Parents who wish for their child to remain in their current program of choice at Bray must indicate their intent by completing the Student Information Form in SchoolMint. A lottery application will appear after the Student Information Form has been submitted, however, completion of the lottery application is not necessary for returning students. The Student Information Form must be completed in SchoolMint between December 1 and December 15, 2022. The system will not prompt you with a YES/NO Question. We will assume that you have completed your intent to return by submitting the Student Information Form.

Here are the instructions to complete your Intent to Return:

• Step 1 - Click the link below to access SchoolMint: chisd.schoolmint.com
• Step 2 - Create a new account in SchoolMint
• Step 3 - Complete the instructions for Student Look Up
• Step 4 - Complete the missing information
• Step 5 - Click save and exit

Please note: The lottery application will appear next, but you do not need to fill it out. Also, the system will not prompt you with a YES/NO question for intent. By submitting the Student Information Form, you are indicating your Intent to Return as YES.

It is vital that scholars are at school every day. According to compulsory school attendance, students are required to attend school 90% of the time and should not miss more than nine days of school per semester for a total of 18 days for the year. When scholars are absent, send a note to the school indicating why the scholar was absent. If absences are due to COVID, please communicate with our school's nurse aide.

We will recognize individual scholars for perfect attendance and classes with the highest attendance rates. Classes will receive a trophy, tangible rewards, and bragging rights! Please help us with this by bringing your scholar to school on time every day. When scholars are not at school, they miss valuable classroom instruction. Please note: If your scholar is sick, please keep them home; however, please send a note when your scholar returns.

Bullying occurs when a student or group of students engages in written or verbal expression, expression through electronic means, or physical conduct that occurs on school property, at a school-sponsored or school related activity, or in a vehicle operated by the district and that:

• Has the effect or will have the effect of physically harming a student, damaging a student’s property, or placing a student in reasonable fear of harm to the student’s person or of damage to the student’s property; or

• Is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive enough that the action or threat creates an intimidating, threatening, or abusive educational environment for a student

Student conduct is considered bullying if that conduct:

• (1) exploits an imbalance of power between the student perpetrator and the student victim through written or verbal expression or physical conduct; or

• (2) interferes with a student's education or substantially disrupts the operation of a school.

Bullying may include:

• Hazing

• Threats

• Taunting

• Teasing

• Confinement

• Assault

• Demands for money

• Destruction of property

• Theft of valued possessions

• Name calling

• Rumor spreading

• Ostracism

This information is taken from HB 1942, Texas Education Code §37.0832

Currently, visitors are not allowed in the building during the day due to our COVID protocols (this includes lunch time). However, families are allowed to drop off lunch for scholars to enjoy during their lunch period.

The Blueprint 3.0 that contains our district's COVID protocols and processes. Below is an excerpt from the blueprint regarding visitors. This document can be viewed in its' entirety on our district website and using the link below.

The Blueprint 3.0

Visitors (The Blueprint 3.0 page 5)

● Cedar Hill will follow the Dallas County Health codes for

Covid-19 levels. If the level reaches red, we will not allow

visitors on campus.

● With the primary focus of safely keeping schools open, the

district will continue to limit visitors, volunteers, and activities

involving external groups or organizations as much as

possible.

● The district’s visitor protocols will be reassessed at the end of each month.

Issuing car tags is a precautionary measure we take to ensure the safety of all of our scholars. We began distributing car tags for car riders on Meet the Teacher Night this past Thursday. Beginning August 15 on the first day of school, you can also pick up a car tag from the front office for your scholar. Bring your ID as we have to verify information before we distribute car tags. Make sure your car tag is in your window during dismissal. If you do not have a car tag on the first day of school or any day thereafter, you will need to park in the parking lot and come in the building to present your photo ID.

Arrival: Doors open from 7:45 a.m. to 8:05 a.m. If a scholar arrives before 7:45 a.m., they are expected to remain in front of the school until the doors open. They may sit on the pavement under the awning, on the bench, or they can choose to stand until the doors open. They should not touch the windows or doors of the building or block entry into the building for staff. Breakfast will be provided until 8:05. Additionally, if you park in the parking lot during the morning drop off, we ask that you walk your child through the parking lot and to the crosswalk so that we can secure his or her safety.

Right at School: Scholars enrolled in the Right At School program may enter as early as 6:30 a.m.

Tardies: School starts promptly at 8:05 a.m., and instruction begins immediately following the morning announcements. Scholars are considered tardy if they enter the building at 8:06 a.m or any time after. Parents must accompany scholars who are tardy into the building to sign them in for the day. The scholar will receive a tardy pass and then proceed to class. When the scholar has reached 10 tardies, he or she will be required to serve 1 hour of Saturday School to make up for lost instructional time.

Dismissal: There are four modes of transportation for dismissal: car riders, walkers, bus riders, and daycare riders. Please refer to the map below for an outline of the multiple lines of traffic Bray families take along city streets during school dismissal. For this reason, parents cannot walk to the front door to pick up scholars. When parents walk to the front door, it delays dismissal procedures. Therefore, we ask that you stay in your car to expedite dismissal procedures.

Dismissal will begin at 3:35 p.m. Parents/guardians must present a car tag to pick up scholars.

Car riders

For the safety of our scholars, we must verify the identity of anyone who picks up a scholar without a car tag. If you do not have a car tag to pick up a scholar during dismissal, you will be asked to park and go to the office for an ID check. Please take a picture ID into the office, and someone will assist you.

Additionally, we begin dismissing scholars at 3:35 and continue until 3:55. This time will change after the first several weeks of school. Scholars who have not been picked up at 3:55 will be escorted to the foyer at the front of the building for pick up by a parent or guardian.

Daycare and Bus riders

Bus riders will dismiss from the library. Daycare riders will dismiss from the door by the gym.

Walkers
Walkers will dismiss from door 18 and meet the crossing guard at the intersection between Roberts and Bennett Road. Walkers must use the crosswalk to cross the street in order to maintain their safety. Parents/guardians may meet scholars at the crosswalk where the crossing guard stands when we dismiss them. PreK-1st grade scholars must have an older sibling or family member with them to walk home.

**Parents & guardians: If you do not want to wait in the car line during dismissal, you can elect for your child to be a walker, and meet him/her at the intersection between Roberts and Bennett Road where the crossing guard stands. Please be sure to cross the street to collect your child so he or she does not have to walk through the parking lot on their own.

Thank you in advance for adhering to these procedures and processes.

We will continue to work diligently to streamline all arrival and dismissal procedures. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact the front office at 972-291-4231.

Parents/guardians must sign out scholars who need to go for an appointment in the main office by 3:15 p.m. Scholars will not be released from the office after 3:15 since this is transition time for us.

Changes in Transportation

If there will be a change in how your scholar will go home, please call the front office and email your scholar's teacher by 3:00 p.m. This will ensure that your scholar gets home safely in spite of changes and in the manner you choose.

**If your child is a bus rider and you want to allow him or her to exit the bus with another scholar on the bus, you must provide a written note outlining the change in your child's transportation. The scholar will give the note to his/her teacher, and the office will ensure he or she receives a temporary bus pass. Be sure to include the dates that you would like the change to be implemented. Temporary bus passes are valid for 30 school days.

**If you are wanting someone to pick up your child who is not on the approved list in Skyward, you will need to communicate this to your child's teachers and Ms. Amadi, the campus secretary via email by 3:00 pm. In this communication, you will need to include your name, your child's name, who will be picking your scholar up and a picture of your photo ID. This email communication will take the place of a car tag and your scholar will be released in the car line.

**If you have approved for someone else to pick up your child, but a change of transportation email has not been sent by 3 pm, that individual will need to park and come into the building before the scholar is released to the individual. At this time, office staff will call you and ask that you send an email granting permission to the individual along with a copy of your photo ID.