Student/Parent Handbook - Ysleta Independent School District

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NOTICE OF PARENT AND STUDENT RIGHTS REGARDING HARASSMENTWhat is the district policy concerning sexual misconduct?The district forbids employee conduct constituting sexual harassment or sexual abuse of students. The district forbidsstudents from engaging in unwanted and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature directed towardanother student or a district employee.What is sexual harassment?Sexual harassment of a student by an employee includes any welcome or unwelcome sexual advances, requests forsexual favors, and other verbal (oral or written), physical, or visual conduct of a sexual nature. It also includes suchactivities as engaging in sexually oriented conversations for purposes of personal sexual gratification, telephoning astudent at home or elsewhere to solicit inappropriate social relationships, physical contact that would be reasonablyconstrued as sexual in nature, and enticing or threatening a student to engage in sexual behavior in exchange for gradesor other school-related benefit.Sexual harassment of a student by another student includes unwanted and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of asexual nature, whether by word, gesture, or any other sexual conduct, including requests for sexual favors.What is sexual abuse?Sexual abuse is defined as “illegal sex acts performed against a minor….” It may include, but is not limited to, fondling,sexual assault, or sexual intercourse. Sexual abuse is a form of child abuse that must be and will be reported toappropriate law enforcement authorities. In addition to any investigation by law enforcement, the district will conductits own investigation under Title IX.What laws address sexual harassment of students?Sexual harassment or abuse of students by district employees may constitute discrimination on the basis of sex and isprohibited by Title IX (the federal law prohibiting gender-based discrimination by schools that receive federal funds).Will I be informed if my child has been sexually harassed or sexually abused at school?The district will promptly notify parents of any student alleged to have experienced prohibited conduct by a districtemployee or another adult.The district will notify parents of students involved in sexual harassment by students when the allegations are not minoror of any incident regarding sexual harassment or sexual abuse by an employee. Notification may be by telephone, letter,or personal conference.What will the district do when it learns of sexual harassment or sexual abuse of a student?When a principal or other school administrator receives a report that a student is being sexually harassed or abused, heor she will initiate an investigation and if needed, take prompt action to intervene during the investigation.What do I do if I am concerned that my child has been sexually harassed or sexually abused at school?A student or parent who has a complaint alleging sexual harassment by other student(s) or sexual harassment or sexualabuse by an employee should report the complaint to the principal, the principal’s designee, or the district’s Title IXcoordinator. The conference will be scheduled and held as soon as possible but within seven calendar days. Theprincipal or Title IX coordinator will coordinate an investigation. Oral complaints should be reduced to writing to assist inthe District’s investigation. A complaint may also be filed separately with the Office of Civil Rights: Regional Director,Office of Civil Rights, Region VI, 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 2600, Dallas, Texas 75201. Teléfono: (214) 880-2459. Fax:214) 880-3082. TDD: 214) 880-2456.Who is the Title IX coordinator and how do I contact that person?The district’s designated Title IX Coordinator for complaints regarding sexual harassment or dating violence is Mr. DanaDeRouen, Executive Director, Administrative Services, 9600 Sims Drive, El Paso, TX 79925. Telephone: 434-0000. Thedesignated Coordinator will investigate or oversee an investigation of a complaint alleging sexual harassment or datingviolence violations of Title IX.Will my complaint be confidential?To the greatest extent possible, complaints will be treated in a confidential manner. Limited disclosure may be necessaryin order to complete a thorough investigation.What if I am not satisfied by the district’s resolution of my complaint?If the student/parent is not satisfied with the district’s initial response to the complaint, he or she may appeal under PolicyFNG (LOCAL) (Level Two). Under this process, the student/ parent has ten days to file an appeal to the Superintendentor designee.8
STUDENT ACCEPTABLE USE AGREEMENT FOR INTERNET ACCESSThe Internet is an electronic highway connecting thousands of computers all over the world with millions of individualsubscribers. Internet access is available to students, teachers, and administrators of the Ysleta Independent SchoolDistrict. Since it is a constantly changing, fluid environment, school library media specialists and teachers have aprofessional responsibility to work together to help students develop the intellectual skills needed to discriminate amonginformation sources, to identify information appropriate to their age and developmental levels, and to evaluate and useinformation to meet their education goals. One of our goals is to promote educational excellence in the YsletaIndependent School District by facilitating resource sharing, innovation, and electronic communication.Access to the Ysleta’s electronic communications system, including the Internet, shall be made available to students,parents, and employees. Access to the network is a privilege, not a right. Any person using these resources through adistrict connection must accept and abide by the following policies:1. Students may not allow anyone else to use their personal password.2. Students must respect the rights of other individuals and not use language that is abusive (harshly or coarselyinsulting, containing cursing in any language, or ethnic or racial slurs), profane (vulgar, irreverent toward God orsacred things, satanic), sexually offensive (sexual in nature, repugnant to the moral sense or good taste, sexualharassment), or threatening.3. No one may access text or visual depictions (any picture, image, graphic image file, or other visual depiction) thatare obscene and/or harmful to minors (appeals to a prurient interest; an actual or simulated sexual act or contact;and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value).4. Students may not access or participate in chat rooms at any time. If the curriculum mandates the use of asupervised chat room, chat rooms may be allowed if the chat room is monitored on-line by a third party and if thestudents are under close supervision of the instructor.5. Students may access only those educational games approved by a campus professional staff member.6. Students must respect the privacy of others and not intentionally obtain copies of or modify files, passwords, or datathat belong to anyone else. No one should represent himself or herself as someone else by using another's account.No one should forward personal material without prior consent of the originator.7. Electronic mail transmissions and other use of the electronic communication system are not considered to be privateand must be monitored at any time by designated district staff to ensure appropriate use. Transmitting obscenemessages or pictures is prohibited. Any illegal activities associated with the use of email will be reported toadministration and police.8. For the safety and privacy of the student, no student information in any form except directory information will beposted on the internet without express parental permission.9. Students must respect the integrity of computing systems and abide by existing federal and state laws regardingelectronic communication. This includes accessing secure and/or confidential information such as but not limited togrades, attendance and demographic information stored on YISD information systems without authorization,divulging passwords, causing system malfunction, developing programs that harass other users or attempting toinfiltrate a computer or computing system, maliciously harming or destroying district equipment, materials, or data,and deliberately degrading or disrupting system performance. These actions may be viewed as violations of districtpolicy and administrative regulations and, possibly, as criminal activity under applicable state and federal laws. Thisincludes, but is not limited to, the uploading or creation of computer viruses, Trojan programs, worms and accessingindecent information. These laws can carry penalties of up to 20 years in prison.10. Students must respect the legal protection provided by copyright laws to computer programs, articles, graphics, anddata. (See Board policies on copyright). Students shall not copy anything that belongs to someone else withoutrewriting it in their own words and are reminded to give credit to the owner of the information.11. Any expense incurred as a result of Internet use is the responsibility of the student/parents.12. Access to the Internet is considered a privilege. Users should not waste school resources through improper use ofthe computer system. Anyone found using access in a way deemed inappropriate will be denied privileges.Noncompliance with applicable regulations may result in suspension or termination of privileges and otherdisciplinary action consistent with Board policy and the Student Code of Conduct.13. Administrator access/passwords for computer systems can only be obtained from TIS.9
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STUDENT CONDUCTThe following are su
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BULLYINGBullying occurs when a stud
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SMOKINGA student shall not smoke or
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NOTICE OF PARENT AND STUDENT RIGHTS
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IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS 2012-2013
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PARENT VISITATION AT SCHOOLParent v
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ADMISSION AND ENROLLMENTAGETo enrol
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IMMUNIZATIONSImmunizations are requ
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If a student is absent without scho
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CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONBASIC INS
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The career model is presented to st
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which are available through the UTE
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Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II
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Community Service Hours. Beginning
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• Approved AP Sciencecourses• A
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GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE
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DisciplinePhysicalEducationMinimum
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GRADINGSee Policies and Regulations
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CLASS RANKINGThe determination of t
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STUDENT PUBLICATIONSStudent press d
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SCHOOL LETTER AWARDSGeneral academi
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SPECIAL SERVICESGUIDANCE AND COUNSE
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DISTRICT AND SCHOOL FACILITIESLIBRA
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