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Chester School District
Policies & Procedures
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SECTION A:
FOUNDATIONS AND BASIC
COMMITMENTS
Section A contains
policies, on the
District's legal role in
providing public
education and the basic
principles underlying
school board
governance. These
policies provide a
setting for all of the
school board's other
policies and
regulations.
SECTION B:
SCHOOL BOARD GOVERNANCE
AND OPERATIONS
Section B contains
policies, on the school
board - how it is
appointed or elected;
how it is organized; how
it conducts meetings,
and how the board
operates. This section
includes bylaws and
policies establishing
the board's internal
operating procedures.
SECTION C:
GENERAL SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATION
Section C, contains
policies on school
management,
administrative
organization, and school
building and department
administration --
including the
administrative aspect of
special programs and
system wide reforms such
as school- or site-based
management. It also
houses personnel
policies on the
superintendent, senior
administrators --
(management team), and
school principals. All
phases of policy
implementation --
procedures or
regulations -- are
properly referenced and
found in the appendix.
SECTION D:
FISCAL MANAGEMENT
Section D contains
policies, on school
finances and the
management of funds.
Policies on the
financing of school
construction and
renovation, however, are
filed in Section F,
Facilities Development.
SECTION E:
SUPPORT SERVICES
Section E contains
policies, regulations,
and exhibits on
non-instructional
services and programs,
particularly those on
business management such
as safety, building and
grounds management,
office services,
transportation, and food
services.
SECTION F:
FACILITIES PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT
Section F contains
policies and
regulations, on facility
planning, financing,
construction, and
renovation.
SECTION G:
PERSONNEL
Section G contains
policies on all school
employees except for the
Superintendent (policies
on the school chief are
located in Section C,
General
Administration). The
category is divided into
three main divisions: GB
has policies applying to
all school employees or
to general personnel
matters; GC refers to
instructional and
administrative staff;
and GD refers to support
or classified staff.
SECTION H:
NEGOTIATIONS
Section H contains
policies, on the process
of negotiating with
Bargaining units
recognized by the School
Board and authorized
under state law.
SECTION I:
INSTRUCTION
Section I contains
policies on the
instructional program:
basic curricular
subjects, special
programs, instructional
resources, and academic
achievement.
SECTION J:
STUDENTS
Section J contains
policies on students --
admissions, attendance,
rights and
responsibilities,
conduct, discipline,
health and welfare, and
school-related
activities
SECTION K:
SCHOOL - COMMUNITY -
HOME RELATIONS
Section K contains
policies, regulations,
and exhibits on parent
and community
involvement in schools.
Except for policies
concerning education
agencies, statements on
public sector relations
with the school district
are located in this
section, too.
SECTION L:
EDUCATION AGENCY
RELATIONS
Section L contains
policies, regulations,
and exhibits on the
school district's
relationship with other
education agencies --
including other school
systems, regional or
service districts,
private schools,
colleges and
universities, education
research organizations,
and state and national
education agencies. |
