SALIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL

Home of the WILDCATS!
TAKING PRIDE IN EXCELLENCE
5041 Toomes Road
Salida, CA 95368
(209)545-1633 Phone
(209)543-0831 Fax
(209)545-0339 District Office
Stanislaus County Routing #530

Main Office Hours:
7:45a.m.-3:30p.m.
School Hours:
8:30a.m.-3:05p.m.
ASPIRE Hours:
3:00p.m.-6:00p.m.

TELEPHONE USE

Students in middle school are beginning to take on more responsibility. These responsibilities include remembering to bring all necessary items to school or to notify parents in advance of involvement in after-school activities.

TELEPHONE CALLS WILL BE ALLOWED IN AN EMERGENCY ONLY at the discretion of the principal and/or office staff.

CELL PHONES and ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT:  Cell phones are not to be turned on or visible during school hours. The use of cell phones is strictly forbidden on campus at all times.  Cell phones may be confiscated and a parent will have to pick up it from the office. (EC 48901.5 BP 5131). Pagers, video games, CD players, IPOD’s etc. are to be treated just like cell phones. These items are not to be used during instructional time under any circumstances.   A student discovered to be using a cell phone or other electronic communication devices (ECD)  is in violation of district policies and the following procedure will be used.
1. The staff member will ask the student to turn off the phone and hand the phone to them (if the student does not comply, they will be immediately sent to Dean of Students or the main office for disciplinary action*).
2. The staff member will not turn on or view the contents of the phone
3. The student will be sent to the Dean of Students, Principal or their designee, who will notify them of their discipline for violation of school rules concerning cell phone use*.
4. The phone will be transported to the office where the phone will be placed in an envelope and sealed.
5. On the envelope, a staff member will record the date and time at which the phone was placed in the envelope along with their signature confirming reception of the phone. 
6. The Dean of Students, Principal or their designee will determine if there is any suspicion that the cell phone has been used in a way that possibly violates state or federal laws and may at their discretion turn said cell phone or other device over to local or state authorities for further investigation.  If they feel that there is no probable cause the phone will be stored at the school until a parent or legal guardian of the student retrieves it.
7. To retrieve the phone, a parent or legal guardian of the student will need to come to the main office of the school between the hours of 7:45 and 3:00 P.M. The school may ask the person to provide written positive identification and make a copy of the ID for its records.
8. The parent or legal guardian will be given the envelope, they will then be required to open the envelope and record the date and time they received the phone and provide their signature. The school as evidence of a completed chain of custody then retains the envelope.
* Disciplinary action may include detention, in-school suspension, out-of-school suspension or expulsion.

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