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Table of Contents
FERPA Notice ................................................................. 8 PPRA.............................................................................. 8 Parents’Right to Know .................................................... 8 APS Nondiscrimination................................................... 8 Title IX & Equal Education Opportunities ....................... 8 Transgender Students .................................................... 8 Numbers You Need to Know .......................................... 8 School Phone Numbers and Addresses......................... 9 Frequently Called Phone Numbers .............................. 12 School Calendar 2022-2023.................................... 13-14
Attendance
Compulsory Attendance Law........................................ 15 Notification of Absences ............................................... 15 Tardies .......................................................................... 16 Early Check-Outs ......................................................... 16 Participation in Extracurricular Activities....................... 16 Making up Missed Assignments or Tests...................... 16 Suspension and Testing ............................................... 16 Truancy ......................................................................... 16
Enrollment and Registration
Verification of Residency .............................................. 17 Change of Address ....................................................... 17 School Choice/General Admin Transfers...................... 17 Custody ........................................................................ 17 Grade Placement.......................................................... 17 Withdrawn from School ................................................ 17 No Shows/Withdrawal Without Parent/Guardian.......... 17
General Information
Compliance with GHSA Athletics.................................. 18 Gender Equity in Sports ............................................... 18 Student Accident Insurance.......................................... 18 Field Trips ..................................................................... 18 Clubs, Orgs, Extra-Curricular Activities ........................ 18 Cancellation of School.................................................. 18 Emergency Procedures ................................................ 18
Child Abuse .................................................................. 18 Driver’s License/Certificate of Attendance.................... 18 Driving and Parking on School Campus....................... 18 GA Sexting Laws for Teens and Minors........................ 19 Human Trafficking......................................................... 19 Lockers ......................................................................... 19 Lunch with Students ..................................................... 19 Illness ........................................................................... 19 Immunization Requirements......................................... 19 Parent-Teacher Conferences........................................ 20 Requesting Classroom Assignments............................ 20 Use of District Technology ............................................ 20 Textbooks and Instructional Materials .......................... 20 Visitors/Unauthorized Persons ..................................... 20 Requirements for Graduation ....................................... 20 Graduation Ceremony .................................................. 21 Valedictorian/Salutatorian............................................. 21
Parent And Student Resources
Campus Portal for Parents ........................................... 21 Family Engagement...................................................... 21 Parent Teacher Association (PTA) ................................ 21 School Governance (GO) Team ................................... 21 Homeless Children and Youth ...................................... 22 Home Schooling Attendance Reporting........................ 22 Hospital Homebound .................................................... 22 My Backpack ................................................................ 22
Health and Safety
Safety and Security ...................................................... 22 School Counselors ....................................................... 22 School Health Services ................................................ 22 Medicine ....................................................................... 23 School Social Workers ................................................. 23 Mental Health Support.................................................. 23 School Nutrition Information ......................................... 23 Child Find ..................................................................... 23 Section 504 Rights and Safeguards ............................. 23
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