Policies

Participation Policy

Please sign in your family each week at the entrance table.

Parents/guardians are to remain on site with their children at all times. The Co-op is not a drop off situation!

Since Co-op can not function without the dependable participation of all families involved, there will be no more than two planned absences allowed each term. Please note on your registration form if you know of a week or two you will be absent so the class teachers can plan ahead. Please notify the Attendance Volunteer of these absences, and the class teacher.

If, due to an emergency or illness, you are unable to be present for any class, call the Attendance Volunteer as soon as possible so arrangements can be made. Even if there is more than one assistant in the class, the instructor has planned for a certain number of assistants, and your help is needed and appreciated!

Instructors are to communicate with the assistants before the first class and as needed during the session:

Co-op begins at 8:45 a.m. in the Chapel. All families are required to be on time for chapel time so that they can be there for announcements, prayer, and to prepare for the day.

Please be on time, if not early for each class to set up the classroom and greet students as they arrive in the room. We will allow students and assistants up to two late arrivals of 5 minutes or more to the first period class. If you are late for 1st period more than two times, please do not join the 1st period class once it has started.

Students must stay in the classroom for the full period. No early dismissals! Please use the stairs closest to your classroom. Classroom doors must stay open when occupied unless 2 adults are present.

At all times, students must be in a group of at least three, if no adults are present.

At the end of 3rd period, restore room to its original condition. A vacuum is available. A Post-It note on the classroom door will indicate how the chairs and tables are to be left. Please turn off the heat, close windows, and close the door after class.

Each family will be assigned one Friday a term in which they will be responsible for putting the church back in order following Co-op. That means you need to plan on being the last ones out the door on “your day.” A list of responsibilities will be provided.

Dress Code Policy

We desire our co-op to follow God’s call to modesty in appearance
(1 Timothy 2:9-10), and in doing so, create a safe place for everyone to learn without distraction and temptation. These guidelines, for both parents and students alike, will give a measurable way to keep our clothing in check. Modesty is the key!

Discipline Policy

We are a Christian Co-op. It honors Christ when our students respect their teachers and classmates. If a student is disruptive, the following procedures will take place:

  1. First offense – the student receives a clear warning from the instructor or assistant. Be loving, but firm.
  2. Second offense – the student is removed from the class and must remain with his or her parent for the remainder of the class time.
  3. Third offense – the student and parent(s) will have a meeting with the Discipline Board and instructor to see if student desires to remain in school by changing behavior. Student will not be allowed to return to that particular class until this meeting occurs.
  4. If the student wishes to return to the class the following week, he/she will be expected to follow the rules and guidelines of the co-op. If there is another infraction, the parent will remove the student from the school for the remainder of the session with no refund of fees.
Keep students in the classroom for the full period. No early dismissals!

Please use the stairs closest to your classroom.

At all times, students must be in a group of at least three, if no adults are present.

At the end of 3rd period, restore room to its original condition. A vacuum is available. A Post-It note on the classroom door will indicate how the chairs and tables are to be left. Please turn off the heat, close windows, and close the door after class.

Conflict Policy

In case of physical abuse - zero tolerance -

  1. No warning, immediate removal of both students from classroom, they will remain w/ parents for remainder of co-op day.
  2. Both parties will meet separately w/ own parents(s), instructor and Advisory Team to see if they desire to remain in co-op by changing behavior.
  3. If party wishes to return to the class the following week, he/she will be expected to follow the rules and guidelines of the co-op.
  4. If there is another infraction, the parent will remove the student from co-op for the remainder of the quarter with no refund of fees. Another meeting with the Advisory Board will be required before student is allowed back into co-op.

Cell Phones

Please leave your cell phones in your vehicle if at all possible, be considerate of others.

Students - Zero tolerance policy - no calls, games or texting during chapel or class; teachers may confiscate phones for duration of class.

Adults - phones must be on vibrate - please use only during lunch - if a very urgent call comes in during chapel or class, go out into the hall to answer. Remember, teachers are expecting you as a volunteer to be available to help them during class.

Unregistered Students

Emergency situations may arise in which a family may need to bring children who are not registered co-op students. If this happens, the co-op parent should notify the class teachers to get their okay for the extra children.

Wellness Policy

Please do not bring your child to Co-op if he/she has any of the following:

Please call the Attendance Volunteer ASAP if you will be absent.

Snow Days

Unless otherwise informed, if the Marysville School District is closed because of snow, Home’s Cool Co-op will not meet.

Word of Life Rules

Please remember that the pastor is studying and the secretary is running the church building during our co-op time.

All assistants and instructors are to attend the “Reducing the Risk” seminar, as made available by the church.

The church’s consumable supplies including the telephone, copy machine, paper, pencils, markers, etc. are not for the use of the Co-op.

Food, drink, or snacks are allowed only in the fellowship hall and kitchen.

Only adults and high school students are to be in the kitchen.

Children must be in a classroom at all times (unless going to the restroom or traveling between classes). Children not in class are the responsibility of their parents (or another adult appointed by the parent).

Children under 8 years of age are to be accompanied to the restroom from the classroom by an assistant or parent.