Policies, Laws, and Court Decisions

Administrative guidelines for movies

jfattal — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:43:26 -0500

Does anyone have any administrative guidelines for the viewing of movies (PG, PG-13, R) for their school district?

The Patriot and other movies in History classes

jfattal — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:27:40 -0400

Have any of you used "The Patriot" in any of your American History classes when covering the Revolutionary War? Does anyone know if it's been recommended for use by any curriculum/textbooks as supplementary material?

On a similar note, what policy do you have in place for when teachers use movies in the classroom?

Policies, Laws, and Court Decisions

College within the school/ articulation

Paul Shoup — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:51:45 -0400

What schools have a college within the school program or articulation of classes (not CTE).

Scheduling, Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment

Student Grade Appeals

ebergh@gmail.nsd.k12.mi.us — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:17:08 -0400

Does anyone know where to find a copy of the Student Grade Appeal Law from 15-20 years ago? Is it still valid??

Teacher, Parent, and Public Relations

Behavior Contract

freelandmiddleschool — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:34:06 -0400

Can principals MANDATE implementation of behavior contracts for issues of persistent disobedience? What if parents "won't" sign? Any perspective would be appreciated.

Students

What courses are schools utilizing for the Visual, Performng and Appled Arts component of the MMC?

dbouck@portlandk12 org — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:41:40 -0400

Administrators

Pat-down searches

jim — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:29:47 -0500

In January, S-L Security was called to a classroom because of a wallet missing from a girls purse. Security, male and female, searched everyone is class, including backpacks and each purse. The ACLU indicated in their letter that the students were frisked and patted down. That part I am not sure. I know S-L Security feels they have the right to do this, but I am not sure. My feeling is a need for suspicion before the search. Would a judge issue a warrant? I think not, but ......... Has this issue come up with MASSP that I can find some written opinions?

Policies, Laws, and Court Decisions

Can someone FOIA a copy of an incident from our school security camera or could this violate FERPA?

PShepich — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:23:04 -0500

Policies, Laws, and Court Decisions

Age of Consent-

charbaugh — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:41:56 -0500

Gobles MS/HS is a combined 7-12 building, and we have always maintained that MS and HS students cannot date one another.

My question is about legal resources with regards to age of consent: what does the law say about different ages dating, and what are the different categories and considerations when it comes to different-age romances.

Also, does anybody have an effective policy on separating MS from HS?

Policies, Laws, and Court Decisions

Myspace

gbrown@vbisd org — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:36:10 -0400

Has anyone dealt with the legality of having a student, who is in possession of school property, to show you their private Myspace page to track who/where they sent the school property to? Our admin team is split on this issue. The issues are: Are items sent over the Internet public domain? Is the “public” part of Myspace public domain and the “private” section not?

Policies, Laws, and Court Decisions

Online Policy/Early Graduation/Military

Admin — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:19:48 -0400

I have a few questions and would appreciate your responses.

Does anyone have an existing online policy for classes taken outside of
the regular school day schedule?

How many online credits do you accept?

Do you limit the number of online classes?

Do you allow for early graduation?

In what way do you work with the military in providing space/time for
recruiters to be available to meet with students? i.e. appointments
through counseling office, open forum in an auditorium setting, table
space in cafeteria during lunch, small group sign-ups, etc.....

We currently provide table space in the cafeteria.

Eric Proseus, Assistant Principal
Thornapple Kellogg High School
(269) 795-3394
eproseus@tk.k12.mi.us

Policies, Laws, and Court Decisions

Transcripts

Admin — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:18:00 -0400

What MME information needs to be on a high school transcript. Are there any requirements from the MDE? I assume schools will put ACT scores, but what about WorkKeys and the Michigan Assessment components?

Claire Bunker
Coordinator of General Education
Clare-Gladwin RESD
4041 East Mannsiding Road
Clare, MI 48617
Phone: 989 386-3851
Fax: 989 386-3238
Cell: 989 621-2733

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