You as a parent or guardian have the fundamental right to make decisions regarding the upbringing and control of your child. Our goal as a school is to be a supportive partner in that effort, providing effective academic instruction to maximize student learning. In service of that goal, we also work to support the general well-being of our students so they can remain academically focused. School personnel are always expected to encourage your child to discuss any issues related to their wellbeing with you.

School personnel can also facilitate a conversation between you and your child about any issues related to their wellbeing. Furthermore, employees are expected to keep parents informed related to observations of their child’s mental, emotional, or physical health. You have the right to access your child’s education and health records at any time.

As you might expect, teachers and other employees will periodically inquire about a child’s well-being, (e.g., asking how a student is feeling). In some cases, though, more formalized efforts may be appropriate, and if that is the case, our intent is to work in ways that are consistent with your goals as the parent. If school personnel determine that a student needs some additional structured observation – called monitoring – we will notify you.

Our school offers a variety of health-related and health care services to each student. A notice was sent to you via Skyward to inform you of all available health-related and health-care services we offer, not necessarily to indicate any of these services will be provided to your child.

The Parental Rights Forms that were sent to parents via Skyward allow for them to either opt in or opt out of these services. You have the right to opt out and withhold consent of any of these services to your child, by submitting the Skyward form. We will assume consent is provided unless you opt out. You can update your decisions at any time.

Consent for services will be considered effective until the end of the school year unless you provide a change of your consent decisions during the year. We will attempt to notify you prior to initiating any proposed change in services provided to your student related to the student’s mental, emotional, or physical health or wellbeing. If prior notification is not possible, you will be notified within three school days. Before administering a well-being questionnaire or a health screening form to your child, a copy will be provided to you. Consent would have to be received by you for the school to move forward with administering the questionnaire or form.