601.00 - General Organization

601.00 - General Organization dawn@iowaschoo… Fri, 05/29/2020 - 15:31

601.01 - School District Instruction Organization

601.01 - School District Instruction Organization

The school district offers an education program for grades Kindergarten through twelve.  The school district may offer an education program for preschool and/or Alternative Kindergarten (AK).  The levels of instruction are organized by the following levels:

  • Grades preschool through fourth shall be considered the Elementary School students;
  • Grades fifth through eighth shall be considered the Middle School students;
  • Grades nine through twelve shall be considered High School students.

Students may attend different attendance centers to meet individual learning needs such as accelerated learning or alternative education.

 

 

(April 20, 1981; April 17, 1989; May, 2002; July 7, 2003; September 20, 2010; January 17, 2011, July 9, 2012, August 18, 2014; January 19, 2015; October 21, 2019)

 

dawn@iowaschoo… Fri, 05/29/2020 - 15:31

601.04 - Class Size

601.04 - Class Size

It is within the sole discretion of the board to determine the size of classes and to determine whether class grouping will take place.  The size of each class shall depend upon the type of instruction needed to assist each student to develop academic and occupational capacities to the utmost.  Effective staff utilization shall also be considered in organizing and scheduling classroom instruction.

The superintendent of schools with the administrative staff is instructed and directed to investigate new approaches and techniques in organizing and scheduling classroom instruction.

 

(April 20, 1981; July 7, 2003: January 17, 2011; July 9, 2012; January 19, 2015; <October 21, 2019)

 

dawn@iowaschoo… Fri, 05/29/2020 - 15:37

601.04 R1 - Student Building and Classroom Placement

601.04 R1 - Student Building and Classroom Placement

A.        Building Placement

It is the responsibility of the South Tama County School District to enroll students in the closest appropriate attendance center. The only exceptions to this placement will be as follows:

  1. An emergency where the building cannot be used and the children need to be assigned to another building.
  2. An overcrowding of a building that requires students to be transported to another building that would have adequate space.
  3. A program is offered only at one site and in order for the child to be involved in that program they would have to attend that building.
  4. Any form of court ordered placement or change in student numbers.
  5. Board approved programs for voluntary transfer between centers.

B.        Room (Teacher) Assignment

It is the philosophy of the South Tama County School District to leave room (teacher) assignment up to the individual building principal.

Some of the guiding principles that will be used in student placement are as follows:

  1. Needs of the child.  Both social and academic.
  2. Recommendation from the previous years teacher.
  3. Other students assigned to a classroom therein dividing up problem groups and drawing from the strengths of each child.
  4. Parent Input – This will be sought as often as possible but the needs of all children will be considered when developing a class list.

 

 

(December 15, 1986; June 20, 1994; July 7, 2003; July 9, 2012; January 19, 2015; October 21, 2019)

 

dawn@iowaschoo… Fri, 05/29/2020 - 15:37