Pursuant to state law, a School Discipline Policy must be prepared by each school district and distributed to parents and students fifteen (15) days after the start of each school year.

Additional copies of the District 96 Discipline Policy may be obtained from the office of the principal at each school.

The Board of Education by policy does not permit corporal punishment of students in the school.

The teacher has the right and responsibility to retain order in the classroom.

In all disciplinary related incidents, due process will be exercised.

Student Records

Schools are required to keep permanent and temporary student records.

Student permanent records are kept on file for all students who have attended the Riverside Public Schools. These records include such information as student's name, birth date, address, phone number, grades, parents' names, and attendance records. This record remains with the Riverside Public Schools and is kept permanently. The Superintendent of Schools is the custodian of permanent records.

Student temporary records contain such information as student's name, address, phone number, birth date, names of parents, education, place of employment, name and phone number of family doctor, standardized test scores, grades, honors and awards received, participation in extracurricular activities, disciplinary information, special education files, and other information of clear relevance to the education of the student. These records are passed on to the Riverside/Brookfield High School upon the student's promotion from eighth grade, if the student will be attending R/B.

If a student transfers or attends a school other than School District 96 or 208, the Riverside Public Schools will forward to the new school the student's temporary records upon receipt of a written request from the receiving school and written permission from the parent.

Student temporary records are not retained beyond their period of usefulness to the student and the school. In no case are they retained longer than five (5) years after the student has transferred, graduated or otherwise permanently withdrawn from the school. Before any school student record is destroyed the parents will be given reasonable prior written notice.

Parents and/or eligible students have the right to inspect and copy information contained in the student's records (at a cost of no more than 35¢ per page), challenge the contents of the record, and inspect and challenge information to be transferred to another school district.

Except where legally specified otherwise, all releases of information require the prior written consent of the parent or eligible student. Additional information, including procedures for challenging the contents of school records, the names of persons/agencies/organizations who may have access to student records with parent consent, and procedures for the school's review and/or destruction of student records, may be obtained from school principals.

Bicycle Rules

The rules for the proper use of bicycles are contained in village ordinances. All bicycles must be registered at the Village Hall in your village. A copy of the bicycle ordinance will be given to you when your bicycle is registered.

In general, the ordinances embody all of the regulations governing the use of automobiles in traffic. The two most important exceptions are that bicycles are to be ridden single file and only one person to a bicycle.

All bicycles left at school must be provided with good stands and locks.

Because of limited parking space at each school, children who live within easy walking distance should not ride bicycles to school. Bicycle riding by first and second grade children is discouraged.

Health And Nursing Services

On the first day of student attendance of each school year, all students must have completed the health examination and immunization requirements for their grade level. Children not in compliance at the beginning of the school year may be excluded from school (Board Policy and Illinois Public Act 81-184).

In summary, the health examination and immunization requirements of the Illinois Department of Public Health are:

Grade Level	Requirement
K or date of initial entrance to an Illinois school district.	Physical and Dental Examination
	Diphtheria/Pertussis/Tetanus (Completed Series)
	Polio Vaccine (Completed Series)
	Measles/Mumps/Rubella (Completed Series According to Approved Date Schedule).
	Lead Poison Screening Assessment
	TB Skin Test
	Chicken Pox Vaccine (Varicella)
5	Physical Examination
	Hepatitis B (Series of 3)

Exemptions may be made for valid medical or religious reasons.

Vision screening will be done, as mandated, for all children in grades K through 5, and 8th grade on an annual basis in the fall of the year. Vision screening is not a substitute for a complete eye and vision evaluation by an eye doctor. Your child is not required to undergo this vision screening if an optometrist or ophthalmologist has completed and signed a report form indicating that an examination has been administered within the previous 12 months and that evaluation is on file at the school. This notice is not a permission to test. Vision screening is not an option, except for valid medical or religious reasons. If a vision examination is not on file at the school for your child, your child in the mandated age/grade/group will be screened. Parents may request vision screening for any child at any time regardless of grade. Parents are notified if their child does not pass the vision screening test.

Hearing tests are done each year for children in grades K through 3. Children who do not pass the screening are given a full audiogram and results are shared with parents with a referral to their own physician. All children with known hearing loss are screened annually and parents are notified of the results. Children with special needs and children who are referred also are given hearing tests.

In the 7th grade all students are screened for posture discrepancies, primarily scoliosis. Parents are notified if a physician should be consulted.

State law and Board policy require that students participating in interscholastic activities shall be required to have an annual physical examination. Written parental consent is required for student participation in interscholastic activities.

Parents are notified by a form letter if children have been exposed to a contagious disease at school.

A child showing any of the following symptoms should not be sent to school: skin rash, dizziness, unusual pallor, cough or fever. If these symptoms appear while the child is in school, the parents will be called and asked to take the child home.

The district employs school nurses to help develop and implement a total school health program. The nurses administer medications, provide emergency medical assistance, make referrals for students who need medical or dental care, oversee health records, work with teachers on educational programs, and make recommendations to improve the wellness of the student body.

Physical Education Procedures For Absences And Return

A child may be excused from physical education class for one (1) day at the discretion of the teacher, principal, or school nurse if the child doesn't feel well.

A child may be excused from physical education class for one (1) or two (2) days with a dated note from a parent.

To be excused from physical education class for three (3) or more days, a dated note from a doctor is required. The note should specify the duration of absence and conditions of return (if any).

Students with casts, splints, or serious illnesses also will need a doctor's note of exclusion and a doctor's permission to return to physical education classes.

Medication At School

School District 96 discourages the dispensing of all but essential medications at school. All medications, both prescription and non-prescription, which are necessary to maintain the child in school and must be given during school hours shall be administered according to the following guidelines.

Prescription Medications:

1. A written statement is required from the student's physician or licensed prescriber stating the necessity for the medication, the dosage, route, and time of administration.
2. A written request and permission from the parent/guardian to administer the medication as prescribed is also required.
3. Medications may be self-administered by a child with a physician's prescription, written parental authorization, and school nurse's approval. Forms are available from the school nurse.

Non-Prescription Medications:

1. A written request and permission from the parent/guardian to administer the medication is required (i.e., Tylenol for pain due to orthodontia).
2. If the medication is to be given for more than three (3) consecutive days, a written statement is required from the student's physician.
3. Cough drops will be permitted for up to three (3) days with a parent's note. The nurse or the classroom teacher will keep the cough drops. Coughs of more than a few days duration should be evaluated by a physician.

 

The following applies to all medications:

1. All medication is to be brought to school in original containers appropriately labeled, with your child's name on it.
2. All medications shall be stored appropriately in a locked cabinet in the nurse's office.
3. It shall be the student's responsibility to report to the nurse or designated school personnel at prescribed medication times.
4. Unauthorized medication in any school shall be confiscated and may be reclaimed only by the parent.
5. District 96 retains the discretion to reject a request to administer medications deemed unnecessary or unsafe to be taken at school, such as vitamins, non-traditional therapies, drugs unapproved by the FDA, or medications causing extenuating side effects for the student.

The responsibility to obtain the physician's authorization lies with the parent and not with the school. Authorization forms are available in the school office. The school nurse is available to address any questions or concerns regarding the administration of medication at school.

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