General Information Rules, Procedures, and Guidelines Part 4

If a student loses, causes, damages, breaks, steals or defaces school property, including books, uniforms, lab equipment, electronic devices, the private property of staff members or other school employees, restitution in full is expected as completion of the discipline for that action.

Fine letters will be mailed home in place of progress reports and report cards until all fines are settled. No partial payments can be accepted; all fees must be paid entirely. Students will not be allowed to attend orientation/registration unless debts to the school district are settled.

Federal law gives parents and adult students certain rights concerning students’ school records. Specifically, you have the following rights: To review the education record. To take advantage of this right, you must provide the building principal with a written request listing the documents you wish to review. You will be permitted to review the documents within a reasonable time, not to exceed 45 days. To request changes to the education record if you believe documents are incorrect, misleading or violate certain privacy rights. To take advantage of this right, you must provide the building principal with a written request identifying the document or documents you would like to have changed, the specific change or changes you are requesting and the reasons for the request. If the principal agrees, the documents will be changed. If not, you may request a hearing by so notifying the District’s Superintendent or designee in writing.

To let other people, see the education record. To take advantage of this right, you must provide the building principal with written permission identifying the person(s) you would like to review the record and the documents from the file you would like him or her to reconsider. The District also has a right to permit certain persons to review the education record without your consent, including school personnel, volunteers, and other school officials, such as attorneys, contractors, and vendors who have a legitimate educational interest in the record. A legitimate educational interest is any interest that furthers the best interest of the student or assists the District in providing educational services to all of its students. To obtain copies of any records a fee may be assessed.

To file a complaint with the United States Department of Education if you believe the District has violated your student’s rights concerning school records. Any such claim should be in writing and mailed to:

Family Policy Compliance Office U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20202-4605

 

The District has determined that some of the information in the education record is not confidential and may be released without your consent. This information is known as “directory information.” Directory information includes the following:

● Your student’s full legal name
● Your student’s image or likeness in pictures, videotape, film, digital format or other media, including District or
school websites
● Your student’s school email address, if applicable
● Your student’s dates of attendance and schools attended
● Your student’s participation in school sports and other activities
● The height and weight of athletic team members
● Degrees and awards your student receives

 

If you do not want directory information released, you must inform the building principal, in writing, which types of directory information you do not wish to released within thirty days of receiving this annual notice. Furthermore, federal law permits military recruiters and institutions of higher education to a list of the names, addresses and telephone numbers of high school students unless you object by so informing the building principal in writing. Federal law permits both parents to review the education record unless there is a certified copy of a court order on file at the school that denies this right explicitly. The District reserves the right to charge for copies from the education record.

We strive to meet the needs of all students in the Romulus School District. In addition to our regular classroom staff, there are staff members who specialize in the areas of speech, reading and math, special education, social work, and psychological testing. This group of specialists, along with the classroom teacher and principal, meet in what is called a “Child Study Team Meeting.” If you have concerns regarding your child, please discuss them with his / her classroom teacher. The classroom teacher will develop appropriate individual interventions. If problems/concerns continue, the teacher will refer your child to the Building Team. Recommendations for diagnosis and interventions are made with parent input.

Parents are always welcome to visit. However, for the safety of our students and staff, any appointment to confer with a teacher during a consultation period or classroom visit must be pre-arranged at least twenty-four hours in advance.

 

Students are not allowed to bring visitors to the school. Former students are encouraged to meet with teachers after the regular school day. Unplanned interruptions interfere with the teacher's responsibilities and the continuity of instruction.

Unauthorized persons will be asked to leave the school and school grounds. Failure to comply with this policy will result in immediate police notification and a charge of trespassing will be made.

School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS) is a proactive, team-based framework for creating and sustaining safe and effective schools. A set of universal expectations for behavior are established for all students in all locations of the school. These expectations generally promote core values such as respect, responsibility, and safety. Interventions and strategies are implemented to teach and reinforce these expectations. The following matrices are the schools’ framework for students’ behavioral expectations.