Student/Parent Handbook - Ysleta Independent School District

PARENT VISITATION AT SCHOOLParent visitation at school is welcome and encouraged. Parents and patrons may visit all phases of the school program.Visitors MUST make office arrangements in advance for classroom visitation. On arrival at school, all visitors must firstreport to the school office. Visits shall not be permitted if their duration or frequency interferes with the delivery ofinstruction or disrupts the normal school environment. For conferences with teachers, parents are to make arrangementsto visit their child's teacher during the teacher's regular conference periods. Abusive language and/or behavior directedat teachers or other school personnel will not be permitted. Parents who engage in such behavior will be asked to leavethe campus.PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCESPlan to meet your child's teachers periodically during the school year. All teachers would like to meet you and worktogether to help your child. Parent/teacher conferences are scheduled at each campus during the school year, as shownon the district calendar. A parent may also schedule a conference with the teacher at other times as needed. Allteachers have an assigned conference period. We ask parents to use the teacher conference periods so that noteaching time will be lost.PARENTAL RIGHTSState and Federal law and YISD Board Policy identify certain parental rights regarding education. This Handbook refersto or summarizes those rights that parents most often exercise. For more detail, see Policy FNG.WHO IS CONSIDERED A “PARENT”The term “parent” is used to refer to the parent, legal guardian, or any other person who has lawful control of a studentunder a court order. A parent does not include a person not entitled to possession of or access to a child under a courtorder. In most cases any right of a parent can be exercised by a student who is 18 years of age or older or whosedisabilities of minority have been removed under the law. See Policy FNG.POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR MINOR STUDENT LIVING APART FROM PARENTIf a minor student resides with a resident adult other than a parent or legal guardian, the parent must furnish to the districta Power of Attorney assigning responsibility for the student in all school-related matters to the adult resident of thedistrict. Both the parent and the adult taking responsibility must sign the Power of Attorney form and it must be notarized.See Policy FD.REQUEST FOR CAMPUS TRANSFER OR CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTUnder the law or Board policy, under certain circumstances a parent can request in writing for a student to be transferredto a different campus or assigned to a different classroom. Transportation is not provided. These circumstances includethe following: Classroom assignment for multiple birth siblings. See Policy FDB. Assignment to same campus as child in special education. See Policy FDB. Students who are victims of bullying. See Policy FDB, FFI. Students who are victims of sexual assault. See Policy FDE. Assigned school is identified for school improvement pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act. See Policy FDB. Assigned school is identified as persistently dangerous by Texas Education Agency. See Policy FDE. Parent request to Board of Trustees for discretionary school transfer or assignment. See Policy FDB. Parent request to Principal for change in class or teacher assignment. See Policy FNG.See district regulations for additional information and request forms.PARENT CONCERNS AND COMPLAINT RESOLUTION PROCESSThe district is committed to working closely with parents and the community. This flow chart provides a summary of theinformal and formal process for resolving most types of concerns and complaints by a student or parent. An optional Parent Concern Form for use in the informal process is provided in Important Notices. The required forms for the formal process (FNG-R) are available on the district website, from the school office, orfrom the department of Pupil and Parent Services. All time limits shall be strictly followed unless modified by mutual written consent. Policy FNG(LOCAL) describes certain exceptions, where a different process is used.o See Important Notices Section for Grievance Procedures for Title IX, Section 504, and Title II.o See Code of Conduct for complaints or appeals concerning expulsion or removal to a disciplinary alternativeeducation program. For assistance or more information, contact the department of Pupil and Parent Services at 434-0740.18