FOREWORD
This student handbook is designed to answer many of the commonly asked questions that students and families have
during the school year and to provide information about certain board policies and procedures. Become familiar with
the following important information and keep the handbook available for frequent reference by you and your parents. If
you have any questions that are not addressed in this handbook, you are encouraged to talk to your child’s teacher or
the building principal.
This handbook summarizes many of the official policies and administrative guidelines of the Board of Education and
the District. To the extent that the handbook is ambiguous or conflicts with these policies and guidelines, the policies
and guidelines shall control. This handbook is effective for the 2019-20 school year and takes effect immediately.
This handbook reflects the current status of the Board’s policies and the school’s rules as of September 1, 2019. If any
of the policies or administrative guidelines referenced herein are revised after September 1, 2019, the language in the
most current policy or administrative guideline prevails. The district’s policies may be accessed, on line, through the
district’s website at https://www.mywbsd.org/
MISSION OF THE DISTRICT
Learning and Leading for Tomorrow
Engage, Enlighten, Empower
EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY
It is the policy of this District to provide an equal education opportunity for all students.
Any person who believes that s/he has been discriminated against on the basis of his/her race, color, disability, religion,
gender, or national origin, while at school or a school activity should immediately contact the School District's
Compliance Officer listed below:
Mark Greathead, Superintendent of School
(734) 783-3300
Complaints will be investigated in accordance with the procedures as described in Board Policy 2260. Any student
making a complaint or participating in a school investigation will be protected from any threat or retaliation. The
Compliance Officer can provide additional information concerning equal access to educational opportunity.
PARENT INVOLVEMENT
The Board of Education believes that durable and significant learning by a student is more likely to occur when there is
an effective partnership between the school and the student’s parents/guardians ("parents"). Such a partnership means
a mutual belief in and commitment to significant educational goals for a student, a plan for the means to accomplish
those goals, cooperation on developing and implementing solutions to problems that may be encountered, and
continuing communication regarding the progress in accomplishing the goal(s).
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
The Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act provide that no individual will be
discriminated against on the basis of a disability. This protection applies not just to the student, but to all individuals
who have access to the District’s programs and facilities.
LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
Limited proficiency in the English language should not be a barrier to equal participation in the instructional or
extra-curricular programs of the District. It is, therefore the policy of this District that those students identified as having
limited English proficiency will be provided additional support and instruction to assist them in gaining English
proficiency and in accessing the educational and extra-curricular program offered by the District. Parents should
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