2014-2015 Handbook With Cover

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Student/Parent Calendar
Calendario para Estudiantes y Padres
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Important Dates Fechas Importantes
Classes Begin - August 4
Comienzo de Clases - 4 de agosto
Last Day of Classes - May 29
Ulmo da de Escuela - 29 de mayo
Progess Report Week - Sep 2, Nov 10, Feb 2, April 20
Semana de Reporte Progreso - 2 de sepembre, 10 de
noviembre, 2 de febrero, 20 de abril
Open House - Elementary August 12
Middle School August 19
High School August 21
Casa Abierta Primarias 12 de agosto, Secundarias 19 de
agosto, Preparatorias 21 de agosto
Beginning of Quarter inicio del trimestre
End of Quarter nal del trimestre
Professional Development (No School)
Desarrollo Profesional (No hay clases)
Parent Conference (No School)
Conferencia de Padres (No hay clases)
Record Day (No School)
Da de Registro de Calicaciones (No hay clases)
Intersession - Fall - October 13-15, Winter - December 17-
19, Spring - March 9-13
Sesiones Intermedias- Ontoo- 13-15 de octubre, Invierno-
17-19 de diciembre, Primavera- 9-13 de marzo
Breaks/Intersessions (Grey Shading)
Vacaciones/Descansos Entre Sesiones (sombreado gris)
Labor Day - September 1
Da del Trabajador - 1 de sepembre
Fall Break - October 13 - 24
Vacaciones de Otoo - 13 - 24 de octubre
Thanksgiving Break - November 26 - 28
Da de Accin de Gracias - 26 - 28 de noviembre
Winter Break - December 17 - January 2
Vacaciones de Invierno -17 de diciembre- 2 de enero
Marn Luther King Jr. Day - January 19
Da de Marn Luther King Jr. - 19 de enero
Spring Break - March 9 - 20
Vacaciones de Primavera - 9 - 20 de marzo
Memorial Day - May 25
Da de los hroes cados - 25 de mayo
Testing Dates Exmenes Estatales
(Dates are tentave - Fechas son tentavas)
5th & 8th Grade Wring Test - February 25
Pruebas de Escritura para el 5 y 8 Grados - 25 de febrero
State CRT (Criteria Reference Tesng) - April 10 - 29
Exmenes del Estado del CRT - 10 - 29 de abril
State EOI (End of Instrucon) - April 13 - May 8
Exmenes del Estado del EOI - 13 de abril - 8 de mayo
Prociency Tesng - August 9, December 13, June 6
Exmen de competencia - 9 de agosto, 13 de diecembre,
6 de junio
Administration
Building Closings
Das de Cierre para las Ocinas Administravas
Independence Day - July 4th
Da de la Independencia - 4 de julio
Labor Day - September 1
Da del Trabajador - 1 de sepembre
Thanksgiving Break - November 27 - 28
Da de Accin de Gracias - 27 - 28 de noviembre
Winter Break - December 22 - January 1
Vacaciones de Invierno - 22 de diciembre - 1 de enero
Marn Luther King Jr. Day - January 19
Da de Marn Luther King Jr. - 19 de enero
Spring Break - March 19 - 20
Vacaciones de Primavera - 19 - 20 de marzo
Memorial Day - May 25
Da de los hroes cados - 25 de mayo
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Who Should I Call?
Adult Educauon (GED) 231-2053
Athleucs Department 587-0046
Board of Educauon 587-0444
Bullying Hotline 587-STOP
Career Academics 587-0010
Career Tech 587-0069
Child Nutriuon Services 587-1259
Counseling (K-8) 587-0069
Counseling (9-12) 587-0069
Communicauons 587-NEWS
Community Relauons 587-0274
Credit Union 587-0077
Crossing Guard 297-1142
Curriculum and Instrucuon 587-0140
District Recepuon 587-0000
Early Childhood 587-0360
Early Childhood (Pre-K) 587-0360
Employee Relauons 587-0800
Employment Applicauons 587-0800
Evening/Night School 231-2053
Extended Educauonal Services 587-0402
Facility Services 587-0062
Fine Arts 587-0220
Gied and Talented Program 587-0096
Health Services (Nurses) 587-0245
Homebound Services 587-0412
Homeless Educauon Services 587-0106
Human Resources 587-0800
Informauon Technology 587-0271
IT Help Desk 587-HELP
Language & Cultural Services 587-0172
Legal Department 587-0350
Payroll 587-0036
Planning, Research and Evaluauon 297-6811
Safety Director 587-SAFE
Security Director 587-1009
SMARTStart 286-2734
Social Work Services 587-0413
Special Needs Transportauon 587-1150
Special Services 587-0413
Special Services - Records 587-0410
Speech Tesung 587-0413
State Dept. Ed. 521-3301
State Dept. Ed. Reurement 521-2387
Student Records 587-0438
Student Services 587-0438
Student Transfers 587-0438
Subsutute O ce 587-0828
Superintendents O ce 587-0448
THRIVE Truancy 587-0226
Transcripts 587-0438
Transportauon 587-1152
Virtual School iOKCPS 587-0427
Volunteer Services 587-0234
Workers Compensauon 587-0009
Youth Cornerstone 587-0226
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Student
STUDENT SAFETY ...................................................................................................................................... 14
SAFETY GUIDELINES ........................................................................................................................................................... 14
CROSSING GUARDS ........................................................................................................................................................... 14
EMERGENCY CARE ............................................................................................................................................................. 14
EMERGENCY DRILLS .......................................................................................................................................................... 14
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................... 14
PHYSICAL CONTACT ............................................................................................................................................................ 14
SAFESCHOOLS HOTLINE .................................................................................................................................................... 14
SCHOOL VISITORS ............................................................................................................................................................... 14
STUDENT INSURANCE ....................................................................................................................................................... 15
STUDENT PICKUP/RELEASE .............................................................................................................................................. 15
STUDENT WELFARE (CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT) ................................................................................................................ 15
ATTENDANCE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15
ABSENCES ........................................................................................................................................................................... 15
ACTIVITY ABSENCES .......................................................................................................................................................... 15
TARDIES ............................................................................................................................................................................... 15
TRUANCY ............................................................................................................................................................................. 15
CLASS WORK MAKEUP POLICY ......................................................................................................................................... 16
SUSPENDED STUDENTS ..................................................................................................................................................... 16
STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ............................................................................................... 16
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT ........................................................................................................................................... 16
SCC VIOLATION GUIDELINES ............................................................................................................................................. 16
BICYCLE RULES .................................................................................................................................................................... 17
BULLYING/HARASSMENT/DISCRIMINATION ................................................................................................................... 17
DRESS CODE/PERSONAL APPEARANCE ........................................................................................................................... 18
DRUGFREE AND TOBACCOFREE SCHOOLS ..................................................................................................................... 20
GUNFREE SCHOOLS ........................................................................................................................................................... 20
LASER PENS/POINTERS ...................................................................................................................................................... 20
OFFCAMPUS MISCONDUCT.............................................................................................................................................. 20
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE .................................................................................................................................................... 20
RIGHT OF ASSEMBLY/RIGHT TO PETITION/FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ........................................................................ 20
SCHOOL PROPERTY ............................................................................................................................................................ 20
STUDENTDRIVEN MOTOR VEHICLES ............................................................................................................................... 21
SUICIDE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND POSTVENTION ......................................................................................... 21
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FORMS ............................................................................................................................. 21
DUE PROCESS & ACTION LEVELS ....................................................................................................................................... 21
SCHOOL EVIDENTIARY HEARING & SUSPENSION APPEALS ............................................................................................ 21
ACADEMICS ............................................................................................................................................. 24
STUDENT EVALUATION ...................................................................................................................................................... 24
SMART WEB FOR PARENTS ................................................................................................................................................ 24
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GRADING SYSTEM .............................................................................................................................................................. 24
ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 25
ACADEMIC RECOGNITION/HONOR ROLL ......................................................................................................................... 25
LIBRARY MEDIA CENTERS ................................................................................................................................................. 25
ATHLETICS ........................................................................................................................................................................... 27
JROTC ................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
ELIGIBILITY FOR EXTRACURRICULAR AND COCURRICULAR ACTIVITIES ..................................................................... 28
ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY AUP ................................................................................................................ 28
Parent
PARENT INVOLVEMENT - PURPOSE/GOAL ...................................................................................................................... 36
WHAT CAN PARENTS DO? .................................................................................................................................................. 36
PARENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES .......................................................................................................................... 36
PARENT COMPLAINT PROCEDURE .................................................................................................................................... 36
PARENTS RIGHT TO KNOW/TEACHER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS.................................................................................. 37
INCLUSION STATEMENT ..................................................................................................................................................... 37
ANNUAL NOTIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................................... 37
FERPA RIGHTS/DIRECTORY INFORMATION ...................................................................................................................... 37
PPRA PROTECTION OF PUPIL RIGHTS AMENDMENT NOTIFICATION .......................................................................... 38
NONDISCRIMINATION ...................................................................................................................................................... 38
ASBESTOS HAZARD EMERGENCY RESPONSE NOTIFICATION ......................................................................................... 39
MENINGITIS ANNUAL NOTIFICATION .............................................................................................................................. 39
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STUDENT ENROLLMENT ............................................................................................................................ 40
AGE REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 40
RESIDENCY BY AFFIDAVIT ................................................................................................................................................. 40
HOMELESS STUDENTS ....................................................................................................................................................... 41
STUDENT WITHDRAWAL PROCESS.................................................................................................................................... 41
TRANSFERRING RECORDS BETWEEN SCHOOLS ............................................................................................................... 41
SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS ........................................................................................................................ 42
TRANSFER CANCELLATIONS .............................................................................................................................................. 42
HEALTH ................ ...................................................................................................................................... 42
GUIDELINES FOR KEEPING A SICK CHILD HOME FROM SCHOOL ................................................................................... 42
MEDICATION ....................................................................................................................................................................... 43
HEAD LICE ............................................................................................................................................................................ 43
CHICKENPOX ....................................................................................................................................................................... 44
CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES ..................................................................................................................... 44
MEAL PAYMENT .................................................................................................................................................................. 45
MENUS AND MEAL CHARGES ............................................................................................................................................ 45
TRANSPORTATION ..................................................................................................................................... 45
BUS CAMERAS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 46
BUS STOP INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................................... 46
SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION ............................................................................................................................................... 46
PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................................................ 46
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION SERVICES ................................................................................................................................ 46
EARLY BIRDS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 46
EVEN START FAMILY EDUCATION PROGRAM ................................................................................................................... 46
EXTENDED EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ................................................................................................................................ 46
FEDERAL PROGRAMS - TITLE I .......................................................................................................................................... 47
GEAR UP FOR THE PROMISE .............................................................................................................................................. 47
SUPPORT SERVICES ................................................................................................................................... 47
GUIDANCE PROGRAM ....................................................................................................................................................... 47
LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL SERVICES .............................................................................................................................. 47
SPECIAL SERVICES ...................................................................................................................................... 48
CHILD FIND .......................................................................................................................................................................... 48
HOMEBOUND SERVICES AND 504 PLANS ......................................................................................................................... 48
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY .................................................................................................................................................. 48
PHYSICAL THERAPY ............................................................................................................................................................ 48
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS ................................................................................................................................................ 48
SPEECH PATHOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................................... 48
STUDENT SERVICES ............................................................................................................................................................ 49
STUDENT RECORDS ............................................................................................................................................................ 49
FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 49
VOLUNTEERING IN OKCPS ................................................................................................................................................ 49
STUDENT SERVICES ............................................................................................................................................................ 49
STUDENT RECORDS ............................................................................................................................................................ 49
FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 49
VOLUNTEERING IN OKCPS ................................................................................................................................................ 49
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Bob Hammack, District 1
rehammack@okcps.org
Schools Represented
Brion Elementary
Greystone Lower Elementary
Greystone Upper Elementary
Quail Creek Elementary
Ridgeview Elementary
John Marshall Middle/High
Oklahoma Centennial Middle/High
Jusn Ellis, District 2
jsellis@okcps.org
Schools Represented
Horace Mann Elementary
Johnson Elementary
Monroe Elementary
Nichols Hills Elementary
North Highland Elementary
Putnam Heights Elementary
West Nichols Hills Elementary
Belle Isle Enterprise Middle
Phil Horning, District 3
porning@okcps.org
Schools Represented
Adams Elementary
Buchanan Elementary
Cleveland Elementary
Jackson Enterprise Elementary
Kaiser Elementary
Linwood Elementary
Mark Twain Elementary
Pierce Elementary
Rockwood Elementary
Westwood Elementary
Ta Middle
Northwest Classen High
Laura Massenat, District 4
lamassenat@okcps.org
Schools Represented
Capitol Hill Elementary
Edgemere Elementary
Eugene Field Elementary
Gatewood Elementary
Hawthorne Elementary
Sequoyah Elementary
Wilson Elementary
Classen School of Advanced Studies
Emerson High School
Ruth Veales, District 5
rrveales@okcps.org
Schools Represented
Edwards Elementary
Green Pastures Elementary
Marn Luther King Jr. Elementary
Moon Elementary
Thelma R. Parks Elementary
Shidler Elementary
Spencer Elementary
Telstar Elementary
Wheeler Elementary
Willow Brook Elementary
Rogers Middle School
Douglass Mid/High School
Northeast Academy of Health Sciences
and Engineering Enterprise School
Star Spencer High School
District 6*
*Seat vacant at me of
prinng
Schools Represented
Arthur Elementary
Coolidge Elementary
Fillmore Elementary
Heronville Elementary
Hillcrest Elementary
Prairie Queen Elementary
Rancho Village Elementary
Stand Wae Elementary
Van Buren Elementary
Jeerson Middle
Roosevelt Middle
U.S. Grant High
Ron Millican, District 7
rlmillican@okcps.org
Schools Represented
Bodine Elementary
Cesar Chavez Elementary
Hayes Elementary
Lee Elementary
Oakridge Elementary
Parmelee Elementary
Southern Hills Elementary
Webster Middle
Capitol Hill High
Southeast High
Board Related Services
(405) 587-0444
900 N. Klein, Room 223; Oklahoma City, OK 73106
Lynne Hardin
Chairperson
lhardin@okcps.org
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ADAMS ELEMENTARY
3416 SW 37TH STREET, OKC 73119
5871600
ARTHUR ELEMENTARY
5100 S INDEPENDENCE, OKC 73119
5877600
ASTEC CHARTER SCHOOL
2401 NW 23RD STREET, SUITE 3B, OKC 73107
9476274
BELLE ISLE ENTERPRISE MIDDLE SCHOOL
5904 N VILLA, OKC 73112
5876600
BODINE ELEMENTARY
5301 S BRYANT, OKC 73129
5872500
BRITTON ELEMENTARY
1215 NW 95TH STREET, OKC 73114
5876100
BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY
5874700
CAPITOL HILL ELEMENTARY
2717 S ROBINSON, OKC 73109
5871800
CAPITOL HILL HIGH SCHOOL
5879000
CESAR CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY
600 SE GRAND BLVD, OKC 73129
5879800
CLASSEN SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDIES
1901 N. ELLISON, OKC, 73106
5875400
CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY
2725 NW 23RD STREET, OKC 73107
5878200
COOLIDGE ELEMENTARY
5212 S VILLA, OKC 73119
5872800
DOUGLASS MIDHIGH SCHOOL
900 MARTIN LUTHER KING BLVD, OKC 73117
5874200
DOVE ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL
4901 N LINCOLN BLVD, OKC 73105
6055566
DOVE SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL
5249762
EDGEMERE ELEMENTARY
3200 N WALKER, OKC 73118
5875100
EDWARDS ELEMENTARY
1123 NE GRAND BLVD, OKC 73117
5873200
EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL
715 N WALKER, OKC 73102
2325273
EUGENE FIELD ELEMENTARY
1515 N KLEIN, OKC 73106
5875700
F.D. MOON ACADEMY ELEMENTARY
1901 NE 13TH STREET, OKC 73117
4278391
FILLMORE ELEMENTARY
5200 S BLACKWELDER, OKC 73119
5874800
GATEWOOD ELEMENTARY
1821 NW 21ST STREET, OKC 73106
5872400
GREEN PASTURES ELEMENTARY
4300 N POST ROAD, SPENCER 73084
5874500
GREYSTONE LOWER ELEMENTARY
5873000
GREYSTONE UPPER ELEMENTARY
2401 NW 115TH TERRACE, OKC 73120
5873100
HARDING FINE ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL
3333 N. SHARTEL, OKC 73103
7024322
HARDING PREPARATORY CHARTER HIGH
SCHOOL
3333 N. SHARTEL, OKC 73118
5280562
HARPER ACADEMY
6052600
HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY
5875900
HAYES ELEMENTARY
6900 S BYERS, OKC 73149
5875800
HERONVILLE ELEMENTARY
5876000
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY
6421 S MILLER, OKC 73159
5873800
HORACE MANN ELEMENTARY
5873500
INDEPENDENCE CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
7673000
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5879000
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5873200
School Contact Info
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JACKSON ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY
2601 S. VILLA, OKC 73108
5878700
JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
5871300
JOHN MARSHALL ENTERPRISE MIDHIGH SCHOOL
12201 N. PORTLAND, OKC 73120
5877200
JOHN REX CHARTER ELEMENTARY
500 W SHERIDAN, OKC 73102
6066862
JOHNSON ELEMENTARY
1810 SHEFFIELD DRIVE, OKC 73120
5876700
KAISER ELEMENTARY
3101 N LYON BLVD, OKC 73112
5873600
KIPP ACADEMY
4254622
LEE ELEMENTARY
5873400
LINWOOD ELEMENTARY
5871700
MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY
2451 W MAIN STREET, OKC 73107
5873700
MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY
5874000
MONROE ELEMENTARY
4810 N LINN, OKC 73112
5875600
NICHOLS HILLS ELEMENTARY
1301 W. WILSHIRE, OKC 73116
5872583
NORTHEAST ACADEMY FOR HEALTH
SCIENCES & ENGINEERING ENTERPRISE
3100 N KELLEY, OKC 73111
5873300
NORTHWEST CLASSEN HIGH SCHOOL
5876300
NORTH HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY
8400 N. ROBINSON, OKC 73114
5876250
OAKRIDGE ELEMENTARY
4200 LEONHARDT, OKC 73115
5875500
OKLAHOMA CENTENNIAL MIDHIGH SCHOOL
1301 NE 101ST STREET, OKC 73131
5875200
PARMELEE ELEMENTARY
6700 S HUDSON, OKC 73139
5876750
PIERCE ELEMENTARY
2601 S TULSA AVENUE, OKC 73108
5877400
PRAIRIE QUEEN ELEMENTARY
5877750
PUTNAM HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY
5872700
QUAIL CREEK ELEMENTARY
11700 THORNRIDGE ROAD, OKC 73120
5876500
RANCHO VILLAGE ELEMENTARY
1401 S JOHNSTON DRIVE, OKC 73119
5879700
RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY
10010 RIDGEVIEW DRIVE, OKC 73120
5876800
ROCKWOOD ELEMENTARY
5871500
ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL
4000 N SPENCER ROAD, SPENCER 73084
5874100
ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL
5878300
SANTA FE SOUTH CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL
301 SE 38TH STREET, OKC 73129
6316100
SANTA FE SOUTH CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
4712 S. SANTA FE, OKC 73129
6351053
SEEWORTH ACADEMY
12600 N. KELLEY AVE, OKC 73131
4755540
SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY
5879200
SHIDLER ELEMENTARY
1415 S BYERS, OKC 73125
5874600
SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL
5401 S SHIELDS, OKC 73129
5879600
SOUTHERN HILLS ELEMENTARY
7800 S KENTUCKY, OKC 73159
5872900
SPENCER ELEMENTARY
8900 NE 50TH STREET, SPENCER 73084
5872600
STAND WATIE ELEMENTARY
3517 S LINN, OKC 73119
5876900
STAR SPENCER HIGH SCHOOL
3001 N SPENCER ROAD, SPENCER, 73084
5878800
TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL
5878000
TELSTAR ELEMENTARY
5878900
THELMA R. PARKS ELEMENTARY
5874400
U.S. GRANT HIGH SCHOOL
5016 S PENNSYLVANIA, OKC 73119
5872200
VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY
5872000
WEBSTER MIDDLE SCHOOL
6708 S SANTA FE, OKC 73139
5873900
WEST NICHOLS HILLS ELEMENTARY
8400 N. GREYSTONE, OKC 73120
5874900
WESTERN VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL
7511774
WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY
1701 EXCHANGE AVENUE, OKC 73108
2358810
WHEELER ELEMENTARY
501 SE 25TH STREET, OKC 73129
5877001
WILLOW BROOK ELEMENTARY
5877500
WILSON ELEMENTARY
501 NW 21ST STREET, OKC 73103
5877100
APPLICATION SCHOOL
ELEMENTARY
MIDDLE, MIDHIGH OR HIGH SCHOOL
CHARTER SCHOOL
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STUDENT SAFETY
SAFETY GUIDELINES
Safety awareness and the prevenuon of accidents are
important goals of each school. Here are a few ups to help
keep students safe.
Students should not arrive at school unul
supervision is available.
Students should arrive 5 to 10 minutes before
the late bell.
Walk on sidewalks. If there is no sidewalk, walk
on the le side of the road facing oncoming
tra c.
Cross only at intersecuons where crossing
guards, stop signs, or tra c signals are present.
Do not approach or enter strange automobiles.
Invitauons to do so should be reported
immediately at home and at school.
Be considerate of smaller children.
Remain on the school grounds while school is
in session.
Do not auempt to run or walk across interstate
highways.
CROSSING GUARDS
Crossing guards are stauoned at hazardous intersecuons as
assigned by the Oklahoma City Tra c Control Division and
the Oklahoma City Police Department. Crossing guards are
normally on duty thirty (30) minutes before and aer school.
Parents are asked to stress the importance of cooperaung
with the school safety crossing guards.
EMERGENCY CARE
PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
UPDATED WORKING EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBERS
in case a student becomes ill or has an accident at school.
The nurse or designated person will provide rst aid
and contact the parent/guardian as soon as possible. An
ambulance or other emergency medical services may be
called if immediate medical auenuon is needed. Expenses
for emergency care will be directed to the parents.
CONTACT YOUR CHILDS SCHOOL IMMEDIATELY TO UPDATE
EMERGENCY NUMBERS.
EMERGENCY DRILLS
Each school site will pracuce Fire Evacuaon Drills,
Inclement Weather Drills, and Security Drills. OKCPS
exceeds the number of pracuce drills required by federal
and state standards.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND
CRISIS MANAGEMENT
The District works with the O ce of Emergency
Management to develop each schools emergency response
and crisis management plan. Please visit www.okcps.org for
more informauon on each schools specic plan. In case
of the need to evacuate, your student will be taken to an
alternate locauon. Listen/watch for phone/text messages
for informauon and parent instrucuons.
PHYSICAL CONTACT
In certain situauons, school employees may make
necessary body contact with students in instances such
as: administering rst aid, breaking up ghts, protecung
themselves from physical auacks, moving through a crowd
to address an emergency, developing physical skills through
coaching, employing passive restraint to behaviorally
disrupuve students, and other acuons deemed necessary
to gain control of a situauon.
SAFESCHOOLS HOTLINE
OKCPS Safe-Schools Hotline is a condenual hotline
for students, parents, teachers, neighbors and anyone
concerned about the safety of their local school. Call
the hotline when you know of any acuvity threatening
you, another student, or your school. School and district
personnel are noued immediately when your incident is
submiued and your case will be invesugated resulung in
correcuve acuon when appropriate.
OKCPS Safe-Schools Hot line number:
405-587-STOP
Visit www.okcps.org and click on the
587-STOP tab in the upper right corner to
report an incident, threat, or informauon.
SCHOOL VISITORS
All visitors must report directly to the o ce and may
be required to idenufy themselves before entering the
building. Upon clearance, the person will receive a visitors
badge to be worn in a manner that is visible while on school
property. Visitors, including students from other campuses
or students suspended from that campus who are on school
property without authorizauon, are trespassing and are
subject to arrest.
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STUDENT INSURANCE
The Oklahoma City Public School District does not provide
students with health or accident insurance.
STUDENT PICKUP/RELEASE
Students will be released during school hours only to
authorized persons. The custodial parent/guardian must
noufy the school of restricuons related to the release
of a child and provide supporung documentauon when
appropriate. Photo idencaon is required for release.
Early pick up of students is reserved for emergencies and
occasional doctor appointments. Early pick up on a daily
basis is not permiued. Students may not be checked out
during a school wide lock-down.
STUDENT WELFARE CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT
If you believe a child is being abused or neglected, you have
a legal responsibility to report it. Reports can be made at
any ume to the OKDHS Abuse and Neglect Hotline at 1-800-
522-3511. The hotline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
ATTENDANCE
Students between the ages of ve (5) and twenty-one (21)
who reside within the district should be enrolled in an
Oklahoma City Public School site. Parents are responsible
for their childs auendance and can be ned when their
child is not in auendance. Regular auendance is criucal
to academic success. Children are only considered present
when they are in the classroom or when parucipaung in
a scheduled school acuvity under faculty supervision. All
absences are recorded on the childs auendance record,
regardless of whether the absence is excused or unexcused.
ABSENCES
When school is in session, all students are expected to
auend. Parents must contact the school before 10:00 a.m.
the day a student is absent, to verify the reason for an
absence. Excused absences include: illness or injury; doctor
or dental appointments; bereavement; serious illness
or emergency in immediate family; and school bus not
running. Documentaon may be required. The student
or the students parent/guardian must ask teachers for any
work missed. Missed work must be made up within ve
(5) school days of the absence. Failure to make up work
with the regular teacher within the alloued ve (5) days will
result in the student receiving an I (Incomplete) or NG
(No Grade).
The Oklahoma City Public School District believes that in
order for students to realize their fullest potenual from
educauonal eorts, they should auend all classes. OKCPS
Board Policy J-10 requires students to be in auendance a
minimum of 88% each semester to receive credit for
any course in which the student is enrolled. Contact the
Elementary Schools O ce at 405-587-0093 or
the Secondary Schools O ce at 405-587-0010
regarding auendance requirements for earned
credit and promouon.
ACTIVITY ABSENCES
A maximum of ten (10) days of acuvity absences,
per semester, from a class for school acuviues
are permiued during the school year. A student
may choose not to take part in any acuvity
whenever they feel the permiued number of
acuvity absences will be exceeded. Students
will not be reprimanded or punished for
missing the acuvity. Schools closely monitor
acuvity absences to maintain compliance
with Oklahoma Secondary School Acuviues
Associauon.
TARDIES
Students must be in class on ume. Students who
enter the classroom aer the o cial start ume
of class are counted tardy, and the auendance
record will be marked accordingly. Elementary
students who are one or more hour late, or are
picked up one or more hour early, will be counted
absent for 1/2 day. Secondary students tardy more
than 15 minutes of a class period will be counted
absent for the period.
TRUANCY
Oklahoma school law holds the parent responsible
for a students auendance in school. A student is
considered truant when absent from the classroom
without the knowledge of either the school or the
parent. Students who are not auending school during
the school day may be detained/cited by police o cers
and taken to the nearest THRIVE Center.
When a student has four or more full-day or half-day
unexcused absences within a four-week period, OR when
a student has 10 or more full- or half-day unexcused
absences within a semester, the auendance o cer
will inform the parents that they are not in compliance
with state auendance laws and will noufy the district
auorney for Oklahoma County. Parents can be ned for
each day their child is truant from school.
Students who are not auending school during the
school day may be detained/cited by police o cers
and taken to CIC at Youth Services of Oklahoma County.
Students between the ages of 12 and 17 may be cited
by police o cers for non-auendance in compliance
with Oklahoma City municipal ordinances. The rst
convicuon carries nes of $50.00, the second $100,
and third and subsequent convicuons, $150. For ordinance
informauon, visit this site hup://library.municode.com/
index.aspx?clientId=17000 and search truancy.
CLASS WORK MAKEUP POLICY
Students must make up any missed class work (or equivalent
assignments), regardless of whether the absence is excused.
Credit will be given upon compleuon.
SUSPENDED STUDENTS
Suspended students may return to a regular classroom
sem ng upon compleuon or expirauon of suspension terms.
Refer to policy J-07 for further details.
STUDENT RIGHTS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT SCC
Please note parent refers to legal parent, guardian, or
custodian of the student.
SCC VIOLATION GUIDELINES
Please see page 24 for the Student Code of Conduct
Violauon Guidelines.
STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
An annual permission form is signed each year by students
and their parent acknowledging they have read and
understand the student code of conduct procedures and
expectauons for OKCPS. Students are provided a copy of
the handbook from the school. The handbook may also be
accessed online through the District website at www.okcps.
org.
Every student has the right to condiuons favorable to
learning. Students have the right to pursue an educauon
free from discriminauon based on race, sex, creed, color,
nauonal origin, level of English language prociency,
sexual orientauon, gender idenuty, religion, marital
status, disability, age, or for any other reason. Students
in the District enjoy freedom of speech, expression and
associauon; the right to privacy; the right of freedom from
harassment; the right to due process in judicial mauers;
and the right to appeal judgments and penalues for alleged
misconduct.
Students have the responsibility to conduct themselves, both
individually and in groups, in a manner which promotes an
atmosphere conducive to teaching, studying, and learning.
Students are expected to uphold academic and personal
integrity, to respect the rights of others, to refrain from
disrupuve, threatening, inumidaung, or harassing behavior,
or behavior that is harmful to themselves, other persons,
or property. Students have a responsibility to abide by the
standards, policies, regulauons, and the Student Code of
Conduct of OKCPS.
OKCPS Board of Educauon believes that the schools primary
goal is to educate and not to discipline and has adopted
policies and procedures regarding student discipline and
suspensions for infracuons which negauvely impact the
educauonal process. The teacher in a public school has
the same rights as a parent to control and discipline a child
while the child is in auendance, in transit to or from the
school, or parucipaung in any authorized school funcuon.
Corporal punishment is not permiued. Student behavior
shall be based on respect and considerauon for the rights
of others. Students who violate the rights of others or
violate district, school, or classroom rules shall be subject
to intervenuons or disciplinary acuons. Each student shall
be treated in a fair and equitable manner and in accordance
within the guidelines of the Student Code of Conduct (SCC).
The Student Code of Conduct (SCC) acuon level progression,
categories, and deniuons are uulized as a guideline for
assigning suspensions; whereas, disciplinary acuon will
be based on careful assessment of the circumstances
surrounding each infracuon. Muluple infracuons
occurring during an incident must be assigned concurrent
consequences (two or more consequences served at the
same ume) or not consecuuve consequences (two are more
consequences served one at a ume). Repeated misbehavior
may increase the students acuon level assigned. The
Superintendent or Superintendents Designee may modify
a suspension on a case-by-case basis.
The discipline of a student with a disability shall be in
accordance with the Individual Disability Educauon
Improvement Act (IDEIA 2004) which species laws,
policies, and regulauons governing such students. The
students Individualized Educauon Plan (IEP) team must
convene prior to any disciplinary acuon which may impose
a suspension that will result in more than 10 cumulauve
suspension days during the school year. The school cannot
suspend or remove a student with disabiliues from school
as a disciplinary measure for more than 10 cumulauve days
during the school year unul all procedures in the IDEIA
are implemented. Review the Special Educauon Quick
Reference Guide by obtaining a copy from Special Services
or access the guide online through the Special Services
webpage.
The discipline of a Limited English Procient student:
If the student or parent is not procient in English,
all communicauons, both verbal and wriuen must be
documented to have been provided in a language the
student and parent can understand.
Educauon plans are required to be provided to any student
suspended more than 5 days, unless the student is in
possession of a dangerous weapon (rearm), which will
or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a
projecule by the acuon of an explosive as dened by 18
U.S.C., Secuon 921; or the student is in possession of a
controlled dangerous substance as dened in the Uniform
Controlled Dangerous Substances Act.
The parent of a student suspended out-of-school shall be
responsible for the provision of a supervised, structured
environment in which the parent shall place the student
and bear responsibility for monitoring the students
educauonal progress unul the student is readmiued into
school. The school administrauon shall provide the student
with an educauon plan designed for the reintegrauon of the
student into school which provides only for the core units
in which the student is enrolled. A copy of the Educauon
Plan shall be provided to the students parent. Core units
shall consist of the minimum English, mathemaucs, science,
social studies and art units required by the State Board of
Educauon for grade compleuon in grades K-8 and for high
school graduauon in grades 9-12. The plan shall set out the
procedure for educauon and shall address academic credit
for work sausfactorily completed.
The Oklahoma City Public School District is not required
to provide educauon services in the regular school sem ng
to any student who has been removed from a public
or private school in the State of Oklahoma or another
state by administrauve or judicial process, and has been
adjudicated as a delinquent, or has been convicted as
an adult for a violent act or an act showing deliberate or
reckless disregard for the health or safety of faculty or other
students as outlined in board policy. Unul the school in
which the student is subsequently enrolled determines that
the student no longer poses a threat to self, other students,
or school district faculty or employees, the school may
provide educauon services through an alternauve school
sem ng, home-based instrucuon, or other appropriate
sem ng. If the school provides educauon services to such
student at a district school facility, the school shall noufy
any vicum(s) of such student, when known, and shall ensure
that the student will not be allowed in the general vicinity
of or contact with a vicum of the student, provided such
vicum noues the school of the vicums desire to refrain
from contact with the oending student.
BICYCLE RULES
Students, grades 3-12, may ride bicycles to and from school
but not on the school campus. Bicycles ridden to school by
students should be in good condiuon and meet all safety
requirements. Students should dismount from the bicycle,
walk the bicycle to the designated area and park and lock
the bicycle upon entering the school campus. Riders
should know and observe all tra c laws. Bicycles
are to be parked upon arrival at school and must
remain parked unul school is dismissed for the
day. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE
THEFT INSURANCE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR LOST, STOLEN, OR DAMAGED BICYCLES.
BULLYING/HARASSMENT/DISCRIMINA
TION 405 587STOP
District policy prohibits and does not tolerate
bullying, harassment, or discriminauon based
on race, sex, creed, color, nauonal origin,
level of English language prociency, sexual
orientauon, gender idenuty, religion, marital
status, disability, age, or for any other reason
Bullying fosters a climate of fear and disrespect
that can seriously impair the physical and
psychological health of its vicums and create
condiuons that negauvely aect learning,
thereby undermining the ability of students to
achieve their full potenual. Behaviors that place
another student or group of students in fear of
harm, or insult or demean any student or group of
students will not be permiued. Bullying behaviors
are prohibited on school premises, through
electronic communicauon, at school sponsored
or school related acuviues, events or funcuons, or
anywhere that students are under the supervision of
school personnel.
Bullying is not considered normal conict. Normal
conict occurs between students with equal power.
Normal conict happens occasionally, may be accidental,
is not serious, results in an equal emouonal reacuon,
student(s) are not seeking power or auenuon, student(s)
are not trying to get something, student(s) usually show
remorse and take responsibility, and student(s) make
an eort to solve their conict. Bullying is dened as
intenuonal, repeated huruul acts, where an imbalance of
power is present. The perpetrator may be auempung to
gain power, material things, or gain popularity. Bullying
may include, but is not limited to words or other behavior,
such as name calling, threatening and/or shunning, starung
rumors, and may be commiued by one or more children
against another. Bullying may be physical, verbal, emouonal,
social, sexual, or by electronic communicauon.
Physical bullying includes, but is not limited to,
punching, poking, strangling, hair pulling, beaung,
biung and excessive uckling.
Verbal bullying includes, but is not limited to, huruul
name calling, teasing and gossiping.
Emouonal bullying includes, but is not limited to,
rejecuon, terrorizing, extorung, defaming, humiliaung,
blackmailing, raung/ranking of personal characterisucs
such as race, disability, ethnicity, manipulaung
friendships, isolaung, ostracizing and peer pressure.
Social bullying includes harm to anothers group
acceptance, including but not limited to, harm resulung
from intenuonal gossiping about another student or
intenuonally spreading negauve rumors about another
student that result in the vicum being excluded from a
school acuvity or student group.
Cyber bullying includes, but is not limited to, any
wriuen, verbal or pictorial informauon by means of
an electronic device such as a telephone, a cellular
telephone or wireless telecommunicauon device or
computer. Electronic communicauons include, but may
not be limited to, communicauons made through social
media, email, or other online forums.
Sexual bullying includes any unwelcome sexual
advances, but is not limited to, sexual exhibiuonism
(auracung auenuon to yourself), voyeurism (seeing,
talking, or wriung about inumacy considered to be
private), sexual proposiuoning, sexual harassment,
physical contact, and sexual assault. Sexual advances
may include, but are not limited to requests for sexual
acts or favors, with or without accompanying promises,
threats or reciprocal favors or acuons, or other verbal
or physical conduct of a sexual nature including, but not
limited to: lewd or sexually suggesuve comments, o-
color language or jokes of a sexual nature, gestures, slurs
and other verbal, graphic or physical conduct relaung
to an individuals sex; or any display of sexually explicit
pictures, greeung cards, arucles, books, magazines,
photos, cartoons, or electronic communicauon devices
which adversely aect a students performance. Vicums
shall be referred to the school counselor or principal.
Perpetrators may be reported to the police.
Any student or groups of students, who have been the
vicum of discriminatory harassment based on race, color,
nauonal origin, creed, sex, disability, age in programs or
acuviues, or for any other reason, must immediately report
the incident to a district administrator or the districts safe-
schools hotline at 587-STOP. If the incident is not resolved
at the building level, the student may le a discriminauon
complaint with Student Services at (405) 587-0438.
DRESS CODE/PERSONAL APPEARANCE
Per Board Policy J-51, the OKCPS Board of Educauon
requires the wearing of student uniforms for all schools
within the District in order to promote and to maintain
an orderly and safe learning environment, to eliminate
distracuons while at school so as to increase the focus
on instrucuon, to minimize socio-economic dierences
so that all students are treated equally, and to encourage
and to promote professional and responsible dress for all
students. In recogniuon of the right of students to express
themselves in the manner of dress, students have the right
to choose their own grooming and clothing styles subject to
the requirements of this policy. This policy does not apply
to sites where the District provides educauonal services to
students pursuant to a contract for extended educauonal
services or to any other sites where District personnel are
not in control of the operauon of the facility.
Generally, students should regard neatness and cleanliness
in grooming and clothing as important. Dress or grooming
which is in any way disrupuve to the operauon of the school
will not be permiued.
Principals, in conjuncuon with sponsors, coaches, or other
persons in charge of extracurricular acuviues, may regulate
dress and grooming of students who parucipate in a
parucular acuvity if the principal reasonably believes that
the students dress or grooming creates a hazard, or may
prevent, interfere with, or adversely aect the purpose,
direcuon, or eort required for the acuvity to achieve its
goals. Excepuons to the student uniform may be made
to meet needs of specic classes such as extra-curricular
acuviues. Addiuonally, principals may designate days for
students to wear parucular am re in recogniuon of school-
wide events such as 89er Day, Spirit Day, etc. and may
provide for days when the student uniform shall not apply.
No student shall be denied auendance at school or be
otherwise penalized for failing to wear clothing that
complies with the school uniform if such failure is due to
nancial hardship. Any student who may not be able to
comply with the schools uniform requirements should
advise the principal that obtaining the required uniform will
present a nancial burden. Each school site shall develop
procedures and criteria to oer to assist students who would
have or are having di culty complying with their schools
uniform requirements due to nancial hardships and shall
develop a program to assist students in obtaining clothes
which comply with the uniform. A school site may establish
a trade or resale plan for re-usable uniforms either through
a student organizauon or a parent organizauon as a fund
raising mechanism. A school site may provide for donauons
of clothing or nancial assistance, operate a clothing closet
where extra uniforms are kept, or provide coupons for stores
that sell or provide clothing that meets the requirements
of this uniform policy. Each school is encouraged to accept
donauons from the community, businesses, PTA, and other
supporters for the purpose of meeung the needs of students
for assistance with the cost of uniforms.
Students who violate this policy may be subject to
consequences in accordance with the Districts Student
Code of Conduct. Students enrolling in OKCPS for the rst
ume during the school year shall be granted a grace period
up to twenty (20) school days before being required to
comply with the required uniform.
The following guidelines apply to all students in District
schools and apply to students while in auendance at school
or school-sponsored events:
GENERAL
Clothing worn to school shall not be torn, cut-up, or slit
and must be appropriately sized for the student.
Students shall not wear bedume am re, such as pajamas,
and shall not wear undershirts, undergarments, or
spandex as outerwear.
Students shall not wear clothing that reveals the chest
such as net shirts, undershirts, see-through blouses,
halter tops, or tube tops or clothing that exposes a
bare midri, bodice, abdomen, or buuocks, or exposes
undergarments.
Students shall not wear any clothing (including
outerwear), jewelry, accessories, or display tauoos that
contain messages or images that are obscene, vulgar, or
related to tobacco, drugs, alcohol, sex, and/or violence.
Students may wear to school the uniforms designated
by service/civic organizauons including but not limited
to JROTC, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Brownies, Girl Scouts,
Camp Fire, or Blue Birds.
For safety and employment training purposes, students
auending career-technology centers will wear the uniform
of the program in which they are enrolled if applicable.
If there is no uniform for the program in which they are
enrolled, then students must comply with the uniform for
the high school they auend.
PANTS/SLACKS/SKIRTS/SHORTS/DRESSES
Each school site shall designate the colors of pants,
slacks, skirts, shorts, skorts, or dresses which may be
worn but one choice must be khaki.
Pants, slacks, skirts, shorts, and skorts shall be
appropriately fastened at the waist. No sagging or low
rise clothing is allowed.
Leggings may be worn only as an accessory under skirts,
skorts, or dresses that meet uniform requirements and
may only be white, black, or navy.
Hemlines must be of modest length not above the
ngerup of the wearer with the arm fully extended.
SHIRTS
Each school site shall designate the colors and types of
shirts which may be worn but one choice must be white.
Shirts may be long or short-sleeved and may be collared
or without collars as designated by the school site.
Shirts may not have visible insignias, logos, labels,
words, or pictures except approved school
logos or names.
Shoulder straps of shirts which are visible
must be a minimum of the width of two
ngers of the person wearing the garment.
Shirts/blouses must be appropriately
buuoned or zipped.
FOOTWEAR
Students shall wear shoes and/or footwear
at all umes while on school property,
including buses, and shoes with laces must
be ued for safety.
Students shall not wear ip-ops, beach,
pool wear shoes, or house shoes.
OUTERWEAR
Students may wear plain sweatshirts,
sweaters, or vests without hoods in the
same colors as shirts designated for the
school uniform. Sweaters, sweatshirts, or
vests may have school approved logos and/
or names but no other insignias, logos, words,
or pictures.
Coats may not be worn inside the building
during the school day but shall be worn to
school and placed in the students locker or
hung in the students classroom or another
locauon designated by the principal. The
principal may make an excepuon if the building
and/or classroom is unusually cold.
HATS/JEWELRY/ACCESSORIES
Students may not wear caps, hats, or head coverings
of any kind, including but not limited to, scarves,
bandanas, and sweat bands inside a school building
except for students with religious beliefs requiring a
head covering, for medical reasons, or as approved by
the schools administrauon for a special school acuvity.
Jewelry and accessories which pose a safety concern for
the student or others are prohibited.
If a student wears a belt, the belt must be solid color,
worn in the belt loops of the clothing, and appropriately
fastened with a plain belt buckle.
Each site shall provide to the Superintendent or the
Superintendents designee the colors selected for that
sites uniform. The Superintendent or the Superintendents
designee shall prepare and make available to the community
an OKCPS School Color Chart which lists the schools and the
designated colors for that sites uniform. Once a school site
has selected the colors to be worn for that schools uniform,
the colors may not be changed for three (3) school years.
Once every three school (3) years, a school may recommend
to the Board of Educauon that the schools colors be
changed provided that the school has given parents the
opportunity to vote on the proposed changes and at least
y percent (50%) of the parents voung have agreed with
the proposed change. Only one parent shall have a vote,
and only one vote per family regardless of the number
of students auending the school. If a proposed change is
approved by the Board of Educauon, the change shall not
be eecuve unul the beginning of the next school year.
DRUGFREE AND TOBACCOFREE SCHOOLS
It is district policy that no person, including but not
limited to students, shall possess, use, transmit or be
under the inuence of any narcouc drug, hallucinogenic
drug, amphetamine, barbiturate, marijuana or any other
controlled substance or any non-intoxicaung alcoholic
beverage (example: low point beer); forued wine or
other intoxicaung liquor; or transmit drug paraphernalia
or counterfeit drugs; or possess, use, transmit or be under
the inuence of any other chemicals or products. This
policy shall apply to any person before, during, and aer
school hours, in any school building, on the premises, in a
school vehicle, at a school sponsored event or funcuon, or
during any period of ume when students are subject to the
authority of school personnel. Students in violauon of this
policy are subject to an out of school suspension.
Use of tobacco or ecigareues/vapes, in any form by anyone,
shall be prohibited within a school building and on school
grounds. This policy applies to all persons on school property.
Students will be ucketed for tobacco violauons. Violauons
of the tobacco law may be referred to ABLE Commission.
Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission (ABLE)
405-521-3484.

GUNFREE SCHOOLS
Any student in this school district who uses or possesses a
rearm at school, at any school-sponsored event, or in or
upon any school property, including school transportauon
or school-sponsored transportauon, will be removed from
school for not less than one full calendar year.
Firearms are dened in Title 18 U.S.C., Secuon 921 as:
1. Any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is
designed to or may readily be converted to expel a
projecule by the acuon of an explosive;
2. The frame or receiver of any such weapon;
3. Any rearm mu er or rearm silencer; or
4. Any destrucuve device, including any explosive,
incendiary or poison gas, bomb, grenade, or rocket,
having a propellant charge of more than four ounces,
missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of
more than one-quarter ounce, mine or any device
similar to the above.
All rearms or weapons will be conscated and released only
to proper legal authoriues. Students with disabiliues are
subject to this policy and will be disciplined in accordance
with the Individuals with Disabiliues Act Secuon 504 of
the Rehabilitauon Act. For safety purposes, surveillance
video or audio equipment may be used to monitor student
behavior at school, on buses and in common areas on
campus and at school acuviues.
LASER PENS/POINTERS
Due to the potenual for the disrupuon of the school
environment and the risk of permanent eye damage,
student use or possession of laser pens while on district
property, while auending a district-sponsored acuvity on or
o district property or while traveling to or from any school
is prohibited.
OFFCAMPUS MISCONDUCT
Disciplinary acuon may be assigned for any misbehavior
occurring at the school as a result of any o-campus
misconduct, including acuviues in conjuncuon with or
independent of classes, school sponsored acuviues, and
extra-curricular acuviues (including sports, clubs, etc).
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Students in all public schools are authorized to recite, at the
beginning of each school day, the pledge of allegiance to the
ag of the United States of America and Oklahoma pledge.
Eecuve July 1, 2014, SB 1143 requires students to recite
the pledge of allegiance to the ag of the United States of
America at least once every school week. Patriouc exercises
may also be conducted during programs and assemblies
throughout the school year. Students have the right not to
parucipate, but non-parucipaung students MUST remain
silent and respect the rights of others during the ceremony.
RIGHT OF ASSEMBLY/RIGHT TO PETITION/
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Students have the right to assemble lawfully and present
peuuons to the administrauon. In exercising their right,
students are expected to avoid interrupung the educauonal
process or causing an unsafe environment for other
students. The collecuon of signatures is only permiued
before school, during lunch, and aer school.
SCHOOL PROPERTY
Students are responsible for the proper use and care of school
property such as textbooks, library books, desks, uniforms,
and equipment. The parent of a student is responsible for
the replacement or repair of damaged school property
when it is determined that the damage was commiued by
the student as a result of the students negligence. Failure
to meet nancial obligauons will result in the withholding of
student records from a third party, such as an employer, a
university, or a college. School o cials may conduct regular
or random searches of lockers and their contents at any
ume for reasons of health or safety.
STUDENTDRIVEN MOTOR VEHICLES
High school students who drive motor vehicles to school
must provide proof of their drivers license and insurance
to register their vehicle to receive an authorized decal and
are responsible to know and follow rules and regulauons
established by individual high schools for their designated
student parking areas. A parents signature is required on
the card and a parking sucker must be displayed on the
vehicle at all umes. Failure to follow parking and vehicle
idenucauon rules could result in the students loss of
privilege to drive a car to school. A photocopy of the
students license must be on le in the o ce. Middle school
students are not permiued to drive motor vehicles to
school. Students are permiued to park on school premises
as a mauer of privilege, not of right.
The school has the authority to conduct rouune patrols
and inspecuons of student automobiles when on school
property. The interior of student vehicles may be inspected
whenever a school authority has a reasonable suspicion that
illegal or unauthorized materials may be contained inside.
Such patrols and inspecuons may be conducted without
nouce, without consent, and without a search warrant.
SUICIDE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND
POSTVENTION
Follow school safety plan for SUICIDE PREVENTION,
INTERVENTION, AND POSTVENTION regarding suicide
ideauon, auempt, or compleuon. Call school counselor
and noufy site director. Call local resource for referral to
Northcare (405) 858-2700; or Red Rock (405) 424-7711
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT FORMS
Current SCC forms are linked to the Student Services page
of www.okcps.org.
DUE PROCESS must be provided to students involved in
a discipline incident before an administrator assigns a
consequence or suspension. The teacher or administrator
will aord the student due process rights with a discussion
immediately following the misconduct. The student must
be told and shown in wriung what she or he is accused of
doing, be provided the factual basis of the accusauons, and
given the opportunity to write or tell her or his version of
the story.
To carry out the schools primary goal to educate and not
to discipline, collaboraon between the school, parent,
and community is essenual to keeping students in school
where intervenuons may be uulized to help students
learn to redirect and correct misbehavior. Aer
intervenuons have been exhausted, suspension
may be necessary. Repeated misbehavior may
increase the students acuon level assigned.
ACTION LEVEL PROGRESSION
Acuon Level 1: CONFERENCE
Acuon Level 2: INTERVENTION
Acuon Level 3: OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION
CRITERIA UTILIZED BY ADMINISTRA
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DETERMINE ACTION LEVEL:
the seriousness of the oense
the eect of the oense on other students
whether the oense is physically or
mentally injurious to other people
whether the incident is isolated or habitual
behavior
whether the oense is a manifestauon of a
disability
or any other circumstances may be
appropriately considered by the administrator
Teachers or school administrators must aach
student tesmony (wrien or transcribed) to
documentaon and NOTIFY PARENT for each
level.
ACTION LEVEL 1:
CONFERENCES with students are required when
discipline infracuons occur.
Sta members can facilitate mediauon through a
communicauon process in which the students with
the conict work together and cooperate in resolving
the conict peacefully. Mediauon takes cooperauon
and understanding to resolve conicts. Teachers are
to conference with students when discipline infracuons
occur and are responsible for noufying parents regarding
incidents through phone, email, or face-to-face meeungs.
Conferences may include counselor, school based social
worker, administrator, other as needed, and the parent.
All parues must stay calm and control their anger,
frustrauon, or other strong feelings.
All parues must focus on the problem and not blame
the other person.
All parues must state their side of the story and
understand dierent points of view.
All parues must cooperate and create soluuons that
meet the needs of everyone involved.
ACTION LEVEL 2:
INTERVENTIONS may be assigned by teachers or
administrators.
When conferences do not redirect misbehavior, teachers
develop and uulize intervenuons to help the student learn
to correct their misbehavior. When classroom intervenuons
have been exhausted, teachers complete an o ce referral
for a school administrator to review for possible In School
Intervenuon (ISI). Teacher documentauon of incidents and
intervenuons must be included when submim ng a referral
for out of school suspension to the site administrator. Site
administrator may submit referral back to the teacher with
a recommended acuon for resoluuon.
In-School Intervenuon (ISI) may only be assigned by a
school administrator. Before a student is suspended out-of-
school, the principal shall consider and apply, if appropriate,
alternauve in-school placement opuons that are not to be
considered suspension, such as placement in an alternauve
school sem ng, in-school-intervenuon (ISI), reassignment to
another classroom, or in-school detenuon. ISI is the denial
by the school administrauon of a students right to auend
regular classes, school-sponsored acuviues, athleucs, and
events for the total number of assigned ISI days. Students
auend school in an alternauve locauon in the school
established for ISI and complete work provided by their
teachers to reintegrate the student back in the classroom
upon return. Repeat oenses or pauerns of behavior will
require a Behavior Intervenuon Plan (BIP).
ACTION LEVEL 3:
DISCIPLINE OR OFFICE REFERRAL FOR OUT OF SCHOOL
SUSPENSION
Discipline referrals are submiued to the school
administrator when conferences and intervenuons have
not been successful in redirecung misbehavior. A students
Disciplinary Acuon Referral form and verbal or wriuen
tesumony is required documentauon. For students who
cannot write their tesumony, another sta member can
transcribe their statement. A wriuen nouce for conferences,
intervenuons, ISI, or OSS must be signed by all parues and
a copy is to be given to the student and parent during the
conference addressing the incident. If a parent refuses or
is unable to auend the discipline conference, then sta
will document the methods of contact auempted, such as
phone calls and cerued mail, and document who received
the noucauon.
Out of school suspension, OSS, is the denial by the school
administrauon of a students right to auend school, school-
sponsored acuviues, athleucs, and events for the total
number of days assigned. Depending on the infracuon,
POLICE MAY BE CALLED, which may result in OSS, referral to
the Community Intervenuon Center (CIC), and/or possible
citauon.
SHORT-TERM SUSPENSION (STS) 1-10 days
LONG-TERM SUSPENSION (LTS, LTM) More than 10 days
No long-term suspension (LTS) may be assigned for more
than 45 days, except for the following:
Any student in grades six through twelve found to have
assaulted or acted in a manner resulung in severe bodily
injury to a school employee or a person volunteering
for a school shall be suspended for the remainder of the
current semester and the next consecuuve semester.
Assault form must be uploaded to Safe-Schools; Hearing
must sull be held.
Any student found in possession of a rearm while on
any public school property or while in any school bus or
other vehicle used by a public school for transportauon
of students or teachers shall be suspended out-of-school
for a period of not less than one (1) year. Weapons
form must be uploaded to Safe-Schools; Hearing must
sull be held.
Firearm shall mean and include all weapons as dened
by 18 U.S.C., Secuon 921:
1. Any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or
is designed to or may readily be converted to expel
a projecule by the acuon of an explosive;
2. The frame or receiver of any such weapon;
3. Any rearm mu er or rearm silencer; or
4. Any destrucuve device, including any explosive,
incendiary or poison gas, bomb, grenade, or rocket,
having a propellant charge of more than four
ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary
charge of more than one-quarter ounce, mine or
any device similar to the above.
EDUCATION PLAN
Any student suspended for more than ve days shall
be placed on an educauon plan during the suspension.
The educauon plan must be designed by the students
teacher(s), be based on the students core curriculum, and
be ready for parent pick up in the school o ce by the end of
the second day of suspension. The plan must be designed
to reintegrate the student back into the school environment
once the suspension has been served. Educauon plans will
not be provided to students suspended long-term when
charged with a felony involving violence or weapons.
Parent is responsible for monitoring the compleuon of the
plan within the designated ume period. The assignments
must be completed, with passing grades, in order for the
student to receive credit. By Oklahoma School Law, the
parent and the school must comply with this plan.
Note: A student found in possession of alcohol, a controlled
dangerous substance or a dangerous weapon or rearm,
whose presence poses a conunuing danger to a person or
property, or whose presence poses an ongoing threat to the
disrupuon of the educauon process, may be immediately
removed from school by an o cer. Parent will be noued
by the school of the incident and informed to pick up their
child at CIC. Contact Special Services for an ABS referral
for special educauon students to ensure compliance with
documentauon and state statutes.
Due process, manifestauon hearing procedures, and
evidenuary hearing procedures must sull be followed.
SCHOOL EVIDENTIARY HEARING
A school evidenuary hearing must be held for every OKCPS
student being proposed for a long-term suspension of more
than 10 days, regardless of the alleged infracuon. Wriuen
nouce of the date and ume of the hearing should be given
to the parents no later than 72 hours (3 days) aer the
incident date. Date of the hearing should be scheduled no
later than ve days of the incident date, and the student
and parent shall be given su cient ume to prepare for the
hearing. If the parent agrees with the proposed long-term
suspension, the parent may sign the parent nouce to waive
an evidenuary hearing and would not be able to appeal the
suspension.

Students on an IEP must be provided a manifestauon hearing,
which shall be combined with the evidenuary hearing for a
proposed long-term suspension. A manifestauon hearing
is mandatory and may not be waived.
An imparual hearing o cer will preside over the hearing.
Based on facts of the case, the hearing o cer will determine
guilt or innocence of the student, whether the incident
occurred due to a manifestauon of a students disability,
and the reasonableness of the consequence assigned.
The hearing o cers recommendauon for correcuve acuon,
which may include placement in an alternauve program,
shall be considered by the administrator. The student must
remain in school or ISI pending alternauve placement. The
school administrator is responsible for assisung the parent
with the enrollment of the student into an alternauve
program. Students assigned to an alternauve program are
not allowed to return to any Oklahoma City Public School
unul the assignment at the alternauve school has been
completed. Students charged with violauons for the same
incident may be consolidated into a single joint hearing at
the discreuon of the hearing o cer. The school cannot
suspend or remove a student with disabiliues from school
as a disciplinary measure for more than 10 cumulauve days
during the school year unul all procedures in the IDEIA are
implemented. Contact Special Services for assistance.
SUSPENSION APPEALS
(Short-Term or Long-Term)
1. Assigned suspensions must be appealed within ve
(5) days of receiving noucauon of the schools nal
results. Parent les a suspension appeal by submim ng
the appeal to the Safe-Schools website or calling the
Safe-Schools hotline, 587-STOP. Submission of
the appeal automaucally noues the School
Principal, Site Director, and District Hearing
O cer/Panel.
Note: If an appeal is submiued in person to
the school, site director, or Student Services;
district personnel shall assist the parent with
submim ng or uploading the appeal to the Safe-
Schools website or hotline.
2. Upon immediate noucauon, the school
principal shall upload the schools
documentauon within 24 hours to the Safe-
Schools program regarding the suspension
including, but not limited to the following:
Student Tesumony
Student Discipline Referral
Witness Tesumony
Educauon Plan
Manifestauon Hearing Results
School Evidenuary Hearing Audio
School Evidenuary Hearing Results
Schools evidence supporung results for
suspension
Any addiuonal documentauon regarding
the case
3. The Site Director reviews the documentauon
to determine guilt or innocence of the student,
reasonableness of the length of suspension
assigned, and whether due-process and district
procedures were followed. Site Director notes
their recommended acuon for resoluuon within
ve (5) school days from the submission date in the
Safe-Schools program and contacts the parent. Site
Director informs the parent of their right to appeal
their decision to a District Hearing O cer through
Student Services.
4. If the parent is dissaused with the Site Directors
results, then the parent informs the Site Director
or Student Services to pursue the case further. A
district Hearing O cer/Panel would then complete an
invesugauon or hearing to determine district results.
The District decision is nal and may not be appealed
further. The District Hearing O cer/Panel will noufy
the parent and will upload the results to the Safe-
Schools program.
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT (SCC) 2014-2015

SCC VIOLATION
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The Board expects administrators to keep students in school and provide interventions to help
students learn to redirect and correct misbehavior. After interventions have been exhausted,
suspension may be necessary. Repeated misbehavior may increase the students action level
assigned.

CRITERIA UTILIZED BY ADMINISTRATOR TO DETERMINE CONSEQUENCE:
the seriousness of the offense
the effect of the offense on other students
whether the offense is physically or mentally injurious to other people
whether the incident is isolated or habitual behavior
whether the offense is a manifestation of a disability
or any other circumstances may be appropriately considered by the administrator
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Students are required to be in attendance 88% of each term. Failure to attend may result in truancy charges
being filed against the student and parent. (See Truancy). Parents are required to contact the school when a
student is to be absent. Doctor notes or proof of absence will be required beyond 5 absences to be excused.
STUDENTS MAY NOT BE SUSPENDED FOR EXCESSIVE ABSENCES
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WLK
Leaving the classroom, assigned area, or campus without prior consent and authorization from appropriate
school personnel. (AKA: SKIPPING CLASS)

STUDENTS MAY NOT BE SUSPENDED FOR WALKING OUT OF CLASS, ASSIGNED AREA, OR CAMPUS
(see DFA, FI, or other additional infractions when appropriate)
STUDENT AND PARENT MAY BE FINED FOR TRUANCY
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TARDINESS TRD
Failure to be in the place of instruction at the assigned time without a valid excuse.
STUDENTS MAY NOT BE SUSPENDED FOR TARDINESS
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Failure to report to school or class without prior permission, knowledge, or excuse by the school or the
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Bullying is defined as intentional, repeated hurtful acts, where an imbalance of power is present. The
perpetrator may be attempting to gain power, material things, or gain popularity. Bullying may include,
but is not limited to words or other behavior, such as name calling, starting or continuing rumors,
threatening and/or shunning, and may be committed by one or more children against another. Bullying
may be physical, verbal, emotional, social, sexual, or by electronic communication.
These acts can be committed by one or more students against other students or staff. Physical, verbal,
emotional, social, sexual, or cyberbullying (even occurring off-campus or during non-school hours) which
disrupt the current school environment and education of others will result in a consequence.
CNF INT STS LTS
HARASSMENT
BHS

BHT
Harassment is defined as persistently annoying others (may be toward a group), and/or creating an
unpleasant or hostile situation by uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical conduct. Harassment
includes, but is not limited to: name calling, slurs, or other oral, written, graphic, or physical conduct of a
harassing nature as well as unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of sexual nature.
CNF INT STS LTS
HAZING -
INITIATION
HAZ
Activities that endanger an individuals mental or physical health, which are required for initiation/entrance
into any group.
CNF INT STS LTS
GANG BEHAVIOR
OR SYMBOLS
GNG
Wearing any type of clothing or jewelry identified or associated with gangs or gesturing of any signs, use of
language, or confrontations identified or associated with gangs to intimidate others causing a disruption to
the school environment. Refer to VANDALISM for gang-related graffiti.
CNF INT STS LTS
SEXUAL BULLYING -
HARASSMENT
SXM
Sexual bullying or harassment includes any unwelcome sexual advances, not limited to, sexual
exhibitionism (attracting attention to yourself), voyeurism (seeing, talking, or writing about intimacy
considered to be private), sexual propositioning, physical contact, and sexual assault (see ASSAULT).

Sexual advances for sexual acts or favors, with or without accompanying promises, threats or reciprocal
favors or actions, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature which may include lewd or
sexually suggestive comments, off-color language or jokes of a sexual nature, gestures, slurs and other
verbal, graphic or physical conduct relating to an individuals sex; or any display of sexually explicit
pictures, greeting cards, articles, books, magazines, photos, cartoons, or electronic communication
devices which adversely affect a students performance. Victims shall be referred to the school counselor
or principal. Perpetrators may be reported to the police.
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Attending school while in possession or under the influence of alcohol or illicit drugs is prohibited.
Student will be assigned a 45 day suspension.
Parent will be notified to pick student up and receive information for an alternative to suspension
program which is an intervention option with a probation period.
After serving a minimum of 10 days of the suspension, the student may return to school on probation
with enrollment confirmation and a clean drug test report from a District provider through ARC
(Adolescent Recovery Collaborative).
For the probation period of the 12 week program, student will complete weekly drug testing through
a District provider, who will provide a weekly report to the school.
Failure to provide a clean drug test and certificate of graduation from a District provider will result in
the reinstatement of the remainder of the 45 day suspension not yet served.
CALL POLICE AND NOTIFY SITE DIRECTOR
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DISTRIBUTION
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Selling, giving away, or transferring alcohol or 3.2 beverages, drug paraphernalia, illicit drugs, or prescription
medication is strictly prohibited.
REQUIRES 45 DAYS WITH NO REDUCTION
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OTHER
SUBSTANCES
DRG
Possessing or having under ones control, using, selling, giving away, or otherwise transferring to another
person any look-a-likes: such as non-alcoholic beer, controlled substance, over the counter medication, or
related paraphernalia which may be dangerous to health or safety or which disrupt the educational process
is prohibited.
WHEN APPROPRIATE - CALL POLICE AND NOTIFY SITE DIRECTOR
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ELECTRONIC
CIGARRETTES
TBC
Possession or use of an electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette, or personal vaporizer is prohibited.
ABLE COMMISSION WILL NOT ISSUE CITATION
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Possession/use of tobacco or tobacco products is prohibited.
STUDENT MAY NOT BE SUSPENDED FOR TOBACCO POSSESSION OR USE
ABLE COMMISSION FORM MUST BE SUBMITTED TO ABLE COMMISSION FOR ISSUANCE OF CITATION
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BUS MISCONDUCT BUS
Failure to comply with rules of bus safety or disturbing others
(see specific offense)
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CHEATING ON
ASSIGNMENTS
CHT
Student will not receive credit on assignments or examinations when completed in a dishonest way, as by
improper access to answers.
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REFUSAL TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS / WORK:
Failing to comply with proper and authorized direction or instruction of a staff member.
CNF INT STS
REFUSAL TO SERVE DETENTION:
Failure to serve action level 2 interventions assigned by school staff or administrators.
REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO A SEARCH:
Refusing to submit to a search for contraband, when reasonable suspicion exists.
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DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE, CALL POLICE AND NOTIFY SITE DIRECTOR (SEE WEAPONS).
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DISRESPECT DIS Responding in a rude and/or impertinent manner toward others. CNF INT STS
DISRUPTIVE
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ENDANGERMENT END Failure to report knowledge of illegal or dangerous activities which could harm others. CNF INT STS
EXCESSIVE
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FIGHTING FGT
Involves the exchange of mutual, physical contact, including but not limited to hitting, with or without
injury. May include a verbal confrontation.
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FORGERY -
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FRG Falsification of documents. CNF INT
GAMBLING GAM Playing or betting on a fight, game of skill, chance for money, or anything of value. CNF INT STS
HEALTH -
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Unacceptable hygiene that distracts from the educational environment.
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Dressing or grooming in a manner that disrupts the teaching and learning of others.
Implementation of new District Uniform Policy J-51, began with the 2013-2014 year.
INAPPROPRIATE
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Possession of personal property prohibited by school rules and otherwise disruptive to the teaching and
learning of others including, but not limited to, sexually explicit material, food, beverages, electronic
equipment, laser pointers, fireworks, poppers, amusement device, smoke bomb, lighter, etc., causing a
disruption of the school or learning environment.
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OFF-CAMPUS
CONDUCT
OCC
Disciplinary action may be assigned for any misbehavior occurring at the school as a result of any off-
campus misconduct, including activities in conjunction with or independent of classes, school sponsored
activities, and extra-curricular activities (including sports, clubs, etc).
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OTH Engaging in other misconduct that disrupts the educational process or interferes with teaching and learning. CNF INT STS
PROFANITY PRF Writing, saying, or making gestures that convey an offensive or obscene message. CNF INT STS
PROVOKING /
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PRO Encouraging or urging other students to violate school rules. CNF INT STS
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Behaviors of affection which are not appropriate for public places such as kissing, embracing, etc.

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Students with a conduct agreement will be suspended according to the conduct agreement; however, if the
student is on an IEP or 504, review and revise the behavior contract or BIP, etc.
(Similar to DFA for refusal to follow directions/work, or follow intervention.)
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Intentionally starting a fire or combustion on school property. To comply with city ordinance, students who
start a fire are to be reported to the OCPD Arson Office at 297-3318.
DO NOT CLEAN UP ARSON SCENE BEFORE COMPLETE INVESTIGATION
CALL 911 FOR ACTIVE FIRE AND NOTIFY SITE DIRECTOR
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BURGLARY BUR
Unauthorized entry into a school district building, locked desk/drawer, locked room or space, locker, or auto
for the purpose of committing a crime.
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FALSE ALARMS FAL
Reporting a fire to school or fire officials, setting off a fire alarm or fire extinguisher without reasonable
belief that a fire exists or making false 911 or police calls.
CNF INT STS LTS
GRAND LARCENY
LRC
Taking of property, valued over $500, accomplished by fraud or stealth with the intent to deprive another.
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PETTY LARCENY
Taking of property, valued under $500, accomplished by fraud or stealth with the intent to deprive another.
POSSESSION OF
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Having in ones possession, property obtained without permission of the owner.
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TRESPASSING TS
Entering any school property or into any school facility without proper authority
(Includes any entry during a period of suspension.)
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Intentional or willful destruction/defacement of property, including vandalism, graffiti, damage/alteration
to computers or computer systems/programs/records, or other.
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Assault is not a mutual fight, and is defined as any willful physical force upon another person placing them
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ASSAULT FORM REQUIRED; UPLOAD TO SAFE-SCHOOLS
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Battery is defined as any willful or unlawful use of force or violence upon another regardless of whether the
person was the intended victim.
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Sexual Contact may be defined as lewd sexual behaviors inclusive of intentional sexual contact, offensive
touching, indecent exposure, or other sexual acts.
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Aggravated Assault and Battery is when bodily injury is inflicted on a person, who requires medical
treatment, including but not limited to treatment for bone fractures, cuts requiring stitches, disfigurement,
dislocations, or any similar or greater injury OR when a weapon is used or any instrument is used as a
weapon.

Students in grades PK-5 committing aggravated assault and battery will be assigned a short-term suspension
and must be referred for counseling for FBA, or referred to any state agency as deemed appropriate.

Any student in grades six through twelve committing aggravated assault and battery will be suspended for
the remainder of the current semester plus the next consecutive semester pursuant to (70 O.S. 24-101.3).
This is in addition to and does not limit the criminal liability of a person who causes or commits aggravated
assault and battery upon a school employee or school volunteer. The term of the suspension may be
modified by the district superintendent on a case-by-case basis. Students on an IEP will follow IDEIA
guidelines.
CNF INT STS LTS
RAP
Sexual Assault may be defined as rape or attempted rape by committing a sexual offense or attempt a
sexual offense by force on another.
CNF INT STS LTS
DISORDERLY
CONDUCT
DOC
Behaving in a VIOLENT or SERIOUSLY INAPPROPRIATE manner that disrupts the educational process.
This is not used for normal conflict situations resulting in an office referral.
NOTE: This category is used for EXTREME disruption. It is not to be used for natural conflict incidents or
when recording classroom or school disorders resulting in student referrals to the office.
CALL POLICE AND NOTIFY SITE DIRECTOR. STUDENT MAY BE CITED BY POLICE.
CNF INT STS LTS
RAPE OR
ATTEMPTED
RAPE
RAP
To commit a sexual offense or attempt a sexual offense by force.
CNF INT STS LTS



RECKLESS VEHICLE
USE
RVU
Using any motorized or self-propelled vehicle on or near school grounds in a reckless manner or as a threat
to health, safety, or as disruption to the educational process.
CNF INT STS
RIOTOUS
BEHAVIOR

RIO
Any use of force or violence, or threat to use force of violence if accompanied by immediate power of
execution, by three or more persons acting together and without authority of law. May include riotous
behavior at an extra-curricular event (FTX) involving physical contact (with or without injury), battery, or
inciting to riot, etc.
CNF INT STS LTS
FTX
ROBBERY ROB
Wrongful taking of personal property, from his/her person or immediate presence, and against his/her will,
accomplished by means of force or aggression.
CNF INT STS LTS
THREAT
VERBAL OR
WRITTEN

OR THREAT WITH
INTENT TO KILL
TA
Any willful or unlawful offer to do corporal hurt to another student or staff member using force or violence.
NOTE: If there is no actual threat to do harm, use the category of Abusive Language or Behavior toward
school personnel
2
ND
CNF INT STS LTS
OTHER VIOLENT
OFFENSE
VIO
Engaging in conduct of violent acts or acts showing deliberate disregard for the health and safety of others.
CNF INT STS LTS
W
E
A
P
O
N
S

BOMB - EXPLOSIVE
THREATS
BT
Reporting to school, police, or fire officials, by any means, information known to be false concerning the
presence of a bomb or explosive.
WEAPONS FORM REQUIRED; UPLOAD TO SAFE-SCHOOLS
CNF INT STS LTS
WEAPONS:
EXCLUDING
FIREARMS
KNV
Students possessing a dangerous weapon on their way to/from school or on school property. A weapon
other than a firearm may be defined as a knife, razor, karate stick, metal knuckle, live ammo, or any other
object; which, by the way it is used or intended to be used, is capable of inflicting bodily harm.
CNF INT STS LTS
WEAPONS:
EXCLUDING
FIREARMS
TGN
On the way to, during, or leaving school, a student found with a weapon other than a firearm defined as a
toy gun, cap gun, BB gun, pellet gun, or similar device; which, by the way it is used or intended to be used,
is capable of threatening or inflicting bodily harm.
CNF INT STS LTS
REPORTING FALSE
INFORMATION
RFI
Reporting to school, police, or fire officials, by any means, information known to be false concerning the
presence of a bomb or explosive.
WEAPONS VIOLATION FORM REQUIRED
CNF INT STS LTS
THREAT WITH A
DANGEROUS
WEAPON
OWP
Using a sharp or dangerous weapon to threaten another person with bodily injury.
CNF INT STS LTS
VIOLATIONS BELOW REQUIRE STUDENT TO BE SUSPENDED OUT-OF-SCHOOL FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN ONE (1) YEAR.
THE TERM OF SUSPENSION MAY BE MODIFIED BY THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
W
E
A
P
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N
S

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F

I
R
E
A
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S

HANDGUN HG
Any possession of a firearm that may include, but is not limited to, a handgun, rifle, shotgun,
or multiple firearms, or use of a firearm to threaten to kill another or resulting in death,
withdrawal, or incarceration will result in a mandatory year suspension.

It will not be a defense to any disciplinary action that the student possessing the firearm did
not know of or intend to possess the firearm.

However, a claim of a lack of knowledge or intent may be considered in mitigation of any
disciplinary penalty modified by the Superintendent.

LTM
RIFLE OR
SHOTGUN
RIF LTM
MULTIPLE
FIREARMS
MF LTM
OTHER FIREARM;
(GUN, EXPLOSIVES,
FIREARM
MUFFLER,
FIREARM
SILENCER, )
OF LTM
USING FIREARM TO
THREATEN TO KILL
ANOTHER
TIK LTM
USE OF FIREARM
RESULTING IN
WITHDRAWAL,
INCARCERATION,
OR DEATH
FAU LTM
A student who has been suspended out-of-school from a public or private school in the State of Oklahoma or another
state for a violent act or an act showing deliberate or reckless disregard for the health or safety of faculty or other
students shall not be entitled to enroll in a public school of this state, and no public school shall be required to enroll the
student, until the terms of the suspension have been met or the time of suspension has expired. 70 O.S. 24-101.3

Student Parent Handbook 2014-2015 27
ACADEMICS
STUDENT EVALUATION
OKCPS provides an instrucuonal program which enables
all students to learn. High priority is given to learning
experiences which serve as a foundauon for a childs total
educauonal development (reading, wriung, compuung,
etc.), as well as the sumulauon of intellectual curiosity,
criucal thinking, problem solving abiliues and aestheuc
appreciauon.

The Board believes that grades and grading pracuces
should be administered in a fair, equitable and consistent
manner. The evaluauon of student progress is based upon
skill mastery. Each discipline is represented by instrucuonal
objecuves and is described in a curriculum outline.
Student evaluauon and grades are based on daily classroom
performance, homework, classroom tests, assessments
of Oklahoma Academic Standards, auendance and other
required acuviues and projects. The OKCPS uses an
electronic grade reporung system that rounds all students
grades to the nearest full numerical grade value. Students
who do not meet district standards will receive NG
(No Grade), NC (No Credit), or I (Incomplete) unul all
requirements are met. Generally, NG and others need to
be made up by the end of the subsequent quarter.
Parents are to receive formal noucauon when their child
does not meet requirements to receive a passing grade.
Such noucauon should be sent no later than two weeks
before the grading period ends.
SMART WEB FOR PARENTS
SmartWeb allows parents online access to track student
auendance, grades, assignments, and homework
informauon throughout the school year. Parents/guardians
must contact their childs school to obtain a registrauon
code and will also need the childs idenucauon number in
order to register for access.
Visit www.okcps.org, click the Parent/Student link on the
right side of the home page, then click the link for SmartWeb
gradebook
GRADING SYSTEM
PRE-KINDERGARTEN
A conference skills checklist is used to indicate progress
made by pre-kindergarten students. The pre-kindergarten
checklist is based on state and nauonal standards and is
used to measure progress and mastery of PASS/CCSS. Please
see scale below.
+
Skill is consistently performed successfully
Skill mastery is developing
Skill is developing, but needs more ume and

instrucuon for mastery
KINDERGARTEN
A performance assessment based on state and nauonal
standards is used to measure progress and mastery of PASS/
CCSS. OKCPS Kindergarten programs are designed to meet
student needs and all areas of development: social and
emouonal, physical, language and literacy, and intellectual.
Please see scale below.
+
Skill is consistently performed successfully
Skill mastery is developing
Skill is developing, but needs more ume and

instrucuon for mastery
O
Skill has not been taught at this ume
GRADES 1-5 (AND GRADE 6 IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS)
Leuer grades are given in the following areas:
Language Arts Mathemaucs
Reading Science/Health Vocal Music
Vocabulary Social Studies Visual Arts
Foreign Language
(grades 4 and
above)
Instrumental
Music (grades 4
and above)
Physical
Educauon
Performance Indicators of S (sausfactory) or I
(Improvement needed) are given in the areas of Work/
Study Habits and Social Growth.
LETTER GRADING SYSTEM
The leuer grading system for students in grades 1-5 is
idenucal to the numerical grade value of grades 6-12.
Grades 1-12 -REGULAR
A 100-90% 4.0
B 89-80% 3.0
C 79-70% 2.0
D 69-60% 1.0
F 59% and below 0.0
Grades 1-12 -HONORS
A 100-90% 4.5
B 89-80% 3.5
C 79-70% 2.5
D 69-60% 1.0
F 59% and below 0.0
Grades 1-12 -ADVANCED PLACEMENT
A 100-90% 5.0
B 89-80% 4.0
C 79-70% 3.0
D 69-60% 2.0
F 59% and below 0.0
HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT SYSTEM (9-12)
Students earn credits at the high school level. Students
will earn a grade of A, B, C, D or F depending on the level
of demonstrated competency for courses that meet a
minimum of sixty-ve (65) hours during the semester.
Students are classied as Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors
or Seniors based on the number of credits earned.
Minimum credits required for each classicauon:
Grade 10: Sophomore 6.5 units or 13 credits
Grade 11: Junior 13 units or 26 credits
Grade 12: Senior 19 units or 38 credits
ACADEMIC COMPETITIONS
District students parucipate in a variety of academic
compeuuons that help develop creauvity, teamwork,
criucal thinking, and compeuuve spirit. For informauon
about these compeuuons, you may contact your schools
principal.
ACADEMIC RECOGNITION/HONOR ROLL
Students will be recognized for academic success for various
honor rolls as follows:
Superintendents Honor Roll:
(Based upon GPA-Grade Point Average)
Student must have a GPA of 4.0 to receive the
Superintendents Honor Recogniuon.
Principals Honor Roll:
Student must have a GPA of 3.5 to receive the
Principals Honor Recogniuon. Student cannot have
a leuer grade of C.
Honor Roll:
Student must have a GPA of 3.0 to receive Honor
Roll Recogniuon.
Student may have one (1) leuer grade of a C.
LIBRARY MEDIA CENTERS
Each school has its own library media center. Our school
libraries are more than books. They are 21st century learning
centers with a full range of print and electronic resources
that support student achievement. These resources include
books, eBooks, magazines, videotapes, DVDs, computers,
databases, and much more. School library media specialists
teach informauon skills that students need to learn and
achieve for a lifeume.
Students and teachers use our school libraries throughout
the day to: read books, log on to the internet, get help with
research projects, study, work on group projects, and lots
more. Our websites can be used by students for homework
and other research aer school. Ask your school librarian
for log-ins and passwords to connect to World Book Online
and EBSCOhost (magazines and journals) plus other
online resources.
OKCPS patrons including students, teachers, and
parents, can access our school libraries over
the internet from any computer. Go to: hup://
desuny.okcps.org. Click on your school name.
Click on Library Search, and search in the
catalog for eBooks and print books. You can
read eBooks immediately online!
Uulize safe and reliable websites by clicking
WebPath Express. For more informauon, ask
your school librarian, or contact Library Media
Services at (405) 587-0331.
BLOCK EIGHT SCHEDULING
Classen School of Advanced Studies and
Northeast Academy for Health Sciences and
Engineering will implement the BLOCK EIGHT
scheduling system which requires students to
take eight academic courses per year. Students
study subjects in eighty (80) to ninety (90) minute
classroom periods. Students can earn 8 units per
year.
All other high schools will implement a seven
(7) period day. This requires that students take
seven courses per year. Classroom periods will be
approximately forty-ve (45) minutes. Students can
earn 7 units (14 credits) per year. A minimum of 23
units (46 credits) is required to graduate from high
school.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
All students, including students following Individual
Educauon Plans (IEPs) and those enrolled at an alternauve
educauonal facility, may gain a high school diploma by
compleung the units required for graduauon and passing
the necessary End of Instrucuon tests. No student will be
allowed to parucipate in graduauon exercises unless they
have met requirements. Please see table on page 26 & 27.
PROFICIENCY TESTING
Advanced students can move forward by subject, course
or grade level based upon mastery of the Oklahoma
Academic Standards. A student must score at least ninety
percent (90%) on the prociency test. Grade level tests are
available for grades 1-8. Course level tests are available for
grades 9-12. Interested students are asked to contact the
school principal for more informauon, or call the o ce of
Educauonal Assessment at (405) 297-6776.
PROMOTION AND RETENTION CRITERIA FOR K-12
Students who demonstrate academic competency will
be considered eligible for promouon to the next higher
CORE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
STANDARD DIPLOMA*
* Requires Opt Out Form Signed by Parent
Student will not qualify for OK Promise
Must pass 4 of 7 EOI Exams**
Required: Algebra I, English II
Plus 2 more from: Biology, Geometry, Algebra II, English III, and US History
ENGLISH 4 UNITS
English I: Grammar and Composiuon 1 unit
English II: World Literature** 1 unit
English III: American Literature or other approved courses** 1 unit
English IV: English Literature or other approved courses 1 unit
MATHEMATICS 3 UNITS
Algebra I** 1 unit
May include: Algebra II**, Geometry**, Trigonometry, Math Analy-
sis, Calculus, Adv Placement Stausucs, or any math course with con-
tent and/or rigor above Algebra I and approved for college admission
requirements. May also include, Math of Finance.
3 units of Mathemaucs must be taken in Grades 9-12, in addiuon to any of the
courses listed above that were taken prior to Grade 9.
2 units
LABORATORY SCIENCE 3 UNITS
Biology I** 1 unit
May include: Chemistry I, Physics, Biology II, Chemistry II, Physical
Science,Earth Science, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Astronomy, AP
Biology/Chemistry, AP Physics, Principles of Technology, qualied
agriculturaleducauon on courses.
2 units
HISTORY AND CITIZENSHIP SKILLS 4 UNITS
Oklahoma History (9
th
) .5
Geography (9
th
) .5
World History (10
th
) 1
US History** (11
th
) 1
US Government (12
th
) 1
FOREIGN OR NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Students are strongly encouraged to complete 2 units of foreign
language.
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY 1 UNIT
Courses may include: computer programming, hardware, and
business computer applicauons, such as word processing, databases,
spreadsheets, and graphics, excluding keyboarding or typing courses.
Computer Technology courses must be approved for college admission require-
ments, whether taught at HS or technology center school.
1 unit
FINE ARTS 2 UNITS
Fine Arts, such as vocal or instrumental music, art, drama or dance. 2 units
ELECTIVES 6 UNITS
Acuvity Elecuve (PE, JROTC, Dance, Band, Athleucs)
[4 units maximum may count for graduauon]
1 unit
Other approved elecuves 5 units
PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY
All seniors must obtain a Passport to Financial Literacy in order to
meet graduauon requirements; this is met through the successful
compleuon of the 14 areas of instrucuon in the Oklahoma Academic
Standards for Personal Financial Literacy. This is typically completed
during the students government course. For quesuons, see your
school counselor.
TOTAL UNITS 23
COLLEGE PREPARATORY CURRICULUM
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA REQUIREMENTS
Achieving Classroom Excellence (ACE) Act of 2005 revised in 2006 [70 OS
1210.521]
Must pass 4 of 7 EOI Exams**
Required: Algebra I, English II
Plus 2 more from: Biology, Geometry, Algebra II, English III, and US History
ENGLISH 4 UNITS
English II: World Literature** 1 unit
MATHEMATICS 3 UNITS
Algebra I** 1 unit
May include: Algebra II**, Geometry**, Algebra III, Trigonometry,
Math Analysis, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, any Adv Placement Math,
Concurrent Math course (non remidial) and other courses approved
for college admission requirements.
2 units
Biology I** 1 unit
May include: Chemistry, Physics, Biology II, Earth Science, Physical
Science, Environmental Science, Botany, Zoology, Anatomy/Physiol-
ogy, and Advanced Placement Science courses, Concurrent College
Laboratory Science or other courses approved for college admission
requirements.
2 units
Oklahoma History (9
th
) .5
Geography (9
th
) .5
World History (10
th
) 1
US History** (11
th
) 1
US Government (12
th
) 1
FOREIGN OR NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE **
**Two units of the same foreign language OR two units of computer
technology.
**
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY 1-2 UNITS*
Courses may include: computer programming, hardware, and business computer
applicauons, such as word processing, databases, spreadsheets, and graphics,
excluding keyboarding or typing courses.
Computer Technology courses must be approved for college admission
requirements, whether taught at HS or technology center school.
*One unit required for all students, one addiuonal unit required for students who
do not complete 2 units of same foreign language.
1-2 units*
FINE ARTS OR SPEECH 1 UNIT
Fine Arts, such as vocal or instrumental music, art, drama, dance or
speech.
1 unit
ELECTIVES 5-6 UNITS
1 unit
Other approved elecuves 4-5 units
school counselor
TOTAL UNITS 23
level by following district guidelines and state
laws. Academic competency is indicated by:
use of criterion referenced tests, teacher
observauon, course grades, and auendance in
grades K-5. Auendance Standard - more than
10 days of unexcused absences may result in
recommendaon for retenon.
District Standard - K-5: mastery of 90% of
Oklahoma Academic Standards in reading,
language arts, math, science, and social studies,
and with a minimum grade of D. Promouon of
special educauon students shall be determined
by each students individualized educauon
program (IEP) team. Middle school students,
grades 6-8, must master 90% of Common Core
and with a minimum grade of D in all four core
classes: language arts, mathemaucs, science,
and social studies. Student assignments are
calculated into the students grade. High school
students must complete a course with a passing
grade in order to receive credit. Students who
do not sausfactorily complete a course do not
receive credit.
READING SUFFICIENCY ACT
Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year,
students who score at the Unsasfactory level on
the Language Arts poruon of the Grade 3 criterion-
referenced test(s) may only be promoted to grade
four if the student qualies for a good cause or other
state exempuon. The third-grade reading law does
not oer an appeals process.
Students with limited English prociency who have
not met promouon standards may be promoted on
the recommendauon of the building language team
(bilingual sta, classroom teacher and providing an
academic intervenuon plan is in place). LEP (Limited
English Procient) students may not be retained solely due
to their lack of prociency in English.
Amendments to the Reading Su ciency Act now provide
third-grade students four ways to sausfy the prociency
requirements for promouon to fourth grade.
1. Students who demonstrate a reading prociency of
50%, in the fall, winter, or spring on the Easy CBM
benchmark test.
2. Any student scoring in the Limited Knowledge range or
higher on the Reading Oklahoma Core Curriculum Test.
3. A student who qualies for any of the six Good-Cause
Exempuons.
4. A recomendauon for promouon aer conference
with the parent/guardian, teacher(s), principal, and a
reading specialist.
COLLEGE PREPARATORY CURRICULUM
CERTIFICATE OF DISTINCTION
Requires a 3.25 (GPA on n 4.0 scale, the required courses listed below, and a saus-
factory score or its equivalent on all endonstrucuon (EOI) tests as those tests are
implemented.
Must pass ALL 7 EOI Exams**
Required: Algebra I, English II, Biology, Geometry, Algebra II, English III, & US History
ENGLISH 4 UNITS
English II: World Literature ** 1 unit
MATHEMATICS 4 UNITS
Algebra I** 1 unit
May include: Algebra II**, Geometry**, Algebra III, Trigonometry,
Math Analysis, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, any Adv Placement Math,
Concurrent Math course (non remidial) and other courses approved
for college admission requirements.
3 units
Biology I** 1 unit
May include: Chemistry, Physics, Biology II, Earth Science, Environ-
mental Science, Anatomy/Physiology, and Advanced Placement Sci-
ence courses, Concurrent College Labratory Science or other cources
approved for college admission requirements.
3 units
Oklahoma History (9
th
) .5
Geography (9
th
) .5
World History (10
th
) 1
US History** (11
th
) 1
US Government (12
th
) 1
FOREIGN OR NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE 2 UNITS
Same foreign or non-English language 2 units
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY 1 UNIT
Courses may include: computer programming, hardware, and
business computer applicauons, such as word processing, databases,
spreadsheets, and graphics, excluding keyboarding or typing courses.
Computer Technology courses must be approved for college admission require-
ments, whether taught at HS or technology center school.
1 unit
FINE ARTS OR SPEECH 1 UNIT
Fine Arts, such as vocal or instrumental music, art, drama, dance or
speech.
1 unit
ELECTIVES 1 UNIT
1 unit
Addiuonal Elecuves 2 units
school counselor.

TOTAL UNITS 23
ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY (AUP)
STUDENT COMPUTER AND NETWORK ACCESS;
WIRELESS DEVICES
Computer and Network access is a privilege provided for
District students and sta for the sole purpose of facilitaung
resource sharing and communicauon. Students are to only
use these services for legiumate educauonal purposes
under the supervision of school personnel. Students are
provided login informauon with an individual user name or
ID and password that is computer generated to access the
computer and network. Students are to never share their
login informauon with anyone. Students are required to log
out when the student is done accessing the network.
The District is not responsible for the misuse of online
services. Such misuse includes, but is not limited to;
obtaining inappropriate or sexually explicit material,
illegal copying or installauon of soware, using anothers
password, producing, copying, or auempung to introduce
any computer code designed to self-replicate, damage, or
destroy a computers memory, cause a virus, or otherwise
hinder computer performance.
Students found guilty of such behaviors are subject to
the loss of computer privileges and acuon as stated in
the Student Code of Conduct guidelines. It will not be a
defense to any disciplinary consequence for a student to say
someone else used their account, or the student forgot to
log out.
For reasons of health and safety, school sta may periodically
monitor each students use of the network resources to
ensure that the system is being used in accordance with
district policy. Students who lose their individual computer
or network privilege will sull be required to complete any
district or state online tesung. Please contact your schools
o ce or the district technology IT Services helpdesk at 587-
4357 with further quesuons.
Students may possess a wireless telecommunicauons
device while on school premises, or while in transit under
RETENTION APPEAL
Any parent or guardian, who is dissaused with the decision
to retain a child, may appeal the decision by contacung the
appropriate Execuuve Director within three (3) working
days of the schools decision. A decision will be rendered
within ten (10) working days. Parents who are dissaused
with the appropriate Execuuve Directors decision should
contact the Clerk of the Board of Educauon at 587-0444 for
informauon about a Level II Appeal.
ATHLETICS
Oklahoma City Public Schools has a rich history in athleucs.
We are very proud of the championships that our teams have
accumulated through the years with hard work, dedicauon,
and teamwork. We embrace the winning tradiuon that has
been set before us and are dedicated to building upon the
Oklahoma City Public Schools athleuc tradiuon of success.
OKCPS focuses on teamwork, character building, academic
excellence, commitment, and building relauonships that
will last a lifeume. We love winning and celebraung victories
but the pride of our district is providing the very best for
our student athletes, challenging them in athleucs and
academics, and supporung the mission of our schools and
district. Please contact the OKCPS Athleuc Department at
(405) 587-0049 with quesuons or concerns.
To parucipate in athleucs, a student must have a physical
examinauon, parental consent cerucate and insurance
vericauon, or an insurance waiver on le with the principal.
A student who has established athlec eligibility at one
school and transfers to another must aend school at
the receiving school for one year before eligibility is
considered.
JROTC
High Schools in OKCPS have an acuve JROTC program.
Students enroll in a course given during regular school hours,
but also parucipate in many out-of-classroom acuviues.
Students learn the basics in military history, government,
technology awareness, and current events. The main focus
is on developing leadership skills, as well as, how to study,
take tests, interview for jobs, and rst aid. Selected students
also auend a summer leadership camp.
ELIGIBILITY FOR EXTRACURRICULAR AND
COCURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
For a student to be eligible to represent their school and
parucipate in a compeuuve or noncompeuuve acuvity
student must:
1. Be enrolled in or have been enrolled in a course
related to the acuvity when such acuvity will cause
the student to miss class work during the regular
school day.
2. Maintain a C average in the last regular semester
prior to parucipaung in the acuvity and must
maintain passing grades in all classes in the current
semester; students who auend summer school
may apply one course grade/credit to the previous
semester grade point average and course credits,
thereby increasing scholasuc eligibility in the
following semester.
A principal may determine any student who is the subject
of disciplinary acuon, or whose conduct or character is
such as to reect discredit upon the school is not eligible
to parucipate in events. Students who are suspended are
not eligible to parucipate in extra-curricular or co-curricular
acuviues unul their suspension is complete. Extra-curricular
acuviues are a privilege and may be revoked for on-campus
and o-campus misconduct.
the authority of the school, or while auending any funcuon
sponsored or authorized by the school. Use of such
wireless communicauon devices by students during the
instrucuonal day for educauonal purposes only is at the
teachers discreuon. The instrucuonal day shall be dened
as including all umes when classes are being conducted
and during passing umes. Wireless telecommunicauon
devices include, but are not limited to, cellular and digital
telephones, two-way radios, personal digital assistants, and
smart phones. Wireless telecommunicauon devices do not
include amplicauon systems uulized in classrooms or in
school buildings.
Students found to be using any electronic communicauons
device for any illegal purpose, cyber bullying, threatening
others, violaung privacy, or to in any way send or receive
personal messages, data, or informauon that would
contribute to or consutute cheaung on tests or exams
shall be subject to discipline and the device shall be
conscated and will be returned to the parent during a
parent conference. Students violaung this rule will be
disallowed from carrying a personal communicauon device
following the incident unless a bona de health emergency
exists. Where appropriate, police authoriues may be
contacted. OKCPS is not responsible for personal wireless
telecommunicauon devices.
INTRODUCTION
Computer network resources, provided by the Oklahoma
City Public Schools, enable communicauon with electronic
communiues around the world. These computer network
resources include Internet, e-mail, the student enterprise
system, and the business enterprise systems. The use of
these electronic resources shall be consistent with the
purpose, mission, and goals of the Oklahoma City Public
Schools and used only for the educauonal and professional
purposes. The purpose in providing these services is to
facilitate access to informauon and resources, promote
educauonal excellence, and enhance communicauon
between schools, o ces, regional educauon service
centers, and other worldwide educauonal enuues. The
internet is a network connecung thousands of computers
throughout the world. The Internet can bring a wealth
of educauonal material to the classroom, but may also
contain material that is objecuonable. The Oklahoma
City Public Schools lters web sites, chat rooms, instant
messengers, and some emails believed to be inappropriate
for students, teachers, administrators and sta. However,
no ltering system is perfect. The District cannot and does
not represent that inappropriate or objecuonable material
can be completely ltered. Parent(s) and guardian(s) must
consider this in deciding whether to permit their children
access to the Districts computer network resources. This
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is provided so that sta,
students, and members of the community using the
Districts computer network resources are aware
of their responsibiliues. The use of these network
resources is a privilege, not a right. Any violauon
of these policies will result in the loss of network
privileges as well as possible disciplinary acuon.
ACCESS TO DISTRICT NETWORK RE
SOURCES
All employees must sign an Acceptable
Use Policy agreement when hired and on a
yearly basis before access is granted to the
Districts computer network resources. If
an employee objects to signing a AUP they
will not be allowed on the district network
which could aect their employment status.
Sta, students, and members of the
community may be given access to the
Districts computer network resources. This
access, including account and password,
must not be shared, assigned, or transferred
to another individual.
Access to the Districts computer network
resources may be suspended or terminated if
terms and condiuons of this AUP are violated.
Prior to a terminauon of access to the Districts
computer network resources, the user will be
informed of the suspected violauon and given
an opportunity to present an explanauon. The
user may request a review hearing with an
appointed hearing o cer within seven (7) days
of noucauon if the user feels that such acuon is
unjust. Aer the review, access may be terminated
if the hearing o cer denies the appeal as well as
disciplinary consequences, including suspension,
deemed appropriate by the school administrator.

SYSTEM SECURITY
Computer users may not run applicauons or les that
create a security risk to the Districts computer network
resources. If users idenufy a security problem, they
must noufy appropriate administrators immediately.
Any user deemed to be a security risk, or discovered to
have a proven history of problems with other computer
networks, may be denied access to the Districts
computer network resources.
Users should immediately noufy Informauon
Technology if they believe that someone has obtained
unauthorized access to their private account.
RESPECTING RESOURCE LIMITS
Sta, students, and community members will not post
chain leuers or engage in spamming. Spamming is
sending unsolicited junk messages to a large number
of people, or sending a large number of messages to a
single person, with the intent of annoying users or to
interrupt the system.
The system administrators reserve the right to set a
limit on disk storage for network users as well as block
mail and other connecuons from outside hosts that
send unsolicited, mass or commercial messages, or
messages that appear to contain viruses.
Adverusing will be permiued on the Districts computer
network resources with the prior approval of the
appropriate administrator.
ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES
The District will cooperate fully with local, state, or
federal o cials in any invesugauon related to illegal
acuviues that blatantly corrupt the educauonal value of
computers or instances that violate the law.
Auempung to gain unauthorized access to the Districts
network resources or go beyond authorized access is
prohibited. This includes auempung to log in through
another persons account or accessing another persons
les.
Vandalism will result in cancellauon of privileges to the
Districts computer network resources. Vandalism is
dened as any malicious auempt to harm or destroy
data or equipment on any computer network.
It is prohibited to use the Districts computer network
resources with the intent of denying others access to
the system.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COPYRIGHT
No copyrighted material is to be placed on the
Districts computer network resources without wriuen
permission from the copyright owner.
Any material placed on the Districts network or web
pages by an employee, with the use of district or
personnel technology will become property of the
District unless permission to keep Intellectual Property
rights is granted in wriung by the employees supervisor
or the Informauon Technology Department.
All users of the Districts network resources must agree
not to submit, publish, or display any type of material
that violates this AUP.
SOFTWARE
Only soware approved (cerued) by the Informauon
Technologys Technology Purchase Request (TPR) review
commiuee and proof of valid soware license(s) can be
used on District computer systems including freeware,
shareware and beta/test soware.
Soware that is damaging to the Districts network
resources or any other systems is prohibited.
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
Polite and appropriate language is expected at all umes.
Abusive messages are prohibited.
Harassment is unacceptable and prohibited. Harassment
is conduct, which is su ciently severe, persistent, or
pervasive that it adversely aects, or has the purpose
of logical consequence of interfering with a users
educauonal program, or creates an inumidaung, hosule,
or oensive environment. Behavior that conunues
aer an individual is informed of its oensiveness may
consutute evidence of intent to harass. If told by a
person to stop sending messages, the sender must stop.
Cyber-bullying is prohibited. This includes, but is not
limited to, the following forms: harassing, teasing,
inumidaung, threatening, or terrorizing another student
or sta member by way of any technological tool, such
as sending or posung inappropriate or derogatory email
messages, instant messages, digital pictures or images,
or website posungs (including blogs), which has the
eect of physical or emouonal harm. Anyone who
engages in such acuvity is in violauon of this policy and
shall be subject to appropriate discipline.
Teachers will be provided curriculum for educaung
students about digital ciuzenship and appropriate and
safe online behavior, including interacung with others
using social networking and chat rooms and how
to properly address cyberbullying situauons. They
will be provided informauon created by the districts
Educauonal Technology training team to refer to.
LIABILITY
The Oklahoma City Public Schools does not warrant
the funcuons or services performed by the Districts
computer network resources. Resources are provided
on an as is, as available basis.
Opinions, advice, services and all other informauon
supplied by third parues are for informauonal purposes
only. It is not guaranteed to be correct. Users are
urged to seek professional advice for specic individual
situauons.
Any soware available from the Districts network
resources is not guaranteed as to suitability, legality, or
performance by the Oklahoma City Public Schools.
Sta, students, and community members agree to
indemnify and hold harmless the Oklahoma City Public
Schools for any liability arising out of any violauon of
this AUP.
ELECTRONIC MAIL AND REALTIME
CONFERENCING
It is not the intenuon of the Informauon Technology
Department to inspect or disclose the contents of
electronic mail or computer les sent by one user to
another, without consent from either party, unless
required to do so by the Oklahoma City Public Schools,
local, state, or federal o cials. Electronic mail is
not private. As with wriuen communicauons, users
should recognize there is no expectauon of privacy for
electronic mail.
Users are expected to remove e-mail messages in a
umely manner.
All users must promptly report inappropriate messages
received by a teacher, supervisor, or the system
administrators.
Any user should not reveal personal informauon such
as addresses, phone numbers, passwords, or nancial
informauon to others. Private informauon may not be
posted about another person. Individuals need to use
cauuon when corresponding or communicaung through
email, chat rooms, instant messengers or websites.
A cancelled account will not retain electronic mail.
The system administrators reserve the right to terminate
access to the Districts computer network resources if
this AUP is violated while using electronic mail and real-
ume chat features, including video conferencing.
While we allow personal e-mail to be sent through the
system, please remember that this account is for work/
school purposes, and all mail (and other data) residing
on the Network is the property of the Oklahoma City
Public Schools. We highly discourage subscribing to
personal mailing lists and using your network account
for promouons, giveaways, sweepstakes, and other non-
business related communicauons. Excessive amounts
of mail received from such sources may be deleted
without warning. Any mail that is related to running a
private business or involved in unsolicited adverusing
will be deleted and its senders e-mail privileges may
be revoked. Similarly, the Oklahoma City Public School
district does not permit the relaying of e-mail. Mail
relaying is when mail is sent from an outside account
through Oklahoma City Public Schools e-mail server for
the purpose of masking who the original sender was.
Abusing District Distribuuon Lists is forbidden. Examples
of abusing a Distribuuon List include sending mail to the
enure District to inform all users of the system that your
child is selling candy and to see you for details. This kind
of solicitauon unnecessarily clogs the e-mail system
and frustrates users. Electronic mail is an e cient and
convenient means of communicauon, but problems can
arise when it is used without restraint and discipline.
Other prohibited electronic communicauons include,
but are not limited to:
1. Using anothers password;
2. Use of electronic communicauons to send copies
of documents in violauon of copyright laws;
3. Use of electronic communicauon systems to send
messages, access to which are restricted by laws or
regulauons;
4. Capture and opening of undeliverable electronic
communicauons except as required in order for
authorized employees to diagnose and correct
delivery problems;
5. Use of electronic communicauons to inumidate
others or to interfere with the ability of others to
conduct District business.
6. Spoong, i.e., construcung electronic
communicauons so it appears to be from someone
else;
7. Snooping, i.e., obtaining access to the les or
communicauons of others for the purpose of
sausfying idle curiosity, with no substanual District
business purpose;
8. Auempung unauthorized access to data or
auempung to breach any security measures on any
electronic communicauon system, or auempung
to intercept any electronic communicauon
transmissions without proper authorizauon;
9. Sending or displaying oensive messages or
pictures;
10. Using obscene language.
CONSEQUENCES
Financial and criminal penalues may be incurred by
Oklahoma City Public Schools for pirated/non-licensed
soware. These penalues may be passed on to the
oender. Soware piracy and license fraud is a serious
crime and results in extraordinarily high nes (usually
twice the value of the pirated soware utle). If user
is unclear of such soware, contact the Informauon
Technology Department.
Violauon of Oklahoma City Public Schools policies,
regulauons, and procedures concerning the use of the
WAN and the Internet will result in the same disciplinary
acuons that would result from similar violauons of
other Oklahoma City Public School policies and/or
regulauons. Any or all of the following consequences
may be employed:
Any campus-based disciplinary consequence,
including suspension, deemed appropriate by the
school administrauon.
Long-term suspension may be considered in agrant
violauons that blatantly corrupt the educauonal
value of computers or in instances when users
have used Oklahoma City Public Schools WAN or
Internet access to violate the law or to compromise
the relauonship between Oklahoma City Public
Schools and our ISP.
Employees found to be using the WAN or Internet
access inappropriately or illegally are subject to
progressive disciplinary consequences specied
under applicable Board policies/regulauons or
negouated agreements.
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Parent
PARENT INVOLVEMENT PURPOSE/GOAL
Parents are important partners in helping children become
beuer students. Each school has a parent involvement
policy, and parents are invited to parucipate in the
development and evaluauon of the policy. OKCPS will use
school visits, phone calls, parent conferences, report cards,
social media, web sites and emails and other available
technology to communicate with parents to foster
involvement.
WHAT CAN PARENTS DO?
PROVIDE CURRENT CONTACT INFORMATION. This
is the best way to learn about opportuniues to get
involved.
JOIN OR START A PTA. Talk to your schools o ce
sta or contact the school district at (405) 587-
0407.
INDIAN EDUCATION COMMITTEE. The Parent
Advisory Commiuee for Indian Educauon Programs
holds monthly meeungs. For details, call Nauve
American Services at (405) 587-0357.
PARENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. The
district provides training opportuniues for parents
and sta throughout the school year to help
parents support their children and their school.
Also, Parents as Teachers is a program to help
parents get their children o to a great educauonal
start. Services are provided to families who have
children from birth to kindergarten including
prenatal informauon for mothers-to-be. The
services include home visits by cerued parent
educators, group meeungs to address family issues
and concerns, developmental screenings and
connecung families to resources in the community.
For more informauon, call (405) 587-0360.
COME TO SCHOOL. Parents are welcome in our
schools to observe, volunteer and meet with
teachers.
1. All visitors must sign in at the o ce and
obtain a visitors pass. A parent must make
arrangements with the building administrator
before entering the classroom.
2. To volunteer in your childs school, please
contact the Volunteer Services O ce at (405)
587-0234. You may also talk to your childs
teacher or principal regarding volunteer
opportuniues at the school. For more
informauon, please see the Volunteer Secuon
on page 41.
3. All schools have an annual Open House during
the fall of each year. Parents and patrons
are encouraged to auend. Schools will noufy
parents concerning the dates and umes for
Open House.
4. Parents are expected to auend annual
conferences with their childs teacher(s) to
check on academic progress. Parents should
SCHEDULE a meeung before going to the
school.
SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. Parents who are
graduates of OKCPS, former students, supporters
and current graduaung classes are encouraged to
become involved in their alma maters associauon.
The following high schools have acuve associa-
uons: Classen, Capitol Hill, Douglass, U.S. Grant,
John Marshall, Northwest Classen, Star Spencer,
Emerson, Central, Harding, Northeast, and South-
east. More informauon is available by contacung
the principals o ce at each high school.
SPECIAL REPORTS TO PARENTS Teachers must contact
parents when they determine a student is performing
unsausfactorily. The noucauon must be in wriung in a
language the parent can read during the 4th, 5th, or 6th
week of each quarter. Addiuonal nouces may be sent
earlier than the 4th week of the quarter or later than the
6th week of each quarter.
PARENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Schools should be the rst point of contact for issues and
complaints. Please communicate issues with your site prin-
cipal prior to ling a complaint with their director. Thank
you in advance for your support!
PARENT COMPLAINT PROCEDURE
Parents will follow the procedure below to resolve a
complaint:
1. Contact your school principal.
2. If the parent is sull dissaused, the parent may
le a wriuen complaint with the appropriate
Execuuve Director. [ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
(405) 587-0093; SECONDARY SCHOOLS (405)
587-0010]
3. If the complaint is not answered to the
parents/guardians sausfacuon, the parent
may le a wriuen complaint with the
Superintendent or designee within three (3)
school days.
4. If the parent/guardian is dissaused with the
Superintendents decision, a wriuen complaint
may be led, within ve (5) school days,
with the clerk of the Board of Educauon. The
Board will consider th e wriuen evidence, and
the parent/guardian will be noued of their
decision in wriung. The Boards decision is nal.
PARENTS RIGHT TO KNOW/TEACHER QUALITY
REQUIREMENTS
At the beginning of each school year, a students parents
may request informauon in wriung regarding the
professional qualicauons of their students teacher/s.
Specically, the parent has the right-to-know:
whether a teacher has met state qualicauons for
license and cerucauon.
whether the teacher is teaching under an emer-
gency or provisional cerucate.
the baccalaureate and graduate degree majors of
the teacher/s.
whether the student will be provided assistance
from paraprofessionals and, if so, the qualicauons
of the paraprofessional.
if a student receives instrucuon from an unquali-
ed teacher for four or more consecuuve weeks.
Parents may also request informauon on the level of
achievement of their child(ren) in each of the State of
Oklahoma academic assessments. If you have quesuons,
please contact the Title I o ce at (405) 587-0160.
INCLUSION STATEMENT
OKCPS students are blessed to have many adults involved
in their educauon, and references in this handbook to
parents includes guardians and other family members
who oen act in lieu of or in partnership with parents.
Programs and pracuces are in place to meet the diverse
needs, languages, and cultures of students and parents.
Several opportuniues are available for parents to learn
more about schools, educauonal programs and ways to
help their children achieve in school. Contact your school
principal or the Title I O ce at (405) 587-0160 for more
informauon.
ANNUAL NOTIFICATIONS
FERPA RIGHTS/DIRECTORY INFORMATION
The Family Educauonal Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a
Federal law that protects the privacy of student
educauon records. The law applies to all schools
that receive funds under an applicable program
of the U.S. Department of Educauon.
The Uninterrupted Scholars Act (Public Law
112-278) was enacted on January 14, 2013.
The Act amends FERPA to permit educauonal
agencies and insutuuons to disclose a students
educauon records, without parental consent,
to a caseworker or other representauve of a
State or local child welfare agency or tribal
organizauon authorized to access a students
case plan when such agency or organizauon
is legally responsible, in accordance with State
or tribal law, for the care and protecuon of the
student.
FERPA gives parents certain rights with respect
to their childrens educauon records. Educauon
records are dened as all materials maintained
by the school, district, district employee or district
agents, which is directly related to a student and
maintained by the district or a party acung for the
district. Records include, but are not limited to,
documents, tape recordings, and video recordings.
These rights transfer to the student when he or she
reaches the age of 18 or auends a school beyond the
high school level. Students to whom the rights have
transferred are eligible students.
Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and
review the students educauon records maintained by
the school. Schools are not required to provide copies
of records unless, for reasons such as great distance, it is
impossible for parents or eligible students to review the
records. Schools may charge a fee for copies.
Parents or eligible students have the right to request
that a school correct records which they believe to be
inaccurate or misleading. If the school decides not to
amend the record, the parent or eligible student then
has the right to a formal hearing. Aer the hearing, if the
school sull decides not to amend the record, the parent
or eligible student has the right to place a statement
with the record sem ng forth his or her view about the
contested informauon.
Generally, schools must have wriuen permission from
the parent or eligible student in order to release any
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informauon from a students educauon record. However,
FERPA allows schools to disclose those records, without
consent, to the following parues or under the following
condiuons (34 CFR 99.31):
School o cials with legiumate educauonal interest;
Other schools to which a student is transferring;
Specied o cials for audit or evaluauon purposes;
Appropriate parues in connecuon with nancial
aid to a student;
Organizauons conducung certain studies for or on
behalf of the school;
Accrediung organizauons;
To comply with a judicial order or lawfully issued
subpoena;
Appropriate o cials in cases of health and safety
emergencies; and
State and local authoriues, within a juvenile jusuce
system, pursuant to specic State law.
Schools may disclose, without consent, DIRECTORY
informaon such as a students name, address, telephone
number, date and place of birth, honors and awards, and
dates of auendance. However, schools must tell parents
and eligible students about directory informauon and
allow parents and eligible students a reasonable amount
of ume to request that the school not disclose directory
informauon about them. Schools must noufy parents and
eligible students annually of their rights under FERPA.
OKCPS annually discloses this informauon in the Student/
Parent handbook.
For addiuonal informauon, you may call 1-800-USA-LEARN
(1-800-872-5327) (voice) or TDD may call 1-800-437-0833.
Or you may contact the US Department of Educauon:
Family Policy Compliance O ce
U.S. Department of Educauon
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-8520
PPRA PROTECTION OF PUPIL RIGHTS
AMENDMENT NOTIFICATION
The Protecuon of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) (20 U.S.C.
1232h; 34 CFR Part 98) applies to programs that receive
funding from the U.S. Department of Educauon (ED). PPRA
is intended to protect the rights of parents and students in
two ways:
It seeks to ensure that schools and contractors make
instrucuonal materials available for inspecuon by parents
if those materials will be used in connecuon with an ED-
funded survey, analysis, or evaluauon in which their children
parucipate; and
It seeks to ensure that schools and contractors obtain wriuen
parental consent before minor students are required to
parucipate in any ED-funded survey, analysis, or evaluauon
that reveals informauon concerning:
Poliucal a liauons;
Mental and psychological problems potenually embarrassing
to the student and his/her family;
Sex behavior and am tudes;
Illegal, anu-social, self-incriminaung and demeaning
behavior;
Criucal appraisals of other individuals with whom
respondents have close family relauonships;
Legally recognized privileged or analogous relauonships,
such as those of lawyers, physicians, and ministers; or
Income (other than that required by law to determine
eligibility for parucipauon in a program or for receiving
nancial assistance under such program).
Parents or students who believe their rights under PPRA
may have been violated may le a complaint with ED by
wriung the Family Policy Compliance O ce. Complaints
must contain specic allegauons of fact giving reasonable
cause to believe that a violauon of PPRA occurred.
For addiuonal informauon or technical assistance, you may
call (202) 260-3887 (voice). Individuals who use TDD may
call the Federal Informauon Relay Service at 1-800-877-
8339.
Or you may contact us at the following address:
Family Policy Compliance O ce
U.S. Department of Educauon
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-5920
CROSS-REFERENCE: OKCPS BOARD POLICIES
{I-05, I-06, H-02, J-20, J-20-R2, J-22, J-23, J-23-R2, J-25,
J-25-E, J-25-1, J-25-R2}
NONDISCRIMINATION
(Title VI, Title IX, Title II, Sec 504, Age Act, Boy Scouts of
America Equal Access Act)
Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS) does not discriminate
on the basis of race, color, nauonal origin, sex, disability, or
age in its programs and acuviues and provides equal access
to the Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth
groups. OKCPS is commiued to creaung a safe, healthy,
learning environment for all students that enhances
personal safety and encourages respect, dignity, and
equality among students. OKCPS is commiued to creaung
and maintaining a learning environment that is free from
bullying, harassment, and discriminauon.
Reference: OCR and Oklahoma State Laws [70 O.S. 24-
100.2 and 21 O.S. 850.0]
Any person who believes he or she has been the vicum
of discriminauon should report the alleged discriminauon
within 30 days of the occurrence to our districts Safe-
Schools Hotline at (405) 587-STOP or submit a discriminauon
complaint form to a district administrator. Once the
complaint has been submiued or uploaded to our TIPS
reporung program, designated personnel will instantly
receive the complaint, begin an invesugauon, track progress,
determine whether the alleged conduct consututes a
violauon of Title VI, Title IX, Title II, Secuon 504, or the Age
Discriminauon Act, and take appropriate acuon.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discriminauon
on the basis of race, color, or nauonal origin. If your Title VI
complaint is unresolved at the school level, you may le an
appeal to be processed through Human Resources:
CONTACT: Carolyn Gray, Director of Personnel Relauons
Oklahoma City Public Schools
Human Resources, Room 200
900 N Klein, Oklahoma City, OK 73106
(405) 587-0812
Title IX of the Educauon Amendments of 1972 prohibits
discriminauon on the basis of sex. Title IX also prohibits
gender-based harassment, which may include acts of verbal,
nonverbal, or physical aggression, inumidauon, or hosulity
based on sex or sex-stereotyping, even if those acts do not
involve conduct of a sexual nature. The Age Discriminauon
Act of 1975 prohibits discriminauon on the basis of age. If
your complaint is unresolved at the school level, you may
le an appeal of your Title IX or age discriminauon complaint
to be processed by the OKCPS Director of Student Services,
who is the Title IX Coordinator:
CONTACT: Jennifer Goldman, Director of Student Services
Student Services, Room 202
(405) 587-0439
Title II of the Americans with Disabiliues Act of 1990 prohibits
discriminauon on the basis of disability. Secuon 504 of
the Rehabilitauon Act of 1973 prohibits discriminauon on
the basis of disability. Appeals for student Discriminauon
complaints based on disability, involving students including
on an IEP/504 plan will be processed through Special
Services:
CONTACT: Michele Miller-Hayes, Director of Special Services
(IEP Complaints) or Erin Trussell, 504 Coordinator
Student Services, Room 310
(405) 587-0425
For further informauon from the O ce of Civil Rights (OCR)
on nouces of non-discriminauon, visit hup://wdcrobcolp01.
ed.gov/CFAPPS/OCR/contactus.cfm for the address and
phone number of the o ce that serves your area, or call
1-800-421-3481.
ASBESTOS HAZARD EMERGENCY RESPONSE
NOTIFICATION
The Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act of 1986
(AHERA) requires the inspecuon of all school buildings
for asbestos. OKCPS has complied with this act. A
management plan documenung these inspecuons
is on le for public review. Upon request, you
may view the plan which is located in the main
o ce of each school and the OKCPS Service
Center. We will annually noufy all parents,
teachers, and other employees by posung this
nouce. Addiuonally, informauon regarding
any asbestos related acuviues; planned or in
progress, will be disseminated by posung a
nouce or using handout bulleuns, yers and/or
using newspaper public nouce statement.
MENINGITIS ANNUAL NOTIFICATION
This annual noucauon contains important
informauon about meningococcal disease
and meningococcal vaccines from the
Oklahoma State Department of Educauon and
the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
Meningius is an infecuon of the ussue lining
and uid that surrounds the spinal cord and the
brain. Meningius is usually caused by a virus or a
bacterium. Meningius caused by a virus is usually
less severe and goes away without any special
treatment, while meningius caused by bacteria
can be severe and may cause brain damage,
hearing loss, amputauon of arms or legs, learning
disabiliues, or death. The disease is spread by
respiratory droplets produced by a person harboring
the bacteria and expelled a short distance by laughing,
singing, coughing, or sneezing. The bacteria may also
be spread by direct contact with the respiratory uids
of someone who is infected. That includes kissing or
sharing a water boule, food item, cigareues, lipsuck,
lip balm, mouth guard or anything an infected person
touches with his or her nose or mouth. Vaccines can
prevent approximately two-thirds of the meningococcal
disease cases. There are two types of meningococcal
vaccine available in the United States (MCV4 and MPSV4)
that protect against four of the ve most common disease-
causing strains of the meningococcal bacteria. A single dose
of MCV4 meningococcal vaccine protects about 90 percent
of the people who are immunized against meningococcal
disease caused by types A, C, Y, and W-135. These types
cause almost two-thirds of all meningococcal disease among
teenagers in the United States. It does not prevent type B,
which causes about one third of the cases in teenagers.
Further health quesuons can be answered through the
Oklahoma State Department of Health Immunizauon
Service at 405-271-4073, or website at hup://imm.health.
ok.gov.
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Resources
STUDENT ENROLLMENT
The documents listed below are required for student
enrollment. Unless a transfer has been approved, parents
and guardians must enroll their children at their assigned
neighborhood school during normal school hours or
designated enrollment umes. Visit www.okcps.org and click
on the School Locator to nd your resident school or call
student services at (405) 587-0438.
Birth cerucate
Immunizauon records
2 proofs of residency
May include the following, but not limited to:
Proof of payment of local personal income or property
taxes
Title to residenual property in the district, or a valid
unexpired lease agreement, or current receipts for
payment of rent on a district residence where the
student lives
Proof of current uuliues (gas, water, or electric bills)
A valid, unexpired drivers license or motor vehicle
registrauon
Voter registrauon
Valid photo ID of parent (state-issued ID, drivers license,
matricula, or passport)
If transferring from another district: withdrawal form
from previous school, transcript, grade record and
discipline report from previous school.
AGE REQUIREMENTS
Child must be age 4 on or before Sept. 1, 2014, to enroll in
pre-kindergarten; age 5 to enroll in kindergarten; or age 6 to
enroll in rst grade. Students who turn 21 on or before that
date and live in the district are enutled to free educauon in
OKCPS. Handicapped children under age ve (5) may enroll
in early childhood programs for services. Any person with
an inability to auend school for denite periods of ume
because of a physical disability or service in the United
States armed services or auxiliary organizauon may auend
school between the ages of 21 and 26.
RESIDENCY BY AFFIDAVIT
OKCPS recognizes some students may need special
considerauons to meet residency requirements, parucularly
as it pertains to custody or emergency housing situauons.
Adults in charge of a students care may le an a davit
a rming the adult:
Holds legal residence in the school district
Has assumed permanent custody of the child
Contributes the major degree of support to the child
States the reason(s) for assuming custody
The a davit is valid for the current school year.
If the custody arrangement conunues, an a davit is
submiued annually to the school.
If the custody arrangement ceases to exist, the a davit
becomes null and void.
A davits to establish residency are ulized for emergencies
or special circumstances. This a davit may not be used to
avoid enrollment in the students resident school. If the
custody arrangement is falsely established, the a davit
becomes null and void and the student must be withdrawn
and enrolled in their resident school. Any person who
willfully makes a statement in an a davit which the person
knows to be false shall, upon convicuon, be guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county
jail for not more than one (1) year or a ne of not more
than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or both such ne and
imprisonment. Home inspecons may be made by OKCPS
Administrators or designee.
IMMIGRANT STUDENTS
Foreign students or refugees, newcomers to our country,
iniuate their enrollment process with Language and
Cultural Services for transcript translauon. Transcripts from
accredited programs will be evaluated by the school for
possible course and grade credit.
HOME SCHOOLED/PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS entering
the district shall be placed in the appropriate grade level
as reasonably determined by the school. The school may
administer tests or uulize other reasonable means to
determine placement. Transcripts from non-accredited
programs will not be included on the students o cial
transcript. Transcripts from accredited programs will be
evaluated for possible course and grade credit.
NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS may auend OKCPS on an
approved open or emergency transfer, provided space
availability exists and the student is not currently suspended
or voluntarily withdrawn from another school. Refer to
policy J-08 for more informauon.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS may parucipate in a
cerued exchange program. Sponsoring agencies and
host families should review board policy J-06, for Foreign
Exchange Student procedures.
HOMELESS STUDENTS
In accordance with the Federal McKinney-Vento Educauon
Assistance Improvements Act school districts are required
to provide services to children and youth experiencing
homelessness that are comparable to other students in the
district. Homeless youth and children must have access to
any educauonal services for which they qualify, including
special educauon, gied educauon, free and reduced lunch
programs, before and aer school acuviues, and Title I Part
A services. No child or youth shall be discriminated against
or segregated.
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Educaon Assistance
Improvements Act denes the term
(A) homeless children and youth as: individuals who lack
a xed, regular, and adequate night ume residence and
(B) includes:
1. children and youth who are sharing the housing
of other persons due to loss of housing, economic
hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels,
hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to
the lack of alternauve adequate accommodauons;
living in emergency or transiuonal shelters;
abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiung foster care
placement;
2. children and youth who have primary night ume
residence that is a public or private place not
designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping
accommodauon for human beings,
3. children and youth who are living in cars, parks,
public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard
housing, bus or train stauons, or similar sem ngs;
and
4. migratory children who qualify as homeless because
they are living in circumstances described above.
Schools must immediately enroll students in homeless
situauons, even if they do not have required
documents, such as previous school records, medical
or immunizauon records, proof of residency, birth
cerucate, proof of guardianship, or other documents.
The term enroll is dened as auending classes and
parucipaung fully in school acuviues.
Schools must enroll unaccompanied youth who qualify
as homeless because they are living in circumstances
as described above. The term unaccompanied youth
includes a youth who is not in the physical custody of a
parent or guardian. This would include runaways, youth
living in shelters, abandoned buildings, cars, or in other
inadequate housing.
School districts are required to keep students in their
school of origin, to the extent feasible, unless it is
against the parents or guardians wishes. The school of
origin is either the school auended when permanently
housed, or the school in which the student was
last enrolled. Students are enutled to receive
transportauon to their school of origin or last
school auended.
If a student is sent to a school other than
the school of origin or school requested by
parent or guardian, the school must provide
a wriuen explanauon of its decision and
the right to appeal.
Enrolling schools must obtain school
records from the previous school. Students
must be enrolled in school while records
are being obtained.
If a student does not have immunizauons
or medical records or has not received
necessary immunizauons, the student must
be enrolled in the school while records are
being obtained or while student begins
process of receiving immunizauons.
Every student is to complete an OKCPS
Enrollment Quesonnaire that discloses where
the student is living, idenues students living in
transiuon, and if they qualify for services under
the McKinney-Vento Act. Applicants qualifying for
services are to be referred to the OKCPS Homeless
Liaison at (405) 587-0106. Students may qualify
for assistance with child nutriuon, transportauon,
school supplies, hygiene products, socks and
undergarments, school uniforms, and coats.
Contact your school site, the Elementary Educauon
O ce at 587-0093, or the Secondary Educauon O ce
at 587-0010 with any enrollment issues.
ENROLLMENT will be completed when all necessary
documentaon has been provided to the school and
veried by school personnel.
STUDENT WITHDRAWAL PROCESS
Upon nouce that a student is withdrawing, the
school will have 24 hours to provide withdrawal
paperwork to the parent. This period will allow
su cient ume for preparauon of withdrawal
grades, absences, textbook return, and clearance
of nancial obligauons.
TRANSFERRING RECORDS BETWEEN SCHOOLS
The district complies with the Family Educauon Rights
and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA 34 CFR 99.22). See
Appendix A in this handbook.
Once a student withdraws from school, the student
records can be transferred between schools upon
request from the new school of enrollment. The last
OKCPS site a student auends must permanently store
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and never destroy the students cumulave records. The
cumulauve folder shall include, but is not limited to, grades,
auendance data, discipline events regarding the health and
safety of others, health and immunizauon history, results of
tesung programs, school acuviues, and personal and family
background. Aer receipt of a records request, schools
have 3 days to submit records to another school.
SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
Students must enroll in their resident school, which is
determined by the students residence, unless a legal transfer
is approved. Students may not be accepted or denied based
on ethnicity, nauonal origin, gender, income level, disabling
condiuon, prociency in the English language, measure of
achievement aputude, or athleuc ability.
Student transfer requests are made by the parent to the
school principal and must be reviewed and considered on
a rst-come, rst-served basis with students who live in the
district given rst priority over other students. Students
must remain acuvely enrolled in their current school unul a
legal transfer is o cially approved. Applying for a transfer
will not stop truancy procedures from being pursued.
Parent/Guardian is responsible for student transportauon
to and from the school.
OKCPS oers three transfer opons:
Students may obtain only one transfer per year. Applicauon
forms are available on the Student Services website.
IN-DISTRICT
Resident students seeking a transfer to another
OKCPS site
Applicauon completed with principal and
placed in students cumulauve folder
Approved transfer remains valid with
conunuous enrollment
OPEN
Non-resident students seeking a transfer to
OKCPS from another district
Applicauon completed with principal, and
then parent submits in person to Student
Services
Approved transfer remains valid with
conunuous enrollment
EMERGENCY
Non-resident students seeking a transfer in to
OKCPS from another district
Applicauon completed with principal, and then
parent submits in person to Student Services
Approved transfer valid for current year only;
must obtain open transfer for following year
Emergency transfer applicaons for students transferring
out of OKCPS boundaries are not released except for
validated graduaung seniors moving into OKCPS between
their junior and senior year, students with validated
catastrophic medical condiuons, or students who need
special educauon programs not available in the District. All
special educaon self-contained program transfers must
be veried through the Special Services Department. For
assistance, please call (405) 587-0425.
TRANSFER CANCELLATIONS
If the District determines a site or program requested is
unavailable, the transfer shall become null and void, and
the District will not be obligated to honor the transfer at
another District site.
A principal may not cancel an approved transfer during
the year; however, the principal may cancel the transfer
for the following year by providing wriuen noucauon,
including the reason for cancellauon, to the parent and
Student Services by April 1.
Parent may cancel an approved transfer at any ume
to return to their resident school by providing wriuen
noucauon to the Principal and Student Services.
An emergency transfer previously made may be
cancelled, with the concurrence of the board of the
receiving district and the parent.
Cancelled transfers result in students returning to their
resident school.
HEALTH
OKCPS health program emphasizes health educauon, disease
prevenuon and the idenucauon of health problems that
may impact a students ability to learn. Students in selected
grade levels are screened for height, weight, vision, hearing,
blood pressure, dental, and throat inspecuon. Referrals are
made to an appropriate healthcare provider as needed.
Health Services, which consists of approximately 29 RNs
and 6 LPNs, provides specialized health care for students
who have disabling condiuons under the direcuon of the
students physician. Our RNs are cerued school nurses.
Our LPNs are support sta working with our medically
fragile students. Parents must noufy the school if their
child has a temporary or permanent health problem and if
that problem might restrict the student from parucipaung
in school acuviues, such as physical educauon. In this case,
wriuen noucauon from a family physician describing the
condiuon and advising the school of the type and length
of restricuon is required. Permanent restricuons must be
renewed at the beginning of each school year.

Children returning to school following a long-term illness
or surgery must return with a release from a physician
including any restricuons or accommodauons necessary.
GUIDELINES FOR KEEPING A SICK CHILD HOME
FROM SCHOOL
Take your childs temperature. Though a child may
not have a fever and sull be sick, a temperature of 100
degrees or over is a sure sign to keep your child home.
Giving a fever reducer (Tylenol) and sending your child
to school will almost guarantee a call from school
when the medicine wears o, as well as exposing other
students to whatever your child has.
If your child vomited or had diarrhea during the previous
evening or night, please keep your child home. Consult
a doctor if symptoms conunue more than 48 hours or
worsen instead of improving.
A blistery rash, especially if accompanied by fever and
a history of exposure may be chicken pox. Keep your
child home unul you know for sure. If it is chickenpox,
your child will need to stay home unul all areas are
scabbed, usually 6-7 days.
Keep your child home if your child has heavy nasal
congesuon and/or a frequent cough. Your child
probably feels miserable and will not learn much. In
addiuon, your child will be sharing a virus with others.
If your child is diagnosed with a contagious disease, such
as strep, your child should be on prescribed anubioucs
for 24 hours before returning to school.
It is oen di cult to tell how sick your child is. If your child
stays home, improves, and does not run a temperature
(without medicauon), your child can be taken to school.
Be sure that the school has current telephone numbers
to reach you at all umes in case your child becomes ill or
injured. School is important, but sick children need to be
at home. For further informauon, please call Health and
Medicaid Services at (405) 587-0245.
MEDICATION
Prescripuon medicauon may be given to students with the
wriuen direcuons of a physician and wriuen permission
from the parent or guardian. The medicauon must be sent
in a pharmacy labeled boule. Inhalers need to have the
pharmacy label on the inhaler. Any changes in ume, dosage,
or medicauon will require new orders from the physician
and a new form signed by the parent. All pills will be
counted by two people when medicauon arrives at school
and any remaining medicauon counted at the end of the
school week by two people. Medicauon will be dispensed
by the school nurse, or in the absence of the school nurse,
by the school administrator or their designee. Consult the
school nurse for appropriate forms and procedures. No over
the counter medicauons will be given without a physicians
order. Any medicauons brought to the school must be in an
unopened, original container. All medicauons, prescripuon
or over-the-counter, must be picked up by the parent/
guardian at the end of the school year. No medicauons will
be sent home with a student, regardless of age or grade.
It is a requirement of enrollment for a parent to
provide at least three (3) emergency contact
numbers for their student in case of an emergency,
illness or injury. The OKCPS follows the Center
for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for illnesses
and communicable diseases. For specic
quesuons, see The Communicable Disease
Guidelines for Schools When the School Nurse
Is Not Available. For general illness issues, a
child will be excluded from school if their oral
temperature is 100 or above. The child may
return to school when he/she has had no fever
for 24 hours without medicauon.
HEAD LICE
Understand the problem before it becomes one
1. Lice are uny insects that survive on human
blood. They are about the size of a sesame
seed. Lice eggs are called nits.
2. Nits are very small, yellowish or grayish
white in appearance and tear drop shaped.
They are auached to strands of hair and will
not wash out or blow away.
3. Lice do not jump or y, they crawl. They are
usually passed from person to person by
shared combs, brushes, hats, coats, sweaters,
scarves, or other personal items.
4. The most common sign of lice infestauon is
constant itching. If your child is constantly
itching, check the scalp for lice. Live lice can be
di cult to nd. They move quickly and do not
like bright light. Use a bright light or bright natural
light to check your childs scalp. Check each strand
of hair for eggs (nits).
5. If lice are found, use a lice killing shampoo. Carefully
follow the package direcuons. Be sure to apply the
shampoo to a dry scalp. No treatment will kill all
of the eggs (nits). Nit removal is the key to eecuve
treatment. It is best to remove the eggs by combing
the hair with a special nit comb.
6. The aected child should be retreated 7-10 days aer
the rst shampoo or according to package direcuons.
Be sure to check all members of the family during this
period of ume for addiuonal infestauons.
7. Personal items (combs, brushes, coats, caps, etc.) and
household surfaces, combs, brushes, head gear, and
bed linens must be washed in hot water. Items which
cannot be washed must be sealed in plasuc bags for
14 days. Carpets, sofas, mauresses must be vacuumed
(including corner, around seams, etc.). It is not necessary
to buy special detergents or pesucides.
8. It is a good idea to check your child daily for any signs of
a lice infestauon.
9. If a child is found to have head lice or nits, he/she will
be excluded from school. The child must be seen by a
school nurse or health care professional and found to
be free of lice AND nits before reentry into school.
Remember, successful treatment must include removal of
ALL nits. It just takes one nit, le on the hair to hatch, to
start another infestauon. OKCPS currently has a NO NIT
POLICY. If your child has been sent home from school with
head lice, you can call the Health O ce at 587-0245 to nd
the closest school nurse on duty to check the students head
aer treatment and receive a clearance to return to school.
CHICKENPOX
(Vaccine required for pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade)
Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus and is
passed by direct person to person contact or by airborne
respiratory secreuons. The rash usually occurs 10 to 21 days
aer exposure. The child may have a mild fever and/or loss
of appeute 1 to 2 days before the rash appears. The rash
appears at rst as red pimples (papules) and progresses to
clear, oval (tear drop) vesicles. The vesicles usually become
cloudy 24 hours aer erupuon and break easily. These
erupuons of new papules to vesicles conunue for 3 to 4
days. The child can return to school when all of the vesicles
are dry and crusted over. It is important to NEVER give
aspirin or aspirin containing medicauon to children with a
viral infecuon because of the increased risk in developing
Reye Syndrome. The current recommendaon is to obtain
two varicella immunizauons, 3 months apart.
IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS PK12
Students cannot be admiued or enrolled in any public
school without the appropriate immunizauons. The OKCPS
Health and Medicaid Services Department monitors and
implements the immunizauon program according to State
Law #1210-191 and school district policy.
Please see table below for Oklahoma State Department of
Health Immunizauon Requirements.
Please contact your school nurse or the Health Services
O ce at (405) 587-0245 for any quesuons regarding your
students health.
CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES
OKCPS CHILD NUTRITION SERVICES (CNS) parucipates in
the Nauonal School Breakfast Program and the Nauonal
School Lunch Program. We oer free or reduced-price
breakfasts and lunches based on a students nancial need.
Informauon and applicauons will be distributed district
wide at the beginning of each school year and are available
through the school o ce or cafeteria. Informauon regarding
applicauons can be obtained from:
Child Nutrion Services Applicaons O ce
2500 NE 30
th
Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73111
Phone (405) 587-1025
Guide to Immunization Requirements in Oklahoma - 2014-15 School Year
CHILDCARE PRE-SCHOOL/PRE-KG KG-6th 7th - 10th 11th - 12th
VACCINES PLEASE READ THE BULLETS BELOW FOR ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis) + DTaP + DTaP 5 DTPfDTaP 5 DTPfDTaP 8 1 Tdap booster 5 DTPfDTaP
PCv (pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) 1-+ PCv Not required for school
!PvfOPv (inactivated polioforal polio) 3 !PvfOPv 3 !PvfOPv + !PvfOPv + !PvfOPv + !PvfOPv
NNR (measles, mumps, rubella) 1 NNR 1 NNR 2 NNR 2 NNR 2 NNR
Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b) 1-+ Hib Not required for school
Hep B (hepatitis B) 3 Hep B 3 Hep B 3 Hep B 3 Hep B 3 Hep B
Hep A (hepatitis A) 2 Hep A 2 Hep A 2 Hep A 2 Hep A 2 Hep A
varicella (chickenpox) 1 varicella 1 varicella 1 varicella 1 varicella 1 varicella

If the 4th dose of DTP/DTaP is administered on or after the childs 4th birthday, then the 5th dose of DTP/DTaP is not required.
The number of doses of PCV and/or Hib may range from 1 to 4 depending on the age of the child when the first dose was given.
If the 3rd dose of IPV/OPV is administered on or after the child's 4th birthday, then the 4th dose of IPV/OPV is not required.
Children may be complete with 3 or 4 doses of Hib vaccine depending on the brand of vaccine used.
Students 11 through 15 years of age who have not received HepB vaccine may receive a 2 dose series of MerckAdult Hepatitis B vaccine to comply with this
requirement. All other children (younger or older) must receive 3 doses of pediatric hepatitis B vaccine.

The table above lists the vaccines that are required for children to attend childcare, preschool, and kindergarten through twelfth grade in Oklahoma. Additional
vaccines may be recommended, but are not required. For example, a 2
nd
dose of varicella vaccine is recommended before entering kindergarten, but not
required by Oklahoma law.
Chil dren attendi ng licensed chi ldcare faci lities must be up-to-date for their age for the vacci nes l isted in the Chil dcare col umn. Refer to this web
page for information on when doses are due for children attending childcare:
http://www.ok.gov/health/Disease,_Prevention,_Preparedness/Immunizations/Vaccines_for_Childcare/index.html.
Hi b and PCV vacci nes are not requi red for students i n pre-school, pre-kindergarten, or kindergarten programs operated by school s unless the
facility i s a li censed chil d care faci lity. They are required for chi ldren attending li censed chil d care faci lities.
Doses administered 4 days or less, before the minimum intervals or ages, are counted as valid doses.
The first doses of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), varicella, and hepatitis A vaccines must be administered on or after the child's first birthday (or within 4
days before the birthday) or they must be repeated.
For doses given on or after J an. 1, 2003, the 5
th
dose of DTaP must be given on or after the 4
th
birthday (or within 4 days before the 4
th
birthday). This rule
does not apply to doses given before 2003.
If a parent reports that their child had chickenpox disease, the child is not required to receive varicella vaccine.
It is not necessary to restart the series of any vaccine if a dose was given late or if a dose is past due because longer than recommended intervals between
doses do not affect final immunity.
Chil dren may be all owed to attend school and chi ldcare if they have recei ved at l east one dose of al l the required vaccines due for their age and the
next doses are not yet due, but they must complete the remaining doses of vacci ne on schedule. These children are in the process of recei vi ng
immunizations.
MEAL PAYMENT
School meals may be paid for using cash, check, or money
order. Meals can be paid daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly.
Cash payments: Please put money into an
envelope.
Include on the front of the envelope the
following informauon:
1. Full name of student
2. Homeroom teachers name
3. Students grade and idenucauon number
Money Order: Please make them payable to
OKCPS Child Nutriuon Services.
Include the following informauon:
1. Childs name and idenucauon number
Check Payment: Please make sure that the
following informauon is printed on the check:
1. Adult name, address, telephone number
2. Check writers drivers license number
3. Students name and idenucauon number
MENUS AND MEAL CHARGES
OKCPS Child Nutriuon Services Policy is that no child goes
hungry. OKCPS breakfast and lunch menus are linked on
the Child Nutriuon website, or may be obtained through
the o ce of your school. Parents and guardians are
responsible to maintain their students account throughout
the year. Students who meet the charge limit will be served
an alternauve meal. Elementary students are allowed to
charge three reimbursable meals. Middle and high schools
students are not permiued to charge. Charges are not
allowed for a la carte items.
ELEMENTARY BREAKFAST ELEMENTARY LUNCH
Paid - Free
Reduced - Free
Adult - $1.80
Paid - $2.15
Reduced - $.40
Adult - $3.05
SECONDARY BREAKFAST SECONDARY LUNCH
Paid - Free
Reduced - Free
Adult - $1.80
Paid - $2.45
Reduced - $.40
Adult - $3.05
*Meal prices are subject to change. Please check the Child
Nutriuon Services webpage or check with your childs school
cafeteria for prices.
TRANSPORTATION
The provision of school bus transportaon is not
a right of students, but is a privilege extended by
the district.
Contact your school or the Transportauon
department with quesuons: (405) 587-1152 or
(405) 587-1151.
OKCPS district provides transportauon to
students who live more than one and one half
miles (1) from their assigned school; auend
vocauonal/technical educauon classes; or enroll
in clustered special educauon programs where
transportauon is required. The majority of
students who live within the school auendance
zone and live greater than 1 miles from the
school are eligible for bus transportauon.
District transportauon is not provided for
students who elect to auend a school other
than their neighborhood school. Transportauon
for students living within 1 miles of their school
of record is the responsibility of the students
parent or guardian. All student transportauon
will be consistent with state statutes and the
Board of Educauon regulauons.
The driver is in charge of students while they are
aboard the bus.
Students Must
Respect the driver at all umes.
Follow the drivers direcuon at all umes.
Remain seated while the bus is moving.
Keep the bus clean.
Avoid tampering with bus equipment.
Move to the rear of bus when loading.
Keep the aisles clear of books, band instruments,
and other objects.
Avoid talking, laughing, or confusion that may distract
the driver.
Do not extend any part of the body out the window.
Do not eat on the bus.
Do not smoke or use smokeless tobacco (snu or
chewing).
Do not bring alcohol or other illegal substances on the
bus.
Do not board the bus if under the inuence of alcohol
or controlled substances.
Do not bring guns, weapons, or weapon replicas on the
bus as prohibited by District Policy and State Law.
Violauons of bus rules may result in the loss of riding
privileges or other disciplinary measures. The bus drivers
must report any violauon of bus rules to the school
principal. The driver has the authority to forbid students
who have been removed by the principal from riding the
bus unul permission to ride again is given by the principal.
Infant and child seats are not provided by the Districts
transportauon o ce. All infant/child seats must meet
Department of Transportauon standards. All wheel chairs
must be equipped with lap and shoulder restraints.
BUS CAMERAS
All OKCPS buses are equipped with cameras with audio
and video recording capability. School principals or their
designee may use recordings to help manage student
behavior.
BUS STOP INFORMATION
New bus stops and route informauon will be available at
the schools. All requests for transportauon must come
from the school. Parents should contact the school to
apply for transportauon.
Parents are responsible for noufying the school of the
correct home or transportauon address.
All address changes are to be reported to the school.
The school will noufy Transportauon regarding changes.
SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION
The level of transportauon service for Special Educauon
students is determined by each students Individualized
Educauon Program (IEP).
Special transportauon service for all other students is
determined by the students 504 Plan.
Parents must transport students while transportauon
arrangements are pending.
All address changes are to be reported to the school.
The school will noufy Transportauon regarding changes.
Parents should call the dispatcher (405) 587-1151 or (405)
587-1152 if a student will not ride the bus. Parents must
call when the student will resume riding. If any student in
a special program, referred to above, fails to ride or call in
for a three (3) consecuuve day period, that student will be
dropped from the route unul transportauon is noued that
the student will resume riding.
PROGRAMS
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION SERVICES
The District goal is to provide a quality educauon to every
student; however, regular classroom sem ngs may not meet
the needs of every student. Alternauve educauon provides
these students with unique situauons and open avenues
for conunuing their educauon while addressing their
needs. The core subjects taught through the alternauve
programs are math, social studies, language arts, and
science. Students who have auendance problems, behavior
problems, children of their own, have counseling needs, or
other special needs may nd alternauve educauon the best
environment for learning.
ADMISSION
A referral team determines student placement in an
alternauve center on a space-available basis.
BREAKFAST AND LUNCH
Students auending an alternauve program can eat
breakfast and lunch at the faciliues. Students will
receive free and reduced lunch meals if they meet
federal guidelines.
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION DRESS CODE
Students must follow any uniform policy or campus
dress code.
EARLY BIRDS
Early Birds is a research-based, pracucal program that helps
parents know what will be expected of their child the rst
day of kindergarten. Early Birds provides tools and training
to parents and legal guardians of children from birth to age
ve so children enter kindergarten ready to learn. For more
informauon, please contact Julie Mulford at 587-0422.
EVEN START FAMILY EDUCATION PROGRAM
The Even Start Family Educauon Programs helps families
move toward educauon and economic independence.
It provides intergenerauonal learning experiences for
parents and their children birth through age seven, which
include English as a second language instrucuon, early
childhood educauon and parenung educauon. Home visits
to parucipaung families provide an eecuve link between
home and school. For more informauon, call (405) 587-
1441.
EXTENDED EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
Extended Educauonal Services (EES) provides on site
educauonal opportuniues by highly qualied teachers for
students who are housed at the faciliues below.
Accents
County Detenuon Center
Human Restorauon
Integris Hospital
Juvenile Detenuon
Posiuve Changes
Posiuve Outcomes
Opuons
Opuons Unlimited
Speck Homes
St. Anthony Hospital - North and South
The District does not send or place students at the faciliues
above, but does provide instrucuon to students at those
faciliues.
The o ces for EES are located at Emerson High School, 715
N. Walker Avenue; Oklahoma City, OK 73106.
For more informauon, please contact EES at (405) 587-5400.
FEDERAL PROGRAMS TITLE I
The Title I program is a part of the Elementary and Secondary
Educauon Act (ESEA) passed in 1965. The program is
administered by the United States Department of Educauon
(USDE). Funding is distributed to school districts and
schools with a high percentage of students from low-income
families. Title I funds are focused primarily on increasing
student achievement in reading and mathemaucs by
providing addiuonal materials, services or sta members.
More informauon is available by contacung the Title 1 o ce
at 587-0160.
GEAR UP FOR THE PROMISE
GEAR UP is a federal grant designed to help students
succeed academically in middle school and high school to
make sure theyre ready for college; help students graduate
from high school and enroll in college; and help students and
parents learn about choosing the right college, preparing
to enter college, and paying for college. The GEAR UP for
the PROMISE program is a partnership between Oklahoma
City Public Schools and the University of Oklahomas K20
Center for Educauonal and Community Renewal to provide
college-readiness programming in select schools unul 2018.
Services provided by GEAR UP include college campus
visits for students; college informauon nights for parents
and families; overnight college campus summerume
experiences; new technology for GEAR UP classrooms;
and professional development for teachers, counselors,
and principals. GEAR UP programming is provided at the
following schools for students that are currently in the 8
th

and 9
th
grade. The GEAR UP for the PROMISE schools are:
Capitol Hill High School (2013-2018)
Douglass Mid-High School (2011-2018)
Jackson Middle School (2011-2014)
Jeerson Middle School (2011-2014)
John Marshall Mid-High School (2011-2018)
Northeast Academy for Health Sciences and Engineering
(2011-2018)
Northwest Classen High School (2013-2018)
Oklahoma Centennial Mid-High School (2011-2018)
Rogers Middle School (2011-2014)
Roosevelt Middle School (2011-2014)
Southeast High School (2013-2018)
Star Spencer High School (2013-2018)
Ta Middle School (2011-2014)
U.S. Grant High School (2013-2018)
Webster Middle School (2011-2014)
For more informauon about GEAR UP for the PROMISE,
please call (405) 587-0332.
SUPPORT SERVICES
GUIDANCE PROGRAM
Services to assist students (K-12) with making
appropriate personal, educauonal and/or
vocauonal decisions are available. Parents
desiring more informauon should contact their
school counselor.
LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL SERVICES
Limited English speaking students and their
parents are provided with appropriate
programs, instrucuon, and opportuniues to
auend schools and programs staed with
highly qualied, specially trained professionals.
A variety of resources and programs are
available to limited English speaking students:
English as a Second Language Pullout
provides skill-focused individual English
instrucuon.
English as a Second Language with Nauve
Language Support provides content area
tutoring with a bilingual paraprofessional who
speaks the childs nauve language.
English as a Second Language Newcomer
Centers are available for secondary students
with liule exposure to English.
In Sheltered Instrucuon classes content
area teachers use the Sheltered Instrucuon
Observauon Protocol (SIOP) method to modify
instrucuon for comprehension.
Addiuonal informauon is available by contacung
Language and Cultural Services at 587-0172.
NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENT SERVICES (NASS)
The Nauve American Student Services o ce meets the
unique and cultural needs of Nauve American students
enrolled in the District by integraung services and
community resources. Supplementary guidance, academic
tutoring, night school, dropout prevenuon, credit checks,
career development and college preparauon services
are provided to Nauve American students who qualify
and complete an applicauon through the Title VII Indian
Educauon Program. School supplies, cultural programs
and educauon, summer day camp, school uniforms, team
sports incenuves, senior cap and gown, and other services
are oered through the Johnson-OMalley grant for Nauve
American students who qualify and complete an applicauon.
For more informauon or if you have quesuons, please call
the Nauve American Student Services o ce at 587-0357.
SPECIAL SERVICES
CHILD FIND
Child-Find is a special program to idenufy children from
three (3) through twenty-one (21) who may have a disability
and are not receiving a free appropriate public educauon.
Children who are birth to 36 months of age will be evaluated
and provided services by Sooner Start, a statewide agency.
The disability classicauons are auusm, deaf-blindness,
deafness or hearing impairment, emouonal disturbance,
intellectual disability, muluple disabiliues, orthopedic
impairments, other health impairments, specic learning
disabiliues, speech or language impairments, traumauc
brain injury, and visual impairments. For more informauon
or referrals, contact Child Find at 587-0433.
HOMEBOUND SERVICES AND 504 PLANS
Students not being served on an IEP may qualify for
a 504 plan to meet a students special circumstances.
Students being served under this plan may qualify them
for homebound services, which is processed through the
district coordinator for 504 plans. Contact 587-0433 for
assistance.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Occupauonal Therapy services are available in all Oklahoma
City Public Schools as a related service under the Special
Educauon category. A related service is dened as a
supporuve service that may be required to assist a child
with a disability to benet from special educauon.
Services provided include:
1. Comprehensive screenings and/or evaluauons of a
students motor funcuon as it relates to achievement
of educauonal goals, and to evaluate the students
access and parucipauon in the educauonal
environment.
2. Plan and implement acuviues that will support the
team idenued funcuonal goals and objecuves of
the students educauonal program. These acuviues
might include handwriung, visual motor, visual
percepuon, acuviues of daily living, ne motor skills,
and strength and endurance.
3. Recommend wriung devices, adapuve equipment,
and other assisuve technology devices.
4. Promote cooperauve relauonships with instrucuonal
sta, related service sta, administrators, and parents
to improve the quality of student service.
PHYSICAL THERAPY
Physical Therapy services are available in all Oklahoma
City Public Schools as a related service under the Special
Educauon category. A related service is dened as a
supporuve service that may be required to assist a child
with a disability to benet from special educauon.
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS
Linking Home, School, and Community
School Social Workers are hired by the OKCPS Special
Services Department to serve students on Individualized
Educauon Plans (IEPs). District social workers are trained
mental health professionals with a masters degree in social
work who provide services related to the promouon and
support of students academic and social successes. District
social workers are the linkage between the school, home,
and community. District social workers work with students,
family members, OKCPS sta/teachers, mental health
professionals, other professionals, and our community.
District social workers are dedicated to improving school
systems and alleviaung the systemic barriers to learning and
graduauon. Much of social work is done behind the scenes.
OKCPS School Social Workers get to know the students
and their situauon from a holisuc view and then begin to
determine next steps. Because of the OKCPS School Social
Workers mental health background, they are comfortable
in de-escalauon and crisis intervenuon. District social
workers oer individual support to students and provide
services to groups as well. Many umes you will nd district
social workers in IEP meeungs advocaung for students.
OKCPS School Social Workers can help mediate and facilitate
the IEP team coming together in the best interests of the
student with a peaceful approach.
SPEECH PATHOLOGY
Speech-Language Pathology Services are available in all
Oklahoma City Public Schools. Services provided include:
1. Compleuon of comprehensive speech-language
evaluauons for students referred by school personnel,
parents, and coordinaung agencies.
2. Management of voice, uency, aruculauon, and
language disorders.
3. Recommendauon and provision of intervenuons and
modicauons in the regular classroom to enhance
the individual students performance.
4. Provision of guidance and counseling for parents and
students regarding speech-language development
and disorders.
5. Promouon of cooperauve relauonships with
instrucuonal sta, related service sta, administrators
and parents to improve the quality of student service.
LINKS TO SPECIAL SERVICES QUICK LINKS, PROGRAMS,
CONTACTS AND FORMS can be found from the district
website through the Special Services department webpage.
STUDENT SERVICES
Student Services at 900 N Klein, Room 202, handles a variety
of tasks for students including, but not limited to:
Historical transcripts
A davits for student informauon
Release for a GED program
(Please bring students birth cercate, proof of
residency, parent photo ID, and previous school
withdrawal form)
Open and emergency transfers
Long-term suspension appeals
Discriminauon complaints
Visit our Student Services website for further informauon.
STUDENT RECORDS
Students cumulauve folders are to be kept at the last
school site the student auended in OKCPS. Copies of
student informauon may be submiued to charter schools or
to schools outside of OKCPS upon request.

FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS
State law and Oklahoma accreditauon standards provide
that a local school board may withhold a students
transcript or other records relaung to the school for failure
to return a textbook(s) or make payment for the textbook
(70 O.S. 16-121). However, nothing shall prevent a child
from receiving a grade for compleuon of a course of study,
from graduaung, or from obtaining informauon supplied to
the school or otherwise owned by the child. The district
is required to provide other schools with student records
within three (3) business days regardless of whether or not
fees or nes have been paid. 70 O.S. 24-101.4.
Parents are also obligated to pay for uniforms and equipment
or damage to school property.
The parent/guardian, or the student who is 18 years of age
or older, must be given transcripts or other records upon
request as stated in the Family Educauonal Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA).
VOLUNTEERING IN OKCPS
If you are interested in volunteering in one of our schools,
please call the Volunteer Services O ce at 587-0234. You
may also talk to your childs teacher or principal regarding
volunteer opportuniues at the school.
Research shows students excel with greater achievement in
environments where parents and volunteers take an acuve
role in supporung students and the schools with posiuve
interacuons. We want volunteers to play a posiuve role
with OKCPS students and schools and join us in Preparing
students for success in school, work and life.
Schedules can be hecuc and unpredicuble but volunteers
can make a dierence by dedicaung whatever ume
they have to give.
Partnerships are an integral part to our community.
According to the OKCPS Community Relauons
o ce, Community Partnerships are an excellent
strategy for social change and are currently
gaining recogniuon and momentum. These
partnerships require ume and commitment
but have the power to transform the children
and schools in an amazing way. As such,
partnerships are an extremely eecuve tool in
improving educauon in our communiues.
How to get involved: You can nd more
informauon on volunteering by visiung the
Oklahoma City Public School website under the
Volunteer tab or go to
www.okcpsvolunteers.org to complete the
online volunteer form.
If your faith based organizauon or business is
interested in partnering with OKCPS, please
contact the Community Relauons o ce directly at
(405) 587-0234.

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