Asbestos
In accordance with the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), this message serves to notify you that Middlesex High School was built with Asbestos Contained Building Materials (ACBM). These building materials are hazardous if damaged and require regular inspection. According to our last triennial inspection (2022), there was no represented danger. The parts of Middlesex High School that contain ACBMs are regularly monitored and a containment management plan along with our last report is available online at www.mcps.k12.va.us for parents and the community to review if there are concerns. Please feel free to contact our office if you have any questions or concerns.
Availability of School Division Policies and Regulations
Current copies of all division policies and regulations are available on the division’s website. Printed copies of school division policies and regulations are available to citizens who do not have online access.
Budget
The school division’s budget publishes the approved annual budget, in line item form, including the estimated required local match, on the division’s website. The document is also available in hard copy as needed for citizens for inspection.
Code of Student Conduct, Compulsory Attendance Law, Parental Responsibility and Involvement
Within one calendar month of the opening of school, each division must, simultaneously with any other materials customarily distributed at that time, send to the parents of each enrolled student
Each parent must sign and return to the student’s school a statement acknowledging the receipt of the above materials and each school must maintain records of such signed statements.
The materials sent to parents must include a notice that by signing the statement of receipt, parents expressly reserve their rights protected by the constitutions or laws of the United States or the Commonwealth and that parents have the right to express disagreement with a school's or school division's policies or decisions.
Credits Required for Graduation
MCPS notifies thr parents of rising eleventh and twelfth grade students of the requirements for graduation pursuant to the standards for accreditation, and requirements that have yet to be completed by the individual student for graduation.
See IKF
Students with disabilities who have an IEP and who fail to meet the graduation requirements of the student's right to a free and appropriate education to age 21.
Students who fail to graduate or to achieve graduation requirements as provided in the standards for accreditation and who have not reached 20 years of age on or before August 1st of the school year of the right to a free public education.
If the student is one for whom English is a second language, the division will notify the parent of the student's opportunity for a free public education.
Eating Disorders Awareness Information
Eating disorders are serious health problems that usually start in childhood or adolescence and affect both girls and boys. With early diagnosis, eating disorders are treatable with a combination of nutritional, medical, and therapeutic supports. Recognizing the importance of early identification of at-risk students, the 2013 Virginia General Assembly passed a law requiring each school board to provide parent educational information regarding eating disorders on an annual basis to students in the fifth through twelfth grades.
It is important to note that eating disorders are not diagnosed based on weight changes as much as behaviors, attitudes, and mindset. Symptoms may vary between males and females and in different age groups. Often, a young person with an eating disorder may not be aware that he/she has a problem or keeps the issues secret. Parents/guardians and family members are in a unique position to notice symptoms or behaviors that cause concern. Noting behaviors common to people with eating disorders may lead to early referral to the primary care provider. It is important for eating disorders to be treated by someone who specializes in this type of care.
Additional resources may be found at: Virginia Department of Education http://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/health_medical/office/index.shtml under the section titled, Eating Disorders
FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
Parents/guardians and adult students have a right to inspect and review education records, amend education records, consent to disclosure of personally identifiable information in education records and file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education. 34 C.F.R. § 99.7.
Graduation Requirements
At the beginning of each school year, every school must provide to students in all grade levels a notice of all requirements for Standard Diploma and Advanced Studies Diploma.
See IKF
Guidance from the Virginia Department of Education must be provided to parents of students with disabilities regarding the Applied Studies diploma and its limitations at a student’s annual IEP meeting corresponding the grades three through 12 when curriculum or statewide assessment decisions are being made that impact the type of diploma from which the student can qualify. Va. Code § 22.1-253.13:4.B.
High School Credit-Bearing Courses Taken in Middle School
For any high school credit-bearing course taken in middle school, parents may request that grades be omitted from the student's transcript and the student not earn high school credit for the course in accordance with policies adopted by the local school board.
See JO
Homeless Student
The McKinney-Vento Act of 2001 ensures that homeless students have access to the same, free, appropriate public education provided to other children and youth. Students identified as homeless will be enrolled in Middlesex County Public Schools and assistance in obtaining registration documents will be provided. Services for homeless students may include transportation to their school of origin or to the school in the district in which they live as well as referral to local service agencies.
Internet Privacy
See KBE
Nondiscrimination
See AC
Parent and Family Engagement Policy
See IGBC
Postsecondary Education and Employment Data
Each school board’s career and technical education program must include annual notice on its website to enrolled high school students and their parents of the availability of the postsecondary education and employment data published by the State Council of Higher.
See Education and Employment Data
PPRA (Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment)
The PPRA requires MCPS to provide notice of their policy controlling the administration of surveys on certain sensitive topics including political or religious beliefs and behavior involving sex or illegal conduct.
See JOB
Promotion, Retention and Remediation Policies
See IKF
Prosecution of Juveniles as Adults
MCPS offers information developed by the office of the Virginia Attorney General to students regarding laws governing the prosecution of juveniles as adults for the commission of certain crimes.
Sex Offender Registry
Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry is located here. Va. Code § 22.1-79.3.
Testing Transparency and Parent Opt Out
Parents of each student attending any school receiving Title I funds may request information regarding regarding student participation in any assessments mandated by 20 U.S.C. § 6311(b)(2) and by the state or division, which must include a policy, procedure or parental right to opt the child out of such assessment, where applicable. 20 U.S.C. § 6312(e)(2)(A).