The Adair County Board of Education has made a change to the Guidelines for our Virtual Option. The new deadline for applying for the Virtual Option is TOMORROW @ MIDNIGHT. If you have already completed an application, you will notneed to complete another application.
Dr. Pamela A. Stephens,
Superintendent
VIRTUAL OPTION REQUEST FORM:
Adair County School Board values parent choice. As an option for your child’s education we will be offering a virtual option to students. This program will be offered under certain admittance guidelines and ongoing expectations. Certain criteria must be met and agreed on prior to being approved to participate in Adair County School’s Virtual Program.
One request form must be completed for each child. Multiple children should not be placed on one request form.
This form must be completed and submitted by midnight on Thursday, August 19th. All 3 sections of this form must be completed. If you have already filled out this form you DO NOT have to complete another form.
Section 1. Student/Guardian General Information
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Student Name/Grade Level
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Parent/Guardian Name
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Parent Email Address
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Student/Parent Address
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Parent Phone Number
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Reason for requesting virtual instruction
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Section 2. Virtual Program Eligibility Guidelines- Please initial beside each program expectation.
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1. Student must have shown success during last year’s virtual instruction. Success may be determined by, but not limited to, grades and participation from the 2020-21 school year. |
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2. Students must have access to reliable internet service that is capable of handling formats such as YouTube. Adair County Schools will not provide internet service. |
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3. Students will only be allowed to enter or exit the virtual program at a semester break. The only exceptions to this would be a legitimate medical/mental health issue, signed off by a licensed medical or mental health professional, or an addition to a students individualized education program. |
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4. To help ensure we can provide a quality virtual program, once the district determines that the school’s virtual program capacity is met we reserve the right to stop admittance. |
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Section 3. Virtual Program Required Expectations-Please initial beside each program expectation.
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1. Students will be required to log on at specific times each day as designated by school staff/teacher. All Adair County Schools attendance guidelines will apply. Grades K-5 minimum of twice per day, ACMS each class period (7), ACHS Each class period (4). |
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2. Students/parents may reach out for instructional assistance between the hours of 8:00-3:00 Monday through Friday. |
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3. A district Acceptable Use Policy will be adhered to for any district owned devices or school provided learning platform. |
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4. Students must be present at school for any state or district mandated tests. |
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5. Adair County Schools staff will monitor academic progress every week. If a student is not making acceptable progress the student will be required to come back to in person classes. |
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6. Adair County Schools reserves the right to discontinue the virtual program in part or as a whole at any time. |
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**Principals, or other school staff, will be contacting families by Tuesday, August 24th at 4:00 p.m. with an acceptance or denial decision.
