2011-2012 Student Handbook - McKinney Independent School District

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Table of ContentsPREFACESECTION I: PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIESPARENTAL INVOLVEMENT...................................................................................................... 2Working Together……………………………………………………………………………2PARENTAL RIGHTS .................................................................................................................... 3Obtaining Information and Protecting Student Rights ............................................................ 3“Opting Out” of Surveys and Activities ................................................................................. 3Inspecting Surveys .................................................................................................................. 3Requesting Professional Qualifications of Teachers and Staff ............................................... 3Reviewing Instructional Materials .......................................................................................... 4Displaying a Student’s Artwork and Projects ......................................................................... 4Accessing Student Records ..................................................................................................... 4Granting Permission to Video or Audio Record a Student ..................................................... 4Granting Permission to Receive Parenting and Paternity Awareness Instruction………….. 5Removing a Student Temporarily from the Classroom .......................................................... 5Removing a Student from Human Sexuality Instruction ........................................................ 5Excusing a Student from Reciting the Pledges to the U.S. and Texas Flags .......................... 6Excusing a Student from Reciting a Portion of the Declaration of Independence ................. 6Requesting Limited or No Contact with a Student through Electronic Media……………... 6Requesting Notices of Certain Student Misconduct ............................................................... 6School Safety Transfers .......................................................................................................... 6Requesting Classroom Assignment for Multiple Birth Siblings ............................................ 7Other Import Information for Parents………………………………………………………. 7Parents of Students with Disabilities ...................................................................................... 7Requesting the Use of a Service Animal………………………………………………… 7Options and Requirements for Providing Assistance to Students Who Have LearningDifficulties or Who Need or May Need Special Education ................................................ 7Parents of Students Who Speak a Primary Language Other than English…………………. 8Accommodations for Children of Military Families .............................................................. 8Student Records ...................................................................................................................... 8- i -
Directory Information ....................................................................................................... 10Directory Information for School-Sponsored Purposes .................................................... 10Release of Student Information to Military Recruiters and Institutions of HigherEducation .......................................................................................................................... 10SECTION II: OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTSABSENCES/ATTENDANCE ...................................................................................................... 11Compulsory Attendance........................................................................................................ 11Exemptions to Compulsory Attendance ............................................................................... 11Failure to Comply with Compulsory Attendance ................................................................. 12Attendance for Credit ............................................................................................................ 12Parent’s Note after an Absence ............................................................................................. 13Doctor’s Note after an Absence for Illness ........................................................................... 13Driver License Attendance Verification ............................................................................... 13ACADEMIC PROGRAMS .......................................................................................................... 13BULLYING .................................................................................................................................. 13CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE ........................................................................................................... 14CLASS RANK/TOP TEN PERCENT/HIGHEST RANKING STUDENT ................................. 15CLASS SCHEDULES………………………………………………………………………….. 15COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS……………………………………………… 15COLLEGE CREDIT COURSES .................................................................................................. 15COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS ............................................................................................. 15CONDUCT ................................................................................................................................... 16Applicability of School Rules ............................................................................................... 16Disruptions of School Operations…………………………………………………………. 16Social Events ......................................................................................................................... 16COUNSELING ............................................................................................................................. 16Academic Counseling ........................................................................................................... 16Personal Counseling.............................................................................................................. 17Psychological Exams, Tests, or Treatment ……………………………………………….. 17Harold Murphy Counseling Center………………………………………………………... 17COURSE CREDIT……………………………………………………………………………... 17CREDIT BY EXAM—If a Student Has Taken the Course .......................................................... 17CREDIT BY EXAM—If a Student Has Not Taken the Course ................................................... 18DATING VIOLENCE, DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, AND RETALIATION ........... 18- ii -
Page 1: McKinney Independent School Distric
Page 5 and 6: HARASSMENT ........................
Page 7 and 8: Heat/Ozone Guidelines .............
Page 9 and 10: SECTION I: PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESP
Page 11 and 12: Reviewing Instructional MaterialsAs
Page 13 and 14: may be accessed through the Coordin
Page 15 and 16: • Texas Project First, at http://
Page 17 and 18: Family Policy Compliance OfficeU. S
Page 19 and 20: Failure to Comply with Compulsory A
Page 21 and 22: If a student believes that he or sh
Page 23 and 24: CONDUCTApplicability of School Rule
Page 25 and 26: CREDIT BY EXAM—If a Student Has N
Page 27 and 28: If the district’s investigation i
Page 29 and 30: • Pajamas• Underwear as outerwe
Page 31 and 32: Acceptable Use of District Technolo
Page 33 and 34: FUND-RAISINGStudent groups or class
Page 35 and 36: egardless of whether the student ha
Page 37 and 38: Guidelines. For more information, p
Page 39 and 40: Students in middle or junior high s
Page 41 and 42: Students Taken Into CustodyState la
Page 43 and 44: MEDICINE AT SCHOOLNo Tolerance Poli
Page 45 and 46: RN or clinic assistant will also co
Page 47 and 48: Questions about grade calculation s
Page 49 and 50: Meetings of Non-curriculum-Related
Page 51 and 52: Normally, there will be three testi
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TEMPERATURE/SEVERE WEATHERHEAT/OZON
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Students are expected to assist dis
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GLOSSARYAccelerated instruction is
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TELPAS stands for the Texas English
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