Gompers Elementary School • 1502 Wyoming Way, Madison, WI ...

Health, Safety, Security (cont.)
Wi n te r Sa f e t y
We know you share, with the Gompers staff, concerns about your child’s health and safety. When cold weather is upon us there
is even more reason to be concerned about children’s welfare.
Please make sure your child is dressed warmly. We ask your help making sure they are bundled up and that all clothing,
including boots, a labeled clearly with the child’s first and last name.
Winter play activities are another item for consideration. We want to students to have fun in the snow but we also want them to
play in a safe manner. Snowballing is prohibited and sliding will take place only in designated areas.
A final winter concern is the bitter weather, including wind chill and frostbites. To help you in monitoring these winter conditions,
we’ve reproduced and included in the handbook a chart showing the danger zone for frostbite. At school this chart, along with
staff judgment, is used to determine if students should come into the building early in the morning or if they should go outside for
recess. Generally if the wind chill is in the “little danger” range students will be outside as usual. Exceptions are made, however,
if conditions seem to indicate that, in their best interests, children should be inside the building.
COLD AND RECESS
Winter is the season of the year that we see a lot of colds and other upper respiratory infections.
Although there is some controversy regarding the common cold and how we get one, scientists and doctors do seem to agree
we don’t get colds from cold weather.
If students dress properly, being outside and getting a little exercise can do more to help improve our health than harm it. Please
don’t ask to have your child stay in from recess because of a cold. If your doctor wishes to have your child remain inside please
have him/her write an excuse. You can be sure that if the wind chill factor is too low we will keep all children inside. See the windchill
factor chart included in this handbook.
V. District Policies & Guidelines
Al c o h o l & Ot h e r Dr u g Po l i c y (Bo a r d
Po l i c y 4235)
Board Policy 4235 provides that no student shall possess, consume,
sell, give away or be under the influence of and dependency on
alcohol and other drugs. No student shall possess, consume, sell,
give away or be under the influence of alcohol and/or other drugs in
the school, on school grounds, in motor vehicles used by the school,
or at school-sponsored events or activities on or off school grounds.
The Madison Metropolitan School District shares with the community
the responsibility to provide an optimal school environment for the
intellectual, emotional, and physical development of its students
and recognizes that alcohol and other drug use/abuse seriously
affects that school environment. The Madison Metropolitan School
District will join family and community efforts in providing necessary
information, skills, role models, incentives, and experiences, which
discourage alcohol and other drug abuse and dependency as well
as discourage enabling behaviors in its schools, and will strive
to make the school environment supportive to students who are
experiencing problems related to alcohol and other drugs.
ADA/504
Regarding Madison Metropolitan School District's
Responsibilities Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the ADA are
Federal legislation and regulations which prohibit discrimination
against persons with a disability in any MMSD program.
A person with a disability is someone who:
1. has a mental or physical impairment which substantially limits
one or more major life activit(ies) (e.g., caring for one's self,
performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking,
breathing, learning, and working); or
2. has a record of such an impairment; or
3. is regarded as having such an impairment.
In order to fulfill its obligations under these laws, the Madison
Metropolitan School District Board of Education and the Madison
Metropolitan School District recognize a responsibility to avoid
discrimination in policies and practices regarding its personnel and
students. No discrimination against any person with a disability will
knowingly be permitted in any of the programs and practices in the
Madison Metropolitan School District.
If the parent or legal guardian disagrees with the determination made
by the professional staff of the Madison Metropolitan School District,
she/he has the right to file a complaint with the State of Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development, the City of Madison Equal
Opportunity Department, or the United States Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
If there are any questions, please contact:
Freddi Adelson
MMSD
545 West Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53703-1995
608/663-8427
FAX: 608/442-2183
email: fadelson@madison.k12.wi.us
To file a complaint, contact: Affirmative Action Officer
Amos Anderson
MMSD
545 West Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53703-1995
608/663-1530
Fax: 608/204-0343 TTY: 608/204-0344
Email: acanderson@madison.k12.wi.us
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