Parent Handbook - Homewood School District 153

VISITING OUR SCHOOLS
All visitors must check in at school or district office. Front office staff will ask for
your name and the reason for your visit via the intercom system before letting you into the
building.
Photo identification is required of all visitors. If a visitor will be going beyond the
office rather than just dropping something off, he or she must provide a photo ID (driver’s
license or state identification card). That ID will be scanned and checked electronically against
the national sex offender registry, and a visitor’s pass sticker will be generated. The photo ID
will remain at the front desk and be returned to the visitor upon departure from the building.
Parents are responsible for informing any grandparent, neighbor or friend who will be
visiting their child’s school that photo identification is required.
WAIVER OF STUDENT FEES
Fees for textbooks and other instructional materials are waived for students who meet
the eligibility criteria for a fee waiver as described in Policy 4.140. In order that no student is
denied educational services or academic credit due to the inability of parents/guardians to pay
student fees, the Superintendent will recommend to the Board which additional fees, if any, the
District will waive for students who meet the eligibility criteria for fee waiver. Students receiving
a fee waiver are not exempt from charges for lost and damaged books, locks, materials,
supplies, and equipment
To apply for a fee waiver the parent/guardian must fill out an application form in the
District Office. A student shall be eligible for a fee waiver when the student currently lives in a
household that meets the same income guidelines, with the same limits based on household
size, that are used for the federal free meals program.
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