Student Handbook - Blytheville Public Schools
Student Handbook - Blytheville Public Schools Student Handbook - Blytheville Public Schools
A =100 – 90 B = 89 – 80 C = 79 – 70 D = 69-60 F = 59 and below For the purpose of determining grade point averages, the numeric value of each letter grade shall be A = 5 points B = 4 points C = 3 points D = 2 point F = 0 points Students taking AP or IB courses shall receive weighted credit as described in this policy. Credit shall be given for each grading period during the course of the year, but shall be retroactively removed from a student’s grade for any course in which the student fails to take the applicable AP exam. Students who do not take the AP exam shall receive the same numeric value for the grade he/she receives in the course as if it were a non-AP course. Students who transfer into the district will be given weighted credit for the Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses taken for weighted credit at his/her previous school(s) according to the preceding scale. Date Adopted: 02/23/04 Last Revised: 08/24/09 5.22—CONCURRENT CREDIT A ninth through twelfth grade student who successfully completes a college course(s) from an institution approved by the Arkansas Department of Education shall be given credit toward high school grades and graduation at the rate of one-half (1/2) high school credit for each three (3) semester hours of college credit. Unless approved by the school’s principal, prior to enrolling for the course, the concurrent credit shall be applied toward the student’s graduation requirements as an elective. Students are responsible for having the transcript for the concurrent credit course(s) they’ve taken sent to their school in order to receive credit for the course(s). Credit for concurrent credit courses will not be given until a transcript is received. Transcripts for students who take concurrent credit courses as partial fulfillment of the required full day of class for students in grades 9-12 (see Policy 4.44) are to be received by the school within twenty (20) school days of the end of the semester in which the course is taken. Students may not receive credit for the course(s) they took or the credit may be delayed if the transcripts are not received in time, or at all. This may jeopardize students’ eligibility for extracurricular activities, or graduation. Students will retain credit applied toward a course required for high school graduation from a previously attended, accredited, public school. Any and all costs of higher education courses taken for concurrent credit are the student’s responsibility. Date Adopted: 03/27/00 Last Revised: 08/25/08 5.26 —ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS The district shall have an alternative learning environment (ALE) which shall be part of an intervention program designed to provide guidance, counseling, and academic support to students who are experiencing emotional, social, or academic problems. The superintendent or his/her designee shall appoint an Alternative Education Placement Team which shall have the responsibility of determining student placement in the ALE. The team should consist of at least a school counselor, the ALE director or principal, a parent or legal guardian, and a regular classroom teacher. Students who are placed in the ALE shall exhibit at least two of the following characteristics: • Disruptive behavior • Drop out from school • Personal or family problems or situations • Recurring absenteeism • Transition to or from residential programs For the purposes of the ALE, personal or family problems or situations are conditions that negatively affect the student’s academic and social progress. These may include, but are not limited to: 1. Ongoing, persistent lack of attaining proficiency levels in literacy and mathematics 2. Abuse: physical, mental, or sexual 3. Frequent relocation of residency 4. Homelessness 5. Inadequate emotional support 6. Mental/physical health problem 7. Pregnancy 8. Single parenting 9. The teachers and administrator of the ALE shall determine exit criteria for students assigned to the district’s ALE on which to base the student’s return to the regular school program of instruction. The district’s ALE program shall follow class size, staffing, curriculum, and expenditure requirements identified in the ADE Rules Governing the Distribution of Student Special Needs Funding and the Determination of Allowable Expenditure of These Funds. Date Adopted: 02/27/06 Last Revised: 09/25/06 ELEMENTARY PROCEDURES 30
Awards Awards will be given for Perfect Attendance, Good Citizenship, Student of the Month and No Tardies. Perfect Attendance means that a student has attended on time each day and has not left early any day that school has been in session. Good Citizenship Awards will be given to students who follow the school and classroom rules consistently. BLYTHEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUS DISCIPLINE PROCEDURES AND CONSEQUENCES The procedures below classify unacceptable behavior into two classes with consequences dependent upon grade level. The examples are not exhaustive but illustrative. Additionally, all consequences are dependent upon the severity and frequency of the misbehavior. 1. Eating or drinking on bus. 2. Out of seat or in aisle while bus is in motion. 3. Turned around in seat. 4. Horseplay, yelling out bus window, loud noise. 5. Possession of unacceptable material, objects or obscene gestures. 6. Rudeness, improper language. 7. Unauthorized transportation. 1. First Offense Warning or 3 day bus suspension 2. Second Offense 3-5 day suspension from bus 3. Third Offense 5-7 day suspension from bus 4. Fourth Offense 7-10 day suspension from bus Class I Offenses Consequences Class I Grades K-6 5. Fifth Offense Suspension from bus for remainder of the year Class II Offenses 1. Profanity, verbal abuse, and harassment (directed at students or driver). 2. Body parts out of window (head, hand, legs, etc). 3. Throwing/shooting of any object (paper, pencils, paper clips, etc). 4. Physical aggression. 5. Destruction of school property (vandalism-suspended until restitution is made). 6. Loading or unloading of buses improperly or tampering with any portion of bus. 7. Lighting of matches, fireworks, or any flammable object or substance. 8. Riding of bus after being suspended from one (treated as a class II third or 4th offense) 9. Fighting (of any kind) treated as Class II 3rd offense or 4th offense. 10. Other offenses as reported by driver or principal. 11. Any offense committed on any bus outside regular transportation to and from school (shuttles, activity, field trip) will carry a minimum disciplinary action of a Class II 1st offense. Use of tobacco, inhalants, any controlled substance, or firearm - ZERO Tolerance - Off bus remainder of year. Consequences Class II 1. First Offense Grades K-6 Warning or 3 to 5 day suspension from bus 2. Second Offense 5 to 7 day suspension from bus 3. Third Offense 7 to 10 day suspension from bus 4. Fourth Offense Loss of bus service for remainder of year 31
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A =100 – 90<br />
B = 89 – 80<br />
C = 79 – 70<br />
D = 69-60<br />
F = 59 and below<br />
For the purpose of determining grade point averages, the numeric value of each letter grade shall be<br />
A = 5 points<br />
B = 4 points<br />
C = 3 points<br />
D = 2 point<br />
F = 0 points<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s taking AP or IB courses shall receive weighted credit as described in this policy. Credit shall be given for each grading period during<br />
the course of the year, but shall be retroactively removed from a student’s grade for any course in which the student fails to take the applicable<br />
AP exam. <strong>Student</strong>s who do not take the AP exam shall receive the same numeric value for the grade he/she receives in the course as if it were<br />
a non-AP course.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s who transfer into the district will be given weighted credit for the Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses taken for<br />
weighted credit at his/her previous school(s) according to the preceding scale. Date Adopted: 02/23/04 Last Revised: 08/24/09<br />
5.22—CONCURRENT CREDIT<br />
A ninth through twelfth grade student who successfully completes a college course(s) from an institution approved by the Arkansas Department<br />
of Education shall be given credit toward high school grades and graduation at the rate of one-half (1/2) high school credit for each three (3)<br />
semester hours of college credit. Unless approved by the school’s principal, prior to enrolling for the course, the concurrent credit shall be<br />
applied toward the student’s graduation requirements as an elective.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s are responsible for having the transcript for the concurrent credit course(s) they’ve taken sent to their school in order to receive credit<br />
for the course(s). Credit for concurrent credit courses will not be given until a transcript is received. Transcripts for students who take concurrent<br />
credit courses as partial fulfillment of the required full day of class for students in grades 9-12 (see Policy 4.44) are to be received by the school<br />
within twenty (20) school days of the end of the semester in which the course is taken. <strong>Student</strong>s may not receive credit for the course(s) they<br />
took or the credit may be delayed if the transcripts are not received in time, or at all. This may jeopardize students’ eligibility for extracurricular<br />
activities, or graduation.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s will retain credit applied toward a course required for high school graduation from a previously attended, accredited, public school.<br />
Any and all costs of higher education courses taken for concurrent credit are the student’s responsibility.<br />
Date Adopted: 03/27/00 Last Revised: 08/25/08<br />
5.26 —ALTERNATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS<br />
The district shall have an alternative learning environment (ALE) which shall be part of an intervention program designed to provide guidance,<br />
counseling, and academic support to students who are experiencing emotional, social, or academic problems.<br />
The superintendent or his/her designee shall appoint an Alternative Education Placement Team which shall have the responsibility of determining<br />
student placement in the ALE. The team should consist of at least a school counselor, the ALE director or principal, a parent or legal guardian,<br />
and a regular classroom teacher.<br />
<strong>Student</strong>s who are placed in the ALE shall exhibit at least two of the following characteristics:<br />
• Disruptive behavior<br />
• Drop out from school<br />
• Personal or family problems or situations<br />
• Recurring absenteeism<br />
• Transition to or from residential programs<br />
For the purposes of the ALE, personal or family problems or situations are conditions that negatively affect the student’s academic and social<br />
progress. These may include, but are not limited to:<br />
1. Ongoing, persistent lack of attaining proficiency levels in literacy and mathematics<br />
2. Abuse: physical, mental, or sexual<br />
3. Frequent relocation of residency<br />
4. Homelessness<br />
5. Inadequate emotional support<br />
6. Mental/physical health problem<br />
7. Pregnancy<br />
8. Single parenting<br />
9.<br />
The teachers and administrator of the ALE shall determine exit criteria for students assigned to the district’s ALE on which to base the student’s<br />
return to the regular school program of instruction.<br />
The district’s ALE program shall follow class size, staffing, curriculum, and expenditure requirements identified in the ADE Rules Governing the<br />
Distribution of <strong>Student</strong> Special Needs Funding and the Determination of Allowable Expenditure of These Funds.<br />
Date Adopted: 02/27/06 Last Revised: 09/25/06<br />
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