Campus Rules & Regulations

Pflugerville ISD Dress Code 

The District’s dress code is established to foster a positive and proper learning environment. Appropriate grooming, dignity of appearance, and pride all contribute to a successful learning environment. The dress code provides expectations which model good citizenship, teach grooming and hygiene, instill discipline, prevent disruptions, minimize safety hazards, and teach respect for authority.  Everyone has a role to play in helping to create the proper learning environment. The District encourages students, with the supervision of their parents, to maintain high standards of dress, grooming, and personal appearance. Parents are encouraged to ensure that their student is in compliance with the dress code policy established by the District. Campus administrators are charged with enforcing the dress code.

 The campus administrators have the final authority concerning the propriety of clothing, hairstyles, and jewelry to be worn on school property, at school activities, or any time a student is representing Pflugerville ISD. Administrators will use their professional judgment in determining whether attire is inappropriate, distracting, or causes or may be reasonably expected to cause a disruption to or interference with normal school operations.

General Information:

• No clothing or grooming should disrupt the learning environment or create a health or other hazard to a student’s safety or the safety of others.
• No clothing featuring pictures, emblems, writings, or slogans that are lewd, offensive, risqué, vulgar, obscene, provocative, or that convey demeaning messages may be worn (including jewelry or accessories).
• No apparel or accessories shall depict tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, drugs, or any other dangerous, prohibited, or controlled substance.
• No attire that identifies, condones, depicts, or promotes a student as part of an unauthorized group, such as a gang. For more information about what constitutes a gang, please contact your campus administrator or local law enforcement.
• No clothing or accessories that promote violence, weapons, bombs, illegal acts, or anything that could be construed as provocative or offensive or otherwise distract from the learning environment, as determined by the administrators.
• No pajamas, sleepwear, or house slippers of any kind (except for designated days such as theme or character days, etc.)
• School-sponsored uniforms (athletics, cheerleading, dance teams, ROTC, etc.) are exempt from this dress code. Students who participate in extracurricular activities may be subject to additional standards. The sponsor or coach will distribute additional requirements to participants.
• No holes in apparel that expose any areas that are not allowed to be exposed per this dress code
• For health and safety reasons, shoes are to be worn in the building.
• Tattoos that are deemed distracting must be covered
• Sunglasses are not allowed in the building, except on designated days determined by the campus principal.

Pants, Jeans, Skirts:

• Shorts, skirts, dresses, and skorts must be at mid-thigh length as measured with relaxed shoulders.
• Pants, jeans, shorts, skirts, and skorts must be worn at the hip and cover undergarments.

Shirts, Blouses, Sweatshirts, Sweaters, Vests, Jackets, Coats:

• No strapless tops, spaghetti-strap tops, backless halters, large armholes, or off-the-shoulder tops.
• No low necklines (which reveal cleavage or chest area)
• No see-through or mesh shirts
• Tops must meet the beltline, and must not reveal undergarments or skin when standing or sitting.

Shoes:

• Unsafe footwear, as determined by the campus principal, is not permitted. Examples may include flip-flop-type sandals.
• For safety reasons, tennis shoes (rubber sole, closed-toe, and heel) are to be worn during Physical Education (P.E.) for all grade levels. Shoes such as flip flops, sandals, boots, Crocs, etc. are not permitted during P.E.

Hair:

• Neat, clean, and well-groomed. Worn in a style and color that is not distracting, as determined by the campus principal 

Consequences:

If the campus administrator determines that a student’s grooming or clothing violates the school’s dress code, the student will be given an opportunity to correct the problem at school. If not corrected, the student may be assigned to in-school suspension for the remainder of the day, until the problem is corrected, or until a parent or designee brings an acceptable change of clothing to the school. Repeated offenses may result in more serious disciplinary action in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.

Weiss High School Grading Protocols for 2019-20

Assessment Category Weight  - 70%

Practice Category Weight -  30%

General Guidelines

No single grade can count more than 20% toward the overall average. Due to GPA/Class Rank implications, grading must be consistent across each PLC.  This includes, but is not limited to: the number of “Assessment” and “Practice” grades; make-up, retest or redo timelines; common assessments; etc.

Assignment of Grades – Grade Level

The teacher has the discretion to drop grades as long as minimums above are maintained and is consistent with members of the PLC. 

Timeliness of posting

• Teacher will update grades every week by Tuesday @ 4:30.
• It is HIGHLY advised that assessment grades delivered in the last three days of the grading period be counted in the NEXT grading period to avoid late work/retesting adjustments that may be necessary.

Retesting or Redoing

• Students scoring below “70” on an Assessment Grade must be allowed (or may be required) to redo the assignment/test (or similar) after completing prerequisite work. The higher grade, with a maximum of “70”, shall be recorded.
• Retesting/redoing should be completed within five school days (unless the teacher makes alternative provision for extenuating circumstances).  
• Students must be allowed to do re-takes on assessment grades below 70.
• Students may be allowed to do re-takes on assessment grades above 70. (PLC must be consistent)
• They may be allowed to do re-takes on any practice grade. (PLC must be consistent)

Late Work

• Students will be afforded opportunity to submit late work during each grading period.
• Late work submissions in this regard must be submitted by the end of the grading period, with the grading period defined as each 3 week segment in the year.
• In the event that students are assigned work in the last week of the grading period, students will have 5 school days from the original date of submission to complete the late work assignment.
• Late work submissions in this regard must be good-faith efforts at the assignment; trivial attempts at assignments will not be accepted or graded. The teacher will determine the worthiness of the late assignment submitted.
• A maximum penalty of 20% may be applied to late work.
• Extra credit assignments are NOT subject to this Late Work provision.

Transfer Grades

• Transfer grades shall be assigned proportionally to the time spent in each school/class.

UIL Eligibility

• All schools must check grades for all participants at the end of the first six weeks of school at which time students must have earned a passing grade (70 or above) in all classes.  From that point, grades are checked at the end of each three week grading period.
• A student who receives, at the end of any grading period (after the first six weeks of the school year), a grade below 70 in any class may not participate in extra-curricular activities for three school weeks.
• Students are eligible for one Pre-AP/AP waiver PER semester.
• Special note about incompletes:  A student with an incomplete grade is ineligible at the end of the 7-day grace period unless the incomplete is replaced with a passing grade PRIOR to the end of the 7-day grace period.  Students may regain eligibility if the work is made up in accordance with district policy in regards to time and conditions allowed for make-up work.  Students who have received a failing grade will be ineligible regardless of make-up work.

Exam Exemptions 11-12

Students in grades 11-12 who meet the criteria listed below may earn the opportunity to be exempt from one or more final exams. Students may earn exemptions by achieving strong course grades, good attendance and satisfying the College, Career, and/or Military Readiness criteria outlined below. 

Final Exam Definition:  A final exam is defined as the cumulative assessment for a semester course (at the end of the semester for .5 credit) and for a year-long course (at the end of the year for 1.0 credit courses).

Attendance: Attendance is considered individually for each course. An exemption from finals can be earned for each course taken. The decision to take an exemption(s) is up to each student. Individual students must maintain the following:

For Semester Courses:

1. Course grade of 90 or better and no more than 2 absences during the course OR

2.Course grade of 80 or better and no more than 1 absence during the course;

For Year-Long Courses:

1. Course grade of 90 or better and no more than 3 absences during the course OR

2. Course grade of 80 or better and no more than 2 absences during the course;

AND

3.. Complete the ApplyTexas Application (Seniors Only);

AND

4. Complete the FAFSA or TAFSA (Seniors Only)

AND

5. Successfully satisfy at least one College-Ready, Career-Ready or Military Indicator (see next tab):

Demonstrate College and Career Readiness through one or more of the following options:

• TSI
• SAT/ACT
• 3 or higher on AP exam
• Complete and earn credit in College Prep ELA or Math Course
• Dual Credit, three or more credits in ELA or Math or nine hours from any subject
• Complete and earn credit for OnRamps course
• CTE coherent sequence and credit aligned with approved industry-based certification