| Menominee Intermediate School District |
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9250 - RELATIONS WITH PARENTS
The Board of Education believes that the education of children is a joint responsibility, one it shares with the parents whose children attend programs of the District. To ensure that the best interests of the child are served in this process, a strong program of communication between home and the District must be maintained.
The parents have the right to participate in the education of their children as well as the ultimate responsibility for their children's in-school behavior, including the behavior of students who have reached the legal age of majority, but are still, for all practical purposes, under parental authority.
In accordance with Board policies and administrative guidelines 2240 (Opt-Out), 2413/14 (Health/Sex Education), and 9150 (School Visitors), the District shall provide the opportunity for parents to review curriculum and instructional materials and to visit the school to observe the instructional process.
With regard to student behavior, during school hours, the Board, through its designated administrators, acts in loco parentis or in place of the parents.
The Board recommends that the following activities be implemented to encourage parent-District cooperation:
| A. | parent-teacher conferences to permit two-way communication | |
| B. | open houses to provide parents with the opportunity to see the facilities, meet the faculty, and sample the program on a first hand basis. Each District program shall hold an open house at least annually | |
| C. | meetings of staff members and groups of parents of those students having special abilities, disabilities, needs, or problems |
For the benefit of children, the Board believes that parents have a responsibility to encourage their child's career in school by:
| A. | supporting the program by requiring that the children observe all District administrative guidelines, and by accepting their own responsibility for children's willful in-school behavior; | |
| B. | sending children to school with proper attention to their health, personal cleanliness, and dress; | |
| C. | maintaining an active interest in the student's daily work and making it possible for the student to complete assigned homework by providing a quiet place and suitable conditions for study; | |
| D. | reading all communications from the District, signing, and returning them promptly when required; | |
| E. | cooperating with the District by attending conferences set up for the exchange of information of the child's progress in the District program. |
M.C.L.A. 380.10, 380.1137
Revised 10/13/97