Student Handbook
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LAMPASAS HIGH SCHOOL 2019 - 2020 PARENT/STUDENT HANDBOOK 2716 South Hwy 281 Lampasas, Texas 76550 (512) 564-2310 Lampasas Independent School District Acknowledgement of Electronic Distribution of Student Code of Conduct, Student Handbook, and Student Responsible Use Policy for the District Electronic Communications System 2019 – 2020 PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN THIS FORM My child and I have received notice of access to the Lampasas ISD Student Code of Conduct, Student Handbook, and Student Responsible Use Policy for the District Electronic Communication System for the 2019-2020 school year. The Student Code of Conduct and Student Handbook may be accessed by going to www.llisdtx.org . The Student Responsible Use Policy for the District Electronic Communication System can be found in the Student Handbook. We acknowledge that we are responsible for reading and understanding the rules, expectations, and important information contained in the Student Code of Conduct, Student Handbook, and Student Responsible Use Policy for the District Electronic Communication System. All students will be held accountable for their behavior and will be subject to the disciplinary consequences outlined in the above mentioned documents. If I have any questions regarding the handbook or Code of Conduct, I should contact the campus principal. Date: PRINT Student’s Name: (Last) (First) (Middle) Student’s Signature: PRINT Parent’s/Guardian Name: (Last) (First) (Middle) Parent’s/Guardian Signature: School: Grade Level: ❖ A copy of the Student Code of Conduct, Student Handbook, or Student Responsible Use Policy for the District Electronic Communication System is available upon request. ii Notice Regarding Directory Information and Parent’s Response Regarding Release of Student Information State law requires the district to give you the following information: Certain information about district students is considered directory information and will be released to anyone who follows the procedures for requesting the information unless the parent or guardian objects to the release of the directory information about the student. If you do not want Lampasas ISD to disclose directory information from your child’s education records without your prior written consent, you must notify the district in writing within ten school days of child’s first day of instruction for this school year. This means that the district must give certain personal information (called “directory information”) about your child to any person who requests it, unless you have told the district in writing not to do so. In addition, you have the right to tell the district that it may not; use certain personal information about your child for specific school-sponsored purposes. The district is providing you a form, found on page v, so you can communicate your wishes about these issues. [See Directory Information for more information.] Category I - For the following school-sponsored purposes: printed programs or extracurricular activities, LHS Yearbook, recognition by newspapers for participation in events, honors and awards received, photograph of student on LISD/LHS web page, senior edition of newspapers listing graduates, Baccalaureate Service and Project Graduation, and for all other purposes, Lampasas ISD has designated the following information as directory information: • Student’s name • Photograph • Date of birth • Major field of study • Honors, and awards received • Dates of attendance • Grade level • Participation in officially recognized activities and sports • Weight and height, if a member of an athletic team • Student identification number or identifiers that cannot be used alone to gain access to electronic education records Directory information identified only for limited school-sponsored purposes remains otherwise confidential and will not be released to the public without the consent of the parent or eligible student. iii Category II - For all other purposes, Lampasas ISD has designated the following information as directory information: • Student’s name • Major field of study • Grade level • Enrollment status • Participation in officially recognized activities and sports • Weight and height of members of athletic teams For High School Students Only - Release of Student Information to Military Recruiters and Institutions of Higher Education Federal law requires that the district release to military recruiters and institutions of higher education, upon request, the name, address, and phone number of secondary school students enrolled in the district, unless the parent or eligible student directs the district not to release information to these types of requestors without prior written consent, form on page v. [See Release of Student Information to Military Recruiters and Institutions of Higher Education for more information.] iv For High School Students Only - Release of Directory Information for School- Sponsored and non-School Sponsored Purposes and to Military Recruiters and Institutions of Higher Education Parent: Please complete and return this form only if you do not want directory information released. Completing the form through Family Access Update, with your electronic signature, fulfills the written consent requirement. I, parent of ______________________________ (student’s name), do not give the district permission to release the information in these lists in response to a request related to or unrelated to school-sponsored purposes. Parent signature Date Parent: Please complete and return the following only if you do not want your child’s information released to a military recruiter or an institution of higher education without your prior consent. I, parent of ______________________________ (student’s name), request that the district not release my child’s name, address, and telephone number to a military recruiter or institutions of higher education upon their request without my prior written consent. Parent signature Date v RESPONSIBLE USE POLICY (R.U.P.) FOR THE DISTRICT ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (Computers/Internet Access) You are being given access to the District’s Electronic Communications System. Through this system, you will have access to hundreds of databases, libraries, and computer services all over the world, and depending on your grade level, you will be able to communicate with other schools, colleges, organizations, and people around the world. While the District is required by federal law to use technology protection measures to limit access to material considered harmful or inappropriate to students, it may not be possible for us to absolutely prevent access. Despite our best efforts and beyond the limits of filtering technology, you or your child may run across some material you or your child might find objectionable. As such, with this educational opportunity also comes responsibility on the part of students to use technology and the District's Electronic Communications System responsibly. EXPECTATIONS FOR RESPONSIBLE USE - DO… • Respect the Potential of Technology to Better Society - Use the District’s Electronic Communications System to discover, explore, and share ideas that contribute to the betterment of you, your community, and society as a whole. • Respect One's Self - Select online names that are appropriate and consider carefully the information and images you post, consume and/or share online: Avoid inappropriate and/or malicious sites, continually assess the validity and value of information found on the Internet or via social networking, and share information in a thoughtful and responsible way. • Respect Others - Refrain from using technologies to bully, tease or harass other people, and from photographing or video recording others without their express permission. • Respect Institutional Expectations - Abide by all expectations outlined in the LISD Student Code of Conduct, campus Student Handbooks, and this Responsible Use Policy. • Respect Intellectual Property - Cite appropriately any and all use of websites, books, media, etc., and request the use of software and media others produce. INAPPROPRIATE USES - DO NOT… The District’s Electronic Communications System is property of the District, and is for district use only. The district reserves the right to monitor, intercept, record and review all communications within the district’s network or email system. Deleted files can be undeleted. Do not send messages that are abusive, threatening, harassing, obscene, sexually oriented, discriminatory, damaging to another’s reputation, illegal, false or contain profanity. Do not send chain letters, virus warnings, urban legends or other unsubstantiated scares. Do not use the system or district website for commercial purposes, financial gain, political lobbying, expressing personal opinions, posting personal information about yourself or others (such as addresses and phone numbers), or any illegal purposes. Do not open attachments if the sender is unknown. vi DO NOT… Do not abuse or misuse the computer, the network or the programs in any way. This includes intentionally or unintentionally disabling or attempting to disable any Internet filtering device, encrypting communications to avoid security review, wasting resources, downloading music, movies, and entertainment media during school hours, playing online games, creating or printing inappropriate materials, printing excessive quantities, tampering with computer parts, erasing programs or others’ files, introducing viruses, attempting to gain unauthorized access to restricted information