Additional District Information

Protecting the health and well-being of all students is of utmost importance to the District. The Board of Trustees has adopted a suicide prevention policy, which will help to protect all students through the following steps:

1.  Students will learn about recognizing and responding to warning signs of suicide in friends using coping skills, using support systems, and seeking help for themselves and friends. This will be integrated into the K-12 curriculum.

2.  School counselors/social workers shall serve as a point of contact for students in crisis and to refer students to appropriate resources.

3.  When a student is identified as being at risk, he or she will be assessed by a school counselor/social worker who will work with the student and help connect him or her to appropriate local resources.

4.  Students will have access to national resources, which they can contact for additional support, such as:

 

• The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
  Call or Text 988 1-800-273-8255 (TALK)    
  988lifeline.org

 

• The Trevor Lifeline    
  212-695-8650    
  www.thetrevorproject.org

 

• The Crisis Textline
  Text “Home” to 741-741  
  www.crisistextline.org

 

5.  All students will be expected to help create a school culture of respect and support in which students feel comfortable seeking help for themselves or friends. Students are encouraged to tell any staff member if they or a friend are feeling suicidal or in need of help.

6.  Students should also know that because of the life-or-death nature of these matters, confidentiality or privacy concerns are secondary to seeking help for students in crisis. 

 

Federal Title III guidelines require educational opportunities for ELs to be successful in CCSD. The Home Language Survey (HLS) on the Student Registration Form identifies students who have a language other than English. A parent interview will be conducted to confirm this second language and the need for screening language proficiency. Shortly after enrolling, ELs are given a screening assessment to help determine their level of English proficiency. ELs who are limited English proficient (LEP) are entitled to instructional interventions that will allow them to better access CCSD’s curricula and acquire proficiency in English. CCSD provides elementary and secondary English as a Second Language (ESL) pullout programs at selected locations. Campbell County School District also provides Dual Language Instruction (DLI) opportunities at Stocktrail Elementary, Twin Spruce Junior High, and Campbell County High School. As a parent, you may request or refuse ESL services for your child. Translation services are coordinated through CCSD’s Title III office to help families with questions about essential education programs in their school and the district. Parents who have questions or concerns regarding Title III or translation services are encouraged to contact the Director of Title III, Brandon Crosby, Lakeway Learning Center, Curriculum Office, 525 West Lakeway Rd., Gillette, WY 82718. 

The schools of Campbell County expect acceptable behavior from all students, and the goal of this discipline plan is to help students exhibit acceptable standards of conduct. Discipline should not be confused with punishment. When discipline is necessary, corrective measures used will depend on the nature and frequency of the misconduct and the degree to which the student is willing to try to correct the undesirable behavior.

Corrective measures will begin at a minimal level and then proceed to more severe levels. These procedures may include but are not limited to student conferences with school personnel, detention, loss of school privileges, work detail, action plan (written or oral), parent/guardian conference with school personnel, modified school program, corporal discipline, suspension, referral to police or other appropriate community agencies, referral to superintendent, and/or expulsion.

A principal, during an absence, may appoint a teacher as temporary acting principal. 

The Campbell County School Board of Trustees has established attendance areas for all students attending Campbell County schools. A student may apply to go to any school that has available room, subject to any conditions set by the principal. Attendance Area Change Requests (AACR) will be approved or denied by the principal of the receiving school. If the request is approved, it is in effect for the full school year, subject to any conditions set by the principal. If AACRs are revoked or denied, students should be kept until a natural break occurs and sent to the home-based school, provided an opening exists. Parents who receive an approved attendance area change are responsible for transportation to and from school. Approved Attendance Area Change Requests are in effect for the current school year or the remainder of that year. Subsequent years will require the submission of additional requests.  

When a school reaches the recommended class size, students should be clustered to other schools using the following guidelines:

• Students are clustered to the school closest to their home school that is in the same attendance area and has room for that student or to a school in the attendance area that has room for all students in the family.
• In cluster situations, the home-based school will be responsible for registering students and then arranging their placement in another school. Every attempt will be made to complete those arrangements within one school day.
• Additional student(s) will be transported to a cluster school. Proximity, transportation, and class size should be considered when making the placement. Parental choice of cluster schools may be considered if other factors are not adversely affected. When cluster school class sizes are at recommended levels, students will be transported to another CCSD school.
• When one or more grades are full or closed at the home-based school, a family can choose to split the enrollment of their children between the home-based school and another school that has available room within their attendance area or the family can enroll their children at a school within their attendance area that has room to accommodate siblings.
• Cluster students should be offered slots at their home-based school as they become available during the year. Parents have the option of returning their children to the home school or having them stay at the cluster school for the remainder of the year. Remaining in the cluster school does not affect students’ priority status for returning to their home school the next school year.
• Students should not be forced to change schools during the school year. 
• Cluster students may return to their home-based schools the next school year in the same order as they were clustered out, as space permits. Students would remain as cluster students if there is no space available at their home-based school, or if they have not moved and choose to stay at the clustered school.
• District class-size recommendations will be used for determining space for cluster students. Schools with District programs (except Hearing Impaired) serving special needs students may save one slot per grade level for transfers. If a school has a District program, the principal has the option to accept siblings and categorize them as cluster students.  

We would like to thank you for choosing to participate in our breakfast and lunch program in previous and coming school years. We look forward to fueling your students’ bodies and minds. If you have any questions or concerns during the school year or about any of the topics below, please contact the Nutrition Services Director at 307-682-2078.

Free and Reduced Meal Options

Free and Reduced priced meals are available upon approval through an application process; Campbell County School District (CCSD) accepts both paper and online applications.  Paper copies can be picked up at your student’s school and returned once completely filled out.  Online applications can be filled out at campbellcounty.payschools.com. You will need your student’s ID number and full name to complete this process.  CCSD families are encouraged to fill out Free and Reduced applications, which help with more than meal benefits for students while also helping CCSD receive and distribute Title funding.

Meal Prices and Availability

Elementary breakfast is $1.50, lunch is $2.75, individual milk is $.50, Secondary breakfast is $1.75, and lunch is $3.25. There are several A La Carte options ranging from $1.00 to $3.00, and Adult breakfast is $2.00 and lunch is $4.00.

Breakfast and lunch are offered at all CCSD schools in compliance with federal and state regulations administered by the USDA and Wyoming Department of Education.

Special Diets/Meal Accommodations  

Special diets/meal accommodations are available upon request; however, a meal accommodation form must be filled out by the student’s physician and turned in to the school’s nurse before accommodations will be made. Forms can be picked up at your student’s school.  

Adding Money to Student's Account

Money can be added to student's accounts by cash, check, or card at all schools’ front offices.  Cash or checks may also be processed at the secondary school’s cafeteria point-of-sale computers.  Money may also be added to accounts through payschoolscentral.com or the PaySchools Central mobile app.  CCSD encourages money to be added through an app or website; it is user-friendly and allows parents to set up reoccurring payments and view detailed purchase history of meal transactions.  

District Policy

Please be informed that CCSD uses the services of Collection Professionals, Inc. (CPI) for returned checks. There will be a minimum $30.00 charge by CPI for each returned check. All collection payments are to be madev through CPI, not the school district. If you have questions, please call 307682-5171. 

In compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, an accredited asbestos inspector inspects each school building in Campbell County School District every three years. Persons who have questions about asbestos in District buildings are welcome to contact the Maintenance Department at (307) 682-2750. 

A statewide school safety confidential/anonymous tip line for students, parents, school staff, and concerned community members to report school and student safety, with a focus on early intervention and prevention through awareness and education. The tip line allows dangerous situations to be reported by calling 1-844-WYO-SAFE (1-844-996-7233) or making a Web Report online at https://safe2tellwy.org. 

Video and/or audio recording devices, including cameras and microphones, may be installed for security and surveillance purposes within the premises and vehicles of the school district.  

Campbell County School District has implemented visitor procedures to enhance security measures at all 23 schools. The Raptor Visitor Management System is web-based and provides an effective way to help schools keep unwanted visitors out while tracking children who are picked up from school, along with visitors, contractors, and volunteers they allow in. The Raptor system prints a visitor badge for everyone who visits the school. 

The State of Wyoming provides Hathaway merit and need-based scholarships to all Wyoming Students attending the University of Wyoming or Wyoming community colleges.