Arrival
The doors open at 7:55. Please follow all COVID protocols sent by administration.
Please do not drop students off in the faculty parking area-Our teachers need to park and safely get to class to support students.
There is free breakfast for every student, even if they are not on free and reduced lunch/breakfast. Hot breakfast stops at 8:10 a.m. “Quick” breakfast consisting of cereal, milk, and juice will be provided after 8:10 a.m. to any student.
Teacher/Parent meetings are to be held during teacher conference times (unless previously arranged). Please respect the teachers’ time in the morning since their focus should be on receiving all students and preparing for the day.
Drop-off Procedures
Only parents with scheduled conferences and office passes may pass through the double doors or accompany students into the Courtyard.
Dismissal
Students will not be released for early pick-up after 3 p.m. unless previously arranged. Please understand that this can be a very hectic time of the day, and for the safety of all, they will remain in class until the bell rings.
The Faculty parking lot will also be closed to pick up students after school until the after the yellow bus has picked up the students.
All absences should be called into the school office by 10:15 AM EACH day a student is absent to be considered for an "excused absence." School phone number is 682-867-3800.
If a student leaves early or comes in late to school due to a doctor/dentist appointment, they are required to bring a doctor's note to be considered excused.
No makeup work can be accepted for unexcused tardies or absences.
Students are considered tardy if they are not in their classrooms by 8:20 each morning. Three tardies are equal to one unexcused absence on the student's absentee record. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOUR CHILD IS AT SCHOOL ON TIME!
School is dismissed at 3:35, and parents are expected to pick up their children on time or make other arrangements for pick up.
It is imperative that the school office has current home and work numbers for all students. If your home number or work place changes, please notify the school office immediately so the information can be changed on the student's enrollment card. Your child will only be released to persons listed on the back of the white enrollment card in the case of illness or early pickup. It is very unfortunate to have incorrect phone numbers or emergency contact numbers when a child has become ill or injured at school.
All visitors must sign in with the office staff and wear a VISITOR badge while they are in the building for any reason.
Lunch (Lunch is closed to all visitors at this time)
All parents/grandparents are welcomed to have lunch with their student. (Please sign in with office before going to the cafeteria)
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
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.