MSAD #55 District Policies
        The official MSAD #55 District Policy Book may be viewed at the District Superintendent's office. This page is under construction and will be updated periodically. 

        SECTION A:  Foundations and Basic Commitment
•  Affirmative Action
         •  Employee Discrimination and Harassment
         •  District Goals
         •  Harassment and Sexual Harassment of  Employees
         •  Harassment and Sexual Harassment of Students
         •  Mission and Vision Statement
         •  Notice of Non-Discrimination
         •  Student Discrimination and Harassment
         •  Tobacco Policy

 
        SECTION B: Board Governance and Operations
 
         •  Adjournment of Board Meetings
         •  Board Member Authority
         •  Board Member Conflict of Interest
         •  Board Officers
         •  Board Policy Development
         •  Bylaws
         •  Declaration of Board Vacancy
         •  Development of Regulations
         •  Executive Sessions
         •  Minutes
         •  Policy Adoption Process
         •  Policy Adoption
         •  Public Participation  at Board Meetings
         •  School Attorney

        SECTION C: General School Administration
                
        •  Evaluation Form for the Superintendent
        •  Evaluation of Principals/Building Administrators

        SECTION D: Fiscal Management

        •  Bookkeeping Procedures
        •  Disposal of  Personal  Property
        •  Eligibility Guidelines
        •  Payroll Procedures
        •  Fixed Asset Policy

        SECTION E: Support Services
        
        •  Alternative Transportation
        •  Approving Transportation Exceptions
        •  Authorized Use of School Owned Materials
        •  Bomb Threat Procedure
        •  Building Security and Keys
        •  Competitive Food Sales/ Vending Machines
        •  Crisis Response Policy
        •  Free and Reduced Meal and Milk Policy
        •  Hazardous Chemical Policy
        •  Pest Management in School Facilities and on School Grounds
        •  Procedure for Collecting for School Meals
        •  School Nutrition Collection of Money
        •  Student Transportation Services

        SECTION F: Facilities Planning and  Development
        
         
        SECTION G: Personnel
 
        •  Administration Procedure for Selection and Appointment of all Personnel
        •  Advanced College Placement Post Secondary Enrollment Options
        •  Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan
        •  Confidentiality in the Hiring Process
        •  Confidentiality of Applicant Information Acknowledgment
        •  Drug-Free Workplace
        •  Evaluation of Administrative Staff
        •  Evaluation Program
        •  Grievance Form
        •  Home Schooling-Participation in School Programs
        •  Inservice Requirements for Instructional Staff Required CPR for Coaches
        •  Personnel Records & Files
        •  Professional Staff Leaves & Absences  
        •  Professional Staff Development
        •  Principal of South Hiram Elementary
        •  Recruiting and Hiring of Administrative Staff
        •  Recruiting and Hiring of Administrative Staff Administrative Procedure
        •  Resignation of Staff Members
        •  Sexual Discrimination & Harassment
        •  Staff Dress Code
        •  Staff Rights and Responsibilities Employee Computer and Internet Use Policy
        •  Student Computer and Internet Use Policy
        •  Substitute Teachers
        •  Support Staff Fringe Benefits Hourly Employee Benefits
        •  Support Staff Leave & Absences
        •  Support Staff Probationary Period
        •  Teaching about Controversial Issues

        SECTION H: Negotiations

 
        SECTION I: Instruction  
        •  Acceleration Policy
        •  Advanced College Placement Post-Secondary Enrollment Options
        •  Alternate Education
        •  Animals on School Premises
        •  Child Find
        •  Citizen's Challenge of Educational Media Form
        •  Class Size
        •  Controversial Speakers
        •  English as a Second Language (ESL) LAU Plan
        •  Graduation Requirements
        •  Grievance Procedure for Persons with Disabilities
        •  Home Schooling-Participation in School Programs
        •  Homework
        •  Individualized Education Programs
        •  Initial Identification
        •  Instructional and Library Materials Selection
        •  Library Selection Policy
        •  Life-Sustaining Emergency Care
        •  Migrant Education Parent Participation Policy
        •  Primary Student Computer and Internet Use Agreement
        •  Programming in the Least Restrictive Environment
        •  Promotion, Retention and Acceleration of Students
        •  Referral/Pre-Referral of Students with Disabilities
        •  Request for Reconsideration of Materials
        •  Research: Testing
        •  School Department Section 504 Policy Statement
        •  School Web Site Policy
        •  School-to-Work Early Dismissal Policy for Fifth Year Seniors
        •  Student Computer and Internet Use Policy
        •  Teaching About Controversial Issues
        •  Tests/Assessment
        •  Use of Volunteers in the Schools
        •  Web Site Guidelines

        SECTION J: Students
 
        •  Administering Medication to Students
        •  Admission of Exchange and Foreign Students
        •  Admission of Homeless Students
        •  Admission of Non-Resident Students
        •  Admission of Resident Students
        •  Assignment of Students to Classes: Transfer Students and Home Schooling
        •  Assignment of Students to Schools
        •  Communicable/Infectious Diseases
        •  Compulsory Student Attendance
        •  Conduct  Between Staff and Students
        •  Disciplinary Removal os Students with Disabilities
        •  Disciplinary Removal of Students with Disabilities Administrative Procedure
        •  Discipline of Special Education Students
        •  Dropout Prevention Student Withdrawal from School
        •  Expulsion of Students
        •  Extra & Co-Curricular Programs Philosophy
        •  Extracurricular Eligibility Notification
        •  First Aid and Safety Guidelines
        •  Guidance and Counseling
        •  Immunization Exemption Form
        •  Immunization of Students
        •  Lockers
        •  Medication Registration
        •  Open/Closed Campus
        •  Open/Closed Campus System of Review and Accounting Procedures
        •  Parent release Form for Medical Information
        •  Physical Examination of Students
        •  Physical Restraint
        •  Policy on Limiting the Size of Interscholastic Athletic Teams "Cuts Policy"
        •  Positive Action Plan
        •  Principals of SAD #55
        •  Questioning and Searches of Students
        •  Questioning and Searches of Students Administrative Procedure
        •  Student Fund Raising Activities
        •  Student Hazing
        •  Student Educational Records Administrative Procedure
        •  Sacopee Valley High School Eligibility Guidelines
        •  Sacopee Valley High School Extracurricular Eligibility Notification
        •  Student Activities Fee
        •  Student Athletic Eligibility
        •  Student Dress K-12
        •  Student Discipline
        •  Student Attendance Policy for Determining Attendance
        •  Student Records
        •  Student Records/Confidentiality Procedures
        •  Student Search Checklist
        •  Student Substance Abuse Rule
        •  Students with HIV/AIDS
        •  Suspension of Students
        •  This policy only pertains to extra-curricular activities and will be in addition to              other language in district policies such as (Hazing/Harassment/Substance Abuse)
        •  Tobacco Free School Policy
        •  Truancy
        •  Weapons in the Schools
        •  Weapons, Violence, and School Safety

        SECTION K: School Community Relations  

        •  Visitors to the Schools
        •  Building Use Form
        •  Community Use of School Facilities
        •  Memorandum of Understanding Between the Board of Directors of M.S.A.D. #55       and the Sacopee Valley Recreation Council
        •  Parent Involvement in Education
        •  Public Complaints about School Personnel
        •  Public Concerns and Complaints
        •  Public's Right to Know/Freedom of Information
        •  Relations with Law Enforcement Authorities
        •  Relations with Law Enforcement Authorities Administrative Procedure
        SECTION L: Education Agency Relations