Vernon Parish Student Handbook and Code of Conduct
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Vernon Parish Student Handbook and Code of Conduct Vernon Parish School Board 201 Belview Road Leesville, Louisiana 71446 Phone: (337) 239-3401 Fax: (337) 238-5777 James Williams Superintendent Every Child, Every Day, Whatever it Takes! Contents Message from the Superintendent....................................................3 Directory of Schools........................................................................4 No Child Left Behind .......................................................................5 Board Members...............................................................................6 Attendance Rules and Regulations.................................................7-8 Dress Code................................................................................9-10 Uniform Information.................................................................11-12 Access to Records.........................................................................12 Parental Involvement Policy.......................................................13-15 Curriculum Offerings.................................................................15-16 Dual Enrollment............................................................................16 TOPS Requirements.......................................................................17 Graduation Requirements by Class Year......................................18-19 Additional Graduation Requirements...............................................20 Evaluation and Grading Keys..........................................................21 Jump Start Program..................................................................22-23 Dyslexia Program...........................................................................24 504 Program.................................................................................24 Special Education......................................................................25-27 Parental Notification of Screening...................................................27 Technology Code of Conduct..........................................................28 Employment Certificate..................................................................29 Title I......................................................................................29-30 Title VII........................................................................................30 Student Transportation...................................................................31 Field Trips and Activity Trips............................................................32 Homebound Instruction.............................................................32-34 School Food Services......................................................................35 Search and Seizure........................................................................36 Corporal Punishment......................................................................36 Due Process..................................................................................37 Disciplinary Actions...................................................................37-40 Telecommunications Devices..........................................................41 Video Surveillance Policy................................................................41 Bullying, Intimidation, Harrassment, and Hazing..............................42 Vernon Parish Sexual Harrassment Policy.........................................43 Student Hotline and Help.............................................................. 43 School Calendar.............................................................................44 Public Conduct on School Property..................................................45 Philosophy.....................................................................................46 2 President Superintendent Vice-President Shad Stewart James Williams Jackie Self Vernon Parish School Board 201 Belview Road LEESVILLE, LOUISIANA 71446 (337) 239-3401 Fax (337) 238-5777 BOARD MEMBERS July 1, 2020 District One Doug Brandon Dear Parents and Students: Jackie Self Jim Seaman Welcome to the Vernon Parish School System. We Robert Pynes Jr. appreciate the opportunity to serve your family. Steve Woods The Vernon Parish School System is currently ranked 6th in District Two Louisiana on the State District Performance Score. We Angie Davis continue to strive to provide quality educational experiences for our students. Thank you for partnering District Three with us to provide unique and challenging opportunities David Detz for your children. District Four This booklet contains some basic information that we Randy Martin hope will benefit you. If you have questions that are not answered in this handbook, you may contact your child’s District Five principal, the Director of Child Welfare and Attendance at the Central Office, or you may visit our website Shad Stewart (www.vpsb.us). District Six We are very proud of our educational system and hope Vernon Travis Jr. that you will call upon us to answer any questions you might have or to assist you in any way. District Seven John Blankenbaker Again, thank you for the privilege of serving you. District Eight Sincerely, Lisa Thompson James Williams Superintendent “An Equal Opportunity Employer” 3 Directory of Vernon Parish Schools School Location Phone Principal Grades Enrolled Anacoco Elementary Anacoco, LA 337-239-3040 Angela Schraven PK-6 544 Anacoco High School Anacoco, LA 337-239-3039 Raymond Haymon 7-12 362 East Leesville Belview Rd. 337-239-4966 Kristie Beasley PK-1 454 Elementary Leesville, LA Evans School Evans, LA 337-286-5289 Kathy Bass PK-12 309 Hicks School Hicks, LA 337-239-9465 Rhonda Roberts PK-12 372 Hornbeck School Hornbeck, LA 318-565-4440 Raymond Jones PK-12 335 Berry Ave. Leesville High School 337-239-3464 Mark Mawae 9-12 736 Leesville, LA Leesville Jr. High Berry Ave. 337-239-3874 Roger Atkins 7-8 412 School Leesville, LA 1100 Abe Allen V.P. Optional Program 337-239-0008 Elsie Ashworth 7-12 Leesville, LA LeBleu Rd. Pickering Elementary 337-537-3394 Dana Donaldson PK-6 703 Leesville, LA LeBleu Rd. Pickering High School 337-537-1555 Jerome Henson 7-12 410 Leesville, LA Pitkin School Pitkin, LA 318-358-3121 Connie Britt PK-12 474 North Polk Elementary Ft. Polk, LA 337-537-5109 Elsee Ashworth PK-1 340 Parkway Elementary Ft. Polk, LA 337-537-8120 Dione Bradford 2-4 564 Rosepine Elementary Rosepine, LA 337-463-4023 Sandy Blakeway PK-6 848 Rosepine High School Rosepine, LA 337-463-6079 Johnny Bosely 7-12 508 Simpson High School Simpson, LA. 337-383-7810 Ramona Bennett PK-12 262 Noina Street Vernon Middle School 239-3836337- Henry Lacking 5-6 371 Leesville, LA West Leesville Abe Allen Dr. 337-239-2330 Karen Robertson 2-4 406 Elementary Leesville, LA Vernon Parish Belview Rd. James Williams 337-239-3401 8,494 Central Office Leesville, LA Superintendent 4 President Superintendent Vice-President Shad Stewart James Williams Jackie Self Vernon Parish School Board 201 Belview Road LEESVILLE, LOUISIANA 71446 (337) 239-3401 Fax (337) 238-5777 BOARD MEMBERS July 1, 2020 District One Doug Brandon Dear Parent/Guardian: Jackie Self Jim Seaman According to Section 1111(h)(2)(E)(6): Parents Right-To Robert Pynes Jr. Know of the No Child Left Behind Act, we are required to Steve Woods notify you that you may request information regarding the professional qualifications of your child’s classroom teacher District Two and/or paraprofessional. Angie Davis Upon your request, information concerning the District Three qualifications of your child’s teacher and/or David Detz paraprofessional will be provided by the principal in either a written or oral response. Additionally, if a substitute District Four teacher is assigned to a classroom for four or more weeks, Randy Martin the principal will inform the parents in a timely manner of the academic preparation of the substitute. District Five We are confident in the abilities of all our teachers and Shad Stewart paraprofessionals. We have made every effort to provide the best qualifies teacher and/or paraprofessional available District Six for your child. Vernon Travis Jr. Should you need to request any further information, District Seven please contact your child’s principal. John Blankenbaker Sincerely, District Eight Lisa Thompson James Williams Superintendent “An Equal Opportunity Employer” 5 School Board Members District One District Five Doug Brandon Shad Stewart Jackie Self Robert Pynes Jr. Jim Seaman District Six Steve Woods Vernon L. Travis Jr. District Two District Seven Angie Davis John Blankenbaker District Three District Eight David Detz Lisa Thompson District Four Randy Martin 6 Attendance Rules and Regulations The Law - The only valid reasons for absences from school are: personal illness, serious illness in the family, death in the immediate family, or observances of established religious holidays. The Louisiana Compulsory Attendance Law is contained in Act 109 of the Legislature, paragraph 226 of Louisiana Law. It further states that persons who habitually violate this compulsory attendance law will be prosecuted by the courts. (Prosecution will normally include parents, as well as children and will be preceded by sufficient notification.) The penalty for habitual violations ranges from fines to actual jailing of parents and placing students in correctional facilities The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, at its regular meeting on July 28, 1993, adopted new attendance requirements for students attending