East Meadow School District

I n d e xAbsence Notification . . . . . . . . 41Asbestos Management . . . . . . . 30Accident Insurance . . . . . . . . . . 32Appointed Officers . . . . . . . . . . . 3Barnum Woods PTA . . . . . . . . . 37Bowling Green PTA . . . . . . . . . 38Board of Education. . . . . . . . . . . 3Board of EducationCommittee Chairpeople. . . . . 3Budget Vote. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39CAPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Central Administration . . . . . . . . 3Clarke, W. TresperCMPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37PTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Parents and Booster. . . . . . . 37Theater Arts Parents . . . . . . 37Codes of Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . 33Continuing Education . . . . . . . . 29Curriculum CenterAdministration. . . . . . . . . . . . 3Delayed School Opening . . . . . 31East Meadow High SchoolParent Athletics Club. . . . . . 36PTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36East Meadow Public Library . . 39Fire Safety Reports . . . . . . . . . . 30Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Home Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . 29Home/School Connection. . . . . 32Inclement Weather Hotline . . . . 30Information Hotline . . . . . . 41, 42Kindergarten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Lunch Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41McVey PTA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Meadowbrook PTA. . . . . . . . . . 38Mission Statement . . . . . . . . . . . 2Parent Outreach . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Parents’ and Students’ Rights . . 33Parkway PTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Pet Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Pesticide Spraying . . . . . . . . . . 29Project ACCESS . . . . . . . . . . . . 29PTA Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Public Notification . . . . . . . . . . 41Registration and VotingInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Religious Observances. . . . . . . . . 30School Age Child Care(SACC) Program. . . . . . . . . 29School Locations and Hours. . . 42School Election Districts . . . . . 39School Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Screening New Entrants . . . . . . 28Security Hotline . . . . . . . . . 41, 42Snow Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Special Education . . . . . . . . . . . 28Special Ed. PTA (SEPTA) . . . . 36Special Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Special Programs . . . . . . . . . . . 29Stopping for School Buses . . . . 31Student Accident Insurance . . . 32Student Attendance . . . . . . . . . . 33Student Registration . . . . . . . . . 28Substance Abuse Policy . . . . . . 34Tax Code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Telephone Numbers . . . . . . . . . 42Testing Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . 40Title 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Voting Information . . . . . . . . . . 39Weather Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Website Addresses . . . . . . . . . . 42Woodland POWA . . . . . . . . . . . 37Woodland PTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37MISSION STATEMENTThe East Meadow School District is committed to providingits students with a quality education that will insure that everystudent will have the opportunity to:• acquire the knowledge and skills needed to lead aproductive, responsible, and culturally enriched life in the21st century;• develop attitudes that reflect empathy and caring forothers and respect for the differences and diversity inour society;• understand our cultural heritage and the need toparticipate in the community as an informed andinvolved citizen;• work cooperatively in a group while becoming anindependent learner and productive thinker;• develop the ability to be creative through music, visual orperforming arts, or literary expression;• achieve physical and emotional well-being;• understand the need to appreciate the Earth and protect theenvironment.2