Home Illness

• Students who have an illness that can spread to others must be kept home, especially if the student has flu-like symptoms, rash, etc.

• Students with a communicable disease such as chickenpox, staph infection, strep throat, measles, mumps, etc. must stay home from school and the parent or guardian must notify the school immediately.

• Students who show signs of Conjunctivitis (pink eye) at school will be sent home until symptoms disappear, or a doctor notifies the school that it is fine for the child to return.

• Students may not attend school with a fever of, or above, 100° without the use of fever reducing medication. Students must be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school.

School Illness/Emergency

• 1. • Minor first aid will be given in the classroom or in the school office.

     • You will be contacted if your child is ill or seriously injured while at school.

     • If we can not contact you, we will contact the Emergency Contact Person listed on your child’s registration form.

     • In case of a severe emergency, a student may be transported to a local hospital via ambulance. BHA is not responsible for charges incurred in this event.

     • If there is a change in your child's emergency information, notify the school immediately so that records may be updated.

Administration of Medications

• It is the parent’s responsibility to make sure that the school office has medication with a valid prescription. Expired medications will not be administered to students.

• BHA staff will not administer over the counter medication (Tylenol, Benadryl, cough syrup, etc.) to students without written permission from the student’s doctor, specifying the student's name, medication, and directions/dosage. Parents must fill out an Authorization to Administer Medication form in the school office in order for BHA staff to administer a prescribed medication (Amoxicillin, other antibiotics, etc.) Prescribed medications will be administered as long as the student’s name, medication, and directions/dosage is clearly labeled on the bottle. All medication should be checked in at the school office before school begins in the morning.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHOULD ANY MEDICATION BE CARRIED IN THE STUDENT’S BACKPACK, POCKET,

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

In the event of an emergency, parents will be notified via phone, e-mail, or the Emergency Broadcast System. Please do not attempt to come to the campus to pick up your child in the event of a lockdown. No student will be released until the lockdown is lifted. Periodically, we hold fire, earthquake, and lockdown drills. You will receive an automated phone call by the end of the day a drill is held. You also will receive a phone message any time the school experiences an emergency or lockdown.

BHA Child Abuse Reporting Obligations

In accordance with California law, school staff is obligated under penalty of fine and jail term to report the reasonable suspicion of physical abuse, emotional abuse, emotional deprivation, physical neglect, inadequate supervision, or sexual abuse and/or exploitation. In this very serious and legally narrow area, BHA will not contact parents in advance of making a report to legal authorities. School staff will make such reports in the best interest of the affected child and once reasonable suspicion is established, do not have any legal alternative except to make the report

Nondiscrimination Policy

BHA admits students of any race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to the students at BHA. BHA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin in the administration of educational policies, sponsorship, or other school-administered programs.

Likewise, BHA does not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of sex, age, disability, race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin.

Procedures for Complaints and Investigation of Harassment

• Tell the individual causing the harassment that his/her conduct is offensive and must stop.

• If it does not stop, report the harassment to the Director or a teacher who will report it to the Director, or if the Director is the subject of the allegation, to a member of the BOE.

• Complete a formal complaint in writing. This complaint will be investigated thoroughly and as confidentially as the situation allows.

• Once the facts have been gathered, the Director and the BOE will, in consultation with the Imam if necessary, decide what disciplinary action is warranted according to the nature, context, and seriousness of the harassment, up to and including immediate dismissal.

• If the complaint is against a non-student, non-employee, such as a parent, volunteer, community member, or vendor, the school will take any steps within its power to investigate and resolve the issue.

Anti-Bullying Policy

BHA strives to provide a safe, positive learning climate for students in the school. Therefore, it shall be the policy of BHA to maintain an educational environment in which bullying and cyberbullying in any form are not tolerated.

All forms of bullying and cyberbullying by students are prohibited. Anyone who engages in bullying or cyberbullying in violation of this policy shall be subject to appropriate discipline.

Students who have been bullied or cyberbullied shall promptly report such incidents to any staff member.

Complaints of bullying or cyberbullying shall be investigated promptly, and corrective action shall be taken when a complaint is verified. Neither reprisals nor retaliation shall occur as a result of the submission of a complaint.

Bullying may be physical (hitting, kicking, spitting, pushing), verbal (taunting, malicious teasing, name calling, threatening), or psychological (spreading rumors, manipulating social relationships, or promoting social exclusion, extortion, or intimidation). Bullying can occur face-to-face or online.

Factors to consider in all cases of bullying may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Nature and seriousness of the incident

• Frequency of the offensive conduct

• Age of the perpetrator

• Physically threatening or humiliating conduct

• Context in which the incident occurred

• Relationship between the parties

• Impact on victim