The mission of the Brunswick City School District is to empower all of our students to compete in a multi-cultural society, excelling as creative thinkers, effective communicators, and insightful decision-makers into the 21st century, through a diverse and superior educational program within a challenging and nurturing environment in partnership with families, individuals, and organizations of our community.
All basic and supplementary texts are furnished by the Brunswick City Board of Education. They are accepted as a loan and we would ask you to encourage your children to take good care of the textbooks. We require all textbooks to be covered to help extend their life. Textbooks range in price up to $35.00 and should see at least five years of service. A record is kept by the teacher and fines are imposed upon students who damage or lose books.
Money can be a problem at times in the school, especially if children carry more than they need. Money being sent to school for weekly lunches, field trip, workbooks, etc., should be enclosed in an envelope with the child's name, amount, purpose and teacher's name written on the outside. Money should be in the correct amount whenever possible. This will eliminate the need for the child to have the responsibility of carrying change. All checks should be made out to the Brunswick Board of Education.
Regular conference dates will be established twice a year and parents will be notified of these in ample time for arrangements to be made for babysitters, etc. If at any time before or after the regular conference you would care to discuss a matter with the teacher or principal, please feel free to call and schedule an appointment. Each teacher has time set aside in his/her schedule for conferences upon request. A parent is welcome to consult with a teacher any time a need arises by writing or phoning to request a conference appointment. The teacher will call during non-class time to arrange a specific date and time. Please do not "drop in" for private conferences as teachers' daily routines are tightly scheduled.
Please make sure our records are updated as to custodial parent and whether we may release a child to either parent. We require a current copy of your divorce/custody agreement from the court. Academic records can be released to non-custodial parents upon request. Updated phone, place of employment and an emergency phone number needs to be current and to be noted.
Directory information concerning a student may be disclosed by the school unless the parent or student 18 years of age or older has requested in writing that all or part of this information is not to be released. Such requests shall be submitted within two weeks of initial enrollment into the Brunswick City School District, during the two weeks prior to the first day of school of each school year, or within two weeks of a student becoming 18 years of age. In emergency situations, requests to prohibit the release of directory information will be honored as soon as it is reasonably convenient to do so.
Parents and students will be informed annually of the school district's definition of directory information in each school's student handbook and the district's annual report. Procedures for disclosure and for requesting non-disclosure will be included along with all other rights.
The above information is disclosed without prior written consent, except when the request is for a profit-making plan or activity. However, you can prevent the release of your child's directory information by filling out the following form. You must return this form to complete the enrollment process when initially enrolling in the district.
We urge each parent to consider the options carefully and return this form within the next two weeks if you want to limit release. Because PTO and other school affiliate groups provide such valuable support to our students, we would strongly encourage you at least to authorize release of information to them if you choose to limit availability. We will do all we can to protect the rights and safety of your child and your family members and to act in the manner you wish.
If you have any questions, please contact your child's principal or the Office of Student Services at (330) 225 7731.
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BRUNSWICK CITY SCHOOLS RELEASE OF DIRECTORY INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC
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| __________ | I do not want any directory information released for my child except for use by school affiliated groups such as the PTO, Booster Clubs, Athletic Teams, Emergency Calling Systems, school-related honors or press publications, or video programs on Channels 50/22. |
| __________ | I do not want any directory information released for my child under any circumstances. |
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This school district usually schedules two to three early releases during the school year in order for the teaching staff to participate in in-service educational training. Students in grades K-5 will be dismissed two hours earlier.
Field trips within our city and to nearby points of interest are scheduled by various classroom teachers throughout the school year. These trips are designed to supplement different aspects of the classroom curriculum and to introduce students to the resource of the community. Parents will receive notices of field trips in advance of the scheduled trip date and will usually be asked to sign field trip permission forms. Fees will be requested from each student to help pay transportation or facility use costs.
The district uses a three-stage approach to screen and assess students who perform or show potential for performing at high levels of accomplishment in the areas of superior cognitive, specific academic (reading, writing, or a combination of these abilities; mathematics; science; and/or social studies), creative thinking, and/or visual and performing arts. These stages are pre-assessment, screening, and assessment.
The pre-assessment part of the process involves gathering student data from a variety of sources including teachers, parents, self and peer referrals, standardized test scores, grades, portfolios, observations, checklists, review of student records, and outstanding products or performances, etc. All students are involved in the pre-assessment pool.
The screening stage examines the data gathered from the pre-assessment stage and determines if additional assessment is necessary. Parental consent is obtained for students involved in the screening stage. In making decisions about additional assessment, existing test data for students is not the sole determining criteria. School personnel examine all available information about a student to determine if any evidence of possible giftedness exists for that student and to plan for additional assessment if necessary District-determined cut-off scores used to move students from the screening stage to the assessment for identification stage are lower than the scores necessary for identification. Parents are notified within thirty days of the results of the screening. If students are eligible to move to the assessment for identification phase, parents will receive information about any additional assessment to be used with their child.
Assessment strategies provide additional data necessary for an identification decision and the delivery of services. Strategies for additional assessment include the individual and group testing requirements of Sections 3324.01-3324.07 of the Ohio Revised Code; and as described in the Identification of Children Gifted Who Are pamphlet. Once additional assessment has been completed, the data obtained throughout the stages of identification are evaluated, the identification decision is made and students' educational needs are determined.
Parents or educators many initiate the assessment for identification of potentially gifted children by completing and returning a Referral Form to the student's principal or the Coordinator of Gifted Education.
Letter grades are used on report cards in the Brunswick City Schools. Listed below are percentage grades and their letter equivalent used at Memorial Elementary School.
K - 2
E - Excellent - indicates that the student is progressing in those areas with exceptional success.
S - Satisfactory - indicates that the student is progressing in those areas with competence.
N - Needs Improvement - indicates that the student needs improvement in the area indicated.
U - Unsatisfactory - indicates that the student is not progressing with competence.
Grades 3 - 12 POINT-BY-POINT DISTRIBUTION
A+
=
100
99
98
A
=
97
96
95
A-
=
94
93
92
B+
=
91
90
89
B
=
88
87
86
B-
=
85
84
83
C+
=
82
81
80
C
=
79
78
77
C-
=
76
75
74
D+
=
73
72
71
D
=
70
69
68
D-
=
67
66
65
F
=
64
TO
0
I = Incomplete
Ohio Proficiency Based Assessment (OPBA) Grades 3 and 5 has been selected by Brunswick City Schools as the COMPETENCY test mandated by the state. Competency tests are criterion referenced to our local curriculum. Criterion referenced tests measure student's learning of required curriculum objectives in Writing, Reading, Math, Citizenship and Science based upon the State's Model Courses of Study. OPBA has the same test format as the Proficiency Tests. Passing competency means the student has demonstrated a minimal acceptable level of subject area knowledge. In 2000, the cut scores of this test were aligned with the cut scores of the Ohio Proficiency Tests.
Terra Nova Survey is given to Grades 2, 3 and 5 provide NATIONALLY NORMED information on how your student is doing compared to other students of the same age who have taken the test (nationally). There is no pass or fail; students are ranked according to the average achievement of the student in the national norming group.
Test of Cognitive Skills (TCS) to Grades 3 and 5 is used to determined ABILITY related to anticipated achievement.
Proficiency Tests for Grades 4 are mandated by the State of Ohio for measuring student achievement against state-set standards for Writing, Reading, Math, Citizenship and Science.
Public schools are required to have on file immunizations records for each pupil for diphtheria-tetanus (DT), whooping cough, measles (rubella and rubella), mumps, and oral polio. A parent may also comply with Ohio law by filing a written objection to these immunizations with the Board of Education.
Insurance is offered to your child as the beginning of each year by a local agency.
Parents WILL RECEIVE A Written update on student progress about every 4-5 weeks. Interim (progress) reports will be sent half-way through the grading period. Report cards will be sent home at the end of every nine week period.
A child is eligible for Kindergarten if he/she will reach the age of 5 years on or before September 30th.
The Board encourages all students to attend school regularly. Students with certain illness or disabilities may need to take medication during the school day. Students who require medication at school, including prescription AND over-the-counter medication must have a completed physician medication form and a parent medication consent on file at the school office. Medication will be given only from original and properly labeled containers. Physician forms and parent consent forms must be completely filled out and renewed at the start of each school year or with any changes such as dosage adjustment or a change in attending physicians. These procedures will help ensure the safety of all students. Thank you for your cooperation.
Schools offer a hot lunch program for the convenience of parents and children. Weekly lunch tickets may be purchased or a child may buy a daily lunch. Milk is included in the price of the lunch ticket or the daily lunch price. For those who bring a packed lunch from home, milk may be purchased separately. Student Lunches are $2.00 per day. Milk is $.35.
Lunch Tickets are sold on Monday only, for $10.00. A lunch ticket is good for any five lunches. Lunches do not have to be used in 5 consecutive days. Menus are distributed monthly to each student.
Federal free and reduced lunches are available to students according to need. Application forms are available from the school office.
**The lunch program is not designed for the charging of lunches. However, students without a lunch or money will be permitted to call home or charge. A debt slip will be sent home with the child. Please, pay back the money to the cafeteria as quickly as possible.
The Brunswick City Schools Board of Education recognizes that technology can greatly enhance the instructional program. Computers are to support learning and to enhance instruction and are to be used in a responsible, efficient, ethical and legal manner. Some examples of unacceptable computer use are:
Full details of the district's acceptable use policy (policy EDE) are available at each school, the board office, and on the district's web site.
Regular attendance is extremely important to your child's education. We discourage vacations being taken when school is in session. In situations where absence cannot be avoided, please contact the school office in advance and complete the Vacation Form. Our experience is that even above average students have difficulty academically when returning from a vacation. Arrangements to make up missing work should be made BEFORE the vacation begins. Assignments missed during vacation are the responsibility of the student. Teachers will give students the general assignments for the period they will be on vacation. Classroom tests and projects can be made up upon their return. It is expected that missed homework or daily class lessons will be made up after the student returns to school.
A student is considered to be subject to the authority of the school when:
Violation of one or more of the following rules by a student who is subject to the authority of the school is considered serious and will result in disciplinary action. Such action may include but not be limited to:
B. Removal from class, school or co-curricular activity; and /or
Suspension from class, school or co-curricular activity; and/or
Expulsion from school or co-curricular activity; and/or
Referral to local police; and/or
Exclusion from school.
Definitions:
DRUG OFFENSES ARE CUMULATIVE THROUGHOUT THE STUDENT'S SCHOOL CAREER.
11. Smoking or Use of Tobacco Products The use, possession, sale or transmission of tobacco products, matches and lighters by any student is not permitted.
12. Defiance or Violation of Directives or Requests A student shall comply with directives and orders of authorized school personnel.
13. Unauthorized Student Movement A student shall not leave his/her assigned school area at any time without proper authorization. A student shall not be in the halls or outside the school building without proper permission or an authorized pass.
14. Arson A student shall not knowingly burn or attempt to burn any private or school property.
15. Trespassing A student shall not be present on school property to which he/she is not assigned except with the permission of authorized school personnel. A student under out-of-school suspension or expulsion shall not be present on school property, attend school-related functions, or ride on a school bus without the permission of the authorized school personnel.
16. Truancy, Tardiness or Class Cutting A student shall not be absent from school, or from any portion of the normal school day, without school authorization and/or parental authorization.
17. Misconduct During Co-Curricular/Extra-Curricular Activities A student shall be subject to school policies, rules and regulations during co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. They shall not behave in any way which disrupts or interferes with the conduct of that activity. Participants are also subject to and shall not violate the rules, regulations and policies which govern participation or attendance in any co-curricular activity (i.e. coach's rules, athletic code of conduct, handbooks, group charters, etc.).
18. Harassment The school believes that every individual deserves to be able to come to school without fear of demeaning remarks or actions. The District Will Not Tolerate the Harassment of Any Person. This includes any speech or action that creates a hostile, intimidating, or offensive learning environment. Conduct constituting harassment may take different forms, including but not limited to the following:
Sexual Harassment:
Verbal - A student shall not make written or oral sexual innuendoes, suggestive comments, jokes of a sexual nature, sexual propositions, or threats to another student, staff member, or any other person.
Nonverbal - A student shall not cause the placement of sexually suggestive objects, pictures, or graphic commentaries in the school environment or the making of sexually suggestive or insulting gestures, sounds, leering, whistling, and the like to another student, staff member, or any other person.
Physical Contact - A student shall not threaten or cause unwanted or inappropriate touching, contact, or attempts at same, including patting, pinching, pushing the body, or coerced sexual contact with another student, staff member, or any other person.
Gender/Ethnic/Religious/Disability Harassment: A student shall not make written or oral innuendoes, comments, jokes, insults, threats, or disparaging remarks concerning a person's gender, national origin, religious beliefs, etc., toward another student, staff member, or any other person.
C. Procedure for Suspension, Expulsion and Removal
1. Suspension
The superintendent or principal may suspend a student from class, school or extracurricular activity for not more than ten (10) school days. IF AT THE TIME A SUSPENSION IS IMPOSED THERE ARE FEWER THAN TEN SCHOOL DAYS REMAINING IN THE SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH THE INCIDENT THAT GIVES RISE TO THE SUSPENSION TAKES PLACE, THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY APPLY ANY REMAINING PART OR ALL OF THE PERIOD OF THE SUSPENSION TO THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. Before a student may be suspended, the student must be:
a. Given written notice of the intention to suspend and the reasons for the intended suspension;
b. Provided with an informal hearing; at this hearing the student may challenge the reasons for the intended suspension or otherwise explain his/her actions.
Following a student's suspension, the school must, within 24 hours: Notify the student and his/her parents, in writing, of the suspension, the reasons for the suspension and the right of the student or the parent to appeal;
Notify the treasurer of the Board of Education of the suspension.
2. Expulsion
The superintendent may expel a student from school for a period not to exceed the GREATER OF EIGHTY SCHOOL DAYS OR THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL DAYS REMAINING IN THE SEMESTER OR TERM IN WHICH THE INCIDENT THAT GIVES RISE TO THE EXPULSION TAKES PLACE. IF AT THE TIME AN EXPULSION IS IMPOSED THERE ARE FEWER THAN EIGHTY SCHOOL DAYS REMAINING IN THE SCHOOL YEAR IN WHICH THE INCIDENT THAT GIVES RISE TO THE EXPULSION TAKES PLACE, THE SUPERINTENDENT MAY APPLY ANY REMAINING PART OR ALL OF THE PERIOD OF THE EXPULSION TO THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. Before a student may be expelled, the student and the parent must be:
Given written notice of the intention to expel and the reasons for the intended expulsion; this notice shall include information on the right to have a hearing, the time and place of the hearing and the right to have a representative at the hearing;
Provided the opportunity for a hearing in order to challenge the reasons for the intended expulsion or otherwise explain the student's actions; a representative of the student may be present at the hearing. The time to appear shall not be earlier than three nor later than five days after the notice is given unless the superintendent grants an extension of time at the request of the pupil, his parent or representative. If an extension is granted, after giving the original notice, the superintendent shall notify the pupil and his parent or representative of the new time and place to appear. Following a student's expulsion from school, the superintendent must, within, twenty-four hours:
Notify the student and parent, in writing, of the expulsion, the reasons for the expulsion and the right to the student or the parent to appeal;
Notify the treasurer of the Board of Education of the expulsion.
3. Emergency Removal
If a student's presence poses a continuing danger to persons or property, or an ongoing threat of disrupting the academic process taking place either within a classroom or elsewhere on the school premises.
The superintendent, principal or assistant principal may, without notice of hearing, remove a student from curricular or extracurricular activities, or from the school premises;
A teacher may, without notice or hearing, remove a student from curricular or extracurricular activities under the teacher's supervision; as soon as practical after making such a removal, the teacher shall submit in writing to the principal the reasons for such a removal.
Any student so removed shall be given written notice and provided with a hearing as defined in the section of Suspension and Expulsion within seventy-two hours after the initial removal.
4. Disciplinary Removal
Before a student is removed for misconduct from a class or extracurricular activity for more than twenty-four hours, the student will be told of the intention to remove and the reasons for the intended removal. The student will be given the opportunity for an informal hearing to challenge the reasons for the intended removal or otherwise explain his/her actions.
Appeals to the Board of Education A student or his/her parent, guardian or custodian has/have the right to appeal such suspension from school to the Board of Education's designee (Assistant Superintendent-Personnel). The decision of the Board's designee may be appealed to the Court of Common Pleas according to Section 2506 of the Revised Code. The student or his/her parent, guardian or custodian has/have the right to be represented in all such appeal proceedings.
*NOTE: Accumulation of Days Suspended--Upon accumulation of days of suspension, a student may be recommended for expulsion.
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