted, it must be for the entire season or specified period of
time. Again, this waiver will only be granted upon written parental request, which must be made
to either the Dean of Students or the Director of Student Affairs during the first week of the
“season”.
� A Type 2 waiver may be granted to a high school student rather than requiring a series of 48 hour
requests to stay overnight in the dormitory. For example, a high school girl on the volleyball team
may request to be residential for the entire season rather than to submit a continuous series of
requests to stay in the dormitory overnight or to be picked up later than 9:00 p.m. on a daily basis.
If a student needs to stay past regular pick up time for a practice, or game or organization
meeting, a type 2 waiver may be requested for a late pick up time, including dinner.
� Another example of a Type 2 waiver will benefit families with more than 1 child attending MSD. If
an older brother or sister has an activity which runs late into the evening, a Type 2 waiver could
be requested for the younger sibling(s) so that they could stay overnight in the dormitory for the
period of the reoccurring event or season, rather than having the parent make 2 trips in to pick up
both children. It should be noted that waivers are specific for an individual student, but the
reason for requesting a waiver may be connected to having a sister or a brother in a different
department.
TYPE 3: Emergency
� A Type 3 (emergency) waiver may be granted upon written request to the Dean of Students or
Director of Student Affairs on a case-by-case basis. This type of waiver will be granted only for
unexpected emergencies and only for a very short specified time during which the student must
become a full time residential student.
Parent and Student Handbook, 2012-2013 Frederick 58