2025-26 District Handbook (Applies to All Schools)

In accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 504 of the Reh...

The West Fork School District 141 agrees that it will comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Ac...

Section 9524 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, as amended by the No C...

In June 1972, Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendments, a law that affects virtually ...

No student in the West Fork School District shall be excluded from participation in, or denied th...

The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-380) states in part that “all ...

It shall be the policy of the West Fork School District that the most recently adopted version of...

If any student’s Individual Education Program (IEP) or 504 Plan conflicts with this policy, the r...

Promptness is an important character trait that District staff is encouraged to model and help de...

Transfer applications received by the District shall be placed on the Board’s next meeting agenda...

Standard School Choice Definition: "Sibling" means each of two (2) or more children having a ...

Enrollment in Home School Parents or legal guardians desiring to provide a home school for their...

The District shall provide an eligible alternative learning environment (ALE) for each eligible A...

Homework is considered to be part of the educational program of the District. Assignments shall ...

Students who miss school due to an absence shall be allowed to make up the work they missed durin...

Parents, legal guardians, persons having lawful control of a student, or persons standing in loco...

A disservice is done to students through social promotion and is prohibited by state law. The Dis...

The Board believes that acceleration is an effective and research-based intervention for the acad...

All students are required to participate in the Smart Core curriculum unless their parents or gua...

All students are required to participate in the Smart Core curriculum unless their parents or gua...

All students are required to participate in the Smart Core curriculum unless their parents or gua...

Definitions: “Academic Courses” are those courses for which class time is scheduled, which can b...

Definitions “Extracurricular activities'' are defined as: any school sponsored program where stu...

Home-schooled student means a student legally enrolled in an Arkansas home school and who meets o...

The West Fork Board of Education has a responsibility to protect the health, safety, and welfare ...

In all cases the minimum disciplinary action taken could be counseling with the maximum disciplin...

Students and staff require a safe and orderly learning environment that is conducive to high stud...

The School Board shall delegate to the Superintendent of Schools or his designee the responsibili...

The West Fork Board of Education recognizes that dress can be a matter of personal taste and pref...

No student shall by the use of violence, force, noise, coercion, threat, intimidation, fear, pass...

A student shall not threaten, physically abuse, attempt to physically abuse, or behave in such a ...

Definitions “Firearm" means any device designed, made, or adapted to expel a projectile by the a...

Smoking or use of tobacco or products containing tobacco in any form (including, but not limited ...

An orderly and safe school environment that is conducive to promoting student achievement require...

The Board is committed to ensuring a safe school environment conducive to promoting a learning en...

The West Fork School District is committed to providing an academic environment that treats all s...

Students shall not possess any hand held laser pointer while in school; on or about school proper...

Students are responsible for conducting themselves in a manner that respects the rights of others...

Definitions “Attribute” means an actual or perceived personal characteristic including without...

The District respects the rights of its students against arbitrary intrusion of their person and ...

The Board of Directors has a responsibility to maintain discipline, protect the safety, security,...

The West Fork School Board prohibits the use of corporal punishment by an employee of the Distric...

Students who are not present at school cannot benefit from the educational opportunities the scho...

The Board of Education may expel a student for a period longer than ten (10) school days for viol...

Prior to the administration of any medication, including any dietary supplement or other perceive...

The district conducts routine health screenings such as hearing, vision, and scoliosis due to the...

Definitions "In process" means the student has received at least one dose of the required immuni...

All schools in the District shall conduct fire drills at least monthly. Tornado drills shall also...

If a student becomes too ill to remain in class and/or could be contagious to other students, the...

Students with communicable diseases or with human host parasites that are transmittable in a scho...

A student, who has presented a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance to the appropriate o...

Recognizing that educational field trips and trips to various types of contests for instructional...

Definition For the purposes of this policy, "electronic device" means anything that can be used ...

Except when a court order regarding a student has been presented to the district to the contrary,...

Section One No student shall be required to submit to a survey, analysis, or evaluation which is...

The district only provides modified meal components on menus to accommodate students with a disab...

The School Board shall provide nutritious, adequate meals to all school children at a minimum cos...

It shall be the policy of the school board to limit income for special school groups to dues, sal...

Student Media While the District recognizes a student’s right of expression under the First Amen...

CONTACT BY PARENTS Parents wishing to speak to their children during the school day shall regist...

The Pledge of Allegiance shall be recited: During the first class period of each school day; ...

All schools in the District shall operate closed campuses. Students are required to stay on campu...

The board strongly believes that the purpose of school is for learning. Social visitors, generall...

Parents, grandparents, legal guardians, businesses, and community members are welcome and encoura...

The West Fork School District shall work with area law enforcement in a manner consistent with ap...

The Board believes that healthy children promote a better learning environment, are more capable ...

Permanent school records, as required by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE...

The West Fork School District will afford the same services and educational opportunities to home...

The health and physical well-being of our students directly affects their ability to learn. Child...

The District allows private school and home schooled students whose parents, legal guardians, or ...

Enlisting the support of volunteers is a way in which the District can expand the scope of resour...

Students Students shall not have their cell phones, smart watches, other similar electronic devi...

Philosophy It is the intent of the West Fork School District to encourage and support our studen...

It is a goal of the Board and the District to be responsive to the community it serves and to con...

Each school in the District shall broadcast The Star-Spangled Banner at: The commencement of e...

In accordance with Federal law and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations, the Wes...

Definitions "Multiple occupancy room" means an area in a District building that is designed or d...

Unless a District employee has the written permission of the parent, legal guardian, person havin...

The West Fork School District Board of Directors does not allow the discrimination against a stud...

District students are eligible to take courses through the Arkansas Course Choice Program (ACCP) ...