PTHS Student Handbook 2019-2020

ASSISTANCE IN SCHOOL The following indicates the most frequent problems encountered by students and the place where help is obtained.

HEALTH CENTER Illness

Healthcare Information

Medications

Injury

GUIDANCE Class Schedules

Scholarship/Financial Aid

College/Career Information Graduation Requirements Personal/Class Concerns

Summer School

Transcript Requests Transfer/Withdrawal Review of Credits

Locker Combinations

CAFETERIA Breakfast/Lunch waiver

Account Deposits

MAIN OFFICE Absenteeism

Tardiness

Change of Address/Phone #

Truancy

Locker Problems Lost and Found Insurance

Theft

BUILDING ENTRANCE AND DEPARTURE Students are permitted in the Commons area after 6:45am. All students must sign in at the main office after 7:55 am. Entrance after this time should be done at the Indiana Street entrance using the security buzzer system. Students are expected to depart the building by 4:00pm unless participating in an organized activity under the supervision of a faculty member or waiting for a bus arrival. Guests visiting PTHS will be asked to register with the front desk and submit a picture identification for background check. FINES, FEES, and CHARGES; WAIVER OF STUDENT FEES The school establishes fees and charges to fund certain school activities. All students are expected to pay a registration fee, which is set annually by the Board of Education. Additional fee charges can be issued for classes requiring labs and/or workbooks. Some students may be unable to pay these fees. Students will not be denied educational services or academic credit due to the inability of their parent or guardian to pay fees or certain charges. Students whose parent or guardian is unable to afford student fees may receive a fee waiver. A fee waiver does not exempt a student from charges for lost and damaged books, netbooks, locks, materials, supplies, and/or equipment. Applications for fee waivers may be submitted by a parent or guardian of a student who has been assessed a fee. A student is eligible for a fee waiver if the student currently lives in a household that meets the income guidelines, with the same limits based on the household size, that are used for the federal free meals program. The building principal will give additional consideration where one or more of the following factors are present: • An illness in the family; • Unusual expenses such as fire, flood, storm damage, etc.; • Seasonal employment; • Emergency situations; or • When one or more of the parents/guardians are involved in a work stoppage.

The principal will notify the parent/guardian if the fee waiver request has been denied, along with the appropriate appeal process. If you have questions regarding the fee waiver process, you may contact the building principal at (815) 844-6113.

Pursuant to the Hunger-Free Student’s Bill of Rights Act, the school is required to provide a federally reimbursable meal or snack to a student who requests one, regardless of whether the student has the ability to pay for the meal or snack or owes money for earlier meals or snacks. Students may not be provided with an alternative meal or snack and the school is prohibited from publicly identifying or stigmatizing a student who cannot pay for or owes money for a meal or snack.