FAMILY HANDBOOK & DIRECTORY - MUKILTEO SCHOOL DISTRICT 2020-21
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FAMILY
HANDBOOK
& DIRECTORY
MUKILTEO SCHOOL DISTRICT
2020-21The Mukilteo School District serves a diverse population of more
than 15,000 students who live in Mukilteo and South
Everett, as well as in unincorporated areas of Snohomish County
north of Edmonds and Lynnwood. Formally organized in 1878,
the school district operates 12 elementary schools and a
kindergarten center, four middle schools, three high schools, and
a Skills Center that provides career and technical programs for
high school students throughout Snohomish County.
The old Wilson Elementary School,
which was located on what is now
known as W. Casino Road in south Everett.FAMILY HANDBOOK and DIRECTORY
W
elcome to the Mukilteo School District’s 2020-21 school year.
This Family Handbook and Directory provides answers to
frequently asked questions, phone numbers and legal notices.
Please keep this Family Handbook handy so that you’ll have a way to
get that answer when you need it. With the uncertainty and frequent
changes caused by COVID-19, some events and procedures described in
the handbook may change. You will be notified of those changes when
and if they occur. You are also welcome to ask your child’s school office
and check the district website at www.mukilteoschools.org for updated
information and procedures.
Committed to Success
for Every Student
Mukilteo School District
9401 Sharon Drive
Everett, WA 98204
Mukilteo School District is an equal opportunity
employer and educational agency
1TABLE OF CONTENTS
Family Checklist............................................................................................................................. 3
Registration..................................................................................................................................... 4
Transportation................................................................................................................................ 5
School Attendance.......................................................................................................................... 5
During the School Day.................................................................................................................. 7
School Closures or Delays............................................................................................................. 8
Student Services.............................................................................................................................. 9
Testing, Grades, and Graduation................................................................................................12
Safety and Security.......................................................................................................................12
Your Child’s Health......................................................................................................................14
When Should Your Child Stay Home From School?...............................................................15
Meningococcal Disease...............................................................................................................16
Human Papillomavirus................................................................................................................17
Student Rights...............................................................................................................................18
Student Information.....................................................................................................................20
Staying Connected.......................................................................................................................21
Community Involvement............................................................................................................22
Governance...................................................................................................................................23
Asbestos Management Plan........................................................................................................25
Mukilteo School District Directory...........................................................................................26
Questions? Where Do You Call?................................................................................................27
School District Board and Administration...............................................................................27
School District Service Area Map..............................................................................................28
Index..............................................................................................................................................29
Photography by Elizabeth Armstrong
2FAMILY CHECKLIST
IS YOUR CHILD’S EMERGENCY INFORMATION UP TO DATE?
Please provide your child’s school with your emergency contact information, your address and daytime phone
number, as well as the phone numbers of two alternative emergency contacts. Please keep the information up to
date. If your cellphone number changes, you decide to get rid of your landline, or your email address changes, please
contact your child’s school right away. Your child’s school may need to reach you quickly in case your child gets ill or
is injured at school.
DO YOU QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE MEALS?
Complete an application at your child’s school or download the application form from the school district website.
For more information, go to page 7.
IS YOUR CHILD’S IMMUNIZATION FORM ON FILE?
Students must have complete immunization records kept at school. This includes immunization exemptions, which
must be signed by health care providers and a parent.
DOES YOUR CHILD RECEIVE MEDICATION AT SCHOOL?
A Medication Authorization form that is signed by a health care provider and by a parent must accompany all
medications taken at school, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines. See more information on
page 14.
DOES YOUR CHILD USE AN INHALER AND/OR EPIPEN?
If you want your child to carry and self-administer asthma or anaphylaxis medication (such as an inhaler and/or
Epipen) during school hours or during school-sponsored events, your child’s health care provider must sign a
Medication Authorization form and formulate a written care and treatment plan with the school nurse. Students
must complete a skills checklist with the school nurse. See page 14.
DOES YOUR CHILD HAVE A LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION?
If your child has been diagnosed with a life-threatening condition (such as severe bee sting allergies, severe food
allergies, severe or unstable asthma, diabetes, or seizures), a medication or treatment order and a nursing plan must
be in place before your child can attend school. See page 14.
DOES YOUR CHILD REQUIRE ASSISTANCE?
If your child requires assistance in feeding or self-care, a nursing plan and physician treatment order must be in
place before your child can attend school.
DOES YOUR CHILD HAVE OTHER HEALTH CONCERNS?
Please contact your child’s school nurse if your child has health concerns or if there are changes in your child’s health
status during the school year.
DOES YOUR CHILD QUALIFY FOR SPECIAL SERVICES?
Do you suspect that your child/student has a mental, physical, developmental delay, or a disability that has a major
impact on learning, working and caring for him or herself, or performing manual tasks? If your child currently
attends school, contact that school’s psychologist. If your child is not yet of school age, please contact the school
district’s Special Education Department at 425-356-1277.
3REGISTRATION
REGISTERING FOR SCHOOL Transfer requests must be submitted to resident district, called a nonresident
the Director of Student Services on the transfer, out-of-district transfer,
Do you have a child new to Mukilteo In-District Transfer Request Form. interdistrict transfer, choice transfer,
School District? Register your child variance, waiver, or school choice.
on the district website or, when open, The In-District Transfer Request Form The process a school district uses
at the local school they will attend. To is available on the website and at school to determine transfer requests is
register your child for school, please and district offices. Approval depends established in their policies and
have the following: on space and capacity in the school or procedures. Both the student’s resident
u Verification of your child’s birth specific program, as well as the student’s district and the nonresident district
date (birth certificate, passport, or behavior or attendance while at their must approve a transfer prior to the
document from a doctor’s office show- resident school. Transfers require that student attending a nonresident district.
ing the child’s birthdate) the family provide transportation to
u Emergency contacts and from school. Transfers can also A parent/guardian may request the
u Up-to-date immunization record be denied or revoked. A new transfer release of their child from the Mukilteo
u Proof of residence (utility bill or request is needed if you would like your School District by completing a Choice
lease agreement) student to attend a school other than Transfer Request through the Choice
u If your child is enrolling in their designated school when a student Transfer Request Portal, the online
grades 10-12 and is new to the Mukilteo transitions from elementary to middle form submission tool used by most
School District, bring a transcript from school or from middle to high school. school districts within Washington
their previous high school. For more Information is available on the Student State. A Choice Transfer Release
information, call your local school. Services website or by calling 425-356- Request needs to be made when a
1209 for grades K to 5 or 425-356-1293 student wants to attend a school outside
KINDERGARTEN for grades 6 to 12. of the Mukilteo School District, even if
they are already attending that school.
Kindergarten registration begins in SCHOOL TRANSFER REQUESTS Student Services website or by calling
early March for the following school (OUT OF DISTRICT REQUESTS) 425-356-1209 for grades K through 5 or
year and is done at local elementary 425-356-1293 for grades 6 through 12.
schools and online. To be eligible for A family may ask to transfer their
kindergarten, a child must be 5 years student to a school outside of their
old on or before August 31. Some of
the full-day classes will be offered in
neighborhood schools while students
at some schools will attend classes
at Pathfinder Kindergarten Center.
For more information, contact your
neighborhood school or the Elementary
Education office at 425-356-1209.
SCHOOL TRANSFER REQUESTS
(IN-DISTRICT REQUESTS)
Each student in the district is required
to attend the school designated for the
geographic attendance area in which
they reside. A parent or guardian may
request that their child be allowed to
attend another school in the district.
4TRANSPORTATION
WHO RIDES THE BUS? A video/audio system is installed in stop. Students may not bring any large
most buses to help monitor the items on board that would encroach
School bus transportation is available behavior of bus riders. Transportation upon another student’s seating space.
to and from school for students who privileges can be revoked for students The following items are not allowed on
live within their school attendance area who repeatedly violate bus safety and a school bus:
and who live more than the following behavior standards. u Musical instruments in a case
distances from school: larger than 42 inches, by 12 inches, by
u Elementary (K-5): at least one LIMITED TRANSPORTATION 9 inches deep
mile from school. ROUTES u Glass objects
u Middle school (6-8): at least a u Food, drinks, or chewing gum
mile and a half from school. The school district may operate u Balloons
u High school (9-12): at least two transportation on designated limited u Weapons (toy or real)
miles from school. routes when weather causes unsafe u Live animals, including insects
travel conditions. You will be notified u Flammable items
Exceptions may be made for if limited routes have been declared. u Skateboards
students with special needs or where Specific details about pick-up locations
walking may be hazardous. School bus for limited routes are distributed to bus If the safety of transporting an item is
route information is available on the riders in the fall and are also available in question, the bus driver has the final
school district’s transportation website. on the district’s transportation website. authority to determine if the item is
For more information, call the district hazardous to transport.
transportation department at ITEMS NOT ALLOWED
425-356-1306. ON THE BUS INFORMATION AVAILABLE
IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES
BEHAVIOR ON THE BUS Heavy, sharp, and bulky items are not
allowed onto the school bus because Information about bus rules and
Students are expected to demonstrate they may present a hazard to other limited-route information can be
safe behavior on school buses so the bus riders if there is an accident or if the viewed in multiple languages on the
driver can concentrate on driving. driver is forced to make an emergency district’s transportation website.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Mukilteo School District encourages u Missing 10 percent of school (or child will learn valuable social skills and
students to fully benefit from their about 18 days) increases the chance that will have the opportunity to develop
education by attending school regularly, a student will not read or master math meaningful relationships with other
which helps children feel better about at the same level as his or her peers. students and school staff.
school and themselves. Your child can u Students can still fall behind if u Absences can be a sign that a
start building this habit in preschool to they just miss a day or two every few student is losing interest in school, is
learn right away that it’s important to go weeks. struggling with schoolwork, is dealing
to school on time, every day. u Being late to school may lead to with a social/emotional issue, a bully, or
poor attendance. is facing some other potentially serious
Did you know? u Excessive absenteeism by 6th difficulty.
u Starting in kindergarten, too grade is one of three signs that a u Regular attendance by 9th grade
many absences, both excused and student may drop out of high school or is a better predictor of graduation rates
unexcused, can cause a child to fall not graduate on time. than 8th grade test scores. Missing
behind in school. u By being present at school, your school may mean not completing
5program approved by the school
district. Children who are
6 and 7 years old are not required to
be enrolled in school, but if enrolled,
the child must attend school full
time. Youth who are 16 years old or
older can be excused from attending
public school if they meet certain
requirements.
If a student has three unexcused
absences in one month, state law
requires that the school schedule a
conference with you and your child to
identify barriers and supports that are
available to ensure your child’s regular
attendance. The school is obligated to
develop a plan that may require an
assessment to determine how to best
meet the needs of your child and reduce
his or her absenteeism.
assignments or completing assignments soon as possible when your child will
on time. It also may mean lower test be absent from school. As your child’s If a student has seven unexcused
scores, which may result in lower grades parent or guardian, you also must sign absences in a month or 10 unexcused
and not getting high school credit for a a note that explains the reason for your absences within the school year, the
class that a student has taken. child’s absence and must have the note school district is required by state
u Beginning with the class of 2021 delivered to school within two days of law to file a petition with the juvenile
(this year’s seniors), students must earn his or her return to class. court alleging a violation of the state’s
all 24 of their 24 credit opportunities mandatory attendance laws. The
in order to graduate on time from high If your child attends elementary school petition may be automatically stayed
school, so every credit counts. and has five excused absences in any and your child and family may be
month, or more than 10 excused referred to a community truancy board,
We understand there are a variety of absences during the school year, the
reasons that cause students to be absent, school district is required to contact
from health issues to transportation you to schedule a conference with a
challenges. That’s why many people at staff member to identify the barriers
your child’s school are prepared to help and supports available to you and your
you if your child is facing challenges child. That conference is not required
getting to school regularly or on time. if you have provided a doctor’s note or
Those staff members will communicate if you have pre-arranged the absence in
with you to understand the barriers that writing in advance and you, your child,
cause your child to be absent and will and the school have made a plan so
try to identify supports that might be your child does not fall behind
available to help you overcome those academically. If your child has an
challenges. Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or
a 504 Plan, the team that created that
ABSENCES plan will reconvene.
It’s important that you understand our State law for mandatory attendance,
school policies, as well as Washington called the Becca Bill, requires that
state law, with regard to absences from children from age 8 to 17 must
school. You must notify the school as attend school or a home-school
6or you and your child may be asked to gets a good night’s sleep. neighbor, or another parent to take
appear in juvenile court and face the u Prepare for school the night your child to school.
possibility of a court order to attend before by having homework finished. u Keep track of your child’s
school. For more information, call your u Don’t let your child stay home attendance. Missing too many days can
child’s school. from school unless he or she is truly put your child at risk of falling behind.
sick. Keep in mind that complaints of u Talk to your child about the
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO a stomach ache or headache can be a importance of attending school.
IMPROVE ATTENDANCE? sign of anxiety, but not a reason to stay u Talk to your child’s teacher if you
home. notice a sudden change in behavior. The
Here are a few things that parents can u Avoid appointments and issue could be tied to something else
do to help their child attend school extended trips while school is in that is going on at school.
regularly: session. u Encourage your child to be
u Set a regular bedtime and u Develop a back-up plan for active in meaningful, after-school
morning routine. Make sure your child getting to school if something comes activities such as sports or clubs.
up. Call on a family member, a
DURING THE SCHOOL DAY
SCHOOL MEALS
Mukilteo School District participates
WHEN DOES SCHOOL START?
in the National School Breakfast and WHEN IS SCHOOL DISMISSED?
Lunch programs. Free and reduced-
price meals are served to students
REGULAR START/DISMISSAL TIMES:
Elementary schools (Grades K-5)...............................................9 a.m. to 3:25 p.m.
whose families qualify under the federal
Pathfinder Kindergarten Center............................................ 9:30 a.m. to 3:55 p.m.
eligibility guidelines. Applications are Middle schools......................................................................... 8:05 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
included in each student’s first-day Mariner and Kamiak high schools..............................................7:20 a.m. to 2 p.m.
packet, are available on the school ACES High School.................................................................. 7:40 a.m. to 1:40 p.m.
district website or may be picked up Morning ECEAP.................................................................................9 a.m. to Noon
at school sites. Applications must be Afternoon ECEAP..............................................................................1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
resubmitted each year. Menus are Special Ed preschool, morning..................................................9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
distributed to elementary students each Special Ed preschool, afternoon.......................................... 12:55 p.m. to 3:25 p.m.
month and are posted at middle and
high schools. Families may also access DISMISSAL FOR LEARNING IMPROVEMENT TIME:
menus and nutrition information on Students are dismissed 75 minutes early on Friday afternoons to provide
teachers with time to receive curriculum training, have staff planning meet-
the school district’s website. Meal prices
ings, complete report cards, and do numerous other tasks that are related to
for elementary students are $1.50 for
their work.
breakfast and $3 for lunch. Secondary Elementary schools (Grades K-5).............................................................. 2:10 p.m.
students pay $1.75 for breakfast and Pathfinder Kindergarten Center................................................................. 2:40 p.m.
$3.25 for lunch. Middle schools.............................................................................................. 1:30 p.m.
High schools................................................................................................ 12:45 p.m.
The school district uses an
automated point-of-sale program that DISMISSAL ON EARLY-DISMISSAL DAYS:
creates an account for each student and Students are dismissed early on the day before Thanksgiving and the last day of
allows families to pre-pay for meals on school.
the student’s account. Prepayments can Elementary schools (Grades K-5).............................................................12:55 p.m.
be made through www.myschoolbucks. Pathfinder Kindergarten Center..................................................................1:25 p.m.
Middle schools.....................................................................................................Noon
com or at the student’s school. More
High schools.................................................................................................11:15 a.m.
information about school meals and
ECEAP..........................................................................................................No classes
prepaid meals can be found in the
7Parent Center on the school district’s USE OF TECHNOLOGY While filters make it more difficult to
website or by calling 425-356-1212. access objectionable material, filters
The Mukilteo School District provides are not perfect. Every user must take
FREE OR REDUCED-PRICE students with access to the Internet responsibility for his or her use of
MEALS to find online instructional material, computers and avoid objectionable
explore educational topics, conduct content. Teachers and other staff
Students who qualify for reduced-price research, and contact others in the members supervise computer use
meals can receive a free breakfast. educational world. But access to the to assure that students are accessing
Elementary students who qualify for school district’s computer network educationally relevant information.
reduced-price meals also can receive a also is a privilege that comes with Guidelines for the acceptable use of
free lunch. The lunch price for middle responsibilities for its appropriate use. It computers are contained in the Student
and high school students who qualify is important that students and parents Rights and Responsibilities Handbook
for reduced-price meals is 40 cents. understand both the benefits of using and are reviewed with each student
Please complete an application form the computer and the potential hazards. annually. If you have questions about
to receive free or reduced-price meals. The school district makes a concerted your child’s use of the Internet while
The form can be found at your child’s effort to prevent student access to at school, please contact your child’s
school or downloaded from the school objectionable material on the Internet principal.
district’s website. by using Internet filtering software.
SCHOOL CLOSURES OR DELAYS
STAFF TRAINING DAYS can only be done when students aren’t SCHOOL CANCELLATIONS
present. Two staff training days have OR DELAYS
In most jobs, a person can schedule therefore been included in the calendar
training sessions and staff meetings to allow staff members the opportunity Weather conditions or other events
during their regular workday. But, a to attend workshops that are led by may cause school to be canceled or
teacher can’t leave a classroom full of experts in education, collaborate with delayed. Bus routes may also be affected
students to do such tasks and classified each other to improve their skills, by unsafe travel conditions. If school is
staff members (bus drivers, custodians, discuss ways to help struggling canceled, the school day will be made
paraeducators, and clerical staff) also students, or learn about new academic up later in the year. Here are several
must be available when school is in standards and curriculum. ways you can stay informed if school is
session. Training activities and meetings canceled or the start of school is
delayed:
u Receive a call, text or email
notice through the parent notification
system, called Blackboard Connect. See
page 21.
u Watch or listen to local TV and
radio stations. Most of the major radio
and television stations will broadcast
information about school closures and
delays.
u Follow the district’s Facebook
account
u Check the school district’s
website at www.mukilteoschools.org.
u Call the Emergency Information
Line at 425-356-1299.
8UNPLANNED EARLY system called Blackboard Connect to
DISMISSAL send important messages to families if
school has been canceled or delayed.
Conditions could develop during the Please see the information on page 21
school day that may require school of this Family Handbook about the
to be dismissed earlier than planned. process for selecting your preferences
Information about early dismissals for how you’ll like to receive these
will be provided to local radio and family notifications.
television stations and sent through
the school district’s mass notification FLASH ALERT
system. If school is dismissed early, and
transportation home is not available, In addition to the family notification
a child will be released only to his or system, there are other options for
her parent or guardian or to a person receiving a text message in the event
previously authorized by the parent or of a school closure or delay. When the
guardian. We ask that parents please school district announces a change in
bring photo identification (such as a the schedule, it notifies the local TV
driver’s license) for pick-up to ensure and radio stations through a service
student safety. School staff will remain called FlashAlert.
at the school until all students have
been released. Anyone can sign up to receive a text
message directly from FlashAlert Messenger at www.flashalert.net. Many
NOTIFICATION SYSTEM whenever the school district posts a local TV and radio stations also offer
notice to that system. You can receive similar text messaging services.
The school district uses a notification that service by signing up for FlashAlert
STUDENT SERVICES
ALTERNATIVE LEARNING repair, construction trades, robotics, suspended or expelled from their
metal fabrication, diesel mechanics, school. Under state law, students must
Mukilteo School District offers ACES and fire service technology. For more be provided academic services so
High School for students who seek an information, call 425-348-2220. they can continue to progress toward
alternative to the traditional high school the completion of their grade or high
setting. For more information, contact GRADUATION ALLIANCE school graduation. Students are referred
your child’s high school counselor. to Opportunity Day School by their
Students who are age 16-21 and not school administrator and, while in the
SNO-ISLE TECH SKILLS CENTER currently attending school can take program, work with school officials to
advantage of the Graduation Alliance develop a plan for academic success as
Juniors and seniors from school program which provides flexible well as to receive social and emotional
districts in Snohomish and Island year-round online learning to help services.
counties have the opportunity to spend them reach their graduation goals. For
half of their school day at the Skills information, call 425-356-1293. HIGHLY CAPABLE SERVICES
Center in preparation for the career and
technical job market. Training is offered OPPORTUNITY DAY SCHOOL Each fall, Mukilteo School District
in about 20 programs, such as DigiPen, identifies students for placement into
fashion and merchandising, Opportunity Day School is a program the highly capable program. The school
cosmetology, culinary arts, dental and for students in 7th through 12th district provides universal screening for
medical assisting, auto body/collision grade who have been long-term all students in kindergarten through
95th grade. That screening takes place
in September and October. Referrals
for screening are welcome, but are not
necessary for K-5 students because staff
review all students’ achievement scores.
Middle school students may opt in to
honors English/language arts courses
and will be assessed for advanced math
courses.
If you make a referral, it must be
received by the Assessment and
Program Evaluation by October 1.
Eligible
students will go on for further testing
and parents will be contacted for
permission to test. A continuum of
services include:
u Learning Enrichment
Achievement Program (LEAP): Grades
K to 5
u Summit program: Grades 3 to 8
u Honors program: Grades 6 to 8 students who have not yet met mastery is focused on improving educational
u Advanced course offerings, on the state assessment. Elite Fitness is results for children with disabilities.
College in the High School, and offered as physical education credit. Mukilteo School District provides
Running Start: Grades 9 to 12. Instruction in basic language a continuum of special education
acquisition skills is also available to help and related services to students ages
Additional information regarding students who are learning to speak 3 through 21 whose disability has
the highly capable program can be English and who are already enrolled in an adverse educational impact and
found on the district website. If you Mukilteo School District. The requires specially designed instruction.
have any questions, please contact the program also includes a class in Eligible children under the age of 3 may
Assessment and Program Evaluation at Washington state history for students receive educational therapy services
425-356-1218. who have not met that requirement. through contracts with local agencies.
An SAT/ACT prep class is also offered For more information, call
SUMMER SCHOOL for high school students to prepare for 425-356-1277.
upcoming college admissions tests.
Summer school programs are available Registration takes place May through SECTION 504 OF THE
for all grade levels, kindergarten to 12th early June. Summer school is free to REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973
grade. The elementary summer school all Mukilteo School District students.
offers a transition program designed to Breakfast and lunch are served, and Section 504 is a federal civil rights
help students prepare for the next grade limited transportation is available. For law designed to eliminate disability
level and English language learner more information, check the summer discrimination in programs and
classes to assist with language school page on the district’s website. activities that receive federal funds.
acquisition. The middle school program Section 504 plans are available to
offers classes intended to reinforce skills SPECIAL EDUCATION school-age children who have a physical
in reading and math along with an or mental impairment that substantially
emphasis on engagement and the Special education and related services limits one or more major life activity.
growth mindset. English Language are provided to eligible students For more information, contact
Learner classes to assist with language living within the school district. The the elementary support specialist,
acquisition also are offered. The high federal Individuals with Disabilities counselor, or principal at your school.
school program offers credit-recovery Education Act (IDEA) ensures children
classes as well as classes designed with disabilities have access to a free
to build math and English skills for appropriate public education. IDEA
10TITLE I, PART A tests for graduation. For more HOMELESS EDUCATION
information, call 425-356-1225.
Title I, Part A, is a federally funded The school district works with students
program under the Every Student ENGLISH LANGUAGE and their families to provide stability
Succeeds Act (ESSA). The purpose LEARNERS in school attendance and other services
of this program is to ensure that all if they become homeless. Students
children attending Title I, Part A The district serves approximately 3,200 who are homeless may be provided
schools have the opportunity to obtain students who speak more than 100 district services for which they are
a high-quality education to reach different languages and dialects. The eligible, including ECEAP, Title I,
proficiency on challenging state English learner program emphasizes special education, bilingual education,
academic standards. English proficiency for students who vocational and technical education
speak a language other than English. programs, highly capable programs, and
The parents of children attending Title For more information, please call school nutrition programs. Information
I, Part A schools have the right to 425-356-1225. is available on the student services
request and receive information about website or contact 425-356-1260.
the qualifications of the educators and ATHLETICS AND ACTIVITIES
paraeducators who teach their students. FOSTER YOUTH SUPPORT
For more information, call Middle and high schools offer a wide
425-356-1225. range of student activities and athletic Students in Foster Care and awaiting
opportunities. In high school students Foster Care are entitled to additional
LEARNING ASSISTANCE can participate in activities such as support including enrollment,
PROGRAM (LAP) debate, foreign language, and chess continuing in the district/school
club. Kamiak and Mariner high schools they attended before they before
The Learning Assistance Program is a participate in sports as members of they entered/or while awaiting foster
state-funded program for students who the WESCO 4A Conference. Middle care, if preferred and feasible and
need additional support in attaining schools compete in several sports transportation to and from school. They
grade-level academic standards in with other districts in the Sno-King may also receive additional services
math, behavior, and English/language Middle School League. Music programs such as English Language Learners,
arts. LAP may also assist high school begin in 3rd grade and are especially Special Education, Title 1, preschool,
students who need to retrieve credits popular. Contact your child’s school for Highly Capable, and Career and
for previously failed classes or for more information about athletics and Technical education.
assistance in passing the state academic activities or check the athletics website.
DSHS case mangers work with the
district McKinney Vento/ Foster Care
Liaison to setup and attend to students’
needs. The district liaisons can be
reached at 425-356-1274.
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM (ECEAP)
In partnership with parents, the Early
Childhood Education and Assistance
Program (ECEAP) helps children
ages 3 and 4 learn skills that enhance
their social, intellectual, physical, and
emotional development. Sessions are
held at 3616 South Road in Mukilteo.
For information, check the district’s
ECEAP website or call 425-356-1312.
11TESTING, GRADES, and GRADUATION
REPORT CARDS performance. The tests provide (ELPA21) is administered to all English
information that can be used to language learners who are developing
The report cards for elementary and improve the learning environment in English proficiency skills. For more
middle school students are distributed classrooms, to measure the effectiveness information, call 425-356-1218.
at the end of each trimester. The report of curricula, and to compare the
cards for all high school students are achievement of Mukilteo students with Students in grades 8 through 12
distributed at the end of each quarter. students elsewhere in the state and can earn up to four high school
For more information, call your child’s nation. World Language credits by passing a
school. proficiency exam in another language.
The Smarter Balanced Assessment For information, call 425-356-1218 or
PARENT/TEACHER (SBA) measures student achievement see the World Language Proficiency
CONFERENCES toward Common Core State Standards Exam information on the district’s
in English/language arts (ELA) and assessment website.
Elementary parent/teacher conferences in math. The tests are given in the
are scheduled during the Monday, spring to all 3rd through 8th grade GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Tuesday, or Wednesday before students and to 10th grade students. In
Thanksgiving, or at the parent’s request. addition, students in the 5th, 8th, and To earn a diploma from ACES, Kamiak,
Middle and high school conferences are 11th grades are given the Washington or Mariner high schools, a student is
held by request. For more information, Comprehensive Assessments of Science. required to complete course credits,
contact your child’s teacher. as established by the Mukilteo School
The school district also administers Board, develop a High School and
STANDARDIZED TESTING other standardized tests for program Beyond Plan, and pass required state
placement and evaluation of learning. tests or complete a state-approved
The district gives standardized The English Language Proficiency alternative to those tests.
tests to evaluate student and school Assessment for the 21st Century
SAFETY AND SECURITY
The safety and security of students and things, it solicits the advice and calls to your child’s school. Sometimes
staff is always a priority. It’s always a involvement of experts from law texting and social media may offer the
work in progress. The school district’s enforcement and fire departments, as only reliable means of communication
efforts regarding safety and security fall well as other people familiar with the during an emergency.
into three broad categories: latest and best practices regarding safety
u Finding ways to ensure that and security, to develop solutions based Updates also will be available as
buildings and grounds are as secure on data and experience. much as possible through regular
as they can be using best-practice communication processes outlined on
prevention and mitigation solutions. EMERGENCY INFORMATION page 8 including:
u Practicing emergency response u District website
to make sure students and staff Each school has a plan for responding u Phone, text and email notices
members know what to do should an to emergencies and for providing through the mass notification system
event happen. information to parents. Please u The Emergency Information
u Offering services to support the remember that communicating can Line at 425-356-1299
social and emotional needs of students become very difficult during an u Flash Alert and other
and staff. emergency. Telephone service may be notification services offered by local
As the school district does these unavailable for outgoing or incoming media
12guardians can take their child home.
We ask that parents or guardians please
bring photo identification (such as a
driver’s license) for pick-up to ensure
student safety.
SAFETY TIP LINE
To help safeguard the school
community, a tip reporting service
allows students, staff, parents, and
members of the community to submit
safety concerns. Called SafeSchools
Alert, the system can be used to
report tips on bullying, harassment,
CONTACT INFORMATION building or classroom that might drugs, vandalism, or any other kind of
threaten student safety. During a safety issue. Those calling to report an
School staff may need to contact you lockdown, students will be kept in their emergency will be advised to call 9-1-1,
in the event of an emergency. The classrooms until the situation has been instead. A person with a concern can
school needs the emergency contact resolved. For the safety of all involved, submit a tip in any of four ways:
information (address and daytime you should not go to the school or u Call 425-374-0021
phone number) of each parent or attempt to remove your child from u Go to the website at
guardian, as well as the phone numbers school while a building is in a lockdown http://1438.alert1.us
of two emergency contacts. Be sure that situation. u Send a text to 425-374-0021
your child’s records are current. If any u Send an email to 1438@alert1.us
contact information changes, please SHELTER-IN-PLACE
notify your child’s school. VIDEO CAMERAS
Shelter-in-place is an emergency
EMERGENCY DRILLS response to protect students in For purposes of promoting and
the event of potential exposure to maintaining a safe environment,
All schools have regular, age- a hazardous contaminant in the protection of district property, and
appropriate drills to practice the atmosphere. If an airborne contaminant deterrence and prevention of criminal
response to a variety of emergencies, poses a threat to students during the activity and conduct violations, the
such as what to do in the event of an school day, students and staff will district uses more than 500 video
earthquake or fire, or in conducting remain indoors and the heating and cameras on its school grounds and
a lockdown when there is a potential ventilation system will be shut off, additional cameras in district-provided
threat outside of a school. The school which creates a neutral atmosphere school buses.
district has also implemented response pressure in the building that forms
protocols that would be used if there is a protective barrier against the Students, parents, staff, volunteers, and
an intruder in a school. If appropriate, contaminant. During a shelter-in-place visitors may be videotaped while on
students are taught to follow the incident, people will not be allowed in school grounds or in district-provided
directions of their teacher or an or out of the school building until the school buses. Further information on
administrator to find an escape route all-clear signal is given. the use of video cameras can be found
and simply run away from a threat. Or, in Board Policy 9321, located on the
if escaping from the threat is not an PARENT/STUDENT school district website.
option, students might hide where the REUNIFICATION
intruder won’t find them.
If weather or an emergency occurs that
LOCKDOWNS requires students to be picked up at a
different time of day or at a different
A lockdown is used to protect students location than usual, a process will
if there is a situation outside the school be communicated so that parents or
13YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH
HEALTH INFORMATION requirements are required to submit a permission to store and administer
Certificate of Exception, which must their child’s prescription or non-
The health information you provide at be signed by a health care provider. Per prescription medicine at school.
registration and throughout the year is state law, personal and philosophical
shared with staff as necessary to protect exemptions may not be applied ANAPHYLAXIS OR ASTHMA
the health and safety of your child and to exempt a child from the MMR MEDICATION
others. Please notify your child’s school vaccine. For more information about
when there are changes in your child’s immunization If you want your child to carry and
health and when your emergency requirements, contact your school self-administer asthma or anaphylaxis
contact phone numbers change. nurse or go to www.doh.wa.gov. medication (such as an inhaler and/or
Epipen) during school hours or during
IMMUNIZATIONS DOES YOUR CHILD NEED school-sponsored events, your child’s
TO TAKE MEDICATION? health care provider must complete
State law requires that every and sign a Medication Authorization
student have a signed Certificate of Whenever possible, parents and health Form and formulate a written care
Immunization (CIS) on file on or before care providers are encouraged to work and treatment plan. A Medication
the first day of attendance. Students are out a schedule of medications that Authorization Form and a sample
required by law to be in compliance takes place outside of school hours. Asthma Plan are available from your
with required school vaccinations by If your child must receive medication school nurse or can be downloaded
the first day of attendance. Students while at school, you must complete from the school district’s website.
new to Mukilteo School District will and sign a Medication Authorization
be required to provide a medically- Form that also includes signatures from The Medication Authorization Form
verified Immunization record at the your child’s health care providers. This must be completed, dated, signed
time of registration. Parents can access applies to prescription and over-the- by you and your child’s healthcare
their child’s vaccination record online counter medication. The form is provider, and submitted to your
at wa.myir.net/register or by contacting available from your school nurse or child’s school before a child can carry
their child’s healthcare provider. can be downloaded from the school an inhaler at school. State law also
district’s website. A new Medication requires any student who plans to
Parents or guardians requesting Authorization form is required each carry medication have a training and
an exemption from immunization school year. The form provides parent demonstration session with the school
nurse.
LIFE-THREATENING
CONDITIONS
Children who have been diagnosed
with a life-threatening condition must
have a medication or treatment order
and a nursing plan in place before he
or she can attend school. The state law
defines a life-threatening condition as
a “health condition that will put the
child in danger of death during the
school day if a medication or treatment
order and a nursing plan are not in
place.” Examples of a diagnosed life-
threatening condition include severe
bee sting allergies, severe food allergies,
14severe or unstable asthma, diabetes, or
seizures. WHEN SHOULD YOUR CHILD
The medication or treatment order for STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL?
children with a life-threatening Sending a sick child to school puts other children and staff members at risk of
condition must be from the child’s getting sick. Please keep your child at home and make appropriate child care
licensed health care provider. If a arrangements if they have any of the following symptoms:
medication or treatment order is
APPEARANCE, BEHAVIOR: Is your child unusually tired, pale, lacks an
not provided for a child with a life-
appetite, or is difficult to wake, confused, or irritable? That could be a sufficient
threatening condition, the chief reason to keep a child home from school. Consult with your health care provider if
administrator of the child’s school is you have concerns.
required to exclude the child until the
COMMON COLD: Your child should stay home if he or she is feeling ill, has a
medication or treatment order has been
cough that is disturbing his or her sleep, or is having a lot of nose and throat
provided and a nursing plan prepared. drainage. It’s safe to return to school when the symptoms have improved, when
your child is feeling better, and when he or she does not have a fever.
If your child has a life-threatening
EYES: Stay home if thick mucus or pus is draining from an eye or if your child
health condition that may require
has “pink eye” (conjunctivitis). Consult a health care provider for a diagnosis and
medical services to be performed at
follow his or her directions.
the school, IT IS VITAL TO YOUR
CHILD’S SAFETY that you notify your FEVER: Your child should stay home if his or her temperature is 100 degrees or
higher, with or without any other symptoms. A child may return to school after
school’s principal or school nurse. The
being fever-free for 72 hours without the use of fever-reducing medicine, such as
necessary forms will be provided and
Tylenol or ibuprofen.
a time will be arranged for you to meet
with your child’s school nurse to RUNNY NOSE OR COUGH: A child with greenish nose discharge, a chronic cough
develop a nursing plan. Please contact lasting more than 10 days, or a cough with a fever should be seen by a health care
your child’s principal or school nurse provider. These conditions may be contagious and may require treatment. The
student can return when the cough has lessened and the fever is gone.
if you have any questions about what
to do concerning your child’s life- SORE THROAT: It’s especially important that your child stay home if he or she has
threatening health condition. a fever or swollen glands in his or her neck. Your child may return to school
24 hours after treatment has started and if he or she is feeling better.
HIV/AIDS PREVENTION VOMITING: Your child should stay home if they have vomited within the past 24
hours.
State law requires school districts DIARRHEA: Your child should stay home if he or she has had watery stools within
to teach all 5th through 12th grade the past 24-hour period, especially if he or she acts or looks ill. Your child can
students about HIV/AIDS. Under the return when he or she has been diarrhea-free for at least 24 hours.
law, parents who wish to exclude their RASH: A body rash, especially with fever or itching, is a reason to stay home.
child from the HIV/AIDS instruction Consult a health care provider for a diagnosis and follow his or her directions.
must first preview the instructional Diaper rashes, heat rashes, and allergic reactions are not contagious.
materials. Parents can preview that EAR INFECTIONS: Children with ear infections without fever do not need to be
material this fall. Parents will be excluded from school, but the child needs to get medical treatment and follow-up.
notified of the date, time and place of Untreated ear infections can cause permanent hearing loss.
that meeting later this fall. For more
LICE, SCABIES: Health officials tell us head lice do not pose a health hazard and
information, call 425-356-1205.
are not easily spread in a classroom, but they still must be effectively treated. A
child found to have head lice at school will not be sent home and excluded from
HEALTH SCREENING class on the day the lice are found. The student’s parents will be expected to treat
active cases of head lice and keep the student home until treatment is completed.
Students in kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, Your school nurse or other health care professional can help with diagnosing head
3rd, 5th, and 7th grades are screened lice and can offer suggestions about treatment.
for vision and hearing. Parents are ANTIBIOTICS: If your child has an illness requiring antibiotics, such as strep
notified of possible problems and throat, he or she can return to school 24 hours after the antibiotic treatment has
recommendations may be made for been started and the child no longer feels ill.
further evaluation.
15STAPH INFECTIONS or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer; u Stay home if you are sick and
keep cuts and scrapes clean and covered limit your contact with other people.
Students can get a staph infection if with a bandage until healed; avoid
they have skin-to-skin contact with contact with other people’s wounds and SUNSCREEN
someone who has a staph infection or bandages; and avoid sharing personal
if they encounter items and surfaces items, such as towels or razors. State law allows a student to have
that have staph on them. Most staph sunscreen at school without needing a
infections are minor and can be easily INFLUENZA signed Medication Authorization form.
treated. One form of staph called MRSA Students must apply the sunscreen to
(methicillin-resistant staphylococcus The best way to protect yourself and themselves when they are at school.
aureus) is a skin condition that looks your family from catching the influenza Staff members and other students
like an infected pimple or boil and is virus is to: cannot help. Because of allergy risks,
resistant to more common forms of u Get a flu shot each year. students also cannot share their
antibiotics. It’s important that you u Don’t cough or sneeze into your sunscreen with others. The student’s
contact your doctor if your child has a hands. Cover your mouth with a tissue name must be written on the sunscreen
skin infection that does not get better. and then throw the tissue away or container with a permanent marker.
In order to limit the spread of skin cough or sneeze into your sleeve. Only rub-on sunscreens are allowed
infections, the Mukilteo School District u Wash your hands frequently at school. Spray sunscreens are not
disinfects restrooms, lunchroom tables, with soap and water or use a hand allowed because the spray can get in
locker rooms, and PE mats each day. sanitizer. the eyes, mouth, and noses of other
Students also can help prevent the u Avoid close contact with people students and can be harmful to
spread of skin infections with good who are sick. students with asthma or other
hygiene practices. They should wash u Avoid touching your eyes, nose, respiratory conditions.
hands thoroughly with soap and water or mouth.
FOOD IN THE CLASSROOM
To help stop the spread of food-borne
MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE illness, the Snohomish Health District
recommends that parents use caution
Washington schools are required to provide parents or guardians of students when planning food events at school.
entering 6th through 12th grades with information on meningococcal disease, Acceptable food includes commercially
a serious infection of the brain (meningitis) and blood caused by bacteria. prepared cakes, breads, cookies, and
Fortunately, this life-threatening infection is rare; only about 75 people are other baked goods, fresh fruit that has
infected each year in Washington. Infants under 12 months old, adolescents, and been washed and cut just prior to
young adults are most likely to get meningococcal disease, especially those living serving, or candy that has been
in group settings, such as college dorms.
individually wrapped.
The Department of Health wants you to be aware of meningococcal disease and
how you can protect your child against it. A vaccine is available that can prevent Please avoid home-canned products,
up to 65 percent of meningococcal disease among adolescents and young adults. food containing custards and cream
The vaccine is recommended for all teens age 11 to 18 years. The meningococcal fillings, meat dishes, and potato or
vaccine is not required for school or college attendance. macaroni salad. Parents also should use
caution in providing snacks that are
Other ways to prevent the spread of meningococcal disease include good hygiene
a frequent allergen, such as peanuts,
(regular hand washing, covering coughs and sneezes, etc.), and not sharing items
that may spread meningococcal disease and other bacteria and viruses, such as tree nuts, and dairy products. Please
eating utensils, glasses, cups, water bottles, drinks, lip gloss, or toothbrushes. check with your child’s teacher to see
if anyone in the classroom has allergy-
More information on meningococcal disease is available on the following websites: related restrictions. All foods are to be
served with utensils or gloved hands.
Washington State Department of Health (www.doh.wa.gov/TopicsAtoZ)
National Meningitis Association (www.nmaus.org)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov/meningococcal/index. TOBACCO PRODUCTS
html)
The use of any tobacco product or
electronic smoking/vapor device is
16prohibited on school district property, INSURANCE entering 6th through 12th grades with
including grounds and buildings. In information about meningococcal
addition, vapor products and devices Information about accident insurance is disease, a serious infection of the
also are prohibited within 500 feet of distributed to students at the beginning brain (meningitis) and blood caused
schools. Tobacco products include, but of the school year and is available in by bacteria, and with information
are not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, school offices. For more information, about human papillomavirus disease,
smokeless tobacco, nicotine, and call 425-356-1281. a common virus that is spread through
nicotine-delivering devices such as genital contact.
electronic cigarettes. The possession or IMPORTANT HEALTH NOTICES
distribution of any tobacco products by
minors is prohibited. Washington schools are required to
provide parents or guardians of children
HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS
The following information is being provided to you at the direction of the Washington State Legislature to help reduce cervical
cancer rates in Washington by protecting students from human papillomavirus.
WHAT IS HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV)? HPV is a very common virus that is spread through genital contact. There are
many types of HPV. Most are harmless and do not cause infections or symptoms. However, some types of HPV can cause cervi-
cal, vaginal, and vulvar cancers in females while other types can cause anal, neck, and head cancers in both males and females.
Other types of HPV can also cause genital warts in both males and females.
WHO CAN GET HPV? In the United States, an estimated 75 to 80 percent of sexually active people will get HPV at some point
in their lives. Both women and men can get HPV and spread it to others without realizing they have the virus. HPV
infection is most common in women and men in their late teens and early 20s.
HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE HPV? Most people with HPV have no signs or symptoms. Some people know they have HPV
because they have a symptom such as genital warts. Women may find out they have HPV through cervical cancer screening
(Pap tests) and HPV antibody testing. Health care providers do not usually test for HPV unless abnormal cervical cell changes
are detected by a Pap test.
HOW DOES HPV CAUSE CERVICAL CANCER? Most HPV infections clear up on their own, but some types of HPV can
infect cells in the cervix (the opening to the uterus or womb) and cause changes. If the infection continues untreated, these
changes can lead to cervical cancer. Pap tests can detect cell changes long before cervical cancer develops. Women who get the
HPV vaccine should continue getting Pap tests.
HOW CAN HPV INFECTION BE PREVENTED? The best way to prevent HPV infection is to abstain from all sexual
activity. People with only one lifetime partner can get HPV if their partner had previous sexual partners. Using condoms
during sex offers good protection against sexual infections such as HPV. The HPV vaccines offer by far the best protection if
given before sexual activity starts, but do not get rid of existing HPV infections and do not protect against all types of HPV that
can cause cervical cancer.
WHAT IS THE HPV VACCINE? The HPV vaccine can prevent infections from some of the most common and serious types of
HPV that cause genital warts and cervical and anal cancers. Only the 9-valent HPV (9vHPV) vaccine is available in the United
States. It protects against nine HPV types, including seven types that can cause cancer.
WHO SHOULD GET THE VACCINE AND WHEN SHOULD THEY GET IT? The federal advisory committee on
immunization practices recommends the HPV vaccine for all 11- and 12-year-old adolescents. The vaccine can also be given to
both females and males as young as 9 years old and up to 26 years old, if their doctor recommends it. HPV vaccine is given as a
series of two or three doses depending on the age of the child. It is not required for school entry in Washington.
HOW LONG DOES THE PROTECTION LAST? So far, studies show that protection lasts at least five years, although they
suggest that protection will last much longer. Research will continue to see how long each vaccine’s protection lasts.
HOW CAN I GET THE HPV VACCINE? Children in Washington who are under age 19 can get the HPV vaccine for free.
Some health care providers charge an administration fee or an office visit fee. You can ask to waive the administration fee if you
can’t afford to pay. For people age 19 and older, the vaccine is available from many clinics and pharmacies.
Resources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (www.cdc.gov/std/hpv), Washington Dept. of Health (www.doh.wa.gov/
TopicsAtoZ), American Sexual Health Association (www.ashastd.org), or the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org).
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