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Monday, July 22, 2019
School board
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One of the ISD's newest board members Tamela Shadden hears discussion from principals about the student handbook. students to try and get ahead on credits. They removed a section that stated the Howe ISD could not purchase non-prescription medication because nurses at times do need to give that out.
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In the Howe High School handbook changes, they added a mandatory drug testing program section which outlines consequences of failure. The first failure results in a 30-day loss of driving and extra-curricular activities. The second offense was 45 days and a third offense results in a one-year loss of privilege. The graded guidelines were listed with a percentage of test scores counting for 60 percent while daily work equals 40 percent of the student's grades. A dress code change was made to state that capri pants were for females only. Howe High has not had that issue in the past, but apparently, the previous school of Kempson did have an issue so he felt clarification would be good in the beginning. Also added was that all pants must be worn above the hip level and that no shorts are not permitted. Howe Intermediate School Principal Tammy Witten gave the changes to the board regarding that campus which one was establishing that they would not show Rated PG or Rated R movies on campus. Only Rated G movies are allowed, PG would require parental permission. With the addition of the fifth grade on that campus, it was stated that they will have to pass the reading and the math tests in order for the promotion to the sixth grade. With conduct grades, the elementary school uses colors, but the intermediate school will go with a signature system to specify the consequences for the number
of signatures per day. The school hours also changed from 8 am to 3:30 pm with the doors opening at 7:15 am. They will serve breakfast at 7:20 am. The arrival will no longer take place in the back by the library. More updates will be given about delivery and pick-up at the meet the teacher night. Superintendent Kevin Wilson addressed the board about possible changes in times of opening the campus doors to accommodate parents that work in the DFW area. "I asked around several other districts and out of the six districts immediately around us three of them open their doors at 7 am and the other three open either at 7:15 am or 7:20 am," said Wilson to the board. Wilson recommended to the principals to put 7:15 am in the handbook with the thought that they could adjust if needed. "If there's a strong opinion to back that up to 7 am, we can," said Wilson who was concerned about the 8-hour workday of the aids and the timing issue it could create with them leaving early before the students. The change of time the doors open will not affect the bus schedule as they will run on the same time schedule as before. In other news from the board meeting, Wilson announced that the district has hired Tiffany Crossland who will teach middle school physical education as well as a coach at the middle school level. They announced that they will have an open house and ribboncutting at 2 pm at Summit Hill Elementary School on Sunday, August 11.
