Advisory Review of School Wide Policies
Day 2
DRESS AND GROOMING REGULATIONS
In accordance with the Academic
Expectations outlined previously, the purpose of these regulations is to
inhibit any distractions from academic learning. Students are to concentrate on cleanliness,
neatness, good taste, and safety. The regulations listed below are to be
observed by all students at all times. If a student comes to school in
violation of the dress code, then parents will have to drive to school and drop
off a change of clothes for their child.
Belts. If a belt is worn, it must be a
tan, brown or black, standard width belt, and it must be properly worn at waist
level. Belts may be webbed, braided or leather. Belts may not have logos,
studs, chains or initials.
Footwear. Dress shoes or tennis shoes no
higher than mid-ankle in a primary color such as white, black or navy, etc. All
footwear must have closed toes and heel straps. No house shoes, slippers, or sandals of any
kind are allowed.
Hair that is neat, clean, and fixed
in such a way that it does not hang in the face facilitates student learning,
as do beards and mustaches that are
neatly trimmed.
Headwear.
No bandanas, wave caps, or visors are allowed on campus. Students may not wear their hoods or hats in
class. Girls may wear ribbons,
rubber bands, barrettes, or headbands. No sweatbands are allowed on your wrists or
your head.
Jackets/Coats/Sweatshirts. Solid color,
which coordinates with the uniform colors with NO writing, emblems or logos of
any kind except
Pants/Shorts. Only trouser-style (no outside
pockets such as found on cargo pants, etc.) khaki pants/shorts are to be worn.
Trousers are to be worn at least ankle length but not touching the ground. The hem must not be frayed or
ripped. It is not permissible to cut the leg seam. Pants and shorts
must be worn at the waist, not at the hip.
Shirts. Only navy blue, polo-style collared shirts are to be worn. The
only approved logo or name is that of
Skirts/Skorts. (Girls only) Khaki skirts/skorts must be the
appropriate size and cannot be shorter than two inches above the knees.
Sweaters/sweatshirts. V-neck
pullover, crew-neck pullover or cardigan in solid navy blue may be worn during
the winter. All sweaters must be worn with a uniform polo shirt
underneath. The only approved logo or name on a sweater is
that of
* * *
FREE DRESS DAYS
The Principal authorizes and approves
all Casual Dress Days. Free dress days will be offered two Fridays a
month. They may reflect a particular
holiday and/or theme; however, the following guidelines are to be observed on
all Casual Dress Days:
- Boys
and girls are permitted to wear casual pants, including clean and un-torn
jeans.
- Boys
and girls are permitted to wear T-shirts with sleeves, sweatshirts or
other casual shirts/blouses provided they are modest and do not make
reference to drugs, alcoholic beverages, taverns, offensive activities,
etc. “Double meaning” T-shirts are not permitted. At no time for boys and
girls are midriff T-shirts, sweatshirts or other casual shirts/blouses to
be worn as well as clothing that exposes the midriff (stomach/waist). No tank tops or spaghetti straps are allowed.
- Girls
may wear casual slacks, skirts, shorts and skorts and appropriate blouses.
Skirts and skorts are not permitted if they are shorter than the uniform
skirts and skorts.
- Sandals
are not permitted for either boys or girls.
- Neither
boys nor girls are permitted to wear caps or hats during class period.
- Any
student, who has doubt about what to wear, should simply not wear it.
In order to earn Free Dress privileges,
a student must complete all the following requirements:
- Have fewer than three total
tardies for the month.
- Have
fewer than five detentions for the month.
- Have no suspensions or in-school
suspensions or referrals during the month.
- Have less than 5 total periods absent for any reason
during the month.
- No truancies for the month! Remember: any unexcused tardy over 30
minutes is a truancy
DRESSING
FOR EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
The Free Dress Day guidelines are to be
followed for all extra-curricular activities.
Students must keep in mind that they represent Ánimo Venice Charter at
all extra-curricular activities.
MISCELLANEOUS AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS
|
Allowed |
Not allowed in class, but
OK at break/lunch |
Not allowed in sight of
teachers and other students during school hours (8:25 – 3:40) |
Not allowed at any time |
|
Backpacks, book bags and other
necessary classroom and/or athletic materials and equipment |
CD
players, walkmans, radios, MP3 players, etc. |
Cell
phones, pagers, or signaling equipment, etc. |
Weapons: toy BB or water guns
included Permanent markers Drugs |
*Confiscated
items must be picked up at Mr. Herrera’s office by a parent or guardian after
the student has served a twenty minute detention. Items in the far right column may not be
returned.
Advisory Review of School Wide Policies
Day 3
ATTENDANCE POLICIES
Regular attendance at school should be
a priority of each student and should be encouraged and enforced by parents.
Regular attendance at school is an absolute necessity if a student is to
succeed in his/her academic endeavors. It also develops in students the habits
of accountability and responsibility needed at work, in college, and throughout
life. Due to last year’s horrible attendance, ALL OF THE FOLLOWNG ATTENDANCE POLICIES ARE
BEING REWRITTEN THIS SUMMER. The new
attendance policies will be published and distributed before school begins.
Absences
- Students
(and parents) should do all in their power to guard against absence from
classes. This includes taking good care of their health, preventing
illness, and arranging necessary appointments outside of school time.
- Excused
Absences. Excused absences include: illness of
student; emergency medical, dental, religious holidays, and optometry
appointments; serious family emergencies (subject to the Principal’s
approval; death of an immediate family member; court summons,
school-sponsored/pre-approved field trips). ALL OTHER ABSENCES ARE UNEXCUSED.
- Procedure
For Returning To School After Absence: Parent or
guardian (not the student) should notify the school attendance office by
·
Full name of the student
·
Date(s) or time of absence
·
Specific Reason for absence
·
Telephone numbers where both
parents/guardians may be reached (Home and Work)
·
Signature of parent or guardian
·
If a student does not bring a note, he/she will be marked truant.
- Procedure
for Leaving Campus Before Dismissal: After their
arrival on campus in the morning, students may NOT leave campus until
dismissal time. Students
leaving campus without permission are considered truant and may assigned
detention, be placed on probation, and/or face other disciplinary
consequences.
- A
student who wishes to leave campus after arrival (for example, if a
parent/guardian is picking him/her up for a dental appointment), the
parent/guardian reports to the office to sign the student out.
- Vacations:
Ánimo Venice recognizes the importance of family time and family
vacations. However, for the sake of the students, parents are strongly
encouraged to schedule family vacations outside of the academic calendar
so that students do not miss important classroom instruction time that is
impossible to make up. Our 2006-2007 academic
calendar was published and distributed in June of 2006.
- Students
who are absent 8 class sessions may receive an incomplete for that course
and be required to make up the entire semester course.
Attendance
Review Board
The Attendance Review Board is composed
of the Principal and designee(s). The Principal convenes this board when a
student accumulates an extraordinary number of absences and/or tardies. This
board may, among other things, recommend terms of student attendance,
probation, duration of suspension or withdrawal from school. The student's
attendance is mandatory and at least one parent must be present. SEE NEXT 3 Overheads
Tardy Policy
If a student arrives late to school,
he/she must obtain a late-slip from the Office. Tardiness of more than thirty minutes from any class is
considered an unexcused absence, will be marked as a truancy, and may be
subject to a detention. Excessive tardies will result in an appearance
before the Attendance Review Board.
v Reasons for excused tardies are
illness or medical/professional services appointments verified by note from the
respective office.
v
Waking up late, being stuck
in traffic, waiting for the bus, are NOT valid excuses for tardies.
Tardies before school are given to
students who are late arriving to school in the morning. School begins promptly
at 8:25 am. A student who is not in his/her classroom, sitting in a desk, by
8:25 am will be considered tardy. Students arriving at school after 8:55 am will be considered absent and
marked truant for that period. Absences require a note from a parent
or guardian. Tardies before school are also given to students who do not
complete attendance/office/etc. business and get to class by 8:25 am.
Tardies between classes Students
have five minutes in order to travel from one classroom to another. Students
who take longer than five minutes will receive an unexcused tardy from the
teacher and may be assigned detention.
Students with 3 or more tardies in one
quarter will receive a U for citizenship and be subject to further consequence.
Truancy
Students absent from any class or
activity period, without permission, or students who leave campus after
arriving without permission are considered truant, even if they return to
campus in time for class.
Passes
All students must carry passes
verifying their authorization to be out of class during class time. Passes are
issued by the teacher/principal as necessary.
Student Attendance Review Board
It is the responsibility of the school site to devise a system of progressive interventions to discover the reasons why students have poor attendance, and work with students and parents to correct the situation. The purpose of the SARB board is to assist students and families in alleviating those factors that interfere with their compliance with compulsory attendance laws.
School Site Interventions to Improve Attendance
·
Monitor attendance daily and identify students
who have a pattern of unexcused absences or are routinely tardy for class. Edcode 46010 defines excused absences as personal injury, illness, quarantine, medical,
dental, optometric or chiropractic appointments, the funeral of an immediate
family member. Justifiable absences are court appearance, religious holiday or
ceremony, religious retreat or a teen parent caring for a sick child.
·
Determine why the student has poor attendance,
and develop a plan of action to resolve attendance issues and improve academic
achievement. This is the responsibility
of the counselor, SST, or administrators.
Parents must be a part of this process, be informed of meetings in
advance and notified about the outcomes if not in attendance.
·
If the student is enrolled in special education,
please convene an IEP team meeting to discuss attendance concerns and adjust
support and/or placement to address the student’s failure to attend class
consistently. Include IEP addendum if
student is referred to SARB.
Use the attendance
intervention flow chart listed below to guide your investigation, intervention,
and referral process. The attendance intervention form documents your work and
will be required if the student is referred to SARB.
|
Daily Absence |
Phone Call to
verify reason |
Office Staff |
|
-4 Periods Absent in any class this Semester -2 Truancies |
Certified Letter |
Office Staff/ Security Guard |
|
-7 Periods Absent in any class this Semester -4 Truancies |
Intervention Meeting |
Office Staff Counselor/Administrator/Advisor |
|
-10 Periods Absent in any class this Semester -5 Truancies |
SARB Meeting |
Counselor/ Administrator |
ATTENDANCE
POLICIES
Attendance
Review Board
The
Student Attendance Review Board is composed of the Principal and designee(s).
The Principal convenes this board when a student accumulates an extraordinary
number of absences and/or tardies. This board may, among other things,
recommend terms of student attendance, probation, duration of suspension or
withdrawal from school. The student's attendance is mandatory and at least one
parent must be present.
The Ànimo Venice
Student Attendance Review Board will begin meeting once a month in November.
Absences
Students
(and parents) should do all in their power to guard against absence from
classes. This includes taking good care of their health, preventing illness,
and arranging necessary appointments outside of school time.
Excused absences include:
·
Illness of student;
·
Emergency medical, dental, and optometry appointments;
·
Serious family emergencies (subject to the Principal’s approval;
death of an immediate family member; court summons).
·
ALL OTHER ABSENCES ARE
UNEXCUSED.
Procedure For
Returning To School After Absence:
- Parent or guardian
(not the student) should notify the school attendance office by 9:00 a.m.
of each day the student is absent.
- When the student
returns to school he/she should bring a note from his/her parent.
- Any student who is absent for medical,
dental or other professional services must, in addition, present a note to
the Office directly from the respective provider’s office.
- Ánimo is required to keep on file a note signed by a parent/guardian for
every student absence. The note must be legible and written in
ink. A valid note should contain:
·
Full name of the student
·
Date(s) or time of absence
·
Specific Reason for absence
·
Telephone numbers where both parents/guardians may be reached (Cell,
Home, and Work)
·
Signature of parent or guardian
If a student does
not bring a note, he/she will be marked truant.
- Absences will be
tracked according to the above mentioned intervention flow chart. Excessive absences (10) will result in
an appearance before the Attendance Review Board.
Vacations:
·
Ánimo Venice recognizes the importance of family time and family
vacations. However, for the sake of the students, parents are strongly
encouraged to schedule family vacations outside
of the academic calendar so that students do not miss important
classroom instruction time that is impossible to make up.
Procedure For Making
Up Absence:
- The student is always
responsible for requesting make up work from teachers after an absence.
- After accumulating 8
absences in any given period, the student will not receive credit for that
period.
- Once a student reaches
8 absences in one class, the student must replace that lost time by
attending that teacher’s office hours.
- One absence is equal
to 90 minutes. These 90 minutes
must be replaced with two 45 minute office hour periods.
- The student will track
the time made up in office hours, using the form.
- All forms will be submitted to the Attendance
review Board at the end of the semester.
At this time, the SARB has the authority to allow the student to
receive credit for the grade they earned in that class.
Tardy Policy
·
If a student arrives more than 10 minutes late to school, he/she
must obtain a late-slip from the office before entering class.
·
Tardiness of more than 30 minutes from any class is considered an
unexcused absence.
·
Every 3 tardies in one period will add up and equal 1 unexcused
absence for that period.
·
Excessive tardies will result in an accumulation of absences. 10 absences will result in an appearance
before the Attendance Review Board.
Truancy Policy
·
If a student does not return to school with a note, he/she will be
marked truant for the missed periods.
·
If a student is not at school and the office has confirmed the
student does not have parent permission, the student will be marked truant for
the missed periods.
·
If a student leaves the classroom or school campus without a
school official’s permission, that student will be marked truant for the missed
periods.
·
Truancies will be tracked according to the intervention flow
chart. An excessive amount of truancies
will result in an appearance before the Attendance Review Board.
Any absence,
EXCUSED or UNEXCUSED, results in a loss of money for the school.
All Ánimo
Venice attendance policies are in accordance with the
**Please read the
next section to familiarize yourself with that Code**
Sections 48262. Education Code:
Any pupil is deemed
a habitual truant who has been reported as a truant three or more times per
school year, provided that no pupil shall be deemed a habitual truant unless an
appropriate district officer or employee has made a conscientious effort to
hold at least one conference with a parent or guardian of the pupil and the
pupil himself, after the filing of either of the reports required by Section
48260 or Section 48261.
*A student is a habitual truant if truant 3
or more times in a school year.
Sections 13202.7 (a)
“Any minor under
the age of 18 years, but 13 years of age or older, who is an habitual truant
within the meaning of Section 48262 of the Education Code, or who is adjudged
by the juvenile court to be a ward of the court under subdivision (b) Section
601 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, may have his or her driving privilege
suspended for one year by the court.”
*Habitually truant =loss of driving
privileges for one year.
Section 601. Welfare and Institutions Code
(a) “Any persons
under the age of 18 years who persistently or habitually refuses to obey the
reasonable and proper orders or directions of his or her parents, guardian, or
custodian, or who is beyond the control of that person…is within the
jurisdiction of the juvenile court…”
*A student who does not follow orders of
parents or guardians can be placed under the control of the court.
(b)“If a minor has
four or more truancies within one school year as defined in Section 48260 of
the Education Code, or a school attendance review board or probation officer
determines that the available public and private services are insufficient or
inappropriate to correct the habitual truancy of the minor, or to correct the
minor’s persistent or habitual refusal to obey the reasonable and proper orders
or directions of school authorities, or if the minor fails to respond to
directives of a school attendance review board or probation officer or to
services provided, the minor then within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court
which may adjudge the minor to be a ward of the court.
*Any student who refuses to follow the
orders of the Student Attendance Review Board can be placed under the control
of the court.