ALL Central High School Students are expected to:
Treat ALL members of the school community with respect, empathy, and dignity.
Engage in learning and try their personal best.
Ask for help when needed.
Abide by Central High School Community Expectations
ATTENDANCE EXPECTATIONS
Attendance is the BIGGEST predictor of student success and is ESSENTIAL for the SAFETY of every student.
Students
To be marked PRESENT in class, students must be on time, in their assigned class, for the entire class period.
Students will be marked TARDY if they come to class after the bell. If a student is marked absent it means that they did not PHYSICALLY attend class that period and were UNACCOUNTED FOR by the school.
CELL PHONE POLICY: OFF AND AWAY
Cell phones are distracting to learning, prevent socialization in class, and prevent students from learning important executive functioning, and self-advocacy skills.
Students
Must keep Cell phones OFF and AWAY during all classes, study hall, and resource.
Cell phones may be used during passing times and lunch.
If students use their cell phones during class time, their teacher WILL take their cell phone for the remainder of the hour.
If a student refuses to turn over their cell phone to their teacher or argues with the policy, the teacher will radio administration to come and take the phone for the REMAINDER of the day.
Administration will CONTACT HOME and let family know that the student’s phone had to be confiscated due to irresponsible use during instructional time. Administration may also remove the student from the classroom if the student is disruptive or dis-regulated and it is impacting the class as a whole.
Students may keep their phones in their locker if they are concerned about having it confiscated.
If administration has to come to the classroom to take a phone multiple times, they will contact home and problem solve with families. A family member may have to get the phone from school if needed.
Students may need to be on a phone plan if continued issues arise. This means that their phone would need to be kept in the office every day.
Why does Central have an OFF and AWAY Policy for Cell Phones?
What if My Student Needs to Contact Home? Or I Need to Get a Hold of My Student?
We have many phones in the school that a student can use to contact family. We will also contact you to let you know that we had to confiscate your child’s phone due to irresponsible use during instructional time. You are also welcome to call the main office and we will get your message to your child.
What about Cell Phones During an Emergency?
Ken Trump, the security expert, says phones can actually make us less safe in a crisis such as the one in Parkland. He ticks off several reasons:
Using phones can distract people from the actions they need to be taking in the moment, such as running, hiding and listening to directions from first responders.
The sound of the phone, whether ringing or on vibrate, could alert an assailant to a hiding place.
The shooter could be monitoring the event themselves on social media and find more victims or elude capture that way.
Victims and worried family members trying to get through can jam communications, interfering with first responders.
Aren’t Cell Phones Useful For Educational Purposes?
They can be but they can also be a huge problem in an educational setting. Since we know understanding and utilizing technology is an important part of being a literate adult, we provide all of our students with a Mac laptop at the beginning of the year that they may use to access educational resources.