Annual Notices

Annual Notices

NOTICE OF ESSER III PLAN REPORT

To view our ESSER III LEA Plan Report, please click here.

NOTICE OF STUDENT ACADEMIC STANDARDS

Wisconsin Academic Standards

Plum City Academic Standards

2015 Wisconsin Act 55

• Under section 120.12(13) each school district must annually notify parents and guardians of the academic standards that the school board adopted pursuant to section 118.30(1g)(a) and that will be in effect for the current school year.
• The specific content areas that must be addressed within this annual notice are mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography, and history.
• Section 120.12 (13) also requires each school board to annually include, as an item on the agenda of the first school board meeting of each school year.
• Districts may provide the notice electronically, including by posting the notice or a link to the specific academic standards on the school district’s website.
• This change became effective July 14, 2015.

2023-24 State Standard Revisions

• 2023 First Cohort (notice of intent to review: January 2023)
  • Computer Science (2017)
  • Health Education (2011) 
  • Information and Technology Literacy (2017) 
• 2023 Second Cohort (notice of intent to review: July 2023)
  • Science (2017) 
  • Music (2017)
• 2024 First Cohort (notice of intent to review: January 2024)
  • Environmental Education (2018)
  • Essential Elements: Science 
  • Social Studies (2018)
• 2024 Second Cohort (notice of intent to review: July 2024)
  • Theatre Education (2018)

NOTICE OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTH

DPI Resources

The McKinney-Vento Act defines homeless children and youth as:

• Children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, and includes children and youth who are:
  • sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason
  • iving in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations
  • living in emergency or transitional shelters
  • abandoned in hospitals
  • living in a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings
  • living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
  • migratory children who qualify as homeless because the children are living in circumstances described above
• If you are personally aware of or are acquainted with any children or youth who may qualify according to the above criteria, the Plum City School District provides the following assurances to parents and guardians of homeless children and youth and unaccompanied homeless youth:
  • The child or youth shall be immediately enrolled and allowed to fully participate in school, even if unable to produce records normally required for enrollment (e.g., academic records, immunization and other required health records, proof of residency, or other documentation) or has missed application or enrollment deadlines during any period of homelessness.
  • Homeless children and youths are not stigmatized or segregated on the basis of their status as homeless and have full and equal educational and related opportunities.
  • Meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their children including special notices of events, parent-teacher conferences, newsletters, and access to student records.
  • Immediate enrollment and transportation to the school of origin. “School of origin” means the school that a child or youth attended when permanently housed or the school in which the child or youth was last enrolled, including a preschool.
  • Written explanation of any decisions related to school selection or enrollment made by the school, the local educational agency, or the State educational agency involved, including the rights of the parent, guardian, or unaccompanied youth to appeal and receive prompt resolution of such decisions.

Please contact homeless liaison for the Plum City School District below for additional information about the rights and services described above.

NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC MONITORING SYSTEMS

Both Plum City Elementary School and Plum City Middle/High School have surveillance/electronic monitoring systems in and around our schools.

NOTICE OF COPYRIGHTED INFRINGEMENT AGENT

Please contact the individual below to report claim copyrighted content on the website. Alternatively, you may mail us a letter or send us a fax — our fax number is at the bottom of this page.

ATTN: Webmaster

907 Main Street

Plum City WI, 54761

NOTICE OF STUDENT PRIVACY

The Board respects the privacy rights of parents and their children. No student shall be required, as a part of the school program or the District's curriculum, without prior written consent of the student (if an adult, or an emancipated minor) or, if an unemancipated minor, their parents, to submit to or participate in any survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals information concerning:

• political affiliations or beliefs of the student or their parents;
• mental or psychological problems of the student or their family;
• sex behavior or attitudes;
• illegal, anti-social, self-incriminating or demeaning behavior;
• critical appraisals of other individuals with whom respondents have close family relationships;
• legally recognized privileged and analogous relationships, such as those of lawyers, physicians, and ministers;
• religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs of the student or their parents; or
• income (other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such a program).

NOTICE OF STUDENT PERSON AND POSSESSIONS

The Board acknowledges the need for in-school storage of student possessions and shall provide storage places, including desks and lockers, for that purpose. Desks and lockers are public property and school authorities may make reasonable regulations regarding their use. The District retains ownership and possessory control of student desks and lockers and the same may be searched at random by school personnel at any time. A showing of reasonable cause or suspicion is not a necessary precondition to a search under this paragraph. Students shall not have an expectation of privacy in lockers, desks, or other school property as to prevent examination by a school official. The Board directs the school principals to provide students with written notice of this policy at least annually and that routine inspections be done at least annually of all such storage places.

The Board directs that the searches may be conducted by the District Administrator, building principals, and/or Law enforcement.

NOTICE OF EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS

Children who reside within the School District have the these educational options.

NOTICE OF WAIVER OF SCHOOL FEES OR FINES

The Board shall waive fees or fines assessed only for students whose parent(s) are unable to afford them and such fees and fines are barriers to the educational program. The District Administrator may, as deemed necessary, establish additional procedures to supplement the procedures established in this policy regarding requests for the waiver of fees.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION

The Board is committed to providing an equal educational opportunity for all students, and equal opportunity in its employment practices. The Board does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, sex, (including gender status, change of sex or gender identity), or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability (Protected Classes) in any of its program and activities. This policy is intended to support and promote nondiscriminatory practices in all District and school activities.

Students and District employees are required, and all other members of the District community and Third Parties are encouraged to promptly report suspected violations of this policy to an administrator, supervisor, or other District official so that the Board may address the conduct. Any teacher, administrator, supervisor, or other District employee or official who receives such a complaint shall file it with the District’s Compliance Officer within two (2) days. The board designates the following individuals to serve as the District's Compliance Officers.

NOTICE OF STUDENT BULLYING POLICY

The Board is committed to providing a safe, positive, productive, and nurturing educational environment for all of its students. The Board encourages the promotion of positive interpersonal relations between members of the school community. Bullying toward a student, whether by other students, staff, or third parties is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated. This prohibition includes physical, verbal, and psychological abuse. The Board will not tolerate any gestures, comments, threats, or actions which cause or threaten to cause bodily harm or personal degradation. This policy applies to all activities in the District, including activities on school property, including at any of the school buildings or other property used exclusively or in part, whether leased or owned by the District, for the purpose of school-related functions or events; or while traveling to or from school or to and from school-sponsored functions or events; in transporting vehicles arranged for by School District officials. The policy applies as well during activities that occur off school property if the student or employee is at any school-sponsored, school-approved, or school-related activity or function, such as field trips or athletic events where students are under the supervision of school authorities, or where an employee is engaged in school business, or where there is otherwise a connection to the school such that the conduct at issue affects or is intended to affect the student’s educational environment.