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Lake County Schools updates student handbook; attendance checkout changed after repeated phone calls
Summary
The district revised the student handbook to add grading-period schedules and convert PBIS reward tickets to an electronic system; it also changed checkout procedures so that after a fifth phone call, parents must come to the school to check out a student.
Lake County Schools staff presented updates to the student handbook, including added grading-period dates and a shift from paper PBIS reward tickets to an electronic system. The board heard the revised handbook language and the staff presenter asked for questions.
Staff also explained a change to the attendance checkout procedure intended to address chronic absenteeism and safety concerns: after the fifth phone call from someone requesting a student be checked out, the district will require that the parent or guardian physically come into the school to complete the checkout. A staff presenter summarized the change: "After the fifth phone call, parents have to physically come in the building and check their child out." The presenter said the adjustment aligns the district with practices in nearby high schools and is intended to reduce risk from unauthorized phone checkouts.
Board members and staff discussed that this change is meant to balance safety and access and that team members were available to answer questions about implementation. The board did not record a separate formal vote on the handbook changes during the meeting segment recorded in the transcript.
