Lassen Expanded Learning is pleased to offer our Program for those families that would like to enroll their student into an academic and enrichment based program located on their students school campus each day that school is in session.  Our programs are open on Early Release Days, Parent/Teacher Conference Days, and an additonal 30 day in the summer (which requires additional registration).  Through funding from the California Department of Education Expanded Learning Opportunities Program and the After School Education and Safety Program we are able to offer these programs free of charge.

Please complete and submit one form per student being enrolled in the After School Program.

Please specify each person, including the name of parents, who has permission to pick up your child from the After School Program.

Lassen After School Program Disciplinary Action Plan

CITIZENSHIP

All children are expected to display good citizenship while attending the Lassen Expanded Learning Program and must have enough maturity not to wander off or leave the site without permission. They must also be able to work cooperatively in a large group setting. We are a “Hands Off” program. Any child who abuses anyone or anything will be subject to immediate disciplinary action, as determined by the Program Leader or Site Coordinator, with coordination of the Program Director.

Discipline is typically in the following order: The program uses discussion, redirection, and “time-out” as a means of discipline for inappropriate behaviors. If a behavior escalates, continues, or is beyond using these methods, one of the following two reports will be used to document and address the behavior based on the type and severity of the incident.

Warning Reports: A Warning Report is issued to a child and parent/guardian as a written notification that there is either an ongoing behavior problem, or that an incident occurred that a Program staff member deems necessary to formally discuss with a parent/guardian.

1. When a staff member fills out a Warning Report, you and your child will be asked to sign it.
2. There are no program consequences for an individual Warning Report.
3. Copies of the Warning Reports are kept at both the actual site and the Lassen County Office of Education program office.

Behavior Reports: A Behavior Report is issued when a behavior has occurred that has either been a continual problem that has not been resolved through other methods of discipline or a single behavior that is severe or unacceptable.

1. When a leader fills out a Behavior Report, you and your child will be asked to sign it.
2. Upon receipt of a third Behavior Report, the child will be suspended from the program for the following program day, with coordination of the Program Director. A meeting will be set-up with the Site Coordinator, Parents/Guardians, and Program Director.
3. Upon receipt of the fourth Behavior Report, the child will be suspended for the period of five days, with coordination of the Program Director.
4. Upon receipt of the 5th Behavior Report, the child may not attend the program for one month, with coordination of the Program Director.
5. After one month has passed, a meeting will be held with the Site Coordinator, Program Director, and Parent/Guardians to discuss the re-admittance and to create an action plan. If the action plan does not work we will have to exit the child for the remainder of the program year.
6. Copies of these reports are kept at the site and the Lassen County Office of Education program office.

Notwithstanding the above discipline policy, program staff reserves the right to immediately call the parents/guardians and remove a participant from the program for the remainder of the day, and/or suspend a participant at any time, with coordination of the Program Director, for the following reasons:

1. Non-Cooperation
2. Physical or verbal abuse of another child or leader.
3. Possession of a weapon on school premises or while under the care of the ASES program.
4. Any conduct that is a threat to the health, safety, or welfare of the staff or other program participants.
5. Lack of cooperation by parents/guardians.
6. Continual late pick-ups.

Please Note:

1. At any time, a parent has the option to request a conference with the Program Site Facilitator and the Program Director.
2. A parent’s/guardian’s refusal to sign a warning or behavior report does not negate the validity of the report.
3. Children who are suspended from school will not be accepted at any Lassen Expanded Learning Program during the time of their suspension.

Anophylaxis Treatment Annual Notification to Parents

California Education Code 49414 authorizes school distrfcts to provide epinephrine auto­ injectors to trained personnel to use to provide emergency medical aid to persons suffering from an anaphylactic reaction.

Anaphylaxiis is a rapid, severe allergic response triggered by insect stings, foods, medications, latex materials, exercise, or in rare cases by unknown causes. This is a life­ threatening allergic condition, requiring immediate treatment.

Administering epinephrine to students during a medical emergency may help to insure the student's health and safety at school. Therefore, the Lassen
County Office of Education has adopted a policy for standing orders to provide life-saving epinephrine to students who are in need of such treatment.

This policy states that a credentialed, licensed school nurse or trained, unlicensed school staff, under the direct or indirect supervision of the credentialed school nurse (or supervisor of health), may administer epinephrine in the form of an epinephrine auto-injector during a severe,
life-threatening allergic reaction. The epinephrine auto-injector rapidly delivers a pre-measured, sterile, single dose of epinephrine by direct injection through the skin.

 

ABOUT US

The Lassen Expanded Learning Programs are state-funded by Prop. 49 Education and Safety Programs (ASES) and Expanded Learning Opportunities Program are offered at no charge to students.  Our programs are a partnership between the Lassen County Office of Education, school districts, parents, and the community to provide a safe place for students to grow academically and participate in enrichment activities. 

Programs are administered by the Lassen County Office of Education.  Services are provided to students enrolled in Big Valley Elementary, Big Valley Jr./Sr. High School, Fletcher Walker  Elementary, Fort Sage Middle School, McKinley Elementary, Meadow View, Diamond View and Sierra Primary.

If there are questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Program Director James Hall, at the Lassen County Office of Education, 251-8711, or by e-mail at jdhall@lcoe.org.

OUR MISSION

It is the mission of the Lassen Expanded learning Program to engage students in a fun, safe, healthy environment to achieve their full potential!

HOURS OF OPERATION

The program is in session every day that school is in session from the end of the school day until 6 p.m. On minimum days, the program begins at the end of the school day and runs until the normal program end time. The program does not operate on any day that school is not in session.  

 ENROLLMENT

All students must have a signed enrollment and emergency consent form prior to attending their first day in the Lassen Expanded learning Program. Students are enrolled using the following priority  areas foster youth, homeless youth, and  those who qualify for free and reduced lunch. 

A DAY AT EXPANDED LEARNING

Each day staff will provide homework assistance, academic tutoring, educational games, moderate to vigorous physical activity, a nutritional snack, and enrichment activities. Enrichment activities are an integral part of the program, where many of the California standards are taught using hands-on and discovery activities.  Students are enrolled in the Expanded learning Program using a lottery model.

 

DAILY PROGRAM COMPONENTS

The daily program components in our expanded learning programs are:

• Snack
• Academic Support such as homework  support, reading activities, math games, etc...
• Enrichment activities that support regular day learning.
• Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activities

 

DISCIPLINE

The Lassen Expanded learning Program uses a positive approach to discipline when the stated rules are broken.  Behavior problems are recorded, and plans for corrective action are noted.  Parent(s)/Guardian(s) will be notified if an inappropriate behavior persists.  If a child continually misbehaves, the Program Leader will seek the support of the Parent(s)/Guardian(s), Program Liaison, school site administrator, and Program Manager.

 If children act in a way that creates risk of harm and/or health to themselves or anyone else, the Program Leader to which the student is assigned will call the Parent(s)/ Guardian(s) asking for an immediate pickup.

The complete disciplinary action steps can be found in the Lassen Expanded Learning Disciplinary Action Plan has been provided during this registration process and can be found on the program Website at www.lassenafterschool.org.

SNACK

Program participants will receive a snack each afternoon.  This snack will include two of the four basic food groups.   Accomodations for allergies are available upon completion of appropriate paperwork

 

ATTENDANCE

Students should strive to attend every day. Students are encouraged to stay for the entire duration of the program each day, However, it is understood that students attend a parallel program (programs in the school or community centers such as sports, cheerleading, dance, scouts, etc...).

Family emergencies, medical appointments, custody orders, or child accidents that occur during the program time and other conditions agreed upon by the administration are the only excused absences.  Whenever possible, please let us know if your child will not be attending the program on his/her regularly scheduled days.  This allows us to keep the appropriate staff to student ratio of 1 to 20. If your child has an excused absence, please submit a note of why he/she was absent.

 Three or more unexcused absences are grounds for dismissal from the program and will be reviewed by the Program Director.

 

EARLY RELEASE POLICY

Students enrolled in the Lassen Expanded learning Program are required to be in attendance for the entire program time each day unless they have an early release form on file.  As per State of California’s ASES Program policies, each student who needs an early release from the program must have an early release form filled out and on file.  Early release is determined on a case-by-case basis and must be justified.  

 

ADULT TO CHILD RATIO

In accordance with the State of California’s ASES/Expanded Learning Program policies, “the program must maintain a staff to student ratio no greater than 1 to 20 first to eighth grade. 1 to 10 Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten

 

STUDENT SIGN-OUT PROCEDURES

Students must be signed out each day by an adult.  Student accountability and safety is of foremost importance.

Students who live close to school may walk home with written parent consent. Parents must notify the Program Leader that their child will walk home. For students who walk home, the staff will not be responsible once students leave the campus.      Parent(s)/Guardian(s) will be held accountable once the designated staff member signs out the student(s).

Students need to be picked up at 6:00 p.m. promptly.  If by 6:00 p.m. the child has not been picked up and all means of Parent(s)/Guardian(s) contact have been exhausted, the police or sheriff’s department will be contacted for assistance.  Three late pickups of more than twenty minutes will result in a student being dropped from the program.  Additionally parents will be charged $10 per every 15 minutes  they are late for pick-up.  After 30 minutes  and all emergency contacts have been tried and no response is received we will contact law enforcement to do a welfare check at the address listed on the registration form.

All students will be signed out by the program staff in order to reduce tbe spread and exposure to COVID and other viruses each day.

 ACCIDENT OR INJURY

Parent(s)/Guardian(s) will be notified of injuries by way of an “Incident Report.”  If the injury is of a more serious nature, the staff member will seek medical attention, and Parent(s)/Guardian(s) will be contacted via phone.  Upon enrollment, an emergency consent form must be completed.  Parents are responsible to keep all information current.

 TRANSPORTATION

Transportation home is not provided by the program.

FOOD PROGRAM

Non-discrimination policy

The U.S. Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.)

 If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda.gov.

 Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339; or (800) 845-6136 (Spanish).

 

 

 

 

I desire that my student be enrolled in the Susanville School District Expanded Learning Program.  I understand and have read the parent handbook, the discipline policy, the program is open on all days that school is in session, and that the program will be closed on all Legal Holidays.