Adair County R-II
School District
Administrative
Office
Brashear,
Missouri
DISTRICT BULLETIN
2024-2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Board of Education / Administration 3
School Calendar 4
Educational Philosophy / Mission Statement 5
Faculty and Staff 5-7
BOARD OF EDUCATION
JASON TAYLOR, President
SARA ERWIN, Vice President
JULIE HETTINGER, Secretary
BROOKE KELSEY, Treasurer
JESSICA LUNSFORD, Member
MONTE FISHER
, Member
MIKE
ROBESON, Member
ADMINISTRATION
Cody Moore, Superintendent, Director
of Special Ed & Title Programs
Bachelor of Science Degree
in Education
Master of Science Degree
in Education
Specialist in Educational
Leadership K-12
Karissa Gregory, PK-12 Principal
Bachelor of Science Degree
in Elementary Education
Master of Science Degree
in Education
Specialist in Educational
Leadership K-12
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Aug. 20 First Day of Classes
Aug. 26 School In Session
Sept. 9 Teacher PD Day
Sept. 23 School In Session
Sept. 26 All School Picture Day
Oct. 7 Teacher PD Day
Oct 18 First Quarter Ends
Oct. 25 Early Out / Parent Teacher Conferences
Nov. 4 Teacher PD Day
Nov. 25 School In Session
Nov. 27 Dismiss Early 1:32
Nov. 28 & 29 Thanksgiving Vacation
Dec. 20 2nd Quarter/1st Semester Ends
Dec. 21-Jan. 6 Christmas Vacation
Jan. 6 Teacher PD Day
Jan. 7 Classes Resume
Jan. 27 Make Up Day #1
Feb. 3 Teacher PD Day
Feb. 24 Make Up Day #2
Mar. 3 Teacher PD Day
Mar. 14 3rd Quarter Ends
Mar. 24 Make Up Day #3
Apr. 7 Teacher PD Day
Apr. 14 School In Session
Apr. 18 No School / Good Friday
Apr. 28 Make Up Day #4
May 15 Early Out / Student’s Last Day
May 16 Teacher Check Out / Make Up Day #5
May 19 Make Up Day #6
*Additional Snow Days will
be added on to the last day of school if necessary.
OPENING DAY
August 20 - school will be
in session for all students.
School will begin at 7:55
a.m. and will dismiss at 3:38 p.m.
SCHOOL WILL NOT BE IN
SESSION ON MONDAY’S UNLESS NOTED ON THE CALENDAR!
Vision
Our vision is to educate,
empower, and prepare students for success.
Mission Statement
Adair County R-II will
commit its time, energy, and resources in providing a safe school community
with a stimulating environment where each student will be given the foundation
to reach their full potential, and become a lifelong learner who will be a
positive contributor to society.
ELEMENTARY FACULTY
Justine Bane, Kindergarten
Bachelor of Science Degree in Early Childhood
Education
Toni Tuggle, Grade 1
Bachelor of Science Degree in Early Childhood
Education
Sarah Huffman, Grade 2
Associate of Arts
Amanda Borgmeyer, Grade 3
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Early Childhood Education
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education
Master of Arts Degree in Elementary Leadership
Tammy Whitlow, Grade 4
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education
Terri McLean
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
Master of Science Degree in Counseling
Lisa Clark, Grade 6
Bachelor
of Arts Degree in Elementary Education
Master
of Arts in Administration
Melissa Snelling, Special Education
Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting
Jessica Erwin, Supplemental Communication Arts
Bachelor
of Science Degree in Education
Master
of Arts Degree in Secondary Administration
Chelsea Clark, Supplemental Math & Science
Bachelor
of Science Degree in Elementary Education
Brianna Mann, Music/Band
Bachelor of Arts in Music
Master of Arts in Music Education
Emily Powell, Physical Education
Bachelor of Science
Degree- Exercise Science
Master of Arts Degree in
Education
Ellie Hazen, School Counselor
Bachelor
of Science Degree in Psychology/Sociology
Master of Arts Degree in Social Work
Anna Nelson, Library Media Specialist
Bachelor
of Arts Degree in Elementary Education
Kelli Baker, Art
Bachelor
of Science Degree in Art Education
Bachelor
of Science Degree in Human Environmental Sciences
Drew Jones, PAT / PK
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
Master
of Arts Degree in Educational Leadership
SECONDARY SCHOOL FACULTY
Kelli Baker, Art
Bachelor
of Science Degree in Art Education
Bachelor
of Science Degree in Human Environmental Sciences
Jacob Bleything, Root Ed. Advisor
Bachelor
of Science Degree Exercise Science
Master
of Arts Degree in Education
Brianna Mann, Music/Band
Bachelor of Arts in Music
Master of Arts in Music Education
Emily Powell, Physical Education
Bachelor of Science
Degree- Exercise Science
Master of Arts Degree in
Education
Ellie Hazen, School Counselor
Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology/Sociology
Master of Arts Degree in Social Work
Bill Carpenter, Agricultural
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree in Education
Master of Arts Degree in Administration
Diane McGinnis, English
Bachelor of Arts Degree in English
Master of Arts Degree in Education
Tom England, Social Studies
Bachelor of Science Degree
in Criminal Justice
Erin Moots, Mathematics
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics
Master of Science Degree in Educational
Administration
Joanne Kincaid, Science
Bachelor of Science Degree in Education
Martha Reese, Business
Bachelor of Science Degree in Education
Master of Arts Degree in Education
Cheryl Reeves, A+
Coordinator/At-Risk/Health/Gen Science
Bachelor of Science in Social Science
James Scudder,
Mathematics/Physics/Computer Science/Technology Director
Bachelor of Science Degree in Education
Master of Arts in Computer
Education
Anna Nelson, Library Media Specialist/Careers/English
Bachelor
of Arts Degree in Elementary Education
SUPPORT STAFF
Renee Reeves Kayla Lawson
Accountant/Secretary to the Superintendent
Food Service Director
Karla Hettinger Kathryn Ding
Secretary Cook
Chandi March Lisa Peterson
K-12 Secretary Cook
Heidi Henderson Doug Spears
School
Nurse Dishwasher
Drew Jones Steven McKim
PAT Educator Maintenance
Director
Stacy Holcomb John England
Paraprofessional Custodian
Daniel Carpenter Naomia Mallett
Paraprofessional Bus
Driver
Candice Smith Rhonda Branson
Paraprofessional Bus
Driver
Joanne Kincaid
Bus Driver
Rhonda Branson/Naomi Mallett
Vo-Tech
Bus Drivers
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
The Adair County R-II School has phones in
each classroom for safety and educational purposes. You may use the
following directory to make calls. Voice mail will be available if the
party is unable to take your call at that time.
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Superintendent |
110 |
Ag Ed |
127 |
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Acct/Supt Secretary |
111 |
Supp. Math |
128 |
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K-12 Principal Secretary |
112 |
Guidance Counselor |
129 |
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PE/Health/AD |
113 |
Nurse |
130 |
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Weight Room |
114 |
Teacher Work Room |
131 |
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At-Risk/A+/Health |
115 |
Supplemental CA |
132 |
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Art |
116 |
Elementary
Resource |
133 |
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HS Resource |
117 |
Sixth Grade |
134 |
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Business |
118 |
Kitchen/Cafeteria |
135 |
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Principal K-12 |
119 |
H.S. English |
136 |
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Elementary Office |
120 |
Social Studies |
137 |
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Kindergarten |
121 |
Library / English |
139 |
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First Grade |
122 |
RootEd |
141 |
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Fifth Grade |
123 |
Math (Gr. 7-10) |
142 |
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Second Grade |
124 |
Science |
143 |
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Third Grade |
125 |
PAT / Pre
K |
144 |
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Fourth Grade |
126 |
Speech |
145 |
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2024-2025 |
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Instructor/Subject |
Period 1 |
Period 2 |
Period 3 |
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7:55-8:55 |
8:58-9:58 |
10:01-11:01 |
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Kelli Baker |
3-D Art |
Fiber Art |
Elementary Art |
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Art |
FACS
10-12 |
9-12 |
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Cheryl Reeves |
A+ |
At-Risk |
Missouri History |
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At-Risk |
Art History 10-12 |
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Jacob Bleything RootEd |
College Prep (11-12) |
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Martha Reese Business |
#Accounting 11-12 |
Vocational Business 11-12 |
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MACC |
These courses can be |
*#BIO101 Biology |
*#BUS100 Intro.Bus |
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taken any hour. |
*#BIO205 Anatomy |
*#PHY120 At..
Science |
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Bill Carpenter |
Ag Science 1 |
Vet Science |
Ag Science II |
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Agricultural Education |
9-12 |
11-12 |
9-12 |
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Diane McGinnis |
Language Arts I |
*#Public Speaking |
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Language Arts |
9-10 |
*#American Lit |
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Erin Moots |
Integrated Math I |
Math 8 |
Algebra I |
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Math |
9-12 |
9-10 |
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James Scudder |
Computer Sci |
*#Coll. Algebra 11-12 |
Geometry 10-12 |
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Math |
10-12 |
*#College Trig |
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Brianna Mann |
Elementary Band |
Elementary Music |
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Music/Band/Choir |
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Emily Powell |
Athletic Director |
Elementary PE |
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Physical Education |
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Resource |
Resource |
Resource |
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Resource |
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Joanne Kincaid |
Dual Credit Science |
Physical Science |
Science 7 |
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Science |
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Tom England |
Social Studies 7 |
Social Studies 8 |
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Social Studies |
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Anna Nelson |
English 8 |
English 7 |
Library |
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Library/English |
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Period 4 |
Period 5 |
Period 6 |
Period 7 |
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11:04-12:04 |
12:07-1:32 |
1:35-2:35 |
2:38-3:38 |
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Elementary Art |
8A
8B |
Drawing |
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7A
7B |
Painting
9-12 |
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Health 7/8 |
Health 9 |
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Life Skills 10-12 |
Life Skills 7/8 |
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College Prep 12 |
Careers 7/8 |
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Pers. Finance 12 |
Elementary Key. |
8B
8A |
Computer Apps. 9-12 |
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7B
7A |
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*#ECN101 Macro |
*#Psychology |
*#PHI152 Ethics |
*#CIT101 Comp Ess. |
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*#PHI150 Philos. |
*#Sociology |
*#GEO101 Geog. |
*#ART101 Art Appr. |
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Intro to Welding |
7A
7B |
Wildlife Management |
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Ag Fabrication 10-12 |
8A
8B |
Plant Science 10-12 |
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LA II 10-11 |
Career English |
Creative Writing |
Appreciation of Lit |
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(11-12) |
(11-12) |
(11-12) |
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Math 7 |
#Pre-Calculus |
Integrated Math II |
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(10-11) |
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#Algebra II (11-12) |
Geometry |
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Elementary Music |
Choir (10-12) |
7B
8A 8B
7A |
Band 7-12 |
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Elementary PE |
7/8 PE |
HS PE |
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9-12 |
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Resource |
Resource |
Resource |
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Science 8 |
Biology |
HS Science Elective |
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American Hist. 9 |
Government |
World History 10 |
*#Amer Gov Online |
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Curr. Events
10-12 |
*#Amer Hist Online 11-12 |
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Library |
Foreign Lang. 10-12 |
Yearbook (10-12) |
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AGE LIMITS - Kindergarten
All
district children who turn 5 years old before August 1, 2024 will be eligible
to enter Kindergarten.
All
students must be properly immunized or show proof of "in progress"
immunizations and provide proof of age on the first day of school or they will
not be allowed to attend.
PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM
(Parents as Teachers)
The
Adair County R-II School District provides a program for parents of preschool
children. The Parents as Teachers program will provide services to
parents with children birth to 3 years of age. Busy Bees, children 3
years old before August 1st to 5 years of age, will meet on each school day. 3
year olds or older before August 1st may attend at
half day with pick up time being 11:30. Half day
students may eat lunch at school if the parents wish. 4
year olds or older before August 1st will have
an option to attend a full day with dismissal being 3:00. The fee for Busy Bees
is $100 per student.. If you are interested in
learning more about this program, please contact the school at 323-5272.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
PROGRAMS
The special education
programs assure all children in the Adair County R-II School District who are
entitled to specialized instructional programs because of a handicap condition
will receive instruction as established under Missouri statutes. The
criterion for eligibility is based on guidelines for identification for such
children established by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education.
TRI-COUNTY CONFERENCE
This
year Brashear will again participate in the Tri-County Conference.
Conference sports consist of softball and baseball in the fall. The
winter sport is boys' and girls' basketball. The spring activities are
boys' and girls' track, baseball and academic bowl. Student athletes will
be eligible for all-conference recognition in each sport.
Member
schools include: Atlanta, Bevier, Brashear, Bucklin/Macon County, Green
City, LaPlata, Linn County, Meadville, and Novinger.
BEGINNING SOFTBALL,
BASEBALL, AND CROSS COUNTRY PRACTICE
Softball, Baseball, and Cross Country practice will begin August 11, 2024. A
practice schedule will be announced at a later date. You must have a physical
and proof of insurance before you can practice.
ADAIR COUNTY R-II SCHOOL
2024-2025
BASEBALL/SOFTBALL
SCHEDULE
Aug. 31 Milan
(SB) Home TBA
Aug. 31 Scotland
Co. (SB) Home TBA
Aug. 31 Atlanta
BB Tournament Away TBA
Sept. 5 North
Shelby (JV/V SB) Away 5:00
Sept. 6 Linn
County (SB/BB) Home 5:00
Sept. 9 Sturgeon
(SB/BB) Home 5:00
Sept. 12 Meadville
(SB/BB) Away 5:00
Sept. 17 Novinger
(SB/BB) Away 5:00
Sept. 20 La
Plata (SB/BB) Away 5:00
Sept. 23 Knox
Co (JV/V SB) Away 5:00
Sept. 24 Atlanta
(SB/BB) Home 5:00
Sept. 27 Grundy
Co/Newtown (SB/BB) Away 5:00
Sept. 28 Atlanta
SB Tournament Away TBA
Oct. 1 Bucklin/Macon
Co. (SB/BB) Away 5:00
Oct. 2 Clark
Co.(JV/V SB) Home 5:00
Oct. 4 Bevier
(SB/BB) Home 5:00
Oct. 8 Higbee
(SB/BB) Away 5:00
Oct. 10 Green
City (SB/BB) Home 5:00
Oct. 11 Marion
County (JV/V SB) Home 5:00
Oct. 15-19 District
Softball Tourney TBA TBA
VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY
SCHEDULE
Sept. 14 Palmyra
Away TBA
Sept. 23 Wellsville-Middleton Away TBA
Sept. 28 Gans Creek Classic Away TBA
Oct. 3 Moberly Away TBA
Oct. 8 Marion
Co Away TBA
Nov. 2 Districts
TBA TBA
Nov. 8-9 State TBA TBA
JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL
SCHEDULE
Oct. 18 Marion
County Home 6:00
Oct. 22 Atlanta Away 6:00
Oct. 28 Green
City Away 6:00
Oct. 29 Bevier Home 6:00
Nov. 1 Bucklin/Macon
Co Away 6:00
Nov. 5 Novinger Home 6:00
Nov. 7 Linn
County Away 6:00
Nov. 8 Meadville Away 6:00
Nov. 11-16 Atlanta
Tourney Away TBA
Nov. 18 La
Plata Home 6:00
VARSITY BASKETBALL
SCHEDULE
Nov. 15 JAMBOREE
@ Marion County w/ Novinger 6:00
Nov. 22 North
MO Knights HSA Home 6:00
Nov. 26 Schuyler
County Away 6:00
Dec. 2-7 Novinger
Tourney Away TBA
Dec. 10 Linn
County Away 6:00
Dec. 13 Meadville Home 6:00
Dec. 17 Holiday
Hoops @ Trenton Away TBA
Dec. 20 Atlanta Home 6:00
Jan. 2 North
Shelby Away 6:00
Jan. 7 Marion
County Away 6:00
Jan. 9 Scotland
Co Away 6:00
Jan. 13 Heartland
Christian Home 6:00
Jan. 17 Grundy
County Home 6:00
Jan. 21 Bucklin/Macon
Co Home 6:00
Jan. 23 Bevier Away 6:00
Jan. 28 Green
City Home 6:00
Jan. 31 La
Plata Away 6:00
Feb. 4 Knox
Co Away 6:00
Feb. 6 Moulton-Udell (IA) Away 6:00
Feb. 7 Madison Home 6:00
Feb. 10-15 Brashear
Tourney Home TBA
Feb. 18 Keytesville Home 6:00
Feb. 20 Novinger Away 6:00
Feb.24-Mar. 1 District Basketball Tourney TBA TBA
SPRING SPORTS SCHEDULE
2024-2025
VARSITY/JUNIOR HIGH TRACK
AND FIELD SCHEDULE
Mar. 24 Snowshoe
Classic V Track Away TBA
Mar. 31 La
Plata Early Bird Track – V/JH Away TBA
Mar. 27 Atlanta
Relays JH Track Away TBA
Apr. 1 Knox
Co Invite V Track Away TBA
Apr. 3 Knox
JH Track Away TBA
Apr. 7 La
Plata V Track Away TBA
Apr. 8 La
Plata JH Track Away TBA
Apr. 10 Scotland
V Track Away TBA
Apr. 11 Schuyler
JH Track Away TBA
Apr. 16 Atlanta
Relays V Track Away TBA
Apr. 18 Tiger
Invite V Track Away TBA
Apr. 22 Truman
Meet V Track Away TBA
Apr. 28 TRC
Conference V/JH Track La Plata TBA
May 1 Knox
County V Track Away TBA
May 10 District
Track TBA TBA
May 17 Sectional
Track TBA TBA
May 23-24 State
Track TBA TBA
SPRING BASEBALL SCHEDULE
Mar. 25 Milan
BB Away 5:00
Mar. 27 Bucklin/Macon
County BB Home 5:00
Mar. 28 North
Shelby BB Home 5:00
Mar. 31 Marceline
BB Away 5:00
Apr. 1 Linn
County BB Home 5:00
Apr. 3 La
Plata BB Home 5:00
Apr. 8 Princeton
BB Home 5:00
Apr. 11 Meadville Home 5:00
Apr. 17 Green
City BB Away 5:00
Apr. 21 Marion
County BB Away 5:00
Apr. 25 Higbee
BB Home 5:00
Apr. 29 Sturgeon
BB Home 5:00
May 6 Novinger
BB Home 5:00
May 12 Atlanta
BB Home 5:00
May 13 Schuyler
Co BB Away 5:00
May 16-24 District
Baseball TBA TBA
BRASHEAR TOURNAMENT
The 94th Annual Brashear
Invitational Tournament will be held in the High School Gymnasium
February 10-15,
2025. Schools participating will be determined at a later date.
JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
CO-CURRICULAR
ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION
REQUIREMENTS
Students must pass all
subjects enrolled the previous quarter in order to participate in co-curricular
activities to be district eligible. All students' grades are to be
reviewed every 3 weeks (progress report time) to see if they remain district
eligible and can participate. Students that receive a failing grade on a 3 week grade check will be district ineligible until he/she
submits a grade check showing his/her grade is above a 60% in that
course. If students fail to get the F to a passing grade during 2 consecutive 3 week grade checks they will be district
ineligible for the remainder of the quarter. District ineligible students
may be allowed to practice, and sit with the teams during activities, but
cannot participate in the event. Students that are district ineligible
cannot miss school time to attend events.
Students must have 0 F’s
from 4th quarter and will be held to state standards (must receive 3.0 units of
credit or 80% of the maximum allowable credits which may be earned, whichever
is greater the preceding semester) to participate.
All
I.D.E.A. and 504 students with an Individual Education Plan (IEP) will be
exempt from the District Extra Curricular Activities Policy but will be held to
the State Standards (must earn 3.0 units of credit or 80% of the maximum
allowable credits which can be earned, whichever is greater, the previous
semester.)
COOP JUNIOR HIGH SOFTBALL
This
year, the Adair County R-II District will be partnering with Knox County R-I
District to provide junior high students with the opportunity to play
softball. Because Knox County District will be head school, Adair County
District will not be responsible for the student during these activities.
This includes transportation to and from practices and/or games. Students
are also responsible for any fees incurred. Interested students need to
contact the Knox County School at 397-2231.
STUDENT PHYSICALS
Any
student considering participating in basketball, softball, baseball, track or
cheerleading at the Junior High or Senior High level MUST have a physical
examination before beginning practice. Physical forms may be picked
up at the school and must be signed by the parent before physicals will be
given. It is important to use the Official MSHSAA form. Physicals
are good for 2 calendar years. Students must turn in annual paperwork
required by MSHAA each year before participation.
BELLS
There
will be a three minute warning bell before school
takes up in the morning. School will start at 7:55 a.m. Buses will
run at approximately the same time as last year.
At
the close of each class period, the bell will ring for the start of the next
period. At the ringing of this bell, all students must be in their
respective seats.
School
will be dismissed at 3:38 p.m.
INCLEMENT WEATHER
Whenever
the weather creates hazardous road conditions, announcements will be made via TextCaster, local radio, and television stations early in
the mornings.
If
it becomes necessary to start school late because of slick road conditions,
announcements will be made. Breakfast will NOT be served on those days.
GET A RECEIPT
Any
time money is paid to the school secretary for anything, a receipt will be
given. Parents and students should keep these receipts until the close of
school. A receipt will be given for all meals paid in advance upon
request.
VISITATION POLICY
The
Adair County R-II School Administration follows a policy of an open invitation
for parents and grandparents of students. Students are not allowed to
bring visiting friends, cousins, etc. to attend school. During school
hours, please check in at the office prior to visiting the classroom or student
you wish to see. We welcome your interest about classroom activities and
ask for your courtesy to allow for a teacher to be aware that you will be
visiting.
If
a situation is one in which you desire some administrative help or direction,
please discuss this situation with Mr. Moore or
Mrs. Gregory and we will try to resolve the matter at this level.
Our teachers are well qualified and are concerned individuals about your
child's education. An open dialogue is needed between teachers, parents,
students and administrators to allow for the best interests of your child.
STUDENT PICTURES
All
students' pictures will be taken early in the school year. These pictures
are used for the yearbook. The purchase of the pictures is
optional. Several packages are available at various prices.
Preschoolers may also have pictures taken at this time.
GENERAL STUDENT
INFORMATION
1. Willful
damage to school property will result in paying for damage and discipline
action. This could include textbooks, tools, technology devices, etc.
2. All
players, cheerleaders or other participants are to ride the school bus to and from the activity. Administration may give prior approval for students to
meet the bus if deemed necessary. Participants who wish to ride
home with their parents may do so after signing out. Parents wishing
their child to ride home with another approved adult must submit their request
to an administrator. If for some reason this is not done, it is the
option of the principal and coaches to keep a player from competition for a
specified time or suspend the player completely.
3. No student
shall smoke or use tobacco, alcohol or drugs (or have these in their
possession) in the school buildings, on the bus or the school grounds during
regular school hours or at any school sponsored activity.
4. The elementary
school office and high school office is a place of business and for the
conducting of school business. Individuals not conducting school business
should not be in the office.
5. Students must have verified parent permission before
leaving school before the end of the day.
6. A student
shall not leave school before or during the school day or be absent from any
class without office permission, authorized only by a principal or
superintendent, not a teacher. An absence without such permission will be
considered truant.
7. Students who
have in-school/out of-school suspension may receive up to 100% credit for
make-up work. Students in ISS/OSS will not be allowed to participate in
any school activity during the day of the
ISS/OSS. Students in ISS may attend school events but may not
participate. Students in OSS can not attend
school events.
8. Students
will be charged class dues each year in 7th-11th grade to go into their class
account. 7th and 8th graders will pay $10 per year and 9th, 10th, and
11th graders will pay $15 per year.
9. Driving
Cars: Students driving cars to school shall park them as soon
as they arrive in the designated student parking lot east of the High
School building. Students are to leave cars parked until the end of the
day. Administration has the authority to regulate student use of
automobiles at school. Use of school property for student parking
purposes is a privilege that may be denied due to violation of District
regulations and school policies. Student vehicles parked on District
property are subject to search by school officials where there is reason to
believe a vehicle contains materials prohibited by District regulations.
If a student arranges his/her own transportation to and from school, or
school-related activities, the school’s supervision of such student will not
begin until the school has custody and control over that student (i.e. checked
in by a designated representative of the school).
10. Students are
expected to dress in proper clothing at all times while in school as well as
attending school functions. Halter tops, tank tops with straps less than
one inch wide, or T-shirts with obscene or any inappropriate messages, will not
be allowed. Clothing with tobacco, alcohol or any in-appropriate drug
related messages or logo will not be allowed. Sleeveless T-shirts may be
worn but cannot be cut back past the seam of the sleeve. “A” shirts may only be worn for athletic practices or extra-curricular
activities outside of school. Shorts must be appropriate length for
school. Any other article of clothing deemed distracting (such as those
showing visible undergarments or excessive skin) will not be allowed.
ALTERNATE METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
DISTANCE LEARNING
Alternative Methods of Instruction(AMI)
may be utilized in circumstances of emergency or extended closure for the
purpose of review and reinforcement of previously taught skills and/or the
introduction of new concepts.
On days where AMI is assigned, families will be notified through
the regular communication channels (phone call, text, email, social media)
utilized by the District. Electronic and/or web-based assignments and
materials will be utilized for AMI and students will have access to
District-provided devices. When
possible, hard copy assignments will be provided as requested.
Student attendance will be recorded on days when AMI is assigned
and will be documented by the completion of assignments and/or online
participation in activities and assignments. Educators will be available
electronically during AMI days for guidance with instruction.
(See AMI document)
FOOD ALLERGIES AND SNACK POLICY
In an effort to be sensitive to students
with food allergies, the Brashear School will be continuing our policy on
snacks. All snacks that are brought in to share must be store bought
prepackaged food items. Homemade food items will not be served. Please avoid
items that contain nuts or are manufactured in a facility that processes nuts
when possible. Nut allergies are on the rise and many students suffer severe
consequences to their exposure. Teachers will alert parents to other specific
allergies in their classroom. This rule applies to daily snacks, as well as
birthdays and special “party” occasions. We apologize for any inconveniences
this will cause our families, however, we feel like it is in the best interest
of our students.
Since lunch is eaten in the cafeteria, your
child may bring peanut butter, peanuts, or nut products for lunch. We would
encourage you to find an alternative food, but understand sometimes that is not
possible. The cafeteria will provide a peanut butter alternative for sandwiches.
The tables will be cleaned with soap, water and paper towels after each lunch.
NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH AND BREAKFAST
PROGRAM
WITH CLOSED NOON HOUR
We
will be offering participation in the breakfast program. Buses will
arrive at school early enough so all students will have time for breakfast if
they choose to eat. Prices will be $1.25 for students PK-6, $1.50 for
7-12 and $1.75 for adults.
Like many schools in the
state with a lunch program, Brashear will have a closed noon hour. This
period will be longer than the regular periods thus allowing ample time to eat
in staggered shifts. Students start eating in the cafeteria at 11:15 a.m.
and by 1:32 p.m. over 175 have been served. Twenty five
minutes are provided to each individual for lunch.
Student
lunch prices will be as follows: grades PK-6 will be $3.10 per day; grades
7-12, $3.50 per day; adults, $4.50 per day.
SENIOR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
What you should know about Internship…
Internship is an out of
the classroom learning opportunity. Demonstrating responsibility,
communication skills, and maturity are essential to participate in this
opportunity. While in an internship position, you are expected to act as
adult members of the community. As an intern you may be paid or you may
be working as a volunteer. Compensation is at the mentor’s
discretion. Whether you are paid or not, interning is an educational
activity. The goal of interning is to provide you access to a learning
environment outside the classroom. Your internship must be related to
your future career goals.
DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM
The
Adair County R-II School is participating in the Dual Credit Program through
Moberly Area Community College. This program allows high school juniors
and seniors the opportunity to take college level courses for both high school
and college credit while remaining in their own high school. Course fees
will be paid by the student at time of enrollment. Fees for 2024-2025 are
$81.00 per credit hour. For more information, call the high school
office. Students are expected to pay for the classes in full at the time of
enrollment. Students will pay for only one semester worth of classes at a
time. Instructors and textbooks will be furnished by the district.
(Students may enroll in these classes for high school credit only at no
charge.) Students must test into these courses by receiving a qualifying
score on the ACT or the ACCUPLACER
Students will be required to take dual credit
classes offered in house with our teachers unless it is deemed by the administration
to interfere with the students class schedule
(Vo-Tech).
WEIGHTED CLASSES
Most colleges
consider class rank as a critical factor in determining a student's
admission. The purpose of the weighted grade system is to assist in
calculating class rank based upon courses recognized as college
preparatory. A 20% increase will be given to the weighted classes.
Values will be rounded to the nearest tenth.
STUDENT A+ ELIGIBILITY
For a student
to be eligible for the financial incentives of the A+ Schools Program, they
must be certified as an A+ student by Mrs. Cheryl Reeves at BHS. To be
certified as an A+ student, an individual must do the following:
·
Sign
an A+ Student contract.
·
Enter
into a written agreement with BHS prior to the last day of the first semester
of the senior year
·
Attend
an A+ designated high school for the three consecutive years prior to
graduation.
·
Maintain
a 95% attendance rate.
·
Earn a
2.5 minimum grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
·
Perform
50 hours of unpaid tutoring or mentoring for younger students.
·
Maintain
a record of good citizenship and avoid the unlawful use of drugs and alcohol,
including tobacco.
·
Make a
good faith effort to first secure all available federal post-secondary student
financial assistance funds that do not require repayment.
·
Graduates
must obtain proficient or advanced on the Algebra I End-of-Course test.
For more information or a full explanation of the above
requirements, please contact Mrs. Cheryl Reeves, A+ Coordinator at (660)
323-5272.
HOT - Homework on Time!
Mission:
To develop and foster the responsibility of our students and provide
assistance to students who need help completing assignments and learning
to manage the workload throughout school.
What:
Students completing less than 60% of their assignment will receive a HOT Sheet
from their teacher. That assignment is due by 8:15 the next day. If
a student fails to complete a HOT Sheet and doesn’t
turn it in by 8:15 the next morning, the student will serve a mandatory
after-school detention or before school detention the next morning. If
the assignment is not done and turned in by 8:15, the student will serve In
School Suspension until the assignment is completed (after serving
detention). Students skipping detention will serve 2 periods of
ISS. Completed Hot Sheet assignments may be awarded partial credit
based on the district grading policy. If any student shows a pattern of
incomplete HOT sheets and is receiving excessive days in ISS, other
interventions may include but are not limited to, mentoring, Saturday/Monday
school, referral to the Juvenile Office, etc.
Junior High and High School Grading Policy
It is the desire of the Adair County R-II School District to
instill in students a positive work ethic. All work should be completed in a
timely manner. The following guidelines will be used for grading purposes
for all school work:
|
For work that is 1 day late |
10% reduction |
|
2 days late |
20% reduction |
|
3 days late |
30% reduction |
|
4 days late |
40% reduction |
|
5+ days late |
50% reduction |
MOCAP (Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program)
The Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program (MOCAP)
has developed a catalog of virtual online courses for students. Beginning with
the 2019-2020 school year, students will be able to take an entire course from
any Internet-connected computer, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
MOCAP's mission is to offer Missouri students equal access to a wide range of high quality courses, flexibility in scheduling, and
interactive online learning. The Missouri
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
(DESE) and the State Board of Education oversee administration
and quality assurance activities such as related content and delivery of
courses. Local Education
Agencies (LEAs) that provide virtual education outside of MOCAP are responsible
for ensuring alignment and other statutory requirements are met.
In accordance with state law, Section 162.1250, RSMo, our district allows families to apply for admittance
to MOCAP. A link can be found on our district website.
LOCAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION
Language Arts 4 Units
Social Studies 3 Units
Mathematics 3
Units
Science 3
Units
Fine Arts 1
Unit
Practical Arts 1 Unit
Electives 6
1/2 Units
Personal Finance 1/2 Unit
Health 1/2
Unit
Physical Education 1 1/2 Units
24
Units
Graduates are required to complete one unit
of instruction in a class that offers instruction in general computer
competencies. This requirement may be satisfied prior to the ninth grade.
JUNIOR HIGH (Grades 7 & 8)
PROMOTION REQUIREMENTS
Students must pass 10 out of 14 semesters
(with 7 classes). If students do not meet these minimums, they must
repeat the 7th or 8th grade.
LOCKERS SUPPLIED
Junior and
Senior High Students will be provided with lockers. If you desire a lock
for your locker, combination locks are available through the office. A $1.00 deposit is held for each lock. If
the lock is returned to the office at the end of the school year in good
condition, the dollar will be returned. The use of a combination lock is
good insurance against theft or vandalism.
SCHOOL PLANNERS
School Planners will be available to all
students K-6 and to 7-12 students who want one at no charge to the
student. We feel that the value of the planners as an organizational tool
and means of communication between the school and home are well worth the
investment. Please see that your children get the maximum benefit from
this daily planner.
REPORT TO PARENTS
1. Grade
cards will be issued a few days following the end of the first, second and
third quarters. Fourth quarter grade cards will be mailed to students
after fourth quarter finals.
2. Parents can access their child’s grades using the
“Parent Portal” of our Infinite Campus System. To gain access to
the portal, parents must first sign a use of technology agreement.
Agreement contracts can be obtained in each office.
SCHOOL WIDE ASSESSMENT
The Adair County R-II School District’s school
wide assessment schedule for the 2023-2024 school year is as follows:
Sept. 19-20 OLSAT-8 Test (2nd and 7th)
Oct. 9 PreACT (10th)
Dec. 18 Government EOC
Feb. 5 ASVAB (11th)
Mar. 12 Junior ACT Test
Apr. TBD 12th Grade Work Keys
Apr. 29- May 2
MAP Testing Window
May 5 - May 9 EOC Testing Window
Individuals UNDER
twenty-one (21) years of age who have not completed an approved program are
encouraged to contact the Screening Coordinator for further information
regarding screening. If the scheduled screening is appropriate for the
individual, he/she is encouraged to participate. If the scheduled
screening is deemed inappropriate, then an individual screening program will be
made available.
For more information contact:
Ellie Hazen, Testing Coordinator
Adair County R-II Schools
Brashear, Missouri 63533
(660) 323-5272
ellie_hazen@adair2.brashear.k12.mo.us
ATTENDANCE
When
a student is absent, he/she must bring a written excuse from home. This
excuse must be handed in at the office.
ATTENDANCE POLICIES
All students are expected
to attend school regularly and to be on time for classes in order to get
maximum benefit from the instructional program and to develop habits of
punctuality, self-discipline, and responsibility. There is felt to be a
direct relationship between poor attendance, class failure, and dropouts.
The following are items comprising the attendance policy of the Adair County
R-II Schools. Revised by the Adair County R-II School Board on June 19,
2019.
1.
Students may miss no more than 5 days or the equivalent of 5
school days to receive any "credit" during a given semester for all
classes enrolled. Students may miss no more than 5 periods of any one
class to receive "credit" for that class.
2.
"Credit" will be defined as 1/2 unit of Carnegie
credit per class each semester. Any student exceeding 5 days in a
semester will forfeit the 1/2 unit of credit for each class and have placed on
their official transcript the letters "NC" (no credit) under the
column "semester grade". Also, the "NC" will be
footnoted with an explanation of the school's attendance policy and loss of
credit.
3.
College Visit allowances: Juniors will be allowed 1 college
visit and seniors will be allowed 2 college visits per year that will not count
towards their 5 absences. Visits must be arranged through the counselor, be
pre-approved, and bring back documentation in order for them not to count
towards their 5 days.
4. The only exceptions to the attendance policy are a doctor, dentist,
or orthodontist certified medical excuse, or mandatory courtroom appearance
documented by the court or law firm. Excused absences are based on the
honesty and integrity of the parents and their doctor. Notes MUST be turned
into the office within two business days of the absence in order to be excused. If the School Nurse
sends a student home for illness, no excuse is required for that day and the
following day.
5. Make-up of missed work, tests, etc.: It is the student's
responsibility to obtain all homework and hand it in on time. One day
will be allowed for each day missed. For example, if you are gone for 2
days, you have 2 days to make up the work. Assignments given or tests
announced prior to an absence are due upon the students return to school.
6. After the 3rd day of absence in any of the 7 class periods a letter
will be sent to the parent or guardian to inform them of the student’s
absences. After the 5th day of a student's absence the parent or guardian will be
contacted by phone or letter (if phone contact is not
possible).
7. Student tardiness will be reported and recorded on an hourly basis
for each school day. Students who accumulate eight tardies
in a semester will receive a detention for the first offense. On the 12th
tardy, the student will serve a day of ISS. On the 15th tardy, the
student will serve 1 day of ISS. On the
16th tardy and over, each tardy will receive 1 day of ISS.
8. Any student who exceeds 5 absences for any reason will make up each
absence (in excess of 5 absences) minute to minute to receive credit for the
semester. The time can be made up on our Mondays off
as arranged by the Principal or when there is a HOT sheet
detention. All make-up hours will be approved on a case by case basis.
The attendance policy is
for grades 7-12, but because of the importance of regular attendance it
is recommended that all students K-12 adhere to the policy. Students who
exceed the attendance policy may be referred to the Juvenile authorities.
STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES
AND REQUIREMENTS
The Board of Education
will provide for the health and physical well-being of students through the establishment
of a district wide student health services program in the school
district. The purpose of the district health services program is to help
each student attend school in optimum health, and to benefit from the school
experience.
Nurses
will be employed to staff the health services program. They shall serve
under the direction of the building principal and if necessary, under the
supervision of qualified medical personnel. All contacts with
parents/guardians regarding health services will be made by the nurse or the
principal.
The provisions of the
student health services program will include the following items:
1. Continuous health appraisal of all students at all grade levels.
2. Administration of state laws which protect the health of
children attending public school in Missouri. The laws require:
Immunization against certain contagious diseases and exclusion from attendance
of students having contagious diseases or who are not in compliance with state
regulations concerning immunizations.
3. Emergency first aid treatment for accident or illness during
school.
4. Guidance and counseling concerning health problems.
5. Home health visitation of students as needed.
6. Maintenance of student health records.
7. Health education programs.
8. Screening tests for defects in vision, hearing and speech.
The
student health service program shall not include diagnosis, treatment, or the
administering of medicine for physical ailments of which the parents/guardians
are aware before the child is sent to school, unless special arrangements have
been made with the health service staff.
ILLNESS AT SCHOOL
If
a child becomes ill while at school, the nurse, teacher, or principal may
isolate the child from other children until such time as the parents/guardians
can be notified and/or the child can be returned to his/her home or cared for
appropriately.
MEDICATION POLICY
ALL
students who take ANY KIND of medication (prescription or over-the-counter)
must bring that medication to the respective office (elementary or high school)
to be placed until such time specified by parent note (if over-the-counter) or
Doctor's orders (if prescription) to take that medication. The school
nurse or office personnel will then dispense the medicine as directed.
All
medication must be in the original container and with the original prescription
if ordered by a physician. A parent note on exact time of dosage and
amount of dosage must accompany an over-the-counter medicine. Asthma
inhalers must have the original prescription attached, but allowances will be
made for students who may carry them on their person after proper notification
is given in the office and recorded. This policy is required by the
Missouri Department of Health. Board policy must also comply with this
requirement.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
The
School Board recognizes its responsibility to protect the health of students
and employees from the risks posed by infectious diseases. The Board also
has the responsibility to uphold the rights of affected individuals to privacy
and confidentiality, to continue to attend school, and to be treated in a
nondiscriminatory manner.
Immunizations-Students cannot enroll
and/or attend school unless immunizations are up to date as required by
Missouri law.
Universal Precautions-The district requires all
staff to routinely observe universal precautions to prevent exposure to
disease-causing organisms, and the district should provide necessary equipment/supplies
to implement universal precautions.
Categories of Potential Risk-Students with infectious
diseases that can be transmittable in school and/or athletic settings (such as,
but not limited to, chicken pox, influenza and conjunctivitis) should be managed
as specified by the Missouri Department of Health.
A
student infected with a blood borne pathogen such as hepatitis B virus (HBV)
poses no risk of transmission through casual contact to other persons in a
school setting. Students infected with one of these viruses shall be
allowed to attend school without any restrictions which are based solely on the
infection. The district cannot require any medical evaluations of tests
for such diseases unless an exceptional situation has occurred such as
intentional biting or scratching. Specific details of this policy can be
requested at the superintendent’s office during business hours.
PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES
It is the policy of the
Board of Education to provide a free and appropriate education for students
with disabilities, including those who are in need of
special education and related services.
If the state receives or
accepts federal IDEA 2004 funds then the district will have programs and
services available to meet the needs of students with disability discrimination
and special education services. Specific guidelines about the programs
can be requested in the superintendent’s office.
PROGRAMS FOR
DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS
In
order to meet its goal of providing appropriate educational opportunities for
all students in the school district, the Board shall participate in the federal
Title I program.
The
Board recognizes that when schools work together with families to support
learning, children are inclined to succeed not just in school, but throughout
life. It is the Board’s intent to establish partnerships that will
increase parental involvement and participation in promoting the social,
emotional and academic growth of children. The district will encourage
Title I parents to be involved in supporting the education of their children.
FOSTER CARE
The District is committed to ensuring and
facilitating the proper educational placement, enrollment in school and
checkout from school for foster children. Policy 2760. The district’s
Foster Care Point of Contact: Ellie Hazen, Adair County R-II School, 205 West
Dewey Street, Brashear, MO 63533
(660) 323-5272
SCHOOL VIOLENCE
HOTLINE
The Department of Social
Services has established a school violence hotline that allows students,
parents and citizens to call a toll-free number and report potential threats
affecting school, students and school personnel. The hotline number is
1-866-748-7047. This call can be anonymous or the caller can leave
his/her name. The dispatcher will collect all information and direct it
to the proper authorities.
HOMELESS CHILDREN PROGRAM
The
Board of Education is committed to providing access to educational
opportunities to eligible homeless students. Services will be provided
consistent with federal law and with Missouri's state plan for the education of
homeless children. (See also Policy and Regulation 2260 - Admission of Homeless
Students.) For further information concerning the coordination of
programs for homeless children, please contact: Cody Moore, Adair County R-II
School, 205 West Dewey Street, Brashear, MO 63533, (660)
323-5272
PROHIBITION AGAINST
HARASSMENT, DISCRIMINATION & RETALIATION
Policy 1300
The District is committed
to maintaining a workplace and educational environment that is free from
discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in admission or access to, or
treatment or employment in, its programs, services, activities and facilities.
The District is committed to providing equal opportunity in all areas of
education, recruiting, hiring, retention, promotion and contracted
service. In accordance with law, the District does not discriminate on
the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, disability,
age, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law in its
programs and activities. In addition, the District provides equal access
to the Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth groups. Further, no
person shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or
otherwise be subject to discrimination based on the above listed
characteristics under a school nutrition program for which the District
receives federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA Food and Nutrition Service).
The following person has
been designated as the District’s Compliance Officer to handle inquiries or
complaints regarding the District’s non-discrimination policies: Cody
Moore, Superintendent, 205 W. Dewey Street, Brashear, MO 63533, 660.323.5272
For information regarding
how to report a claim of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation, see Board
of Education Regulation 1300. Policy and Regulation 1300 shall govern all
complaints and concerns by parents, patrons, employees, or students of the
District related to discrimination, harassment, or retaliation on the basis of
race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, disability, age, genetic
information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
DISCRIMINATION AND
HARASSMENT
OF STUDENTS &
EMPLOYEES
The Adair County R-II
School District is committed to an academic and work environment in which all
students and employees are treated with dignity and respect.
Discrimination and harassment of students and employees, whether committed by
supervisors, employees or students and regardless of whether the victim is an
employee or student, will not be tolerated.
Inquires, complaints or
grievances from students and their parents and employees regarding
discrimination and harassment may be directed to:
Cody Moore
205 W Dewey St
Brashear MO 53533
660-323-5272
Other offices dealing with these complaints:
Missouri Commission for Human Rights Equal Employment Opportunity Comm
Department of Labor & Industrial Relations Robert A Young Federal
Building
PO Box 1129, 3315 W Truman Blvd 1222 Spruce St Room 8.100
Jefferson City MO 65102-3325 St Louis MO 63103
573-751-3325 314-539-7800
or 800-669-4000
www.dolir.state.mo.us/hr www.eeoc.gov
US Department of Education US Department of Justice
Office of Civil Rights 950 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Ed Bldg Washington
DC 20530-0001
400 Maryland Ave SW 202-353-1555
Washington DC 20202-1100 ASKDOJ@usdoj.gov
8010-421-3481
OCR@ed.gov
DISTRIBUTION OF NON CURRICULAR
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS
Students
may distribute, at reasonable times and places, unofficial written material,
petitions, buttons, badges, or other insignia.
Exceptions will be as
follows:
1. Expressions which are obscene to minors.
2. Libelous.
3. Pervasively indecent or vulgar or any indecent or vulgar
language.
4. Advertise any product or service not permitted to minors by law.
5. Constitute insulting or fighting words, the very expression of
which injures or harasses other people (e.g. threats of violence, defamation of
character or of a person's race, religion or ethnic origin).
6. Present a clear and present likelihood that, either because of
their content or their manner of distribution, will cause a material and
substantial disruption of the proper and orderly operation and discipline of
the school or school activities, will cause the commission of unlawful acts or
the violation of lawful school regulations.
Anyone
wishing to distribute unofficial written material must first submit for
approval a copy of the material and intent to the principal at least 3 days in
advance of the desired distribution time with the following information:
name and phone number of person submitting request,
date and time of intended display, location where material will be displayed,
and grade of students to whom the display is intended. Within 48 hours
the principal will render a decision on whether the material will be displayed.
To receive a copy of the complete document on student publications, inquire in
the office of administration during regular school hours.
WEAPONS IN SCHOOL
The
possession or use of a weapon by any person, except where authorized by law,
shall be prohibited in all school buildings, buses, and on or about school
grounds, and at all school activities.
A
weapon shall be defined as any instrument or device customarily used for attack
or defense against an opponent, adversary or victim; or any instrument or
device used to inflict physical injury or harm to another person.
Violators
of this policy may be referred to the appropriate legal authorities. In
addition, any student who violates this policy will be subject to suspension
and/or expulsion from school.
In
accordance with federal law, any student who brings or possesses a firearm (as
defined in 18 U.S.C. 921) on school property will be suspended from school for
at least one calendar year. The suspension may be modified on a
case-by-case basis upon recommendation by the superintendent to the Board of
Education.
INTERROGATIONS,
INTERVIEWS AND SEARCHES
Searches by School Personnel
School
lockers and desks are the property of the Board of Education and are provided
for the convenience of students, and as such, are subject to periodic
inspection without notice, without student consent, and without a search
warrant. The lockers and desks may be searched by school administrators
or staff who have a reasonable suspicion that the lockers or desks contain
drugs, alcohol, material of a disruptive nature, stolen properties, weapons,
items posing a danger to the health or safety of students and school employees,
or evidence of a violation of school policy. In addition, the Board of
Education authorizes the use of trained dogs to sniff lockers or other school
property to assist in the detection of the presence of drugs, explosives, and
other contraband.
Students or student
property may be searched based on reasonable suspicion of a violation of
District rules, policy, or state law.
Reasonable suspicion must be based on facts known to the administration,
credible information provided or reasonable inference drawn from such facts or
information. The privacy and dignity of students shall be
respected. Searches shall be carried out in the presence of adult
witnesses, if such witnesses are available. Students may be asked to
empty pockets, remove jackets, coats, shoes, belts and other articles of
exterior clothing for examination if reasonable under the circumstances.
However, no strip searches are to be conducted.
Students
are permitted to park on school premises as a matter of privilege, not of
right. The school retains the authority to conduct routine patrols of the
student parking lots. The interior of a student’s automobile on school
premises may be searched if a school administrator has reasonable suspicion to
believe that illegal, unauthorized or contraband items, or evidence of a
violation of school policy is contained inside the vehicle.
Law
enforcement officials shall be contacted if the search produces a controlled
substance, drug paraphernalia, weapons, stolen goods or evidence of a crime, in
any case involving a violation of law when a student refuses to allow a search,
or where the search cannot safely be conducted. Parents may also be
contacted. A student who refuses to submit to a search may be
appropriately disciplined by school officials.
Interviews, Interrogations and Removal From School
The
School District has legal jurisdiction over students during the school day and
hours of approved extracurricular activities. The school administration is responsible
for making an effort to protect each student's rights
with respect to interrogations by law enforcement officials. When law
enforcement officials find it necessary to question students during the school
day or periods of extracurricular activities, the school principal or designee
will be present and the interview will be conducted in private.
The
principal will verify and record the identity of the officer or other authority
and request an explanation of the need to question or interview the student at
school. The principal ordinarily will make reasonable efforts to notify the
student's parents/guardians.
Removal of Students From
School
Before
a student at school is arrested or taken into custody by law enforcement or
other legally authorized person, the principal will verify the official's authority
to take custody of the student. The school principal will attempt to notify the
student's parent/guardian that the student is being removed from school.
Interview With
Division of Social Services Personnel
The
Division of Social Services (DSS) may find it necessary to interview students
during the school day or during periods of extra-curricular activities when an
emergency situation exists or when interviewing in the home setting would be
inappropriate. The DSS worker will contact the school principal or designee
prior to coming to the school to arrange the interview, when possible.
The worker may be accompanied by a law enforcement officer when the report
alleges sexual abuse or serious physical abuse. The principal will verify
and record the identity of the DFS staff person, who will explain the need to
question or interview the student at school.
Contacts by Guardian Ad Litem and
Court-Appointed Special Advocate
When
a court-appointed guardian ad litem or special advocate finds it necessary to
interview the child during the school day or during periods of extra-curricular
activities, the school principal or designee must be notified. The
principal will verify and record the identity of the individual through the
court order which appoints him or her. The interview must be conducted in
a private setting and with the least disruption to the child’s schedule as
possible.
STUDENT SUSPENSION AND
EXPULSION
The
Board of Education believes that the right of a child to attend free public
schools carries with it the responsibility of the child to attend school
regularly and to comply with the lawful policies, rules and regulations of the
school district. This observance of school policies, rules and
regulations is essential for permitting others to learn at school.
Therefore,
the administrative prerogative to exclude a student from school because of
violation of school rules and regulations, conduct which materially or
substantially disrupts the rights of others to an education, or conduct which
endangers the student, other students or the property of the school is
permitted. Furthermore, if a student poses a threat to self or other, as
evidenced by the prior conduct of such student, the administration may
immediately remove the student from school. Such actions will be taken in
accordance with due process and with due regard for the welfare of both the
student and the school.
Suspensions
or removals will use due process procedures. Details of these procedures
will be available in the superintendent’s office. A conference with
student, parents, school officials, and law enforcement officials (if needed)
will be held about the student’s conduct before the student will return to
school.
PARENT/FAMILY INVOLVEMENT
IN EDUCATION
The
Board of Education recognizes the positive effects of parents/families’
involvement in the education of their children. The Board is committed to
strong parent/family involvement in working collaboratively with district staff
as knowledgeable partners in educating district students. In order to
implement the Board’s commitment to parent/family involvement in education, the
Superintendent will appoint a committee of parents, staff, and community
representatives to serve as the district’s Parent Involvement Committee.
The Committee’s responsibilities will include recommendations for program
development, parent/staff training and program evaluation. Program evaluation
reports will be prepared and submitted to the Superintendent annually.
SURVEYING, ANALYZING OR
EVALUATING STUDENTS
All instructional
materials, including teachers’ manuals, films, tapes or other supplementary
material that will be used in connection with any survey, analysis or
evaluation as part of any program shall be available for inspection by the
parents or guardians of the students. Further, a parent may inspect, upon
request, a survey created by a third party before the survey is administered or
distributed by a school to a student. The term “instructional material”
does not include academic tests or academic assessments.
Parents will be notified
at least annually at the beginning of the school year of this policy and within
a reasonable period of time after any substantive change in the policy.
The district will directly notify parents at least annually at the beginning of
the school year of the specific or approximate dates during the school year
when the above described surveys or evaluations are scheduled or expected to be
scheduled or when information for the purpose of marketing will be
collected. Parents have the opportunity to opt the student out of
participation in any surveys or evaluations described in this policy.
Without written consent of
a parent or consent of the student if emancipated, no student, as part of any
program wholly or partially funded by the U.S. Department of Education, shall
be required to submit to a survey, analysis or evaluation that reveals
information concerning:
·
Political affiliations or beliefs of the students or the
student’s parent,
·
Mental or psychological problems of the student or the
student’s family,
·
Sex behavior and attitudes,
·
Illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating or demeaning
behavior,
·
Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom
respondents have close family relationships,
·
Legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships,
such as those of lawyers, physicians and ministers,
·
Religious practices, affiliations or beliefs of the student
or the student’s parent,
·
Income (other than that required by law to determine
eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial
assistance under such program).
If a survey covering one
(1) or more of the eight (8) listed issues is distributed, regardless of the
source of funding, the district will take measures to protect the
identification and privacy of the students participating. These measures
may include limiting access to the completed surveys and the survey results as
allowed by law. Parents have the opportunity to opt the student out of
participation in a survey covering one or more of the eight (8) listed issues.
Surveys that could be administered at Adair
County R-II School for the 2024-2025 school year that may cover one (1) or more
of the eight (8) listed issues are as follows:
|
Postsecondary Planning
Survey – National Research Center
for College & University Admissions, Grades 9-11 |
Fall 2024 |
|
Missouri Comprehensive
Student Needs Survey, Grades K-12 |
Spring 2025 |
PROTECTION OF PUPIL RIGHTS ACT
The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), 20 U.S.C. §
1232h, requires Adair County R-II School District to notify you and
obtain consent or allow you to opt your child out of participating in certain
school activities. These activities include a student survey, analysis, or
evaluation that concern one or more of the following eight areas (“protected
information surveys”):
1. Political
affiliations or beliefs of the student or student’s parent;
2. Mental or
psychological problems of the student or student’s family;
3. Sex
behavior or attitudes;
4. Illegal,
anti-social, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior;
5. Critical
appraisals of others with whom respondents have close family relationships;
6. Legally
recognized privileged relationships, such as with lawyers, doctors, or
ministers;
7. Religious
practices affiliations, or beliefs of the student or parents; or
8. Income,
other than as required by law to determine program eligibility.
This requirement also applies to the collection, disclosure or use
of student information for marketing
purposes (“marketing surveys”), and certain physical exams and
screenings.
A schedule of activities requiring parental notice and
consent/opt-out for the upcoming school year is
legally required. (Please note that this notice and
consent/opt-out transfers from parents to any
student who is 18 or older an emancipated minor under State law.)
If you wish to review any survey instrument or instructional
material used in connection with any
protected information or marketing survey, please submit a request
to Adair County R-II School District, attention
Cody Moore, Superintendent, 205 W. Dewey,
Brashear, MO 63533. Adair
County R-II School District will notify you of the time and place where you may
review these materials. You have the right to review a survey and/or
instructional materials before the survey is administered to a student.
At this time, Adair County R-II School
District has no activity/survey planned that would include any of the above
eight areas. If, at any time during this school year, your child is to be
included in a survey, Adair County R-II School District will send you the
proper information and release form.
COLLECTING, DISCLOSING OR
USING INFORMATION
FOR MARKETING
In general, the district
will not collect, disclose or use personal student information for the purpose
of marketing or selling that information or otherwise providing that information
to others for that purpose. The Missouri Sunshine Law may require
districts to release information collected for other purposes, such as
enrollment, if that information was designated as “Directory Information” and
parents and students were properly notified. The district has no control
over how this information will be used once released, but parents may notify
the district in writing if they do not wish to have directory information
released to third parties.
In the rare case where the
district may collect information from students for the purpose of marketing or
selling that information, the district will directly notify the parents at
least annually at the beginning of the school year of the specific or
approximate dates when such information will be collected. Parents, upon
request, may inspect any instrument used to collect personal information for
the purpose of marketing or selling that information before the instrument is
administered or distributed to a student. All parents and students of
appropriate age may decline to provide the information requested.
This portion of the policy
does not apply to the collection, disclosure or use of personal information
collected from students for the exclusive purpose of developing, evaluating or
providing educational products or services for or to students or educational
institutions, to the extent allowed by law and Board policy, such as the
following:
1. College or other postsecondary education
recruitment or military recruitment.
2. Book clubs, magazines and programs providing access to low-cost
literary products.
3. Curriculum and instructional materials used by elementary
schools and secondary schools.
4. Tests and assessments used by elementary schools and secondary
schools to provide cognitive, evaluative, diagnostic, clinical, aptitude or
achievement information about students (or to generate other statistically
useful data for the purpose of securing such tests and assessments) and the
subsequent analysis and public release of the aggregate data from such tests
and assessments.
5. The sale by students of products or services to raise funds for
school-related or education-related activities.
6. Student recognition programs.
For
the purposes of this policy, “personal information” means individually
identifiable information including:
1. A student or parent’s first and last name.
2. A home or other physical address (including street name and the
name of the city or town).
3. A telephone number.
4. A Social Security identification number.
The
district will notify parents at least annually at the beginning of the school
year of the portion of this policy regarding collecting, disclosing or using
information and within a reasonable time after any substantive change in this
policy.
PROCEDURES REGARDING
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION WHERE CONSENT IS REQUIRED
·
Before the District discloses personally identifiable
information from a student's records (other than directory information), the
District will obtain a signed and dated written consent from the
parent/guardian or eligible student. The written consent will specify the
records that may be disclosed; state the purpose of the disclosure; and
identify the party or parties to whom disclosure may be made.
·
If the parent/guardian or eligible student so requests, the
District will provide him/her with a copy of the records disclosed.
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION WHERE CONSENT IS NOT REQUIRED
The District may disclose personally identifiable
information from a student's educational records without the written consent of
the parent/guardian or eligible student in the following circumstances:
1. Disclosure may be made to other school officials, including
teachers, within the District whom the District has determined to have
legitimate educational interests. The District designates the Custodian of
Records to make the determination as to whether a particular school official
has a legitimate educational interest in accessing a student's educational
records. Before accessing any student's educational records, the school
official seeking access must submit a written request to the Custodian of
Records. The request must include the student's name, the reason for the
request, the school official's name and the date of the request. The District's
designee must provide in writing whether the request was granted or denied and
the reason for the decision. If the request is granted, the request and the
designee's decision must be maintained with the student's educational records.
2. Disclosure may be made to officials of another school district
or post secondary educational institution where the
student seeks or intends to enroll.
3. Disclosure may be made to authorized federal and state agencies
and authorities.
4. Disclosure of acts of school violence, as set forth in Policy
and Regulation 2673, may be made to District employees who are directly
responsible for the student's education or who interact with the student in the
performance of the employee's duties.
5. Disclosure may be made to appropriate staff members of portions
of any student's individualized education program that is related to past or
potentially future violent behavior.
6. Disclosure may be made to law enforcement officials, as soon as
is reasonably practicable, of the commission of the criminal acts listed in
Regulation 2673.
7. Disclosure may be made to the appropriate division of the
Juvenile Court of the suspension of more than ten (10) days of any student
under court jurisdiction.
8. Disclosure of discipline records may be made within five (5)
days to any requesting school district where the student seeks to enroll.
9. Disclosure may be made if such disclosure is in connection with
financial aid for which the student has applied or which the student has
received, if the information is necessary to determine eligibility, amount of
aid, condition for the aid, or to enforce the terms and conditions of the aid.
10. Disclosure may be made to organizations conducting studies for, or
on behalf of, educational agencies or institutions to develop, validate or
administer predictive tests; administer student aid programs; or improve
instruction, if the study is conducted in a way that does not permit personal
identification of parent/guardian and students, and the information is
destroyed when no longer needed for the purposes for which the study was conducted.
11. Disclosure may be made to accrediting organizations to carry out
their accrediting functions.
12. Disclosure may be made to comply with a judicial order or lawfully
issued subpoena and only after the District makes a reasonable effort to notify
the parent/guardian or eligible student of the order or subpoena in advance of
the compliance.
13. Disclosure may be made where the disclosure is in connection with
a health or safety emergency and the information is necessary to protect the
health or safety of the student or other individuals.
14. Disclosure may be made where the disclosure is of information the
District has designated to be directory information.
15. Disclosure may be made to the parent/guardian of a non-eligible
student or to an eligible student.
16. Disclosure may be made without the written consent of the
parent/guardian or eligible student as otherwise may be specified by federal or
state law.
NOTICE OF DESIGNATION OF
DIRECTORY INFORMATION
The Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, requires that Adair County R-II
School District, with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to
the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child’s
education records. However, Adair County R-II School District may disclose
appropriately designated “directory information” without written consent,
unless you have advised the District to the contrary in accordance with
District procedures. The primary purpose of directory information is to allow
the Adair County R-II School District to include this type of information from
your child’s educational records in certain school publications. Examples
include:
·
A playbill, showing your student’s role in a drama
production;
·
The annual yearbook;
·
Honor roll or other recognition lists;
·
Graduation programs; and
·
Sports activity sheets, such as for wrestling, showing weight
and height of team members.
Directory information, which
is information that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of
privacy if released, can also be disclosed to outside organizations without a
parent’s prior written consent. Outside organizations include, but are not
limited to, companies that manufacture class rings or publish yearbooks. In
addition, two federal laws require local educational agencies (LEAs) receiving
assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide
military recruiters, upon request, with three directory information categories
– names, addresses and telephone listings – unless parents have advised the LEA
that they do not want their student’s information disclosed without their prior
written consent.
If you do not want Adair
County R-II School District to disclose directory information from your child’s
educational records without your prior written consent, you must notify the
District in writing by September 15. Adair County R-II School District has
designated the following information as directory information:
Student’s name Dates of attendance
Address Grade level
Telephone listing Participation in officially
recognized activities & sports
Photograph Weight and height of members of athletic
teams
Date and place of birth Degrees, honors and awards received
LOCAL RESOURCES FOR
COUNSELING AND TREATMENT
The Adair County R-II School District has
compiled a list of a few local resources for counseling and treatment. Specialties
include family abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, group, family, and individual
counseling. This list, in addition, includes treatment centers available
outside the immediate Adair area.
ADAIR COUNTY AREA
Mark Twain Area Counseling
Center 105 Pfeiffer Ave,
Kirksville MO 665-4612
Mark Twain Area Counseling Center of Macon 309 N Missouri, Macon MO
395-9114
North Central MO Mental Health Center 1926 Oak St, Unionville MO
947-7940
Northeast Behavioral Health 1410 Crown Dr, Kirksville MO
Dr. Jennifer Blacksmith, Ph.D
660-627-3621
Dr. Christopher Maglio, Phd. 117 E Washington, Kirksville, MO
665-7805
Preferred Family Healthcare 1101 S Jamison, Kirksville MO
900
E. LaHarpe, Kirksville MO
665-1962
or 800-964-7118
Impact Counseling 1108 E Patterson, Suite 5, Kirksville, MO
660-951-2197
Adult Children of Alcoholics 209 W Washington, Kirksville MO
Al-Anon, Al-A-Teen 665-1150
OTHER AVAILABLE TREATMENT CENTERS
Arthur Center DePaul Health Center
321 W Promenade, Mexico MO 65265 12303 DePaul Dr, Bridgeton MO
866-401-6661 314-344-6000
University Behavioral Health Heartland Behavioral Health Services
3301 S Providence Rd # E, Columbia MO 65203 W Ashland, Nevada MO 64772
573-882-2511 800-654-9605 or 417-667-2666
DISCIPLINE
The District has the authority to control student conduct which is
prejudicial to good order and discipline in the schools as provided by state
law. School officials are authorized to hold students accountable for
misconduct in school, on school property, during school-sponsored activities
and for conduct away from school or in non-school activities which affect
school discipline.
Students forfeit their right to a public school
education by engaging in conduct prohibited in Regulation 2610 and related provisions.
Disciplinary consequences include, but are not limited to, withdrawal of school
privileges (athletics, intramurals, student clubs and activities and school
social events); the reassignment of the student to another school; removal for
up to ten (10) school days by school principals; extension of suspensions for a
total of 180 days by the Superintendent; and longer term
suspension and expulsion from school by the Board of Education.
STUDENT DISCIPLINE
Behavioral Expectations
The discipline code set out in this
regulation is intended to be illustrative but not an exclusive listing of acts
of misconduct and the consequences for each. Misconduct which is not
specifically listed in this regulation may be deemed to warrant discipline up
to and including expulsion following provision of all due process procedures.
In addition, the disciplinary consequence listed for each offense may be
increased or decreased by the Administration or the Board of Education due to
mitigating or aggravating circumstances. This code includes, but is not
necessarily limited to, acts of students on school playgrounds, parking lots,
school buses or at a school activity whether on or off school property.
This list is by no means all inclusive and will not be
applied without regard to special circumstances. The principal or superintendent may alter the punishment
based on unusual severity, maturity of students involved, and degree of
intent. All instances of ISS and OSS will be documented in the student's
discipline record.
Copies of this regulation
as well as the District's corporal punishment policy will be provided to each student at the beginning of each school
year. Copies of these documents will also be available for public inspection
during normal business hours in the Superintendent's office.
.Academic Dishonesty – Academic dishonesty is defined as
copying from another student or allowing another student to copy work, using or
possessing a “crib sheet,” using an electronic device to cheat, looking in a
book during a closed-book test, and/or plagiarizing an assignment or project.
First Offense: Zero on the assignment, project, or
test and one detention.
Second offense: Zero on
the assignment, project, or test and 1 day
in-school suspension.
Subsequent offenses: Zero on assignment and 1-3 days out-of
school suspension
Alcohol
- Possession of or presence under the influence of alcohol
First offense: 3 days out-of-school suspension and possible notification to
law enforcement officials
Second Offense: 3-180 day out-of-school suspension and possible notification
to law enforcement officials
3rd offense: 180 out-of-school suspension/expulsion and possible
notification to law enforcement officials
Arson -
Intentionally causing or attempting to cause a fire or explosion
First Offense: 11-180 days out-of-school suspension or
expulsion and notification to law enforcement officials
Subsequent Offenses: Expulsion and notification to law
enforcement officials
Assault
- (Refer to Policy and Regulation 2673 – Reporting of Violent Behavior)
a. Attempting
to cause injury to another person; placing a person in reasonable apprehension
of imminent physical injury; physically injuring another person.
First Offense: 3-5 days out-of-school suspension and possible
notification to law enforcement
Subsequent offenses: 10-180 days out-of-school suspension and possible
notification to law enforcement
b. Attempting
to kill or cause serious physical injury to another; killing or causing serious
physical injury to another.
First Offense: Expulsion and notification to law
enforcement officials
c. Fighting—Mutual
combat in which both parties have contributed to the conflict, verbal or
physical.
First Offense: 1-3 days out-of-school suspension
Second offense: 3-5 days out-of-school suspension
Subsequent Offenses: 3-180 days out-of-school suspension or
expulsion
Bullying – The District is committed to maintaining a learning and working
environment free of any form of bullying or intimidation. Bullying is
strictly prohibited on school grounds, or school time, at a school sponsored
activity or in a school related context. Bullying is the intentional
action by an individual or group of individuals to inflict intimidation, unwanted aggressive behavior, or harassment
that is repetitive or is substantially likely to be
repeated and causes a reasonable student to fear for his or her
physical safety or property; substantially interferes with the educational
performance, opportunities, or benefits of any student without exception; or
substantially disrupts the orderly operation of the school. Bullying may
consist of physical actions, including gestures, or oral, cyberbullying,
electronic, or written communication, and any threat of retaliation for
reporting acts of bullying.
Cyberbullying means bullying as defined above through
the transmission of a communication including, but not limited to, a message,
text, sound, or image by means of an electronic device including, but not
limited to, a telephone, wireless telephone, or other wireless communication
device, computer, or pager. The District may prohibit and discipline for
cyberbullying that originates on any District
campus or at a District activity if the electronic communication was made using
the school's technological resources, if there is a sufficient nexus to the
educational environment, or if the electronic communication was made on the
District’s campus or at a District activity using the student's own personal
technological resources. Further,
students who engage in significant acts of misconduct off campus which
materially and adversely impact the education of District students will be
subject to discipline.
Bullying occurs when a student:
1.
-
Communicates with another by any means including telephone, writing or via
electronic communications, intention to intimidate, or inflict physical,
emotional, or mental harm without legitimate purpose, or
2.
-
Physically contacts another person with the intent to intimidate or to inflict
physical, emotional, or mental harm without legitimate purpose. Physical
contact does not require physical touching, although touching may be included.
3.
-
Exhibits any unwanted aggressive behavior towards another person.
First Offense: 3-5 days out-of-school
suspension
Second offense: 10-30 days out-of-school suspension
Subsequent Offenses: 180 days out-of-school
suspension
Bus Misconduct—Any offense committed by a student on a district-owned or
contracted bus shall be punished in the same manner as if the offense had been
committed at the student’s assigned school. In addition, bus riding
privileges may be suspended or revoked.
Cell Phones/ Smart Devices - The use of cell phones in school poses
increasing risks of school disruptions, bullying, criminal activity, and
academic dishonesty. Student cell phones, digital cameras and similar
electronic devices shall be turned off and are not to be heard or used during
the instructional day without prior teacher permission and are banned from
restrooms and dressing areas (home or away) at all times.
First
Offense: Cell phone taken to the office and must be picked up by
parent
Second
Offense: Cell phone taken must be picked up by the parent, 1
detention, cell phone turned into the office for 4 days (if not student will
serve In-school suspension)
Subsequent
Offenses: Cell phone taken, parent must pick up phone, 1 day
In-school suspension, phone turned into the office for 4 days (if not student
will serve In-school suspension)
First
Offense (in Banned Area): 1-3 days in-school suspension.
Students
needing to call home on their cell phones must first get permission from the
principal/teacher prior to displaying the
cell phone.
Defiance of Authority - Refusal to obey directions or defiance of staff authority
(Including disrespectful conduct or speech such as verbal, written or symbolic
language or gesture directed at a staff member that is rude, vulgar, defiant,
or considered inappropriate to public settings.)
First Offense: 1-3
days In-school suspension
Second Offense: 3-5 days out-of-school suspension
Subsequent Offenses: 30 days out-of-school
suspension
Disruptive Behavior - Conduct that has the intentional effect of disturbing education
or the safe transportation of a student including conduct or verbal, written, pictorial
or symbolic language that materially and substantially disrupts classroom work,
school activities or school functions.
First Offense: Principal/Student
conference, in-school suspension, or 1-10 days out-of- school
suspension.
Subsequent Offenses: In-school suspension, or 1-180 days
out-of-school suspension, or expulsion Drugs/Controlled Substance
a.
Possession
or presence under the influence of a controlled substance or substance
represented to be a controlled substance while at school, on the school
playground, on the school parking lot, a school bus or at a school activity
whether on or off of school property. This could include, but is not limited to
CBD products.
First
offense: 5-10 days Out-of-school suspension and possible notification
to law enforcement officials
Second Offense: 6-180 days Out-of-school
suspension and possible notification to law enforcement officials
3rd offense: 180 out-of-school
suspension/expulsion and possible notification to law enforcement officials
Subsequent Offenses: Expulsion and possible notification to law enforcement officials
b.
Sale of a controlled substance or substance represented to be
a controlled substance while at
school or at any of the locations
described above.
First Offense: 5-180 days out-of-school
suspension and possible notification to law enforcement officials,
Subsequent Offenses: Expulsion and
notification to law enforcement officials
Extortion - Verbal threats or
physical conduct designed to obtain money or other valuables
First Offense: Principal/Student conference, in-school suspension, or 1-10
days out-of- school
suspension.
Subsequent Offenses: In-school suspension, or
1-180 days out-of-school suspension, or expulsion,
False Alarms – Tampering with
emergency equipment, setting off false alarms, making false reports.
First Offense: Up to and
including Principal/parent conference, in-school suspension, 1-180 days
out-of-school suspension,
or expulsion
Subsequent Offenses: Up to and including
in-school suspension, 1-180 days out-of-school
suspension, or expulsion
Fire starting devices- Having in possession/using
any device that has the potential to start a fire. (ex. lighters,
fireworks).
First Offense: Up to and including
Principal/parent conference, in-school suspension, 1-180 days out- of-school
suspension, or expulsion
Subsequent Offenses: Up to and including in-school suspension, 1-180 days
out-of-school suspension, or expulsion
Firearms and Weapons (Refer to Policy and Regulation 2620 – Firearms and Weapons in
School)
Possession of a firearm or weapon
a. Possession
or use of any instrument or device, other than those defined in 18 U.S.C. §
921, 18 U.S.C. § 930(g)(2) or § 571.010, RSMo. which
is customarily used for attack or defense against another person; any
instrument or device used to inflict physical injury to another person.
First Offense: In-school suspension, 1-180 days
out-of-school suspension, or expulsion, and possible notification to law
enforcement of officials
Subsequent Offenses: 11-180 days out-of-school suspension or
expulsion, notification to law
enforcement officials
b. Possession
or use of a firearm as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 921, or any instrument or device
defined in § 571.010, RSMo. or any instrument or
device defined as a dangerous weapon in 18 U.S.C. § 930(g)(2)
.
First Offense: One
calendar year suspension or expulsion, unless modified by the Board upon
recommendation by the superintendent and
notification to law enforcement officials
Harassment (Refer to Policy 2130 – Harassment)
First Offense: Principal/Student conference, in-school
suspension, 1-180 days out-of-school
suspension, or expulsion
Subsequent Offenses: In-school suspension, 1-180 days
out-of-school suspension, or expulsion
Improper Display of Affection - A public display of affection is defined
as physical contact with another person that gives the appearance of an
intimate relationship or is an intimate act that is in view of others and is
inappropriate in a school setting. It may include, but is not limited to
any intimate physical contact between two individuals such as embracing,
kissing, intimate caressing or touching or any combination of the above.
Students who engage in public displays of affection are subject to referral for
disciplinary action by the school administration as defined in the student
handbook. A good rule to follow is that side-to-side handholding is
permitted.
First Offense: Principal/student conference, and detention
Second Offense: 2 detentions
Subsequent Offenses: 1-3 days of In-school suspension
Improper Language
Threatening Language-Use of verbal, physical or written threats
to do bodily harm to person or personal property.
First Offense: 3-5 days In-school suspension and possible notification to law
enforcement.
Second Offense: 3-10 days Out-of school suspension
possible notification to law enforcement
Subsequent Offenses: 10-180 days Out-of
school suspension/expulsion and possible notification to law enforcement.
Use of Obscene or Vulgar Language- Language that depicts sexual acts, human
waste, and blasphemous language
First Offense: 1-3 days In-school suspension
Second Offense: 3 days In-school suspension
Subsequent Offenses: 1-5 days Out-of
school suspension
Cussing
First Offense: Principal conference
Second Offense: 1-3 days In-school
suspension
Subsequent Offenses: 2-5 days In-school
suspension
Demeaning Language or Conduct – Use of hate language to demean other
persons due to the race, gender, disability, natural origin, or religious
beliefs. This provision also includes conduct, verbal, written, or symbolic
speech that materially and substantially disrupts class, school activities,
transportation, or school functions.
First Offense: 1-3 days In-school suspension
Second Offense: 3 days In-school suspension
Subsequent Offenses: 1-5 days Out-of
school suspension
Inappropriate Sexual Conduct (Refer to Policy and Regulation 2130 -
Harassment)
Physical touching of another student in the area of the breasts, buttocks, or
genitals
First Offense: 1-3 days In-school suspension 1-180 days out-of-school suspension
Subsequent Offenses: 1-180 days Out-of
school suspension
Use of sexually intimidating language, objects, or pictures.
First Offense: Principal/Student conference,
in-school suspension, or 1-180 days out-of-school
suspension, or expulsion
Subsequent Offenses: In-school suspension, 1-180 days
out-of-school suspension, or expulsion Indecent
Exposure—Includes display of breasts, buttocks and genitals in a public
location
First Offense: Principal/Student conference,
in-school suspension, or 1-180 days out-of-school
suspension, or expulsion
Subsequent Offenses: In-school suspension, 1-180 days
out-of-school suspension, or expulsion,
Technology Misconduct
a.
Attempting,
regardless of success, to gain unauthorized access to a technology system or
information; to use district technology to connect to other systems in evasion
of the physical limitations of the remote system; to copy district files
without authorization; to interfere with the ability of others to utilize
district technology; to secure a higher level of privilege without authorization;
to introduce computer “viruses,” “hacking” tools, or other
disruptive/destructive programs onto or using district technology; or to evade
or disable a filtering/blocking device.
First Offense: 1-180
days out-of-school suspension, suspension or loss of user privileges and
possible notification of law enforcement
Subsequent Offense: 1-180
days out-of-school suspension, expulsion, suspension or loss of user
privileges and possible notification of law
enforcement
Violation of the Board adopted “Acceptable Use Policy”, administrative procedures or netiquette
rules
governing student use of district
technology.
First Offense: In-school
suspension, 1-180 days out-of-school suspension, suspension or loss of
user privileges and possible notification
to law enforcement
Subsequent Offense: In-school
suspension, 1-180 days out-of-school suspension, expulsion,
suspension or loss of user privileges and
possible notification to law enforcement
Theft -
Nonconsensual taking or attempt to take the property of another
First Offense: In-school suspension, 1-180 days
out-of-school suspension, or expulsion and possible notification to law
enforcement officials
Subsequent Offenses: 11-180 days’ out-of-school
suspension, or expulsion and notification to law
enforcement officials
Tobacco -
Possession or use of tobacco, tobacco products, or electronic cigarettes (which
could include, but are not limited to, CBD
products, smokeless tobacco, vaping, etc.)
a. Possession of any tobacco products on
school grounds, school transportation or at any school
activity.
First offense: 3 days in-school suspension and possible notification to law
enforcement officials
Second Offense: 5 days in-school suspension and possible notification to law
enforcement officials
3rd offense: 5 days out-of-school suspension/expulsion and possible
notification to law enforcement officials
Truancy -
Absent or tardy from class or classes without authorization (See also Policy
and Regulation 2340 – Truancy and Educational Neglect.)
First
Offense: Principal/Student conference or 1-3 days in-school
suspension.
Subsequent Offenses: 3-10 days in-school suspension.
Vandalism - Intentional damage or attempt to damage property belonging to
the staff, students, or the District.
First Offense: In-school suspension, 1-180 days
out-of-school suspension, or expulsion and possible notification to law
enforcement officials
Subsequent Offenses: 11-180 days’ out-of-school
suspension, or expulsion and notification to law
enforcement officials
*Any offense which constitutes a “serious
violation of the district’s discipline policy” as defined in Board policy PRF
2673 will be documented in the student’s discipline record.
STUDENT SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION
Policy 2662 and Policy 2663
The Board of Education believes that the
right of a child to attend free public schools carries with it the
responsibility of the child to attend school regularly and to comply with the
lawful policies, rules and regulations of the school district. This
observance of school policies, rules and regulations is essential for
permitting others to learn at school.
Therefore, the administrative prerogative
to exclude a student from school because of violation of school rules and regulations,
conduct which materially or substantially disrupts the rights of others to an
education, or conduct which endangers the student, other students or the
property of the school is permitted. Furthermore, if a student poses a
threat to self or other, as evidenced by the prior conduct of such student, the
administration may immediately remove the student from school. Such
actions will be taken in accordance with due process and with due regard for
the welfare of both the student and the school.
Suspensions or removals will use due
process procedures. Details of these procedures will be available in the
superintendent’s office. A conference with student, parents, school
officials, and law enforcement officials (if needed) will be held about the
student’s conduct before the student will return to school.
DISCIPLINE OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
A student with a disability is a student
identified as a “child with a disability” under the eligibility criteria of
state regulations implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA) as amended, or as a person with a qualifying disability of the purpose
of Title II of the American with Disabilities Act or Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act.
The district does not believe in a double
standard for intentional misbehavior and holds the welfare and safety of all
persons in the district in highest regard. Students with disabilities who
violate the school district’s discipline code will be disciplined in accordance
with the district’s normal discipline code, subject to the modifications of the
normal discipline implementation process mandated by law. It is expressly
this district’s policy that it will use the full scope of authority available
under the law in applying its regular disciplinary code to all students.
All students, including those with disabilities, may be referred for law
enforcement action when their conduct warrants the referral.
Due process procedures will be enforced
according to school law.
BUS CONDUCT REGULATIONS
1. To
ensure safety, the driver must be totally in charge of the school bus.
Passengers must respond promptly to all instructions given.
Example: Deliberately defiant/refusal to follow instructions
2. The
use of alcohol and tobacco products are strictly prohibited.
Example: Smokeless tobacco, smoking, matches, lighters, drugs, alcohol.
3. Animals
as well as glass containers are not permitted.
4. Passengers
must observe classroom conduct at all times. Example: Excessive
horseplay, pushing, tripping, loud talking/undue noise, throwing objects,
obscene/unacceptable language, gestures, remarks or literature. Student
conduct may be monitored by surveillance cameras.
5. Do
not attempt to get off or move about while the bus is in motion.
Example: Arms, head, feet, objects out window, refusal to stay seated,
standing/moving around, crawling under or over seats.
6. Vandalism
or tampering with bus equipment is prohibited. Example: broken window,
cut seat or seat damage.
PUBLIC’S RIGHT TO KNOW
The minutes,
accounts, reports, surveys, memoranda or other documents prepared for the
Board, and any other non-confidential records of the Board, are public
documents. They shall be kept in the custody of the superintendent and
the Board secretary. The superintendent, Board secretary or a designee
will make them available to the public upon request during regular business
hours.
Confidential
records are not open to the public. These include, but are not limited
to, staff and student personnel records, personal correspondence, minutes of
executive sessions and records pertaining to such matters as may be discussed
in executive session, and all other records closed pursuant to law, to the
extent and/or for the time periods set or provided by law.
NOTIFICATION OF
TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS
Our district
is required to inform you of certain information that you, according to the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (Public Law 14-95),
have the right to know. Upon your request, our district is required to
provide to you, in a timely manner, the following information:
·
Whether
the teacher has met state qualification and licensing criteria for the grade
levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.
·
Whether
the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through
which state qualification or licensing criteria have been waived.
·
Whether
your child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their
qualifications.
·
What
baccalaureate degree major the teacher has and any other graduate certification
or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the
certification.
In addition to the information that you may request, the District
will provide to you individually:
·
Information
on the achievement level of your child in each of the state academic
assessments as required under this part; and
·
Timely
notice that your child has been assigned, or has been taught for four or more
consecutive weeks by, a teacher who has not met applicable state certification
or licensure requirements at the grade level and/or subject area in which the
teacher has been assigned..
For more information you may contact local
district or Department personnel.
Cody Moore, Federal Programs Director, 205 W.
Dewey Street, Brashear, MO 63533
(660) 323-5272 Fax (660) 323-5250 cody_moore@adair2.brashear.k12.mo.us
Brashear Elementary School
(Title I, LEP, Migrant policy)
Board approved May 21, 2024
SEE POLICY AND REGULATION 1405
School, Parent, and Family Engagement
Policy
The Board of Education, district administrators,
and faculty and staff, recognize the positive effects of school, parent, and
family engagement. We believe that parents/guardians are vital partners in the
education of their children. Our school is committed to strong
parent/family involvement by working collaboratively with district staff as
knowledgeable partners in educating district students. This School, Parent, and
Family Engagement Policy is developed jointly with, distributed to, and agreed
upon with parents/guardians of participating children, including parents of
migrant and EL children.
In order to promote parent/family engagement in
the district, our school will:
–Work as partners with
families to develop and revise the Parent and Family Engagement Policy and
distribute it to parents/guardians of participating children in our Elementary
Handbook each year.
–Parents/Guardians
are also invited to attend annual committee meetings, correspond through email
and/or google docs, social media, and individual meetings/conferences. Parent
input for this policy is sought during annual committee meetings,
parent/teacher conferences, evening events, and/or school wide
activities.
–
The School, Parent, and Family Engagement Policy is provided in a language the
parents can understand. Parents/Guardians are notified of the policy in an
understandable and uniform format.
Policy Involvement
At the beginning of the school year, the school
convenes and annual meetings, at a convenient time, to which all parents of
participating children are encouraged to attend. These meetings will be used to
keep parents/guardians informed on their child’s educational progress, and give
the right of the parents/guardians to be involved. The school offers a flexible
number of meetings. If meetings are poorly attended, effort will be made to
reschedule for a time that can better fit the needs of the families in our
district.
·
Meetings can be, but not limited to, the form of:
·
Parent-Teacher Conferences
·
Evenings in Education
·
Annual Title/Federal Programs Meetings– Fall and Spring
·
During these meetings, the agenda will reflect the purpose of
the meeting is, but not limited to:
·
To inform parents of their school’s participation in the
Title I.A program
·
To explain the requirements of Title I.A
·
To explain the rights of parents to be involved.
The school will Involve parents/guardians in an
organized, ongoing, and timely way, in the planning, review, and improvement of
the Title I.A program and if applicable, schoolwide program plan in the school.
The school will also involve parents/guardians in the planning, review, and
improvement of the School, Parent, and Family Engagement Policy.
·
Involvement can include, but is not limited to:
·
Parent/Student/School Compact
·
Parent and Family Engagement Policy
·
Schoolwide Title Program Plan
·
Beginning of the Year Survey
·
End of the Year Survey
·
Supplemental Instruction by Title Instructors
·
Parents are invited to attend annual committee meetings,
correspond through email and/or google docs/forms, and individual input is
collected through personal visits. Parent input is sought during parent/teacher
conferences, evening events, and/or school wide activities, and the
aforementioned annual meetings.
The school provides parents of participating
children:
·
Information about Title I programs
·
Information will be disseminated in handbooks, newsletter, on
our website, social media, and through mailing to parents and patrons of the
Adair County R-II School District.
·
The district utilizes the “Parents Make a Difference”
handout.
·
Parents will be informed at the Title I Informational Meeting
·
Description of the current curriculum resources in use at the
school, the forms or academic assessment used to measure student progress, and
the achievement levels of the MAP assessment.
·
Curriculum information and academic assessment data will be
disseminated at parent/teacher conferences, annual fall meetings, or evening
events. District MAP and Evaluate data is shared with those in attendance at
the annual fall meeting.
·
If requested by the parents/guardians, give opportunities for
regular meetings to participate in decisions relating to the education of their
students and responses to suggestions in a timely manner.
Shared Responsibility for High Student
Achievement
School-Parent Compact
The School-Parent Compact outlines how parents,
the entire school staff, and students will share the responsibility for
improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and
parents will build and develop a partnership to help children achieve the
State’s high standards.
- The school jointly develops with
parents of TItle I.A served children the
school-parent compact.
The school-parent compact will:
- Describe the ways in which all
parents will be responsible for supporting their children’s
learning.
- Parent Teacher Student compacts
will be given out on the “Welcome Back Night” and on the first day of
school for those not in attendance on that evening. The elementary
secretary will also provide new students with the compact upon enrollment.
It will also be made available electronically through google forms. The
parent portion of the compact is:
- I will …Emphasize positive
attitudes and healthy behaviors at home and school.
- I will …Help my child plan
ahead and set goals and be a good citizen.
- I will …Make school work and
attendance a priority for my child.
- I will …Be available to work
with the school for the success of my child.
- Describe the school’s
responsibility to provide high-quality curriculum and instruction in a
supportive and effective learning environment.
- Teacher/School Responsibilities:
- We will …Provide high quality
instruction in a safe and caring environment that supports students in
meeting their grade level Missouri Learning Standards.
- We will …Plan ahead and build
on individual strengths for optimum success.
- We will …Make the success of
each child a priority.
- We will …Be available and keep
you informed of your child’s progress.
- We will… Provide parents the
opportunity to volunteer and participate in their child’s education.
- We will… Hold annual meetings
with parents such as: Parent/Teacher Conferences, Evenings in Education,
and for Title I.A/Federal Programs Reviews.
- Address the importance of
communication between teachers and parents on an ongoing basis through a
minimum of:
- Conducting parent/teacher
conferences at least annually, during which the compact shall be
discussed
- Issuing frequent reports to
parents on their children’s progress
- Providing reasonable access to
staff, opportunities to volunteer, and observation of the classroom
activities
- Ensuring regular two-way,
meaningful communication between family members and school staff, and, in
a language that family members can understand.
Building Capacity for Involvement
To ensure effective involvement of parents and to
support a partnership among the school, parents, and the community to improve
student academic achievement, the school:
- Provides
assistance to
parents, as appropriate, in understanding
- The Missouri Learning Standards
- The Missouri Assessment Program
- Local assessments
- How to monitor a child's
progress
- How to work with educators to
improve the achievements of their children
- Plans to provide materials and
training include:
- Parent education nights will be
held in conjunction with student nights so parents can learn, observe,
and work with students on improving skills. Parents receive a “Parents
Make a Difference” handout. Supplemental math and ELA instructors provide
a holiday newsletter, “Title Tips for Holiday Break.” Per parent
feedback, technology nights will be held every other year during an
evening event.
- Educates teachers, specialized
instructional support personnel, principals, and other school leaders and
staff, with the assistance of parents, in the value and utility of
contributions of parents, in how to reach out to, communicate with, and
work with parents as equal partners, implement and coordinate parent
programs, and build ties between parents and the school.
- To help all understand the need
for working together, continuous parent contact through emails, planners,
phone calls, notes, Class Dojo, etc. Classroom teachers provide parents
with weekly newsletters. Teachers will be provided with training on
effective parent communication. School personnel will be educated with
extra professional development at Literature groups, run by supplemental
ELA and math instructors.
To ensure effective involvement of parents and to
support a partnership among the school, parents, and the community to improve
student academic achievement, the school to the extent feasible and
appropriate:
- Coordinates and integrates parent
involvement programs and activities with other Federal, State, and local
programs, including public preschool programs, and conducts other
activities, such as parent resource centers, that encourage and support
parents to fully participate in the education of their children.
- Parent/student/teacher nights
will be provided throughout the school year in order to encourage parents
and teachers to work together and help students, as well as
promote/encourage parent involvement.
- Ensures that information related
to school and parent programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to
the parents of participating children in a format and, language the
parents can understand.
- Provides reasonable support for
parental involvement activities under this section as parents may request.
Optional Additional Assurances
To ensure effective involvement of parents and to
support a partnership among the school, parents, and the community to improve
student academic achievement, the school:
- Arranges school meetings at a
variety of times, or conducts in-home conferences between teachers or
other educators, who work directly with participating children, with
parents who are unable to attend conferences at school, in order to
maximize parental involvement and participation. Adopts and implements
model approaches to improving parental involvement.
- May adopt and implement model
approaches to improving parental involvement.
Accessibility
In carrying out the parent and family engagement
requirements of the Title I program, the school, to the extent
practicable,
- Provides opportunities for the
informed participation of parents and family members, including:
- Parents and family members who
have limited English proficiency.
- Parents and family members with
disabilities.
- Parents and family members of
migratory children.
- Provides information and school
reports in a format and, in a language parents
understand.
Reviewed and approved 4/8/24
FERPA EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS ANNUAL
NOTIFICATION
Each year the Adair County R-II School District
is required to give notice of the various rights accorded to parents or
students pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA). Parents and students have a right to be notified and informed.
In accordance with FERPA, you are notified of the following:
RIGHT TO INSPECT: You have the right to
review and inspect substantially all of your education records maintained by or
at this institution.
RIGHT TO PREVENT DISCLOSURES: You have the right to
prevent disclosure of education records to third parties with certain limited
exceptions. It is the intent of this institution to limit the disclosure
of information contained in your education records to those instances when
prior written consent has been given to the disclosure, as an item of directory
information of which you have not refused to permit disclosure, or under the
provisions of FERPA which allow disclosure without prior written consent.
RIGHT TO REQUEST AMENDMENT: You have the right to
seek to have corrected any parts of an education record which you believe to be
inaccurate, misleading or otherwise in violation of your rights. This
right includes the right to a hearing to present evidence that the record
should be changed if this institution decides not to alter the education
records according to your request.
RIGHT TO COMPLAIN TO FERPA OFFICE: You have the right to
file a complaint with the Family Policy Compliance Office, U.S. Department of
Education, Washington D.C., 20202-4605, concerning the Adair County R-II School
District’s failure to comply with FERPA.
RIGHT TO OBTAIN POLICY: You have the right to
obtain a copy of the written policy adopted by the Board of Education of the
Adair County R-II School District in compliance with FERPA. A copy may be
obtained in person or by mail from:
Renee Reeves
Custodian of Records
205 West Dewey Street
Brashear, MO 63533
(660) 323-5272
Fax (660) 323-5250
renee_reeves@adair2.brashear.k12.mo.us
Missouri Department of
Elementary & Secondary Education
COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
The Federal Every Student Succeeds Act requires
the Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE) to adopt
procedures for resolving complaints regarding operations of programs authorized
under the Act, including Title I, Title II, Title III, Title IV (Part A), Title
V, Title VI, and Title VII and Title IX, part C.
Who May File a Complaint
Any local education agency (LEA), consortium of
LEAs, organization, parent, teacher, or member of the public may file a
complaint.
Definition of a Complaint
There are both formal and informal complaint
procedures.
A formal complaint must be a written, signed
statement that includes:
1. An allegation that a federal statute or
regulation applicable to the state educational agency (SEA) or a local
education agency (LEA) program has been violated,
2. Facts, including documentary evidence that
supports the allegation, and
3. The specific requirement, statute, or
regulation being violated.
Alternatives for Filing
Complaints
It is federal and state intent that complaints
are resolved at a level nearest the LEA as possible. As described below, formal
complaints filed with the SEA will be forwarded to the appropriate LEA for
investigation and resolution. Informal complaints made to the SEA will be
subject of an initial investigation by the SEA, but will be forwarded to the
LEA if a formal complaint evolves. Precise processes in both instances are
described below.
Informal and Formal
Complaints Received by the Local Education Agency
Informal and formal complaints filed with the LEA
concerning ESEA program operations in that LEA are to be investigated and
resolved by the LEA according to locally developed procedures, when at all
possible. Such procedures will provide for:
1. Disseminating procedures to the LEA school
board,
2. Central filing of procedures within the
district,
3. Addressing informal complaints in a prompt and
courteous manner,
4. Notifying the SEA within 15 days of receipt of
written complaints,
5. Timely investigating and processing of
complaints within 30 days, with an additional 30 days if exceptional conditions
exist,
6. Disseminating complaint findings and
resolutions to all parties to the complaint and the LEA school board. Such
findings and resolutions also shall be available to parents, teachers and other
members of the general public, provided by the LEA, free of charge, if
requested, and
7. Appealing to the Missouri Department of
Elementary & Secondary Education within 15 days
Appeals to the Missouri Department of Elementary
& Secondary Education will be processed according to the procedures
outlined in sections below.
Informal Complaints
Received by the SEA Office
Informal complaints (i.e., verbal and/or
anonymous) to the SEA by individuals (who may ask not to be identified to the
LEA) concerning program operations in an LEA will be investigated by the SEA,
according to procedures deemed most appropriate by the SEA, within 10 days of
receipt of the complaint. Findings of this investigation shall be reported to
the complainant within 10 additional days. In the event that the complainant
requests further investigation or a hearing, the complainant must file a signed
written complaint. This formal complaint will be processed according to
procedures outlined in sections below.
Formal Complaints
Initially Received by the SEA Office
1. Record. Upon receipt of a written complaint, a
record of the source and nature of the complaint, including the applicable
program involved in the complaint, statute violated and facts on which the
complaint is based, will be initiated.
2. Notification of LEA. Within 15 days of receipt
of the complaint, a written communication will notify the district
superintendent and the district ESEA coordinator of the complaint filed with
the SEA. Upon receipt of the communication, the LEA will initiate its complaint
procedures as set forth above. If the complaint is that an LEA is not providing
equitable services to private school children, it also will be filed with the
U.S. Secretary of Education.
3. Report by LEA. Within 20 days of receipt of
the complaint, the LEA will advise the SEA of the status of the complaint
resolution proceedings and, at the end of 30 days, will submit a written
summary of the LEA investigation and complaint resolution. This report is
considered public record and may be made available to parents, teachers, and
other members of the general public. A copy of this procedure also will be
filed with the U.S. Secretary of Education, if it involves equity of services
to private school children.
4. Verification. Within ten days of receipt of
the written summary of a complaint resolution, the DESE office will verify the
resolution of the complaint through an on-site visit, letter or telephone
call(s).
Verification will include direct contact with the
complainant. If the complaint is about equity of services to private school
children, the U.S. Secretary of Education shall also be given copies of all
related communications.
Appeals
1. Record. Upon receipt of a written appeal to a
complaint unresolved at the LEA level, a record of the source and nature of the
complaint, including the applicable program involved in the complaint, statute
violated and facts on which the complaint is based, will be initiated.
2. Investigation. The SEA will initiate an
investigation within 10 days, which will be concluded within 30 days from
receipt of the appeal. Such investigation may include a site visit if the SEA
determines that an on-site investigation is necessary. By stipulation of all
concerned, this investigation may be continued beyond the 30-day limit.
3. Hearing. If required by the SEA, or formally
requested by parties to the complaint, this investigation will include an
evidentiary hearing(s) before an SEA Division Director
acting as chairperson and designated staff personnel. Conduct of such hearings
will follow the procedures outlined in state rules. The hearing proceedings
shall be tape recorded and the recording preserved for preparation of any
transcript required on appeal.
Decision
Within 10 days of conclusion of the investigation
and/or evidentiary hearing(s), the SEA will render a decision detailing the
reasons for its decision and transmitting this decision to the LEA, the
complainant, and the district school board. Recommendations and details
of the decision are to be implemented within 15 days of the decision being
given to the LEA. This 15 day implementation
period may be extended at the discretion of the SEA Division Director, The
complainant of the LEA may appeal the decision of the SEA.
Formal LEA Complaints
Against SEA
1. Record. The SEA will record the source, and
nature of the complaint, including the applicable program involved in the
complaint, statue violated and facts on which the complaint is based.
2. Decision. The SEA decision will be rendered
within 15 days of the complaint receipt. The LEA will be promptly notified of
the SEA’s decision.
3. Appeal. The LEA may appeal the decision of the
SEA to the SEA review board within 30 days of receipt of the decision.
Procedures under the “Appeal to the State Agency Review Board” section will be
followed.
4. Second Appeal. An applicant has the right to
appeal the decision of the SEA Review Board to the U.S. Secretary of Education.
The applicant shall file written notice of the appeal with the Secretary within
20 days after the applicant has been notified by the SEA of its decision.
Complaints Against LEAs
Received from the
United States Department
of Education
1. Complaints against LEAs received from the U.S.
Department of Education will be processed as though they had been received
initially at the SEA.
2. A report of final disposition of the complaint
will be filed with the U.S. Department of Education.
3. These procedures shall not prevent the SEA
from partially or wholly interrupting funding of any LEA IASA program or taking
any other action it deems appropriate.
Procedure Dissemination
1. This procedure will be disseminated to all
interested parties through the agency webpage at http://dese.mo.gov and to subscribers to the
Federal Programs listserv.
2. This guidance will be distributed through
regional and statewide meetings with Federal Programs Coordinators. LEAs are
asked to incorporate the elements of the complaint procedure into their own
policies and procedures.
3. DESE will also keep records of any complaints
filed through this policy.
For complaints concerning
any federal programs please contact:
Cody
Moore
205
West Dewey Street
Brashear,
MO 63533
(660)
323-5272 Fax (660) 323-5250
TECHNOLOGY USAGE
(Technology Safety)
Internet Usage
Personal Responsibility
Access to electronic
research requires students and employees to maintain consistently high levels
of personal responsibility. The existing rules found in the District's
Behavioral Expectations policy (Board Policy/Regulation 2610) as well as
employee handbooks clearly apply to students and employees conducting
electronic research or communication.
One fundamental need for
acceptable student and employee use of District electronic resources is respect
for, and protection of, password/account code security, as well as restricted
databases files, and information banks. Personal passwords/account codes
may be created to protect students and employees utilizing electronic resources
to conduct research or complete work.
These passwords/account
codes shall not be shared with others; nor shall students or employees use
another party's password except in the authorized maintenance and monitoring of
the network. The maintenance of strict control of passwords/account codes
protects employees and students from wrongful accusation of misuse of
electronic resources or violation of District policy, state or federal
law. Students or employees who misuse electronic resources or who violate
laws will be disciplined at a level appropriate to the seriousness of the
misuse.
Acceptable Use
The use of the District
technology and electronic resources is a privilege, which may be revoked at any
time. Staff and students are only allowed to conduct electronic network-based
activities which are classroom or workplace related. Behaviors which shall
result in revocation of access shall include, but will not be limited to:
damage to or theft of system hardware or software; alteration of system
hardware or software; placement of unlawful information, computer viruses or
harmful programs on, or through the computer system; entry into restricted
information on systems or network files in violation of password/account code
restrictions; violation of other users' rights to privacy; unauthorized disclosure,
use or dissemination of personal information regarding minors; using another
person's name/password/account to send or receive messages on the network;
sending or receiving personal messages on the network; and use of the network
for personal gain, commercial purposes, or to engage in political activity.
Students and employees may
not claim personal copyright privileges over files, data or materials developed
in the scope of their employment, nor may students or employees use copyrighted
materials without the permission of the copyright holder. The Internet
allows access to a wide variety of media. Even though it is possible to
download most of these materials, students and staff shall not create or
maintain archival copies of these materials unless the source indicates that
the materials are in the public domain.
Access to electronic mail
(E-mail) is a privilege and designed to assist students and employees in the
acquisition of knowledge and in efficiently communicating with others.
The District E-mail system is designed solely for educational and work related purposes. E-mail files are subject
to review by District and school personnel. Chain letters,
"chat rooms" or Multiple User Dimensions (MUDs) are not allowed, with
the exception of those bulletin boards or "chat" groups that are
created by teachers for specific instructional purposes or employees for
specific work related communication.
Students or employees who
engage in "hacking" are subject to loss of privileges and District
discipline, as well as the enforcement of any District policy, state and/or
federal laws that may have been violated. Hacking may be described as the
unauthorized review, duplication, dissemination, removal, damage, or alteration
of files, passwords, computer systems, or programs, or other property of the
District, a business, or any other governmental agency obtained through
unauthorized means.
To the maximum extent
permitted by law, students and employees are not permitted to obtain, download,
view or otherwise gain access to "inappropriate matter" which
includes materials that may be deemed
inappropriate to minors, unlawful, abusive, obscene, pornographic, descriptive
of destructive devices, or otherwise objectionable under current District
policy or legal definitions. Similarly, the use of any District computer
to access sites which allow the user to conceal their objective of accessing
inappropriate material is not permitted.
The District and school administration
reserve the right to remove files, limit or deny access, and refer staff or
students violating the Board policy to appropriate authorities or for other
disciplinary action.
Internet Access
In compliance with the Children’s Internet
Protection Act (“CIPA”), 47 U.S.C. § 254, the District uses technological
devices designed to filter and block the use of any District computer with
Internet access to retrieve or transmit any visual depictions that are obscene,
child pornography, or “harmful to minors” as defined by CIPA and material which
is otherwise inappropriate for District students.
Due to the dynamic nature of the Internet,
sometimes Internet websites and web material that do not fall into these
categories are blocked by the filter. In the event that a District
student or employee feels that a website or web content has been improperly
blocked by the District’s filter and this website or web content is appropriate
for access by District students, the process described below should be
followed:
1. Follow
the process prompted by the District’s filtering software (or to remain
anonymous, log in under log in name: 123anonymous) and submit an electronic
request for access to a website,
2. Submit
a request, whether anonymous or otherwise, to the District’s Superintendent/the
Superintendent’s designee.
3. Requests
for access shall be granted or denied within three days. If a request was
submitted anonymously, persons should either attempt to access the website
requested after three days or log back in at 123anonymous to see the status of
the request.
4. Appeal
of the decision to grant or deny access to a website may be made in writing to
the Board of Education. Persons who wish to remain anonymous may mail an
anonymous request for review to the Board of Education at the School District’s
Central Office, stating the website that they would like to access and
providing any additional detail the person wishes to disclose.
5. In
case of an appeal, the Board of Education will review the contested material
and make a determination.
6. Material
subject to the complaint will not be unblocked pending this review process.
In the event that a District student or employee
feels that a website or web content that is available to District students
through District Internet access is obscene, child pornography, or “harmful to
minors” as defined by CIPA or material which is otherwise inappropriate for
District students, the process described set forth in Regulation 6241 should be
followed.
Adult users of a District computer with Internet
access may request that the “technology protection measures” be temporarily
disabled by the chief building administrator of the building in which the
computer is located for lawful purposes not otherwise inconsistent with this
Policy.
Privileges
The use of District
technology and electronic resources is a privilege, not a right, and
inappropriate use will result in the cancellation of those privileges.
All staff members and students who receive a password/account code will
participate in an orientation or training course regarding proper behavior and
use of the network. The password/account code may be suspended or closed
upon the finding of user misuse of the technology system or its resources.
Network Etiquette and
Privacy
Students and employees are
expected to abide by the generally accepted rules of electronic network
etiquette. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
1.
System users are expected to be polite. They may not
send abusive, insulting, harassing, or threatening messages to others.
2.
System users are expected to use appropriate language;
language that uses vulgarities or obscenities, libels others, or uses other
inappropriate references is prohibited.
3.
System users may not reveal their personal addresses, their
telephone numbers or the addresses or telephone numbers of students, employees,
or other individuals during E-mail transmissions.
4.
System users may not use the District's electronic network in
such a manner that would damage, disrupt, or prohibit the use of the network by
other users.
5.
System users should assume that all communications and
information is public when transmitted via the network and may be viewed by
other users. The system administrators may access and read E-mail on a
random basis.
6.
Use of the District's electronic network for unlawful
purposes will not be tolerated and is prohibited.
Services
While the District is
providing access to electronic resources, it makes no warranties, whether
expressed or implied, for these services. The District may not be held
responsible for any damages including loss of data as a result of delays,
non-delivery or service interruptions caused by the information system or the
user's errors or omissions. The use or distribution of any information
that is obtained through the information system is at the user's own
risk. The District specifically denies any responsibility for the
accuracy of information obtained through Internet services.
Security
The Board recognizes that
security on the District's electronic network is an extremely high
priority. Security poses challenges for collective and individual
users. Any intrusion into secure areas by those not permitted such
privileges creates a risk for all users of the information system.
The account
codes/passwords provided to each user are intended for the exclusive use of
that person. Any problems, which arise from the user sharing his/her
account code/password, are the responsibility of the account holder. Any
misuse may result in the suspension or revocation of account privileges.
The use of an account by someone other than the registered holder will be
grounds for loss of access privileges to the information system.
Users are required to
report immediately any abnormality in the system as soon as they observe
it. Abnormalities should be reported to the classroom teacher or system
administrator.
The District shall use
filtering, blocking or other technology to protect students and staff from
accessing internet sites that contain visual depictions that are obscene, child
pornography or harmful to minors. The District shall comply with the
applicable provisions of the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), and the
Neighborhood Internet Protection Act (NCIPA).
Vandalism of the
Electronic Network or Technology System
Vandalism is defined as
any malicious attempt to alter, harm, or destroy equipment or data of another
user, the District information service, or the other networks that are
connected to the Internet. This includes, but is not limited to the
uploading or the creation of computer viruses, the alteration of data, or the
theft of restricted information. Any vandalism of the District electronic
network or technology system will result in the immediate loss of computer
service, disciplinary action and, if appropriate, referral to law enforcement officials.
Consequences
The consequences for
violating the District's Acceptable Use Policy include, but are not limited to,
one or more of the following:
1.
Suspension of District Network privileges;
2.
Revocation of Network privileges;
3.
Suspension of Internet access;
4.
Revocation of Internet access;
5.
Suspension of computer access;
6.
Revocation of computer access;
7.
School suspension;
8.
Expulsion; or
9.
Employee disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.
TREMOR TIPS
There has been much
thought and discussion about the possibility of an earthquake. As
Superintendent of the Brashear School District, I realize that just as we
prepare our students and staff for tornadoes and fire emergencies, it is
essential to make similar preparations for earthquakes. Should our area
experience an earthquake, I want you to be assured that your child’s school is
the safest place to be other than under the personal care of loving
parents. You can be assured that we are doing everything possible to
provide a safe environment for our children and staff.
Following is information
developed by Dr. Tim Huddleston. For detailed information, contact the
superintendent’s office at 660-323-5272. We are doing our best to PREPARE.
We hope you will PREPARE your homes and family members as well.
SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURES
If there is an earthquake,
we realize the high level of concern for each child. However, please, do
not call the school since the telephone lines will be utilized for emergency
calls to the appropriate emergency authorities.
The district will utilize TextCaster,
KIRX Radio Park, KTVO Television, and KRES Radio
stations to make public announcements relative to the earthquake disaster
preparedness activities/status of students/staff.
FAMILY SAFETY PROCEDURES
It is normal and natural
to be afraid of earthquakes. However, fears and anxieties can be lessened
by planning and practicing what to do before an earthquake occurs. You
and your family can learn to react correctly and automatically when the first
jolt or shaking is felt. Earthquake drills will help you and your family
plan and remember where to seek shelter and how to protect yourselves.
1. Planning and Preparation
- Maintain emergency food, water
and other supplies including medicine, first aid kit and clothing.
- Identify safe spots in each room
- under sturdy tables, desks or against inside walls.
- Beware of danger zones - windows,
mirrors, hanging objects, fireplaces, tall furniture.
- Conduct practice drills -
physically place yourself and your children in safe locations.
- Learn first aid and CPR.
- Decide where your family will
unite if separated.
- Keep a list of emergency
telephone numbers.
- Learn how to shut off gas,
electric and water. Shut off only if you smell gas, electrical
sparks/arcs or broken water lines.
- Secure water heater and
appliances that could move enough to rupture utility lines.
- Keep flammable or hazardous
liquids in cabinets or secured on lower shelves.
2. During Earthquake
- Implement action/plan EARTHQUAKE,
DROP AND HOLD.
- Move away from windows and other
potential hazards.
- Get under tables or other
shelters against inside wall.
- Stay in DROP AND HOLD position
until earthquake is over or further instructions are given.
3. After Earthquake
- Render first aid if necessary.
- Implement action to leave house
when earthquake is over.
- Account for family members.
- Be prepared for aftershock.
- Do not go sightseeing.
- Respond to requests for
assistance from police, fire department or other emergency organizations.
- Remain at home and listen to
radio broadcasts before attempting to go to school if you have children in
school. REMEMBER, your children are in the safest place possible
under disaster conditions.
- Be prepared to deal with the
emotional needs of family members.
- Remember to talk about what
happened and be sure to encourage your children to talk about how they
felt - how afraid and how brave they were.
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