SPECIAL
EDUCATION
The Warrick County School Corporation, having
recognized the many sensible advantages of cooperative
programming for the expressed purpose of serving
special education needs, has joined together
with East Gibson School Corporation, North Gibson
School Corporation, South Gibson School Corporation,
and Pike County School Corporation in a joint
program operating under the name of Gibson-Pike-Warrick
Special Education Cooperative.
All the Special Education services provided
in the participating school corporations are
directed by a joint program Director of Special
Education. Some of the services are jointly
funded, while others are totally supported by
the individual school corporation.
The
following Special Education services are available
to eligible students in the Warrick County Schools:
Resource
Support from/or placement in classes for:
Eligibility
for Special Education Placement is determined
through referral and case conference procedures
with written parental notification and consent.
The Cooperative operates under the guidelines
of P.L.94-142.
PRIME
TIME
The Warrick County School Corporation is participating
in the state funded Prime Time program in grades
K-3 to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in the
elementary grades. The pupil-teacher ratio is
computed for the entire school corporation for
an overall average, and this average is not
intended to be applied on an individual room-by-room
basis.
FIREWORKS
The act of possession, using or threatening
to use any fireworks, explosives, or other such
instruments capable of inflicting bodily injury
will result in disciplinary consequences which
may result in expulsion from school.
DIRECTORY
INFORMATION
Schools in Warrick County by the authority of
School Board Policy may release certain "directory
information" about students which means
information contained in an education record
of a student that would not generally be considered
harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed
and which includes, but is not limited to, the
student's name, address, parents' names and
their home and work telephone numbers, major
field of study, participation in official recognized
activities and sports, height and weight of
members of athletic teams, dates of attendance,
awards received, motor vehicle description,
(including license plate number), hair and eye
color, race, sex, date of birth, height, weight,
grade level, and other similar information,
without consent to media organizations (including
radio, television, and newspapers), colleges,
civic or school-related organizations and state
or local governmental agencies.
Parents of a student less than 18 years of age
or of a student who is at least 18 years of
age desiring to object to disclosure of any
or certain of the categories of directory information
should complete and file form JO-E-2 (Denial
of Permission to Release Certain Directory Information
Without Prior Written Consent) at the school.
PORTFOLIOS
The Warrick County School Corporation, by recommendation
of the Indiana Department of Education, has
designed a portfolio plan that will provide
students with an opportunity to exhibit their
learning progress by collecting samples of their
work. Students will be expected to share the
responsibility for development and maintenance
of their portfolios with their teachers. These
portfolios will be available for parent review
at conferences.
