Student and Information Services

California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE):

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Community Oriented Diversion and Education (CODE)

This program is designed to divert youth from gangs, criminal lifestyles, and further involvement with the juvenile justice system. The program utilizes case management teams based on five secondary school campuses composed of probation, law enforcement, child protective service, and school personnel. The program is managed by the County Probation Department as a lead agency and services youth who are first offenders in juvenile crime.

Independent Study, Short-Term:

An alternative, individualized short-term program of study to accomodate a pupil enrolled in a comprehensive elementary or secondary school who will be absent from school for 5 -10 days for grades K-12 (approval of 5 additional days are at the principal's discretion). This assignment requires the signed consent and agreement of the principal, the parent or guardian, and the student prior to the day it begins.

Long Term:

An administrator at the comprehesive or continuation high school in which the student is enrolled will supervise the long-term independent study master agreement. The educational plan for students must represent the equivalent of a minimum school day for the students in grade level (i.e. grades 7-12, a minimum of 20 hours per week) with all credits in grades carefully evaluated for entering students to ensure that appropriate credit is given for previously completed work. The long-term independent study agreement must be in accordance with the Lompoc Unified School District's policy P8178.1 and administrative regulation R8178.1.

Opportunity Program:

A pupil in grades 7-9 may be transferred to an opportunity class or program for school adjustment purposes. The school adjustment refers to students who are or are in danger of becoming habitually truant from instruction, insubordinate or disorderly while attending the regular school program.

Actual Attendance:

Actual attendance, in accordance with Senate Bill 727, effective 1998/99, requires a student to be in class receiving instruction from a certificated teacher. Students who are not in class will be counted absent for apportionment purposes. The only exception to being in class with the certificated teacher is to be under a contract created by a certificated teacher and signed by the student, parent, and principal prior to its implementation. Excuses for absences will no longer count for apportionment purposes. However, they will still continue to be used to verify absences for compulsory education (instructional credit for grade).

School Attendance and Review Board (SARB):

The School Attendance and Review Board is an interagency organization created by the California Legislature in 1974 to provide guidance and coordinated community services to students and their families to divert those with "... school attendance and school behavior problems ..." from the juvenile justice system. Students with excessive absences from school will be referred to SARB. SARB may direct school personnel to refer students and their parents to probation, social services, and / or the District Attorney if all services of the school and community are exhausted and the attendance / behavior problem is not solved.

Non-Residence:

From outside the District: A parent who works outside the District of residence may enroll pupils in the School District where their place of employment is located. Residency is based on parent / guardian employment.

From within District, between schools - School Of Choice:

Students who reside within District boundaries may apply for enrollment in any District school. The capacity of each District school will determine whether the request will be accepted or approved. No student who currently resides in the attendance area of a school shall be displaced by students transferring from outside the attendance area. Transportation will not be provided to students attending outside their resident attendance area.

Dropouts:

A student between the ages of 6 and 18 years old becomes classified as a dropout after a 45 day period has elapsed after leaving the student's school of attendence without requesting his / her cumulative record folder for his / her new school.

Report cards will be given three times yearly for elementary students, and four times yearly for secondary students. The report card will contain grades, conduct, and work habit information.

Child Abuse Reporting:

Any employee who observes a condition which might cause a reasonable suspicion of child abuse shall report it to the local administrator. The employee shall immediately phone Child Protective Services and advise them of the suspected child abuse.

Discipline:

To provide a student with a safe and orderly environment in which instruction is provided, students' positive behavior is necessary. In the event a student's behavior becomes unacceptable according to District expectations, consequences may be determined appropriate by the principal of the student's school. The school principal may arrange many alternatives to bring about the proper conduct of students. These are, for more serious offenses, by law, consequences that are also provided for the principals' discretion to respond to misbehavior. The Education Code, Section 48900 lists consequences for suspendable and expellable offenses.

Suspension Appeals:

Parents who have students that have been suspended and wish to appeal the suspension may contact Student Services. The suspension will be enforced. However, a review of the procedure and rationale for the decision may be requested in writing in an appeal.

Each school in the State of California is required to provide an annual report of its program for students. This report is called the School Accountability Report Card. It is a report that contains student achievement, expenditures per student, class size, textbooks, curriculum improvements, and other information. The SARC is available in printed form at each school and on the SARC section of the District's home page.

The Lompoc Unified School District's progress toward its educational goals is monitored and reported to the public in the Educational Progress Report each year. The report covers six broad areas of the District's program for students. The areas include achievement, demographics, school climate, retention, library circulation, and other information. The Educational Progress Report is available in Student Services at the Educational Services (District) Office.

How to Protect Your Child from Abuse - English and Spanish

Complaint Form:

Education Code 35186 created a procedure for the filing of complaints concerning deficiencies related to instructional materials, conditions of facilities that are not maintained in a clean or safe manner or in good repair, and teacher vacancy or misassignment. The complaint and response are public documents as provided by law. Complaints may be filed anonymously.

Williams Uniform Complaint Form - Spanish