The Hagerstown Elementary School Handbook is provided online as a courtesy to our parents and students. The complete handbook is in Word format and can be accessed by clicking here.

All students are provided with the handbook at the beginning of the school year and printed copies are available by request at any time.

Table of Contents:

Corporation and Staff Information	Page 2
Forward	Page 3
School Calendar	Pages 4-5
Affirmative Action-Equal Opportunity	Pages 6-7
Assignment within the Corporation	Page 7
Assessment	Pages 7-8
Attendance Policy and Information	Pages 8-11
Birthdays	Page 11
Cell Phones and Electronic Communication Devices	Pages 11-12
Clubs & Activities	Page 12
Conduct	Pages 12-13
Code of Conduct	Pages 13-15
Computer & Internet – Terms and Conditions	Pages 16-17
Curriculum	Page 17
Control of Casual-Contact, Communicable Diseases	Page 17
Control of Noncasual-Contact Communicable Diseases	Pages 17-18
Dangerous/Deadly Weapons	Page 18
Dress Code	Page 19
Due Process and Pupil Discipline	Pages 19-25
Educational Programming	Pages 25-27
Entrance Requirements	Page 27
Equal Access for Noncorporation-sponsored, student clubs And Activities	Page 28
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)	Pages 28-30
Fees, Fines and Charges	Page 30
General Rules	Page 31
Grading	Pages 31-32
Harassment	Pages 32-33
Immunizations	Pages 33-34
Late Arrival and Early Dismissal	Page 34
Use of Medications	Pages 34-35
Self Administered Medication	Page 35
Prohibited Use of Nettle Creek School Properties	Pages 35-36
Recess	Page 36
Relations with Special Interest Groups	Pages 36-28
Retention	Page 38
Safety Drills	Page 38
Search and Seizure	Pages 38-39
Section 504 Compliance Plan	Pages 39-40
Services	Pages 40-46
Student Time Schedule	Page 46
Student Records	Pages 46-48
Suspension and Expulsion of Students	Pages 48-49
Telephone	Page 50
Town Students – To and From School	Page 50
Transfer Out of the School Corporation	Page 50
Use of School Facilities	Pages 50-51
Visitors and Guests	Page 51

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