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1. IU5 - Mr. Paul Mangione
2. PSBA Liaison - Mrs. Mary Passinger
3. Career Center Advisory - Mr. John Wortman and Mr. Dan Sullivan
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March 25, 2024 |
6:00 p.m. |
Committee of the Whole Meeting |
Zoom Meeting Central Office |
| 2. | TBD | TBD | Budget Meeting | Central Office |
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April 8, 2024 |
6:00 p.m. |
Regular Board Meeting |
Zoom Meeting Central Office |
| 4. | TBD | TBD | Budget Meeting | Central Office |
Executive Summary
Executive Summary
The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is a federally funded, state-administered program that reimburses providers who serve free, nutritious meals and snacks to children and teens in low-income areas when school is not in session. Children 18 and younger may receive free meals and snacks at any open SFSP site.
Schools, local government agencies, camps, and faith-based and other nonprofit community organizations that can manage a food service program may be SFSP sponsors. Sites are places in low-income communities where children can come to receive meals at no cost in a safe and supervised environment. Sites may be located in a variety of settings, including schools, parks, community centers, libraries, farmers’ markets, apartment complexes, churches, and migrant centers. Sites may also choose to offer enrichment opportunities for children, such as reading, physical activity, or nutrition education.
Executive Summary
Executive Summary
Executive Summary
Please see the attachments.
Please see the attachments.
9000 ORGANIZATION OF INSTRUCTION
9005 School Year
The Board recognizes that the preparation of a calendar is necessary for the efficient operation of the District.
The Board shall determine annually the days and the hours when the schools shall be in session for instructional purposes in accordance with State law.
Such school calendar shall normally consist of 180 student days. consist of a minimum of 180 days of instruction or 900 hours of instruction at the elementary level or 990 hours of instruction at the secondary level.
The Superintendent or his/her designee shall prepare a school calendar for the Board to consider annually.
The Board reserves the right to alter the school calendar when it is in the best interests of the District.
Adoption Date - September 13, 1999
Revision Date - March 11, 2024
Review Date - April 8, 2013
Legal Reference - 24 P.S. §1-133; 24 P.S. §15-1501
Cross Reference -
10115 Educational Opportunity for Military Children
Definitions
For purposes of this Policy, the following terms shall have the following meaning:
Active duty – full-time duty status in the active uniformed services of the United States, including members of the National Guard and reserve on active-duty orders.
Children of military families – a school-aged child, enrolled in kindergarten through twelfth grade, normally residing in the household of an active-duty ember. Specifically, this includes children of:
1. Active-duty members of the uniformed services.
2. Members or veterans of the uniformed services who are severely injured and medically discharged or retired for a period of one (1) year after medical discharge or retirement.
3. Members of the uniformed services who die on active duty or as a result of injuries sustained on active duty for a period of one (1) year after death.
This does not include the children of:
1. Inactive members of the National Guard and military reserves.
2. Members of the uniformed services now retired, except as otherwise stated in this policy.
3. Veterans of the uniformed services, except as otherwise stated in this policy.
4. Other United States Department of Defense personnel and other federal agency civilian and contract employees not defined as active-duty members of the uniformed services.
State Council – an entity to coordinate the state’s participation and compliance among its government agencies, school entities and military installations.
Uniformed service – the U.S. armed forces, Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Services.
U.S. armed forces – the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Space Force.
Interstate Compact on educational Opportunity for Military Children
The District shall comply with the provisions of the Interstate Compact on educational Opportunity for Military Children (Compact) by:
1. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the transfer of education records from previous school districts or variations in entrance/age requirements.
2. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military families are disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing, grading, course content or assessment.
3. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for enrollment, educational programs and participation in extracurricular, academic, athletic and social activities.
4. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families.
5. Providing for the uniform collection and sharing of information between and among states, schools and military families under the Compact.
6. Promoting coordination between the Compact and other compacts affecting military children.
7. Promoting flexibility and cooperation between the educational system, parents/guardians and the student in order to achieve educational success for the student.
Advance Enrollment
The District shall enroll a child of a parent/guardian who is an active-duty member of the U.S. armed forces, including a reserve component, that has received official military orders to transfer into or within Pennsylvania, prior to establishing residency in this District.
The parent/guardian shall provide the following:
1. A copy of the official military order.
2. Proof of intent to move into this District, which may include:
a. A signed contract to buy a home.
b. A signed lease agreement.
c. A statement from the parent/guardian stating their intent to move into the District.
Within forty-five (45) days after the arrival date specified in the military order, the parent/ guardian shall provide the District with proof of residence in this District.
Collaboration
The Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee shall collaborate with the military family education liaison designated by the State Council or other entity in supporting the needs of children of military families.
Administrative Procedures
The Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee may develop administrative procedures as deemed necessary to implement this Policy.
Adoption Date - March 11, 2024
Revision Date -
Review Date -
Legal Reference - 10 U.S.C. §12301 et. seq.; 10 U.S.C. §12401 et. seq.; 10 U.S.C. §101; 24 P.S. §7301; 24 P.S. §7302; 24 P.S. §1302; 24 P.S. §1302.1
Cross Reference - Policy 10110
9900 MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUCTIONAL POLICIES
9950 Technology and Internet Safety
A. PURPOSE
The District makes available various forms of digital technology to its students for educational purposes and to certain employees to advance the education of students or to advance the legitimate business of the District. The purposes are exclusive to the District as it makes digital technology available. The District’s student discipline code and student handbook and all provisions governing employee conduct (policies, rules, employee handbooks, contractual provisions, etc.) apply to student and staff online activities and use of technology.
It is the policy of the District to (a) prevent user access over its computer network to, or transmission of, inappropriate material via Internet, electronic mail, or other forms of direct electronic communications; (b) prevent unauthorized access and other unlawful online activity; (c) prevent unauthorized online disclosure, use, or dissemination of personal identification information of minors; and (d) comply with the Children’s Internet Protection Act.
Given the ever-changing nature of technology, its potential opportunities, and abuses, it will not be possible for this Policy to address all specific situations, which may arise. Therefore, it is also the purpose of the Board, by this Policy to vest in the Superintendent or his or her designee the authority to fashion procedures, as necessary, to implement the general purposes of this Policy.
B. DEFINITIONS
1. Minor – any student person of school age.
a. The average person applying contemporary community standards would find that the subject matter taken as a whole with respect to minors appeals to the prurient interest.
i. Contemporary community standards shall be defined to mean the regions within which the District provides services to students.
b. The subject matter depicts, describes, or represents in a patently offensive way with respect to what is suitable for minors an actual or simulated sexual act or sexual contact, actual or simulated normal or perverted sexual acts or a lewd exhibition of the genitals or post-pubescent female breast.
c. The subject matter taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political, educational, or scientific value.
3. Harmful to minors - Any text, picture, image, graphic image file, or other visual depiction that:
a. taken as a whole and with respect to minors, appeals to a prurient interest in nudity, sex, or excretion.
b. depicts, describes, or represents, in a patently offensive way with respect to what is suitable for minors, an actual or simulated sexual act or sexual contact, actual or simulated normal or perverted sexual acts, or a lewd exhibition of the genitals.
c. taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political, educational, or scientific value as to minors.
4. Child Pornography – any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer, or computer generated image or picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means, of sexually explicit conduct where (a) the production of such visual depiction involves the use of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, or (b) such visual depiction has been created, adapted, or modified to appear that an identifiable minor is engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
5. Educational Purposes- Items promoting student achievement and preparation for graduation.
6. Personal Electronic Devices- Any type of computer or other portable computing devices or accessories, including handheld computers, laptops, smart phones, tablet devices, notebooks, digital cameras, digital readers, music players, flash drives and any other similar devices not owned by the District and brought onto school grounds by students, guests, or staff members.
C. ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY
Access to technology is provided to District employees and students as a privilege. Access is not and cannot be guaranteed. However, when access is available it is to be regarded as a privilege that carries with it a responsibility. All usage is to be done in a responsible, efficient, and legal manner that is consistent with the values of the Student Discipline Code and the policies and mission of the District as enunciated in this Policy Manual or other directives of the Board or Administration. For users, the District’s technology is to be used primarily for education-related purposes and performance of District job duties. Incidental personal use of school technology is permitted for employees so long as such use does not interfere with the District’s Policy manual, the employee’s job duties and performance, with system operations, or with other system users. Personal use must comply with this Policy; procedures and rules contained in this Policy, as well as Internet Service Providers, local, state, and federal laws and must not damage the District’s hardware, software, applications, or technology. Students may only use the technology for educational purposes. are provided with access to digital media that supports engaged learning. Students‘ability to send, forward, or post information will be determined under the direction of a Warren County School District designee(s).
The District will notify the parents about the policies governing technology use. This Policy contains restrictions on accessing inappropriate material. There is a wide range of material available on the Internet, some of which may not be fitting with the particular values of the families of the students. The District will educate minors about appropriate online behavior, including interacting with other individuals on social networking websites and in chat rooms and Cyberbullying awareness and response. It is not practically possible for the District to monitor and enforce a wide range of social values in student use of the Internet. Further, the District recognizes that parents bear primary responsibility for transmitting their particular set of family values to their children. The District will encourage parents to specify to their child(ren) what material is and is not acceptable for their child(ren) to access through the District system.
D. GUIDELINES FOR USAGE
Usage of the technology which is not consistent with the “access” policy contained in the previous paragraph is prohibited. It is not possible to list all of the types of usage which are inappropriate. However, as a guideline, some of the types of inappropriate usage are listed below:
2. Sending or displaying of offensive messages or pictures, including but not limited to, messages or pictures that contain pornography, child pornography, matters that are obscene or matters that are harmful to minors, ethnic slurs, racial epithets, or anything that may be construed as disparagement of others based on their race, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or religious or political beliefs.
3. Using vulgar or obscene language, pictures, or symbols.
4. Using technology to harass, bully, threaten, or libel/defame others or to materially or substantially interfere with the education of others.
5. Trespassing in or upon personal files or programs, removing, damaging, or utilizing information which the user is not entitled to remove, damage, or utilize or communicateing under a false name or other false pretenses.
6. Violating any copyright laws or the Copyright Policy of the District including Policy Section 9905 by copying, downloading, uploading, or otherwise duplicating copyrighted material.
7. Violating any other District Policy, or associated administrative procedures, including (i) policies concerning political activities and advertising such as Policy Number 7240; (ii) policies governing student distribution and /or posting of material such as Policy Number 10230; (ii) policies governing harassment and sexual harassment such as Policy Number 1215; and (iv) policies that pertain to maintaining professional adult/student boundaries such as Policy Number 1217.
8. Engaging in any use which violates any federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance.
9. Intentionally creating, uploading or other introduction of computer viruses or similar device or program, which damages hardware, applications, or software.
10. Engaging in unauthorized access of computers, intentionally disrupting the network, or attempting to circumvent security measures on an individual computer and / or the District network.
11. Using the technology for gambling, sports pools, betting games or games of chance.
12. Installing, uninstalling, or damaging computer hardware, applications, software, or the network.
13. The use of profanity in any communication unless required for business purposes.
14. Using technology resources to access, inspect or disseminate confidential or personal information of others.
Reporting of any such violations or other issues involving the inappropriate use of technology resources should be reported in a manner consistent with established policies and procedures. Any employee or student engaged in the inappropriate use of or access to the technology may be subject to the loss of the privilege. The Board hereby vests the Administration with the authority to restrict any person's useage of the privileges, for the period of time deemed appropriate by the Administration, on account of violations of this Policy. Additionally, students are advised that violations of this Policy may result in students being disciplined in accordance with the Discipline Code (Policy 10510) and employees are advised that violations of this Policy may result in discipline procedures according to the applicable sections of this Policy Manual or the Contract(s) governing the relationship between the District and employee.
E. FILTERING
The District uses a technology protection measure that is designed to prohibit users from accessing Network sites that are not in accordance with the policy and procedures of the District and the laws of Pennsylvania. This measure helps guard against access by users to messages or pictures that contain pornography, child pornography, matters that are obscene or matters that are harmful to minors, ethnic slurs, racial epithets, or anything that may be construed as disparagement of others based on their race, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability or religious or political beliefs. Filtering may be disabled for adults engaged in bona fide research or for other lawful purposes. To ensure enforcement, the District will monitor use of technology resources through direct supervision and monitoring of the network. This filtering measure is not foolproof and inadvertent access to sites not consistent with this Policy needs to be reported immediately to a District administrator.
F. USER ACCOUNTS
User Accounts may be provided for District students and employees. All User Accounts shall be the property of the District and shall be used only for the purposes described in this Policy. All User Accounts shall be accessed only via a password. No user shall reveal their password to another individual. No user is to utilize a computer that has been logged in under another individual’s password. Account requests or termination will be processed through the account management team.
G. APPLICATIONS
Except as provided below, no application will be utilized on any device or other component of the District’s technology systems unless said application has been selected or approved.
H. HARDWARE
It shall be the duty of all District employees to shall report technology problems issues to the Technology Department through the Technology Work Order system.
All technology belonging to the District is to remain in the designated areas. Prior to any change in equipment Before equipment changes, a Technology Work Order must be completed and submitted for approval.
All purchases or acquisitions of computers or other components of the District’s technology system, including donations of equipment from businesses, parent/teacher organizations and similar entities are to be channeled to the Building Administrator at the building at which the equipment is proposed to be installed. Before approving the installation of said equipment, the Building Administrator is to submit a description of the equipment to the Technology Department for approval.
I. REPAIRS
All repairs of the District technology system, including repairs to both hardware and software, and including in-house technician repairs and outside vendor services, are to be submitted on a Technology Department Work Order
J. ACCOUNTS, APPLICATIONS, SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, AND DEVICES USED BY DISTRICT EMPLOYEES
Employees are prohibited from doing any district business on accounts, applications, software, hardware, or devices that are not those issued to them by the District.
K. SEARCH, SEIZURE AND MONITORING
Users of the privileges should have NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY with regarding to any information or communication on or exchanged through the District's technology. The District reserves the absolute and complete right to inspect and to seize any information or communication existing on any District technology equipment and any user of the said equipment must understand that the privilege is subject to the District's right of search and seizure. Any information or communication seized by the District may be used for any legitimate purpose, including usage in disciplinary proceedings initiated by the District and usage in criminal proceedings initiated by State or Federal officials to which the District has given the information or communication. The user of any District technology or software or application privilege is advised that the District, may at any time, monitor persons' usage and that seizure of material may be made as a result because of random searches and not necessarily as a result because of reasonable suspicion or probable cause. If the user of the District technology does not want information or communications to be made public, the user should not place or share that information or communication on the District’s facilities. At all times the District reserves the right to:
1. Determine how its hardware space is utilized, including the right and ability to remove software, applications, files, to compress or consolidate files, and to otherwise manipulate the data maintained on any computer or other component of the District’s technology.
2. Restrict or limit usage of lower priority network and computer uses when network and computing requirements exceed available capacity.
3. Determine which technology will be provided through District resources.
4. View and monitor network traffic, file server space, processor and system utilization, and all applications provided through technology, including email
5. Log technology use by students and staff.
L. MISCELLANEOUS
1. Publishing on the Web. All wWeb pages to be created through the use of District technology shall be linked through the District wWebs Site. All District employees, students or school organizations wishing to create a Web page or similar device must create it under the supervision of the Superintendent, or his/her designee.
2. Limitation of Liability. The District makes no warranties of any kind, either express or implied, concerning the operation or the function of the privileges provided through the District's technology. All users of the District's privileges agree that the District will not be responsible for any damages users may suffer, including but not limited to loss of data or interruption of service. The District is not responsible for the accuracy or quality of the information obtained through or stored on the system. The District will not be responsible for any financial obligations arising through the use of the privileges other than the provision of the hardware, software, applications, and utilities necessary to make the privileges available.
3. Curricular Usage of Telecommunications Technology Devices by District employees. District employees may elect to utilize the technology system as a part of the instruction offered by that employee. In the event that If a parent or legal guardian desires that their student not have access to the technology devices, the parent or guardian shall request an exemption in accordance with Section 9525 of this Policy Manual. In the event of an exemption, the District will provide an alternate means of instruction in accordance with Policy Section 9525.
4. Curricular Usage of Telecommunications Devices by District students. Personal Electronic Devices Students may use personal electronic devices that are not owned by the District, and that provide a wireless connection to the internet, during the school day for educational purposes if, and only if, the particular type of device has been approved by the Superintendent or his/her designee and the student has the permission of the classroom teacher. The decision as to whether a particular type of personal electronic device is permitted to be used is within the sole and unrestricted discretion of the Superintendent or his/her designee. The use of a personal electronic device shall be optional and shall not be required by any teacher to complete, or be necessary to complete, any educational assignment given to students.
The District shall not be liable for, or responsible for, the loss of, theft of or damage to any personal electronic device that a student anyone brings to school, including students, staff, and guests. The District is not required to provide technical support of any personal electronic device. A personal electronic device that is used to violate either the law or a school rule shall be subject to search when permitted by law.
M. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
Technology devices and usage not currently contemplated will emerge. In recognition of the fact that particular the provisions of this Policy may not be adequate to address those developments the Board hereby authorizes the Superintendent to develop procedure, on an as needed basis, to address emerging technologies or usage. In preparing these procedures, the Superintendent is directed to issue procedures which are consistent with this Policy and which are consistent with the values and mission of the District as enunciated in this Policy Manual or other directives of the Board. The procedures implemented by the Superintendent shall remain in effect until supplanted by the Board.
Adoption Date - March 8, 2004
Revision Date - September 14, 2009; April 18, 2016; September 12, 2022; ___________, 2024
Review Date -
Legal Reference -
Cross Reference - Policy 7216, 7240, 10230, 10510, 1215, 1217b
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