We welcome parent/guardian involvement in our schools and district from supporting teachers and engaging in decision making at every level.

Our plan includes district superintendent and school parent advisory councils to problem solve how to improve parent and teacher cooperation in areas such as homework, attendance, discipline, and more.

➡️ How to get involved: Contact Superintendent Wendy Johnson or the school principal.

We want all parent/guardian concerns resolved quickly and fairly.

Concerns should begin with the teacher or coach first. If the issue isn't resolved, parents/guardians can reach out to the school administration.

More information on this problem solving process is posted on our  website with contact information for school and district leaders. 

Our schools welcome parent/guardian visits. Parents/Guardians wanting to observe their students classroom are asked to follow this process:

 

• Make an appointment with the administrator in person or virtual to review the protocol

• Provide identity information to allow for school staff check the sex offender database. Idaho law protects students by prohibiting sex offenders in schools.

• Follow the direction of the teacher during the visit.

Parents/guardians are welcome to review the catalog of books in our school libraries.

If they identify a book they do not want their child to have, they can contact the school’s librarian to place an alert on that student’s information in the program Destiny.

The alert pops up immediately for the librarian. 

Review the library collections using the links below:

Secondary schools

• Kuna High School / Swan Falls
• Initial Point Elementary School 
• Kuna Middle School 
• Fremont Middle School

Elementary schools

• Crimson Point Elementary 
• Hubbard Elementary
• Indian Creek Elementary
• Reed Elementary
• Ross Elementary
• Silver Trail Elementary 

Parents/guardians are welcome to review these materials and information about the course of study in our schools.

Process:  

The district’s adopted core curriculum for English language arts, math, science, social studies is listed on our website. Teachers also use a variety of supplemental materials.

The process to access materials is to contact the student’s teacher.

Physical materials

It may be necessary to make an appointment to review textbooks and materials at times when they are not in use by students.

While some materials may be copied for review outside of school, copyrighted material such as textbooks cannot be and must be reviewed at school.

Online materials

In grades 6-12, teachers post information in our learning management system called Schoology. Parents/guardians access this in one of two ways:

• Ask your student log in and show you materials

• Access a parent account

On the rare occasion a parent objects to learning materials or activity in their child’s classroom, they should follow this process:

• Contact the teacher to identify if an alternative lesson or activity is available and/or
• Withdraw their student from the lesson or activity

Parents/Guardians of students with disabilities can contact the school administration about a plan for their student. 

 

Our schools use information about a child's identity that is provided by parents/guardians when they enroll their child in our schools. This information is verified with a copy of a birth certificate which is required by Idaho law 18-4511.

The identity information on the birth certificate is required to be used for all official records such as transcripts, diplomas, etc. This identity information can only be changed with a birth certificate.

 

For various reasons, families may want their child's day-to-day identity to be something different. The most common is a different name other than the one on the birth certificate.

NAME CHANGES 

Many parents/guardians use different names for their child than what is documented on the birth certificate. For example, a child named John Doe Jr. may be identified and known as "Junior" instead of John.

 

School staff will use the name on the birth certificate unless another name has been provided by the parents/guardians and recorded in PowerSchool in the “preferred name” field.

 

Parents can contact the school for information on how to add a preferred name. Schools will not add preferred names without parent permission.

OTHER CHANGES

Parents/guardians who want to change other pieces of their child's identity including pronouns and gender must meet with school administrators to complete a support plan for their student. Students cannot initiate this change. If a student requests this, school staff will contact the parent/guardian.

ALL IDENTITY CHANGES REQUIRE PARENT APPROVAL

 

If a student asks a school staff member to be identified differently than what is contained in their official records, school staff will contact the parent/guardian.

Changes in how a student is identified require parents' permission.

 We recognize the rights of all parents/guardians to be informed of and involved in their child's education, including those who may be divorced or estranged. 

Parents/guardians who are estranged or divorced may disagree regarding the education of the child and/or may attempt to limit one another's access to their child. 

Despite such estrangement, both parents/guardians are welcomed and encouraged to participate int he child's education, to the extent appropriate.

Parents/guardians are presumed to have joint custody of the student, absent a court order or written agreement between the parents/guardians denying or limiting custody for either parent. 

For the district's purpose, the parent/guardian with whom the student resides is presumed to be the custodial parent. 

If estranged or divorced parents/guardians both claim to be the custodial parent, asserting that the child is residing with both parents/guardians, enrollment records will be examined. The parent who enrolled the student will be presumed to be the custodial parent until a court order or written agreement between the parties, identifying the custodial parent, is provided to the school.

A parent will only be prevented from participating in his/her child   education if a court order (e.g., divorce decree, custody order, or restraining order) specifically denies visitation rights.

If one parent desires the district to comply with such an order, he/she has the obligation to present a copy of the signed order to the building principal.

Additionally, the district may prohibit either parent (regardless of custodial status and the language of the court order) from
entering school, or otherwise participating in school-sponsored activities, if he or she disrupts the educational process or his/her presence is detrimental to morals, health, safety, academic learning, or discipline of the student(s).