30 - Lebanon School District

Safe & Healthy Schools CommitteeThe Lebanon School District holds Safe and Healthy SchoolsCommittee meetings regularly throughout the school year.The district works proactively with the city police department,the fire department, the mayor’s office, and other communitybased organizations to ensure the safety of our schools. Inaddition to a district-wide Safe & Healthy Schools Committee,each building has its own committee.11111The Safe and Healthy Schools Committee reviews currentand new school policies, conducts roundtable discussions,promotes healthy activities, and develops preventative plansto keep our students and staff safe.Security CamerasSecurity cameras may be installed in your child’s school. Ifyou have any question regarding building safety or security,please contact the building principal.SynreVoiceSynreVoice is an automatic phone communication system.SynreVoice is used to notify parents of upcoming events,their child’s attendance, and important information in theevent of an emergency. Please make sure that your child’sschool has at least one current phone number on record toreach you.Student Services1Directory for Support ServicesChildline....................................................... 1-800-932-0313National Runaway Hotline........................... 1-800-621-4000TEENLINE................................................... 1-717-272-4444Lebanon County Children & Youth.............. 1-717-274-2801Mental Health/Mental Retardation............... 1-717-274-3415Juvenile Probation....................................... 1-717-274-2801Drug and Alcohol Agency............................ 1-717-274-0427Lebanon Valley FAFSA WorkshopLebanon Valley College offers a free FAFSA (Free Applicationfor Federal Student Aid) workshop each year. Seniorhigh school students and their parent/guardians are ecouragedto attend. The date of this event is listed on the eventscalender. For more information please call the Financial AidOffice at Lebanon Valley College at 717-867-6181.S.A.P ProgramThe “Student Assistance Program” (S.A.P) program is a wayto identify high risk students who are having school-relatedproblems because of alcohol and drug use or who are atrisk of suicide and other mental health problems. It is alsoa method for intervening and referring these students toappropriate community services. It is an intervention, not atreatment program.11The heart of the program is a student assistance team whichis a core group of school personnel who have been speciallytrained to work with students troubled and at risk.Persons desiring more information may contact the FamilyAssistance Counselor.Family Assistance CounselorWilliam RenneckerSpecial Education Services and ProgramsSpecial education services are available for any exceptionalstudent who requires specially designed instruction to meethis or her educational needs. Instructional assessment isprovided to students identified through screening and evaluationactivities. The instructional assessments determine thedegree of need, the student’s measured instructional levels,and the direct instruction and accommodations that will allowfor greatest individual success in school and in the future.The instructional program is designed to address the students’individual needs with high expectations. A continuumof services and programs 1 to provide instructional 1supportranges from supportive intervention in the regular classroomto full time special education classes. It is the primaryconsideration that exceptional children benefit from regulareducation programs to the maximum extent appropriate andthat the student receives a free appropriate education. Aparent document is available, upon request to the counseloror special education office, which explains the proceduralsafeguards assuring a free appropriate education.Identification activities are completed routinely by schoolstaff using tools including psychological assessments,achievement testing, group-based data, curriculum-basedevaluations, medical records, and teacher reports. Studentsroutinely identified include those with disabilities of autism,pervasive development disorder, blindness, visual impairment,deafness, hearing impairment, emotional disturbance,mental retardation, neurological impairment, specific learningdisability, physical disability, other health impairment, speechimpairment, or gifted under Chapter 16. Additionally, screeningor evaluation activities may be requested by the parentfor a student who is thought to be exceptional, by contactingthe guidance counselor of the school they attend, (717)273-9391.111Records pertaining to identification of a student as exceptionalare confidential and protected under the Family EducationalRights and Privacy Act. Confidential records are onlyavailable to the parents and school officials who are directlyinvolved in the student’s educational program. Confidentialrecords are destroyed when they are no longer educationallyrelevant. Questions regardi ng the record of a student maybe directed to the student’s guidance counselor.For a full list of the Special Education services providedby the Lebanon School District, please go to the LebanonSchool District website, http://www.lebanon.k12.pa.us/specialed/services.phpEarly Intervention Services and ProgramsThe Lebanon School District maintains a system to locate,identify, and evaluate young children thought to be eligiblefor early intervention programs. Early intervention servicesare available to children who are three years of age but notyet of school age.1Children thought to be eligible are evaluated to determinetheir individual needs.(Continued toward end of calendar after August 2013)