Student Identification Badges

The purpose of this policy is to ensure safety and security for all individuals who are on the Fountain Inn High School campus each day. Student Identification Cards will be provided to every student. Just as a driver’s license authorizes driving a vehicle, a student ID card authorizes a student to be on campus. EVERY student must wear their ID cards at all times while on school grounds. It is crucial that we are able to identify everyone on campus. Identification of staff and students is a safety issue and will not be compromised when it comes to safety of students and staff. ID cards help us in identifying students as well as trespassers.

The School Administrative Team has adopted the Student Identification Card Policy. Following are the procedures that all teachers and administrators will use to encourage our students who need assistance in complying with the policy.

1. All students must wear their current year ID cards at all times, during the school day.

2. The ID Card must be worn on a breakaway lanyard hanging from their neck.

•  School IDs cannot be worn on a shirtsleeve, pants, outside of pockets, under a coat/jacket or at the bottom of their shirt.

• The ID Card must be presented to any school staff member or person of authority when seeking student identification.

• The front and back of the ID Card must remain plain and free of stickers, markings, other photos, etc.

• Wearing another person’s ID is prohibited at all times.

•  Lost, stolen, altered, damaged, and defaced ID Cards must be replaced IMMEDIATELY through the ID office.

• Cost for replacement is $5.00 for a new ID Card. Students may charge one replacement ID.

•  Replacement lanyards will be available for $1.

•  Students are excused from wearing IDs during classes where they present a hazard to student safety (ex. IAE or science lab). IDs should be properly secured during this time.

IDs are checked upon entrance in the building and at the beginning of each class period. Students without an ID must purchase a new ID before school in the ID office.  Students without an ID are not be allowed to attend classes, and students should be reminded that wearing an ID is not negotiable and that continued violations may affect participation in extracurricular activities and parking privileges.

No ID Will Result In:

1st-2nd: Warning, Purchase is required

3rd-4th: ISS, Parent, Guardian Contact, Purchase is required

5th-6th: ISS,Parent/Guardian Contact, Purchase is required

7th+: OSS, Parent/Guardian Contact, Purchase is required

Dress Code

Students are expected to dress and be groomed in such a way as to not distract or cause disruption in the educational program or orderly operation of the school. Personal appearance of students should promote health and safety, contribute to a climate conducive to teaching and learning and project a positive image of the District to the community. Students should dress for the educational setting and not the recreational one. The principal may create further guidelines regarding student dress which are consistent with the guidelines below.

• Clothing and/or hair should not be so extreme or inappropriate to the school setting as to disrupt the education process. Therefore, clothing deemed distracting, revealing, overly suggestive or otherwise disruptive will not be permitted.

• Wearing accessories or clothing that could pose a safety threat to oneself or others is not allowed.

• Hoods, hats and sunglasses may not be worn in the building.

• Attire must not evidence membership or affiliation with a "gang" in any negative sense of the term.

• Proper shoes must be worn at all times. No bedroom shoes or slippers are permitted.

• Attire must not be immodest, obscene, profane, lewd, vulgar, indecent or offensive.

• The length of shorts and skirts when standing upright must come to the bottom of the student’s fingertips

• Holes in garments or exposed skin are prohibited above the required short/skirt length

• Clothing that inappropriately exposes body parts is not permitted. Students shall not expose undergarments.

• The width of top straps must be at least the width of a student ID card ( 2.125 inches)

• Pants must be worn at the natural waistline and undergarments are not to be visible. Pants and slacks must not bag, sag, or drag. Pajamas are prohibited.

• No clothing, jewelry, or tattoos are permitted that display profanity, suggestive phrases, or advertisements for, or messages or pictures depicting or suggesting alcohol, tobacco, drugs, or sex.

• For middle school and high school, student ID cards must be worn and visible

In the event the administration determines a student’s dress is inappropriate for school in accordance with this policy, will either have clothes available to provide to students who are in violation or will permit the students to have clothes brought to the school to correct the dress code violation. Students will wait in a designated location until that violation of the dress code is remedied. Students who would like to make a request for accommodations to the dress code related to a disability or religious belief should notify the school’s administration of that request in advance.

Students are subject to the following consequences for violating the dress code:

• 1st Offense: Warning, Parent Contact, Change 

• 2nd Offense: Lunch Detention, Change

• 3rd Offense: ISS, Change

Policies and procedures for students' concerns, complaints, and grievances can be found here:  https://go.boarddocs.com/sc/greenville/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=876KM879D73A#