Policies & Procedures

Arrival

Arrival procedures will be the same as last year. For arrival in the morning, all students in Kindergarten-6th grade will enter at the cafeteria door. Students will have the choice to get breakfast from 7:45-8:00. If they choose to not eat breakfast, then they will be directed to the gym where they will wait with their grade level peers until teachers come to escort them to their grade level PODS. Make sure your child knows that they must eat breakfast first and then go to the gym. If students arrive after 8:00, then they will be given a Grab-n-Go breakfast to eat in their classrooms so they don’t miss instruction that will begin at 8:10 every day. The only students who will need to be dropped off at their designated POD doors at arrival time will be our PK4, ECSE, and Alt.

Curriculum students - They will be received by teachers or staff members at the door and taken to their classrooms. Their breakfast will be served to them in the cafeteria after 8:10 so they can eat as a class. Make sure you ask your child’s teacher which door they expect your child to enter through.

Dismissal

Dismissal procedures will remain the same as last year. If siblings walk home together, the older sibling will have to walk around the exterior of the building and pick up their sibling(s) at the appropriate door and then walk home. We highly encourage students to use the school/district provided walkways to get home each day. However, if you want your child to take a shortcut on the way home that is not school created, then the school will not be liable if your child gets hurt on their way home. At dismissal time, if a parent/family member/designated person is walking up to pick up a child, then please make sure he or she goes to the correct door and make sure you have your color-coded pick-up sign. If you are driving through to pick up your child at dismissal, please make sure you enter the right lane and stop at the correct doors for each of your children. The left lane will be for cars driving around to exit the dismissal area. Do NOT park your car and get out in either of the dismissal lanes. This slows down the traffic flow and can block people in. If you are wanting to walk up to get your child, please find a parking space to park in and then you may exit your vehicle. Parked cars will NOT be allowed in dismissal lanes.

Late Duty - If you have not picked up your child by 3:50, your child will be escorted to the library where they will remain during late duty pickup. If you have your pick-up sign for your child, then go to Door 2 to show your pick-up sign to campus personnel on duty. Your child will then be released. If anyone picking up your child does NOT have your pick-up sign, they will need to go to Door 1 located outside the front office where the office staff will verify their ID and ensure that they are authorized to pick up your child. Only in emergency situations will a photocopy of the ID be accepted, but please try to always have a physical copy of your ID when coming to the campus. Once that information is verified, then your child will be escorted to the front door exit and released. If you happen to be extremely late to pick up your child, then a campus administrator may contact AISD security or Grand Prairie Police Department. If there seems to be an unsafe pattern of late pickups, then campus administration may reach out to Child Protective Services on behalf of the child.

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.

 

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.

• Overview of School Discipline in Texas For Parents (English)
• Overview of School Discipline in Texas For Parents (Spanish)

Your Campus Behavior Coordinators

Name	Position	Email
Young, Alicia	Assistant Principal	Email Alicia Young