Classroom Notice to Parents
Parents/Guardians and Pupils:
Pursuant to California Education Code Section 35186 & 37254, you are hereby notified that:
- There should be sufficient textbooks and instructional materials. That means each pupil, including English learners, must have a textbook or instructional materials, or both, to use in class and to take home.
- School facilities must be clean, safe and maintained in good repair.
- There should be no teacher vacancies or misassignments.
Misassignment means the placement of a certificated employee in a teaching or services position for which the employee does not hold a legally recognized certificate or credential or the placement of a certificated employee in a teaching or services position that the employee is not otherwise authorized by stature to hold.
Teacher vacancy means a position to which a single designated certificated employee has not been assigned at the beginning of the year for an entire year or, if the position is for a one-semester course, a position to which a single designated certificated employee has not been assigned at the beginning of a semester for an entire semester.
A complaint form may be obtained at the school office, district office, or downloaded from the school’s Web site at www.washingtonunion.net . You may also download a copy of the California Department of Education complaint form from the following Web site: http://www.cde.ca.gov/eo/ced/wc/indedx.asp
Pursuant to California Education Code Section 37254, you are hereby notified that:
- Pupils, including English learners, who have not passed one or both parts of the California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE) by the end of grade 12 are entitled to receive intensive instruction and services for up to two consecutive academic years after completion of grade 12 or until they pass both parts of the CAHSEE, whichever comes first;
- English learners, who have not passed one or both parts of the CAHSEE by the end of grade 12, are entitled to receive services to improve English proficiency as needed to pass those parts of the CAHSEE not yet passed for up to two consecutive academic years after completion of grade 12 or until they pass both parts of the CAHSEE, whichever comes first; and
- Pupils, who have not passed one or both parts of the CAHSEE by the end of grade 12, have the right to file a complaint regarding intensive instruction and services under the Uniform Complaint Procedures if he or she was not provided the opportunity to receive intensive instruction and services for up to two consecutive academic years after completion of grade 12 or until they pass both parts of the CAHSEE, whichever comes first.
If you have any questions about eligibility for services, wish to obtain services, or wish to file a complaint regarding services, please contact Jenny Perez, Assessment & Curriculum Tech. at 6041 S. Elm Avenue, Fresno, CA 93706, or you may also contact her at (559) 485-8805 ext. 234.