Student Handbook

BPS101 is a community of schools. This handbook explains the expectations, supports, and procedures that help keep our schools safe, welcoming, respectful, and focused on learning.

It includes information that applies across BPS101, as well as details for individual schools. Students and families can use it to understand school expectations, available supports, safety procedures, annual notices, and school-specific information.

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Select your school for schedules, contacts, arrival and dismissal procedures, activities, and other school-specific information.

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Handbook Contents

Part I: Handbook Overview

How to use the handbook, acknowledgment information, school calendars, schedules, closings, and emergencies.

Part II: Student Expectations

Attendance, conduct, academic honesty, bullying and harassment, student appearance, technology, personal devices, and transportation.

Part III: Student Supports and Rights

Academic supports, special education and student services, rights for students experiencing homelessness, and student-record privacy.

Part IV: School Safety and Participation

Health and medication, extracurricular activities and athletics, school safety, visitors, volunteers, and classroom observations.

Part V: Annual Notices

Notices about student and family rights, responsibilities, privacy, nondiscrimination, educational programs, and other legal requirements.

Part VI: School Appendices

Schedules, contacts, procedures, activities, and other information specific to each BPS101 school.

About This Handbook

Board policy and law guide the handbook. BPS101 may update it during the school year when policies, procedures, laws, or school needs change.

Families confirm that they received the handbook during online registration. Students may also be asked to review and accept technology expectations when using BPS101 devices, accounts, or systems.