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:
- An emergency where the building cannot be used and the children need to be assigned to another building.
- An overcrowding of a building that requires students to be transported to another building that would have adequate space.
- 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.
- Any form of court ordered placement or change in student numbers.
- 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:
- Needs of the child. Both social and academic.
- Recommendation from the previous years teacher.
- Other students assigned to a classroom therein dividing up problem groups and drawing from the strengths of each child.
- Parent Input – This will be sought as often as possible but the needs of all children will be considered when developing a class list.
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