School board

Continued from page 1 regarding fifth grade because they are now a part of the intermediate school campus Drug screening and traffic updates were also included in the campus handbook

Summit Hill Elementary School

Principal Clarissia Doty stated that they've added a backpack section for parents that aren't aware that they need to check the student's backpack for items such as knives, toys, and even sometimes mom and dad's cellphones

The bell schedules times have changed to 8:05 am to 3:25 pm and pre-kindergarten will be from 8 am to 11:10 am and 12 pm to 3:10 pm The earlier times for preK is to assure that they are out of the way of the buses and traffic.

A birthday section was added to the handbook stating that parents can send a birthday treat for the student but it must be in an unopened commercially-named packaged product with listed ingredients This is to guard against food allergies The teacher will give the treat to the kid at the end of the day and parents are not invited into the classroom their child in the office Report cards have been changed back to the previous numerical grading system to give more clarity on evaluations of students progress

Prescription medication will now have to be administered per the dosage labeled on the bottle

If a student has head lice, parents of each student that shares a class with the child will be notified of the situation

Howe High School Principal Phil Kempson reviewed the Howe ISD handbook to the school board which outlined a change to the honor graduate rankings which eventually fell to each graduating senior with a grade point average (GPA) of 3.75 or more

An additional day with principal approval was added to the established 10-day extra-curricular limit of missing days due to activities such as sports, ag, band, etc

A change was made that states Howe ISD will provide accidental insurance that would help supplement medical expenses in the event of injury to a child during school or a school activity

Summer school wording was changed to ensure that students are there for credit recovery and not for

Also added was a section outlining lunches with parents and students stating that parents must show a valid scannable picture ID in order to enter the lunchroom Without proper identification, parents will have to eat lunch with page 5