| Streetsboro City School District |
| Bylaws & Policies |
2411 - GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING
The Board of Education requires that a planned program of guidance and counseling be an integral part of the educational program of the schools. Such a program must be found in the District Comprehensive Guidance Plan and may:
| A. | assist students in achieving their optimum growth; | |
| B. | enable students to draw the greatest benefit from the offerings of the instructional program of the schools; | |
| C. | aid students in identifying options and making choices in vocational and academic educational planning; | |
| D. | assist students in career awareness and planning; | |
| E. | help integrate all the student's experience so that s/he can better relate school activity to life outside the school; | |
| F. | help students learn to make their own decisions and solve problems independently. |
A program of guidance and/or counseling shall be available to all students and shall involve the coordinated efforts of all staff members under the professional leadership of certificated guidance and counseling personnel.
The Superintendent is directed to implement the adopted counseling and guidance program which carries out these purposes and:
| A. | involves appropriate staff members at every level; | |
| B. | honors the individuality of each student; | |
| C. | is integrated with the total educational program; | |
| D. | is coordinated with available resources of the community; | |
| E. | cooperates with parents and recognizes their concern and ideas for the development of their children; | |
| F. | provides means for such sharing of information among such appropriate staff members as may be in the best interests of the student; | |
| G. | is available to all students; | |
| H. | establishes a referral system which utilizes all the aid the schools and community offer, guards the privacy of the student, and monitors the effectiveness of such referrals. |
R.C. 2151.421, 2317.02 (G)
A.C. 3301-35-03