Jesse
Bethel High School's Student Handbook Contains Important Information
about our School Rules regarding dress and behavior. It is one goal
of this website to post the Handbook as an online reference.
As
a public school system, the V.C.U.S.D. schools must abide governing
body of law described as the California Education Code. The state
grants school boards some authority for policy-making.
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The State of
California maintains a searchable
database of it's various legislative codes. A search of that
database can be like the proverbial "needle in a haystack"
because the search uses a very primitive code with no boolean conditional
terms recognized. Consequently, it helps to know which section of
the code you need to read in advance for a particular question.
Check below for some select areas of the Ed. Code:
FAQs
to Help Your Keyword Search at the State
Legislative Code Search Engine.
- Catastrophic
Leave? see Ed. Code Sec. 44043.5.
- For economically
disadvantaged students requiring financial assistance & grants
for college undergraduate school there's the CA State
University Education Opportunity Act see Ed. Code Sec.
89250-89258.
- Field trips?
see Sec. 35330-35332
- Audio recording
devices for teachers in the classroom? See Sec. 44034 which permits
such devices.
- In-Class
Video Films as supplimentary to instruction? See our V.C.U.S.D.
Board policy.
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Students are expected to arrive at all classes on time.
Students who are late to class must report to the attendance office to get a late pass.
- One hour of detention will be assigned for each unexcused tardy a student has.
- Students assigned to detention may serve the detention the same day, but must serve the detention on the following day on which detention is offered.
Detention will take place Monday through Thursday, so students who are tardy on Thursday or Friday must serve detention on the following Monday.
No more than four hours of detention can be earned in a week.
- Upon the fifth tardy of the week the student will be assigned to Saturday School in addition to four hours of detention.
Students who are continually tardy to class will be placed on an attendance contract.
If a student does not attend detention, he or she will be assigned to Saturday School.
If a student does not attend Saturday School he or she will be suspended out of school.
Students with un-served detention or Saturday School will not be allowed to participate in any extra curricular activities.
How will the new policy effect attendance practices?
Teachers will mark all late students absent. Teachers will no longer be responsible for changing marks during the first 15 minutes of class. They can now use that time to teach.
Attendance office personnel will mark students either tardy or late once they have given the student a late pass.
Teachers will collect and keep late passes which will be date and time stamped.
Each Friday teachers will get the week’s attendance roster. Teachers must verify that the attendance is correct. Teachers should pay special attention to students who have been marked late or tardy. If the teacher’s record shows that the student did not come to class at all, the teacher must communicate this to the office.
Teachers can and should keep a separate record of attendance on which they mark the students late who come in late so they can cross check their record against the schools record. This can be handled at the end of the period or at the end of the day using the late slips the teacher has collected. Teachers should keep the late slip in the event that the teacher’s record is not up to date, he or she can compare the official record to the late slips they have for the week.
Bottom line is that this will cut down on classroom interruptions, and should take less time for record keeping in the class room, but teachers will be responsible to verify whether a student did come late or did not come at all. Students who cut classes will be dealt with by administration.
Strategies for Success
- Teachers should stand in their doorways during all passing periods. By standing in the doorway teachers can welcome students as well as keep an eye on what is happening outside their classrooms. Teachers can encourage students to hurry in as the bell time approaches.
- Teachers should lock their doors so that late students cannot come in un-noticed without a pass. A student who sits near the door can be designated as the door monitor to let a student in who holds a pass up to the window.
- Teachers should hold kids accountable and also be reasonable in their policies. For example, if a student is a step or two from the door when the bell stops ringing as long as the student is making a genuine effort to get into the class the teacher would likely allow the student to enter.
- Check the time stamp on the student’s pass. If more than 7 minutes have passed, send the student back to the office for a new pass. Administration will be notified and will deal with the student appropriately.
- In the beginning this policy may seem worse than the status quo as there will be many students late who will be straggling back to class throughout the period. The students will test us to see if we are serious about this policy. If we are diligent in our enforcement the situation will improve in time.
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