Pearland Independent School District

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The Clear Creek ISD (CCISD) Agriculture Science facilities are located at 2155 W. NASA Parkway and 2305 E. Main St. in League City, Texas. The purpose of these facilities is to provide an extension to classroom instruction, to maximize learning, and to allow FFA members to utilize them for their Supervised Agriculture Experience Program (SAEP) animal projects.

In order for all parties to best utilize the Agriculture Science Facilities, there are rules and regulations which must be observed and followed. To ensure compliance, CCISD employees, including agriculture teachers, facility managers, and administrators, will monitor and manage the facility both physically and via security cameras.

All participants must comply with the following criteria:

1. The Agriculture Science Facilities are a part of the Clear Creek Independent School District. Therefore, all rules and regulations found in the student handbook and the code of conduct apply. This includes the summer months. 2. Neither CCISD, its employees, volunteers, nor the FFA are responsible for damage or loss to personal property, injury of members, animal projects, guests, or family of participants. 3. Only FFA members in good standing may utilize the agriculture facilities. 4. Any animal that is raised as a project at one of the facilities and enters for show under any group other than CCISD FFA will lose their facility privileges for the individual and for the family for five years. 5. Only one guest under 18 years of age may accompany a student with an animal project to the facilities, unless a parent or legal guardian accompanies student. Parents, guardians, or guests who cause a disturbance while at the facilities will lose their privileges to enter the agriculture facilities. 6. Any student previously evicted from one of the facilities will not be allowed to utilize either facility. 7. A student must do the following things before bringing any animal onto the agriculture facilities grounds: . obtain permission from an agriculture teacher . attend a meeting with their parent/legal guardian and agriculture teacher . understand and sign the rules agreement . pay all relevant barn fees 8. No pets are allowed on agricultural facility grounds, including dogs, cats, etc.

Clear Creek Independent School District Agriculture Science Facilities Barn Fee Schedule The student is subject to barn fees which are required for each project entered into the facilities. These fees are used to maintain the barn area of the facilities. Rates are non-negotiable and are due prior to any animal’s arrival at the facilities. Two-year heifer projects will require a second fee after the completion of Galveston County Fair and approval for major shows.

Swine: $100 per head per feeding period Sheep: $100 per head per feeding period Goats: $100 per head per feeding period Broilers: $75 per pen per feeding period Beef: $200 per head per feeding period Turkeys: $75 per pen per feeding period

Feeding period is defined as the period of time an animal is on feed for a show designated for that animal. Heifers time period will be May 1st (current year) to April 30th (next year). Heifer Example: May 1, 2014 to April 30, 2015 9. FACILITY HOURS  The agriculture facilities’ hours are from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Gates are to remain closed and locked at all times. No unauthorized personnel shall feed or be at a facility for any reason before 5:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. without express permission from ag. teacher or school administrator. Failure to be out of the facilities or parking lot by 9:00 P.M. will result in a 20 point deduction.

10. GATE CARDS  One gate card will be provided to the student and one to the parent/guardian at no cost.  Each additional card needed for a family will be $15.00 per card  Proper paperwork has to completed for each card  If a student/parent loses the gate card to their barn, the student/parent will have to purchase another gate card in the amount of $15.00 per card.

11. ANIMAL COST  The student is responsible for the initial cost of the animal as well as any expenses incurred while feeding and caring for the animal during their SAEP project period. This includes any medical expenses (ex: vet bills, etc.).

12. CARE OF ANIMAL  The student is responsible for proper care of his/her animal. This includes adequate nutrition and hydration for proper growth, the development of the animal project, and cleaning the pen and surrounding area. When owners are unable to be contacted, the CCISD agriculture teachers reserve the right to seek treatment for any animal found to be in need of immediate emergency care. The owner will be responsible for any costs incurred.  Only the respective owner is allowed to feed or care for an animal unless prior approval was obtained from that particular owner or an ag. teacher(s).  If your animal is in need of medical attention, it is your responsibility to contact your ag. teacher and the veterinarian.  If medication is prescribed for the animal from the veterinarian, you, your parents/guardians, or the ag. teacher (with consent from the parents/guardians or yourself) can give the shot(s) as prescribed from the veterinarian. Please see your Animal Health Care Guidelines.  If you as the student have to purchase medication from the veterinarian, then you will need to pay for those services.  If a veterinarian prescribes a medication that your ag. teacher has on hand at the barn, then the cost to you will be $5.00 per shot, except the drug called “Draxxin”, this drug will be $5.00 a cc.

13. CARE OF STALLS AND BEDDING  West Agricultural Center: The pen is to be maintained with adequate approved shavings.  East Agricultural Center: Bedding to be determined by agriculture teachers  The pen should be changed when soiled as to ensure the health and well being of the animal project a minimum of once per month.  All soiled bedding is to be promptly and properly disposed of in designated area.  Wheelbarrows must be emptied into designated areas every time they are used and returned to their place of storage.  No new bedding is to be placed on top of old bedding. 14. POINT SYSTEM  To insure the cleanliness and safety of CCISD’s agriculture facilities, a point system will be utilized to enhance the management of all students and animal projects.  All students will be put on a point system of 100 points.  Each student will have one point system per feeding period. Students with multiple animal projects will be on one point system.  Point value decisions are made by ag. teachers and administrators.  Points can be made up by performing extra duties at the respective CCISD agriculture science facility. Extra duties will be deemed appropriate by the ag. teacher. Make-up points must be earned within 7 days of points lost infraction . Opportunities for make-up points will be based on the agriculture teacher’s schedule (ex: cleaning out trailer, washing aisles, unloading shavings, etc.). Students may earn a maximum of 10 points per week.  Every pen that is occupied by an animal project will have a clipboard attached to the pen or to an adjacent area. Students will be given daily routine paperwork to fill out when they feed, clean the pen, change the sand, weigh, exercise, etc. o If a student has multiple animals at the barn, then the student will have one clipboard for each of their projects.  Only teachers and student/parent(s) are allowed to write on clipboards.  If a student has questions about their point value, they will need to see an agriculture teacher.

LOSS OF POINTS Points will be deducted when infractions occur by an FFA student or guest. If you lose points for the infractions below, you have seven (7) days to make them up, with your ag. teacher’s permission. Points will be deducted as follows:

5 POINTS PER DAY  Failure to perform morning feeding practices by 10:00 a.m.  Failure to perform evening feeding practices by 9:00 p.m.  Failure to fill out paperwork at animal project pen (Filling out paperwork early/late or being at a stock show and not writing that information on your paperwork so people know)  Failure to dispose of trash (feed sacks, etc.)  Failure to have student ID and key card while inside facility  Failure to empty wheelbarrow  Loitering at the agriculture facility  Failure to put away tack or equipment  Failure to perform scheduled duties (sweeping aisles/tack room)  Failure to clean up manure after animal  For every visitor over the one allowed at the barn (per rule #5), you will lose 5 points per guest over the limit.

10 POINTS  Failure to clean pen and put down new bedding when scheduled  Failure to clean up grooming area when finished  Putting comments on point sheets, yours or other sheets  West Barn ONLY – If you as the FFA student, your guest or family are found to have parked a vehicle behind the barn, then you will lose points  EAST BARN ONLY – If you as the FFA student, your guest or family are found to have parked a vehicle in front of the main double gates or in a non-marked parking spot, then you will lose points 20 POINTS  Failure to participate in an agriculture facility clean-up; after the feeding time of your animal project, will be assessed a $50.00 fine.  Failure to show-up and load and/or unload animals for any trip where an ag. teacher hauls your animal(s).  Failure to exit agriculture facility and or parking lot by 9:00 P.M.

50 POINTS

Points cannot be made up for any violations in this category. The next infraction may result in removal from the facility.

 Any unsafe practices that could result in harm or damage to yourself, others, animal projects, or the agriculture facility  Moving pens without permission of ag. teacher  Disrespect or insubordination to an adult (teacher, ag. facility manager, parent, school personnel, etc.)  Fighting and/or harassment of another student or adult  Engaging in serious or persistent misbehavior that violates the Student Code of Conduct

 Students and parents will be notified when the student’s points decline to 50 points. Ag. teacher will call parents.

 For any student falling below 50 points during the feeding period, a meeting will be scheduled with the student, parents, teacher, and ag. manager to determine the next course of action.

 Once a student falls to 30 points during the feeding period, a student will not be able to make up points after this point. Any student losing all 100 points will lose agriculture facility privileges for one year.

 When a student is out of points, the student’s animal project will be evicted from the facility. Contact will be made to the student and parents with a maximum of seven (7) calendar days to remove the animal from the facility. (If the animal is not removed within seven (7) calendar days, the animal will be removed at the student’s expense and sold at a local auction house.)

15. PEN ASSIGNMENTS:  Animals will be approved by ag. teachers based on student’s past performance (deemed by the point system) and availability of pens.  Students are allowed one CCISD Livestock Show and Auction animal to be kept at the barn your school is assigned. (Example: If you have a school steer and a school pig, then you are allowed to keep one of the animals at a CCISD Ag. facility, the other animal will have to be housed at another location that you and your family find and provide.)  Approval of additional pens for students is prioritized based on the following: o CCISD Livestock Market Animals o Major Scramble Animals – First Year o Major Livestock Market Animals o Major Livestock Breeding Animals o Pasadena/County Market Animals o Pasadena/County Breeding Animals . You can have a maximum of three (3) breeding animals total at either one of the ag. facilities  Students will be assigned pens by respective ag. teacher(s) upon bringing project into the facilities. Students may not move or expand pens for any reason unless approved by ag. teacher or facilities manager. Only one fan per pen area.  No personal locks allowed on any animal pens.

16. SENIOR STUDENTS:  No senior student may start a project which will not finish before school is released in May.  Graduated seniors will not be allowed to utilize the agriculture facilities.

17. REMOVAL OF ANIMALS AFTER ALL STOCKSHOWS:  The student is to remove all projects from the agriculture facility within seven (7) calendar days after their respective show unless otherwise directed by an ag. teacher. This rule applies to all animals, including heifers. If the following do not occur, then a $100 hauling/handling/cleaning fee will be assessed to the student. 1) animal is not removed by the end of the 7th calendar day, 2) locker is not cleaned out by the end of the 7th calendar day, 3) animals pen is not cleaned and returned into the same state by the end of the 7th calendar day, the student will be assessed the fee as stated above.

18. ANIMAL DEATH  If an animal project dies at the agriculture facility, it is the student’s/parent’s responsibility to remove the animal carcass within two (2) hours of being notified of its existence.  If the carcass is not removed within two (2) hours, this service will be provided at the expense of the owner of the animal project.  Dumping dead animals in dumpster will result in eviction from facility.  If a Parent/Student/Agriscience Teacher/Facility Manager takes a dead animal off the premises of a CCISD Agricultural Facility, the proper disposal paperwork must be filed at the ESC building.  If the dead carcass is removed by a CCISD employee and taken to the proper disposal area, the student/parent is responsible for the payment of the disposal fee.

19. ANIMAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT  The animal project is the student’s project and responsibility. All animal project management decisions will be made by the student/parent. Ag. teachers are available to assist and aid a student when a student requests this assistance. Ag. teachers will closely monitor all show rules. Ethical treatment of animals is required at all times and rule violations will not be tolerated.

20. STUDENT BEHAVIOR  Students are expected to act in a professional manner at all times at the agriculture facilities. Any activities which endanger the health or physical wellbeing of students/parents/teachers/manager/facilities or animals will not be permitted. Loitering or other activities not directly related to the furtherance of the SAEP will not be permitted at the facilities.

21. ARENA  The arena is to be used during clinics or shows hosted by ag. Teachers only.  The arena availability and use will be handled by the agriculture teachers.  The arena is not to be used for feeding animals.

22. FEED and TACK STORAGE  Tack rooms are to be clean and free of scattered hay and open feed.  Hay is to be stored in the designated area determined by ag. teachers. Students may not keep multiple bales of hay at the agriculture facilities.  West Agricultural Center - A lockable feed locker will be assigned to each student. If lockers are not available, tack boxes will be allowed in designated areas and must be labeled with student’s name. All tack is to be labeled. If a student is out in the pole barn, they will be assigned a locker space inside the shed that is located next to the pole barn.  East Agricultural Center – Tack boxes will be allowed in designated areas and must be labeled with student’s name. All tack is to be labeled.  Valuables should be brought to and from home as needed (ex: show stick, etc.).  Clear Creek ISD and its employees are not responsible for theft or damage of any personal items.

23. AGRICULTURE FACILITY CLEAN UPS  The appearance of the agriculture facilities is a priority. There will be periodic “Ag. Facility clean-ups” which are mandatory for students with animal projects housed at the facility. If a student is unable to attend for any reason, they are responsible for finding a suitable replacement.

24. AGRICULTURE TEACHERS’ USE OF ANIMALS  Student projects may be used by ag. teachers for livestock judging practice or to teach skills such as weighing, leading, or vaccination.

25. AGRICULTURE FACILITIES DISASTER PLAN  "CCISD and/or its employees are not responsible for any evacuation or care of FFA animal projects through a disaster of any type (natural, chemical, national security, etc.). The movement or evacuation of any FFA animal project is the responsibility of each individual animal owner.  The West Agriculture facility has a large pasture area that contains higher ground which may be safer for animals if flooding is predicted. For animals that are housed at the East Agriculture facility, parents/students reserve the right to transport their animals to the West Agriculture facility in order for them to be released into the pasture.  In the event a major catastrophe occurs and an animal is left in the Ag Facility and dies, the remains will be removed at the expense of the owner.

26. STUDENT ELIGIBLITY FOR LIVESTOCK SHOWS In order to be eligible to participate in any livestock show as an FFA student, students must meet the following requirements:  Enrolled in an agriculture science class  Have approval of supervising teacher  Be a member in good standing of their respective CCISD FFA Chapter  Attend all mandatory livestock meetings for the specific livestock project  Be passing ALL subjects at the time that eligibility is determined per UIL guidelines. If a student is ineligible to show due to grades, the animal is ineligible to show unless eligibility is defined differently at that show  Have paid entry fees on time and met show requirements

27. PROBLEMS AND CHAIN OF COMMAND When a problem or concern arises, the best way to resolve it is by following a set chain-of- command, always begin with the supervising teacher.  Supervising Teacher  Ag. Supervisor  Assistant Principal  Principal  Central Office

28. TERMS, CONDITIONS AND CONSEQUENCES The Agriculture Program reserves the right to remove any animal from the facilities if any one of the following conditions exists:  Animal abuse or neglect in any form  Diseased or infected animals  Animals that are unsafe to handle  Students failing to observe rules  Animals not being fed for show purposes  Student is no longer involved in the program  Any animal shown under 4-H when animal project is housed at the Agriculture Science Facility  Student loses all points  Major infractions of school, facility, or Student Code of Conduct rules that result in: DAEP Assignment or Expulsion

If the student fails to abide by any of the above-mentioned rules or guidelines, actions can be taken to remove the animal and/or ban any future agriculture facility privileges. The student is subject to disciplinary action for failure to comply with these rules/guidelines.

29. NOTICE OF EVICTION WILL PROCEED AS FOLLOWS:  When a student loses all points, notification will be sent to student and parents with a maximum of seven (7) calendar days to remove animal project from the facility. See Point System.  Major infractions of school, facility, or student code of conduct rules that result in: 1) DAEP Assignment or 2) Expulsion will result in an eviction, as deemed appropriate by Clear Creek ISD Administration and Clear Creek ISD’s ag. teachers. . Students receiving a DAEP/expulsion assignment will have seven (7) calendar days under their agriculture teacher’s supervision to remove their animal from the respective facility. . Students will not be able to enter the agriculture facilities while serving an assignment in DAEP or a suspension.  All evictions result in the loss of privileges permanently from the facility. Clear Creek Independent School District Agriculture Science Facilities Usage Agreement

By signing this document, I agree to the following terms:

Student:

I agree to abide by the rules and criteria set forth in the Clear Creek ISD Agriculture Facilities Rules that I have received, read, understood, and signed. I agree to pay all relevant fees associated with the expense and upkeep of my project animal. I agree to conduct myself in a professional manner at all times.

Parent/Legal Guardian:

I agree to abide by the rules and criteria set forth in the Clear Creek ISD Facilities Rules that I have received, read, understood, and signed. I agree to pay all relevant fees associated with the expense and upkeep of my student’s project animal. I agree to indemnify Clear Creek ISD, Clear Creek ISD’s employees and volunteers of liability for any injury that my child, my guests, or I may sustain by participating in activities at the Clear Creek ISD agriculture facilities, and I agree to monitor my student for compliance with the above stated rules.

This document is binding and non-negotiable.

______Student Signature Date Student Name

______Parent Signature Date Parent Name

______Supervising Agriculture Teacher Date 2014-2015 Animal Health Care Guidelines

Guidelines for administering medication to Clear Creek ISD Agriscience/FFA program animals.

1. If an animal is sick or appears to have symptoms, with parent/student approval, the agriscience teacher can administer a drug of choice that is over the counter. If symptoms persist for an extended amount of time, it is recommended that a veterinarian is consulted.

Example: Medication that can be bought at the local Tractor Supply, CVS, etc.

2. If in the agriscience teacher’s judgment, the animal needs prescription medication, the following procedures must occur:

a. Agriscience teacher must notify student/parent.

b. Veterinarian should be contacted. The veterinarian can prescribe over the phone and send an e-mail clarifying the prescription, or if available, they can make a house call. If a house call cannot be made, the animal can be loaded into a trailer and hauled to the veterinarian.

c. If medication is prescribed to the animal, the agriscience teacher can then administer or assist the student/parent in administering the medication as directed by the veterinarian.

d. If the medication that is prescribed for the sick animal is available at the barn where the animal is housed, then the student/parent will be charged $5.00 per administration of each prescribed drug. The only drug that will cost $5.00 a cc is Draxxin.

e. A copy of the prescription medication must be kept on file in the agriculture facility office.

3. If an agriscience teacher is not available, and a student/parent contacts a veterinarian that then prescribes medication for the animal, the following procedures must occur:

a. The student must notify the agriscience teacher about the animal being seen by a veterinarian.

b. The student must let the agriscience teacher know what the veterinarian has prescribed.

c. The student must give a copy of the prescription to the agriscience teacher.

d. A copy of the prescription medication must be kept on file in the agriculture facility office.

e. The agriscience teacher can help administer the medication if needed.

I as a parent/guardian give consent for the agriscience teacher(s) to administer over the counter and prescription drugs to my child’s animal(s). Yes ______No ______

Parent’s Signature: ______

Parent’s Written Name: ______

Student’s Written Name: ______

CCISD Campus ______