- Under normal conditions, students should use restrooms before school, during passing periods, and after school.
- Students experiencing a medical problem, which necessitates special arrangements, should consult with the teacher/nurse regarding the matter.
Rest Room School-Wide System
Each teacher will have COLOR coded passes according to the hallway. Teachers will receive a color-coded map, and the restrooms will have a color posted above it. The color tells you which bathroom your classroom has permission to use.
This will help you identify the closest restroom and that is the only one a student has permission to go to.
If a bathroom has issues, please let us know so a custodian may fix.
This policy allows a student to use the restroom 4 times, per class, per grading quarter before any consequence is levied.
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th restroom breaks are freebies
- The 5th restroom break equals a 20-minute instructional recapture session (IRS)
- The 6th restroom break equals a 40-minute instructional recapture session (IRS)
- The 7th restroom break—and all subsequent breaks—equals a strike 3
- First: a student asks the teacher for permission to use the restroom
- Second: the teacher grants permission and records today’s date on a form
- Third: student signs out on the restroom log, take the pass, and use the correct restroom
- Fourth: student returns to class, signs back in on the log, returns the pass, and gets back to work
Once a student reaches the 5th restroom break in a class (per 9 weeks), you will receive a 20 minute IRS—including a reminder form—to be served at the teacher’s discretion.
Failure to serve the IRS will result in an escalation of the consequences…so show up!
- When the student asks for a 5th restroom pass → take 20 minutes IRS. IRS stands for Instructional Recapture Session…and it’s how students make up for missed instructional time due to excessive restroom breaks.
When students are allowed to leave the classroom, they must have a restroom pass or a nurse pass. Students are not allowed in the hallway for other reasons. If you need a runner, call student services. If parents are checking out a student, the student will be sent a written student services pass to your room.