FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  1) Office hours of the school (also the bell schedule) (answer)

  2) Driver's education information: (answers)
   When are the classes offered? 
   When and how can the student sign up? 
   Does it cost anything? 
   What are the requirements to sign up? 
   How long will the class last and what time during the day is it offered? 
   Does Leland offer behind the wheel training?

  3) Community service requirements and informational packetl. (answer)

  4) Sports calendars:  (answers)
   How long does each sport season last? 
   What are the practice hours? 
   Are there weekend meets and where are they? 
   How do the students get to the meets? 
   Does transportation to the meets cost anything? 
   Are there work outs during holidays?

  5) Information about trying out for sports teams in the spring for the following school year. 
      What the requirements are, chances of eligibility, and the cost associated with each sport.
        (answers)

  6) Practice schedules for speech and debate, band choir, cheer leading,
    student council. (answer)

  7) Do I need to bring my PE clothes the first day of school? (answer)

  8) What supplies do I need to bring to my first day of school? (answer)

  9) Lunch information - menu and costs.  (answer)

  10) Pick up and drop off information in the parking lot;  (answers)
   Does the student need a parking tag to park in the lot? 
   Does the tag cost anything? 
   Where should visiting parents park? 
   Are the parents allowed to pick up and drop off in the teacher's parking lot? 

  11) How do I change my student's schedule?  (answers)
   Whom do I see (name, position, phone number and /or email address, office hours).
   Do I need to make an appointment? 
   Does the student take care of this or does the parent? 
   What hours is staff available to help with this?

  12) What is the time line for getting my student ready for college? (answer)

  13) What do I do if my child needs to take the bus?
          Please contact SJUSD Transportation Services (408) 535-6185

  14) When my child goes to registration day, do I need to go as well? (answers)
  15) How do I get summer school classes onto my students transcripts?
        How /When should I get transcripts for my college applications?
        What happens if my transcripts in incorrect?

  16) How do I report an absence? (answers) 
        We're going to be out of town for awhile. What do I do?

  17) What's an SST, 504, IEP?   How do I get one? (answer)

  18) What's a sports packet? (answers)
  Why do I need it?
  Where do I get one?
  When is it due?

  19) How do I get my PIV password? (answer)

  20) What's AIM? (answer)

  21) How do I get a message or something to my student? (anwers #21-#24)
  22) How do I pull a child out of school early?
  23) What are the policies regarding medical appointments during school hours?
  24) What happens if my student becomes injured of ill while at school?

  25) What if my child is late to school? (answers #25-#27)
  26) How do I contact my sutdents teachers?
  27) How do I volunteer?

  28) Where can I get PE clothes? How much?
  Please see Coach Frandsen in the PE department.

  29) What is the homework center?  Peer tutoring? (answer)

  30) Where is the lost and found? What if my student lost their ID Card? (answer)

  31) My students cell phone was confiscated? (answers)
         How do we get it back?
        What is the policy?

  32) How much are yearbooks? Baby ads? (answers)

  33) What is the school dress code and how rigidly is it enforced? (answers)
         What is inappropriate dress?

  34) Can I bring a guest with me? (answer)