1. Parents do not bring your child to school prior to 7:30 A.M. Teachers
are not on duty until 7:30 A.M. Russell Prater will not be responsible for
any students prior to 7:30 A.M.
2. Please have your child at school on time. The tardy bell will ring at
7:50 A.M. All classes will begin at 8:00 A.M.
3. Any student who is tardy must report to the office and check-in with the
secretary.
4. All visitors must enter through the front entrance.
5. If you need to discuss your child's progress, please set up an
appointment during the teacher's planning period.
6. Please refrain from checking your child out unless he/she is sick or has
a doctor's appointment. It is important that your child be in school
everyday unless absolutely unavoidable. Important materials are covered
each day, which prepares your child to advance to the next grade.
7. Parents are not allowed to interrupt class(es) when picking up a child to
see a teacher or get assignments.
8. Parents who arrive at school to pick up a child at the end of the school
day are asked not to enter the building until 2:20 P.M. and remain in the
bottom foyer until your child comes down.
9. If parents/guardians wish to have a conference with a teacher, please
call school and schedule a meeting during the teacher's planning period.
10. Students who require medication while at school must have a medical
form signed by the parent and physician who prescribed the medication.
Parents are responible for obtaining the physician's signature. This form
must be returned with any medication to be administered. Parents must give
their child's medication to administrative personnel. At no time should
medication be sent with a student to school.
11. If there are custody problems and/or the child remains with someone
other than the biological parents, then the school must be informed. The
school must have the court order or notarized statement to place on file in
the office.
12. All students who are absent and tardy each day will receive notification
by phone. Please call school to verify the reason for a student's absence.
Also, please send a doctor's excuse or written parental excuse to school
with the student the following day.
