Policies and Procedures

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Chestatee Eagles

School Policies & Procedures

School Hours & Student Drop Off

School hours are 7:00-2:20 PM. Students should not be dropped off at Chestatee before 7:00 AM.  On Early Release days, students will be dismissed at 11:50. 

Attendance       

• Notifying the School of Absences 
  To report an absence, please email your student’s teacher and copy our office staff: sholbrook@forsyth.k12.ga.us. Phone calls to the front office are not required. 
• Excusing Absences
  For an absence to be excused, a written note, fax, or e-mail to sholbrook@forsyth.k12.ga.us must be must be received within 5 school days of the absence. 
• Early Check-Out
  For an early check-out to be excused, a doctor’s note must be received within 5 school days of the check-out. To be counted present for the entire day, students must remain at school until 11:00. 
• Tracking Attendance Online
  Tracking your child’s attendance can be done through Parent Portal.  For password information, please come into the school and present identification.  Ms. Stacey will request an activation email for you. 
• Complete Attendance Policy 
  For complete attendance policy information, please see page 3 and 4 of the Family Engagement Guide.  

Transportation

• Bus Route Information: For information about our bus routes, visit the FCSS home page (https://ga01000373.schoolwires.net/) and click on Bus Stops. Click I agree and then Continue.
• Car Rider Information: Each family is pre-assigned a car rider number.  Car number tags will go home at Open House.  In order to obtain another tag, you must be the legal guardian or designated person on the check-out card and provide a valid ID at the time of pick up. 
• After the first week of school, car riders will be dismissed at 2:12.

NOTE: Students may only ride their assigned bus and get off at their assigned bus stop.

Visitors & Volunteers

We encourage and welcome parents and relatives to visit and volunteer at our school. For the protection of our children, all visitors and volunteers must have a valid driver’s license (or another form of government issued identification) to check in with the office upon entering the school building.  To sign in using the Computerized Visitor Check-In System Raptor, your license will be scanned into the database on your first visit.  For return visits, guests will sign themselves in at the kiosk located in the main lobby.  All visitors and volunteers must have their identification readily available to show for safety purposes anytime they are in the building.  An adhesive badge will then be printed, showing the visitor's photo, name, destination, and date. All visitors and volunteers must wear their badge for the duration of their visit.   Visitors and volunteers must check out of the building at the end of their visit by scanning their badge at the kiosk station in the front lobby.  Visitors and volunteers must enter and exit the building through the front main doors only.