Florida Department of Education Link for Parent information.
Click HERE
Daily Schedule
School Day – 7:35 A.M. to 2:10 P.M.
School Telephone Numbers
- Main Office (352) 291-7900
- FAX (352) 291-7901
- Guidance (352) 291-7907
- Cafeteria (352) 291-7916
- Extended Day (352) 291-7917
Front Office Hours
7:20 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.
Attendance
Good attendance is essential for satisfactory progress in school. Florida Statute 232.1 requires that an absence must be explained. A note from home is required following each absence and must be turned into the homeroom teacher within three days of return. Those absences not explained will be unexcused. Florida Statute 228.041 considers any student who has accrued fifteen or more unexcused absences within a 90-calendar day period to be a habitual truant and interventions leading to court action may occur.
Excused absences include personal illness, death or illness in the immediate family, a trip authorized in advance by the principal or assistant principal (form may be picked up in main office) and doctor or dental appointments. If a student is absent in excess of three days, the attendance clerk should be notified by the parent. If continuous or sporadic absences due to illness occur, then documentation from a physician may be required to excuse absences.
Absences are recorded on the report card and on permanent records. Students who skip school or classes are subject to disciplinary action.
When students are absent, their work is incomplete until it is made up. Responsibility for making up such work rests with the student. Also, it is the responsibility of the student to notify teachers of anticipated absences and make arrangements for completing assignments. When a student is ill and will be out three or more days, school work may be requested, and picked up, through the main office. It is asked that 24 hours notice be given to teachers.
For their safety, students arriving late to school must be escorted inside to the front desk to receive a tardy pass before going to class. According to the Marion County Code of Student Conduct, students are allowed three tardies each nine weeks. Excessive tardies to school may result in disciplinary action.
All students must be signed out in the main office by a parent, guardian or individual listed on the Critical Information Sheet before leaving campus during the school day. School personnel will require proper identification before releasing a student.
Board policy provides that a student who is assigned to a school in which his or her race is in the majority may request reassignment to a school where his or her race is in the minority. Applications based on this policy will be available at the school or at the School Board Office. The deadline for returning the completed application is June 30 of each year for the upcoming school year.
Extended Day
- Morning Hours: 6:30 A.M. – School Bell
- Afternoon Hours: School Bell – 6:00 P.M.
- Morning: $38.00 per week per child
- Afternoon: $58.00 per week per child
- Both AM and PM: $76.00 per week per child
Cafeteria
The cafeteria serves a breakfast and a hot lunch every day using a computer system to track disbursement of meals.
Breakfast is free for all students
Lunch is free for all students
Grading Scale
Kindergarten through 5th Grades
A = 90-100%, Exemplary: Highly likely to excel
B = 80-89%, Proficient: Likely to excel
C = 70-79%, On-Grade Level: May need additional support
D = 60-69%, Approaching Grade Level: Likely to need support
F = 0-59%, Emerging: Highly likely to need support
Volunteer!
Last school year, 5,341 MCPS volunteers put in more than 157,624 hours of their time to benefit students in Marion County Public Schools.
Parents are invited and encouraged to volunteer at school. Every effort will be made to find every parent a way to participate actively in his/her child's education.
Volunteers are needed to tutor students, shelve library books, make games, file papers, and chaperone field trips.
To volunteer at HBE, contact the front desk or navigate to the MCPS Homepage (marionschools.net) to fill out a volunteer application.
Parents of Students with Disabilities
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Autism4Parents - A local non-profit organization created for the purpose of helping parents through the ins and outs of living with autism.
http://www.autism4parents.org/
Modifications and Accommodations: What Parents Need to Know - This booklet goes along way toward helping parents understand IEP's and 'the terminology".
http://www.fldoe.org/ese/pdf/ac-mod-parents.pdf
First Steps: A Guide for Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities (English/Spanish)
http://www.fddc.org/publications/first-steps
CARD - Center for Autism and Related Disabilities @ UF - Provides Training, Technical Assistance, Consultation to parents/care providers, Resource Referral, free of charge.
http://card.ufl.edu/