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Free Tutorial Assistance Rebel Success Center
Academic Teachers offer free tutoring through the Rebel Success Center. Tutoring sessions are offered every Monday and Wednesday from 3:45 – 5:00 p.m. in English, Social Studies, Math, and Science. In addition, each academic department offers extra help to students before and after school. Please contact the teacher directly to receive more information about the time and place for scheduled tutorial sessions.
Professional Qualifications
As a parent of a student at James F. Byrnes High School, you have the right to know the professional qualifications of the teachers and instructional assistants who instruct your child. Professional qualifications include:
● Licensing criteria for the grade level/subject areas in which instruction is provided.
● The baccalaureate degree major.
● Graduate certification or degree held and the field or
discipline of the certification.
● The qualifications of teacher assistants, if the child is
provided instructional services by them.
A parent who wishes to inquire about the qualifications of his/her child’s teacher or instructional assistant should make a written request to the school principal. The inquiry may address only the qualifications listed above.
SC State Board Regulations for Attendance
Attendance policies and procedures at James F. Byrnes are designed to incorporate South Carolina State Board of Education regulations. The unlawful absences pertaining to truancy are cumulative for the entire school year (180 days).
State Board Regulation: 43-274. Student Attendance
A. Lawful and Unlawful Absences: School districts must adopt policies to define and list lawful and unlawful absences.
1. Lawful absences include but are not limited to
a. absences caused by a student’s own illness and whose attendance in school would endanger his or her health or the health of others
b. absences due to an illness or death in the student’s immediate family c. absences due to a recognized religious holiday of the student’s faith,
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