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parents or guardians. A phone call or signed note is required prior to departure of the student. Not student shall be
taken from school campus by anyone except a person who has a legal right to the child’s custody. Upon departing or
returning to school, the student is expected to sign “in and out” on the appropriate sheet in the high school principal’s
office. No student may be sent on errand away from the school campus except by permission of the principal.

Date Adopted: Oct. 2010
Revised: July 2015

Pledge of Allegiance
School Board Policy – 4.46 Pledge of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance shall be recited during the first class period of each school day. Those students choosing
to participate shall do so by facing the flag with their right hands over their heart, or in an appropriate salute if in
uniform, while reciting the Pledge. Students choosing not to participate shall be quiet while either standing or sitting at
their desks.
Students shall not compelled to recite the Pledge, but students who choose not to recite the Pledge shall not disrupt
those students choosing to recite the Pledge.
Students choosing not to recite the Pledge shall not be subject to any comments, retaliation, or disciplinary action.

Legal Reference: A.C.A. § 6-16-108

Date Adopted: Oct. 2010

Permanent Records
School Board Policy – 4.38 Permanent Records
Permanent school records, as required by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), shall be
maintained for each student enrolled in the District until the student receives a high school diploma or its equivalent or
is beyond the age of compulsory school attendance. A copy of the student's permanent record shall be provided to the
receiving school district within ten (10) school days after the date a request from the receiving school district is
received.
Legal References: A.C.A. § 6-18-901
DESE Rules Governing Student Permanent Records
Date Adopted: June 2009
Last Revised: June 2019

School Choice/Home School
School Board Policy – 4.5 School Choice

Standard School Choice
Exemption
The District is under an enforceable desegregation court order/court-approved desegregation plan that explicitly
limits the transfer of students between school districts and has submitted the appropriate documentation to the Division
of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). As a result of the desegregation order/desegregation plan. the
District is exempt from the provisions of the Public School Choice Act of 2015 (Standard School Choice) and the
Arkansas Opportunity Public School Choice Act (Opportunity School Choice). The District shall notify the
superintendents of each of its geographically contiguous school district of its exemption. The exemption prohibits the
District from accepting any school choice applications from students wishing to transfer into or out of the District
through standard School Choice or Opportunity School Choice.