Bennett Middle Student Handbook 2023-2024

STUDENTS REMAINING ON SCHOOL GROUNDS AFTER SCHOOL HOURS Daily dismissal is at 3:15 pm. Students should leave promptly unless under adult supervision. Failure to abide by this policy may result in disciplinary consequences. If an emergency should arise where a child cannot be picked up as stated above, the school should be notified immediately at 410-6775140. CAFETERIA PROCEDURES AND POLICIES Lunches are prepared each day by the school cafeteria staff. The menus are planned by the month. Students may bring their own food from home, but glass containers are not permitted. Fast food may not be dropped off for students, as it causes a disruption to the school environment. Prices for lunches are established by the Board of Education each summer prior to the start of school. Lunches are served in shifts with each shift having approximately twenty-five minutes to eat. Students are expected to comply with the following rules and procedures: 1. Enter the cafeteria in an orderly fashion and sit at their assigned table until an administrator permits the class to line up to purchase lunch. 2. Walk to the food lines and wait in line for their turn. 3. Sit in assigned areas. 4. Get permission before getting up from their assigned area. 5. Deposit all trash in trash cans at designated times. 6. Eat or throw away all food purchased in the cafeteria. These items may not be taken out of the cafeteria. 7. Wait to be dismissed by administrators upon their teacher’s arrival. 8. Leave the cafeteria with their class in an orderly fashion. All students must report to the cafeteria at lunchtime. No students should leave the premises at lunch time without permission from the office. Students are not permitted to order lunch items such as pizza, submarine sandwiches, etc. from carry-out restaurants to be delivered to school. Students will not be pulled from instruction to eat outside of their assigned lunch shift, unless permitted by administration. ATTENDANCE If a student is absent, regardless of the length of time, he/she must account for his/her absence by bringing a note signed by his/her parent or guardian explaining the reason for the absence. This note should be given to the student’s teacher who will forward the note to the office. Notes should be turned in within 5 days of their absence to be excused. The principal may require a parent to turn in a doctor’s note to excuse an absence, if the student is reported as continuously absent for illness. Comar 13A.08.01.03 If a student has a doctor, dental or other professional appointment, he/she is to bring a note to the main office before first period. He/She will be given a GENERAL USE SLIP INDICATING THE TIME HE/SHE IS TO REPORT TO THE MAIN OFFICE TO SIGN OUT. The student must wait in the office for his/her parent to arrive. When the student returns to school, he/she must have a note from the doctor, dentist or parent verifying that he/she had been to see the doctor or dentist.

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