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Our policies play a critical role in helping every student achieve the highest level of academic success and providing a safe, respectful environment for all members of the Cragmont Elementary School community. It’s important for every member of the school community to read and understand current policies, some of the most common are listed below. For other questions or concerns, please contact Lorraine Mahley in the main office, 510-644-8810.

The District policy page may be viewed by clicking here: BUSD Policies

 


Attendance and Absences


Absence Reporting Hotline

510 644-6333

If your child is late to school, she/he must report to the front office and ask for a late slip to give to her/his teacher. If your child is sick or absent for other reasons, please call the Absence Reporting Hotline at 644-6333 each day your child is absent from school, stating your name, your child's name, your child's teacher and the date. You may also send a note, however, if the note isn't received by the office your child's absence will not be excused. An absence is considered excused if your child is ill, injured, has a medical/dental appointment accompanied with a note from the doctor/dentist, is observing a religious holiday or is attending a funeral service of a mother, father, brother, sister, grandparent or any relative living in the household for one day for services in California and three days out of state.

Contact and Visitor Information


Cragmont Elementary School encourages parents and members of the community to visit our school. If you’re planning a visit, please check in with our front office upon arrival. In the interest of student safety and security, we must know if you are planning to be on school property during school hours. Our office is open from 9am to 2pm .


Visitor Policy

Parents are welcome to visit their child's classroom anytime. To ensure visitations are productive for both school and visitor, please follow these guidelines:

• All visitors must register in the school office (Ed. Code Section 32211) prior to visiting the classroom or playground.
• Wear a visitor identification lanyard in a visible place.
• Provide prior notice to teachers and staff to arrange appropriate times and days.
• Set up a time before or after school to discuss your observation with the teacher, not during class time.

School policy does not permit children (students from other schools, friends, relatives) to visit the classroom for the day.

We ask that you do not interrupt the classroom schedule by going directly to the classroom. All contacts with students should be made through the school office.

 

Fieldtrip Volunteers


(State law requires that all people having close contact with students in schools must have verification of having passed a TB test. Please register the results of your TB test in the school office. Without this, you will not be allowed to provide parent volunteer service in the classroom.)

Field trips are planned by teachers and designed to enrich the curriculum. A note and permission slip will be sent to you in advance of any fieldtrip and must be signed and returned to your child's teacher in order for the student to participate in the fieldtrip. Parents are frequently asked to chaperone fieldtrips, and teachers rely on these parents to provide supervision for a group of students. This is the parents' opportunity to participate with his/her child in an educational activity and to assist the classroom teacher. Unless it is specifically a family activity, we request that parents not bring other siblings along on fieldtrips. Take this opportunity to give special attention to your child and play a crucial role in making this an important learning activity for the children in the class. The teacher is depending upon your undivided attention.


We are grateful to the Cragmont Elementary School PTA for providing all grade levels with a generous fieldtrip fund to help pay for the cost of these activities. In addition the PTA has a scholarship fund so that no one will be excluded from a fieldtrip due to cost.