8:10 a.m. FIRST BELL
8:20 a.m. TARDY BELL
8:20 a.m.-3:35 p.m. SCHOOL HOURS
ARRIVAL:
The school front doors open at 7:30 a.m. Prior to 7:30 a.m., there is no supervision for students on campus. For safety concerns, parents are encouraged not to drop off their children before this time.
Children are to go directly to the cafeteria to enjoy a free breakfast.
K - 6th grade students must stay in the cafeteria 8:00 a.m. at which time they will be dismissed by an administrator/adult to their classrooms.
Children waiting in the hallways are expected to bring something to study or to read.
The school office opens at 7:50 am.
DISMISSAL:
Classes are dismissed at 3:35 p.m.
Early dismissals are not allowed after 3:05 p.m. except for emergencies. If you are picking up your child after 3:05 p.m. you will have to wait until dismissal time which is 3:35.
In good weather, parents picking up children are asked to:
wait outside for their children’s designated area.
All Day Care bus students will be escorted by an adult to the designated day care bus area at the west parking lot by the portables.
Students who walk home or whose parents pick them up are asked to exit at the designated door for the grade level.
If children are to walk home with neighbors or siblings, they are to determine a meeting place for all of them to meet outside
Students will not be allowed to go into the building to pick up a brother or sister.
Except in emergency situations, once students have left the building for the day, they may not come back into the building for any reason.
In emergency situations, they are to come through the front door to the office.
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As part of the Texas Education Code (Sec. 37.0012), all schools in Texas shall designate a Campus Behavior Coordinator whose primary responsibility is to maintain student discipline for the campus and be a contact for parents or guardians concerning individual student disciplinary actions by the school. The person designated may be the principal of the campus or any other campus administrator selected by the principal.
Your Campus Behavior Coordinators
All visitors must report to the front office to sign in. This includes visitors coming for lunch or attending special events in the classrooms.
Parents will not be able to escort children to the halls in the morning for the safety of all of our students.
People not wearing a visitor’s badge will be stopped and questioned by the staff. All staff will be wearing an I.D. badge.
Visitors are asked to refrain from any activity that disrupts the learning environment. This includes standing outside the classrooms waiting for dismissal, visiting in the hallway outside the classrooms with other parents during class time, or visiting with the teacher while she is responsible for students.
Parents are asked to wait for their children at dismissal time in designated dismissal areas.
When a parent or designated person picks up a student during the school day, the office staff will check the child’s enrollment card to ensure the person is authorized to pick up the child. They will also ask to see the ID of the person picking the child up before calling the student to the office. Student will not be called to the office before the parent arrives.
Parents who come to visit the children during lunch should sit at the “VIP” table with only their children and stay only during their child’s lunch time.
Only approved volunteers will be allowed to attend field trips if needed.
In accordance with Texas Education Code 37.105 UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS: REFUSAL OF ENTRY, EJECTION, IDENTIFICATION -
(a) A school administrator, school resource officer, or school district peace officer of a school district may refuse to allow a person to enter on or may eject a person from property under the district's control if the person refuses to leave peaceably on request and:
(1) The person poses a substantial risk of harm to any person; or
(2) The person behaves in a manner that is inappropriate for a school setting and:
(A) The administrator, resource officer, or peace officer issues a verbal warning to the person that the person's behavior is inappropriate and may result in the person's refusal of entry or ejection; and
(B) The person persists in that behavior.
(b) Identification may be required of any person on the property.
(c) Each school district shall maintain a record of each verbal warning issued under Subsection (a) (2) (A), including the name of the person to whom the warning was issued and the date of issuance.
(d) At the time a person is refused entry to or ejected from a school district's property under this section, the district shall provide to the person written information explaining the appeal process established under Subsection (h).
(e) If a parent or guardian of a child enrolled in a school district is refused entry to the district’s property under this section, the district shall accommodate the parent or guardian to ensure that the parent or guardian may participate in the child’s admission, review, and dismissal committee or in the child’s team established under Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794), in accordance with federal law.
(f) The term of a person’s refusal of entry to or ejection from a school district's property under this section may not exceed two years.
(g) A school district shall post on the district's internet website and each campus shall post on any internet website of the campus a notice regarding the provisions of this section, including the appeal process established under Subsection (h).
(h) The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this section, including rules establishing a process for a person to appeal to the board of trustees of the school district the decision under Subsection (a) to refuse the person's entry to or eject the person from the district's property.
A person ejected from or refused entry to District property under this provision may appeal this action by filing an appeal under FNG(LOCAL) or GF(LOCAL) and shall be permitted to address the Board in person within 90 days of the commencement of the appeal if the grievance is not resolved at a previous level before the board considers the appeal.
The board's decision to grant or deny an appeal under this section is final and may only be further appealed under the applicable provisions of Texas Education Code 7.057.