DAILY SCHEDULE:

SCHOOL DAY DURATION ~ 7:55AM-3:55PM

Car rider drop off ~ begins at 7:00AM

Breakfast ~ 7:00AM - 7:50AM

Class begins ~ 7:55AM

Tardy Bell Rings ~ 8:00AM

REGISTRATION/PARENT PORTAL

CSID requires all students to re-enroll every school year during the summer using Parent Portal to ensure the most current student information is on file.

PARENT PORTAL

Grade updates, progress reports, and report cards are posted on Parent Portal throughout the school year. Printed report cards will also be sent home with students every 9 weeks.

Parent Portal: "Contacts": Please make sure your student's Parent Portal contact list stays current throughout the school year. Anytime contact information changes and needs to be updated you may do so through the Portal. Accurate information is vital as students will only be released at dismissal to individuals who are marked with a "right to transfer" on the contact list.

ATTENDANCE

90% LAW: The state of Texas requires students to be present 90% of the school year in order to receive credit for their current grade level.

Attendance is taken every day at 9:30AM. Your student must be on campus at this time to be counted present for the day.

WHEN ABSENT: Only 4 days total, per semester can be excused by a PARENT NOTE (parent signed excuse). For all absences exceeding 4, a doctor's note or other formal documentation is required.

All excuse notes must be turned in to the Front Office within 3 school days of the student's absence.

TRANSPORTATION

MORNING CAR RIDERS: Please use the car rider loops in the back of the school for morning drop-off. Students are NOT allowed to be dropped off in the front of the school until AFTER the car rider barriers are in place.

AFTERNOON CAR RIDERS: Please use the car rider loops in the back of the school for afternoon pick-up. A SCHOOL-ISSUED car rider pick-up sign is required. If the sign isn ot visible to the staff calling names you will be asked to park your car and go to the Front Office to check your student out with an ID.

BUS RIDERS: For safety, students are only allowed to ride their assigned bus. They are not allowed to ride home with another student.

CSISD DISTRICT BUS POLICY ~ any student 2nd grade or younger must have a parent or guardian at the bus stop in the afternoon. If a parent or guardian is not present the student will be brought back to the school upon completion of the bus route for the parent/guardian to pick up.

EARLY DISMISSAL: If you wish to pick your student up early from school you must do so before 3:35PM. A photo ID will be required to check your student out. Students will only be released to individuals with "right to transfer" on the Parent Portal contact list.

TRANSPORTATION CHANGE: If there is a change to your child's normal mode of transportation in the afternoon, you must notify the Front Office by 2:30PM to ensure your student gets home as requested.

CAFETERIA

BREAKFAST (7:00AM-7:50AM): In order for your student to receive breakfast service in the cafeteria, they must arrive to school prior to 7:45AM.

LUNCH:

2ND GRADE LUNCH ~ 11:00AM-11:40AM

3RD GRADE LUNCH ~ 11:45AM-12:15PM

4TH GRADE LUNCH ~ 12:20PM-12:50PM

LUNCH VISITORS: If you wish to eat lunch with your student a photo ID is required to check-in at the Front Office. Only visitors on the student's contact list will be permitted.

FOOD DROP-OFF: If you wish to drop off food for your student to be delivered to the "cafeteria pick up table" by the Front Office please make sure it is labeled with their first and last name and their teacher's name. Deliveries from third party vendors like DoorDash and GrubHub are not permitted.

MEDICAL INFORMATION

Please keep your student's medical information updated on Parent Portal throughout the school year and reach out to our school nurse with any changes and updates as needed.

A new, updated medication form, signed by the parent and a physician is required each school year.

CSISD District Medication Policy ~ Any medication that will be taken for more than 10 days will require a parent and physician's signature. This includes prescription and over the counter medications.

Children with severe medical diagnoses such as diabetes, asthma, seizures, allergy/anaphylaxis are required to have action plans signed by a physician. This serves as your doctor's order for your child and is the plan incase an emergency occurs.

OFFICE STAFF

PRINCIPAL ~ Heather Jenkins, hjenkins@chinaspringisd.net

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ~ Kari McNew, kmcnew@chinaspringisd.net

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ~ Randi Connor, rconnor@chinaspringisd.net

COUNSELOR ~ Carrie Featherston, cfeatherston@chinaspringisd.net

NURSE ~ Dana Kirkland, dkirkland@chinaspringisd.net

PEIMS SECRETARY ~ Kristi Carlin, kcarlin@chinaspringisd.net

SECRETARY ~ Kate Kennedy, kkennedy@chinaspringisd.net

SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER ~ Gary Buwalda, gbuwalda@chinaspringisd.net

China Spring Elementary School

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