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Learning Center Questions (parents)

Learning Center Teachers

Website

Principal

Executive Director

Formal Grievance

Begin with published agendas, minutes, and policy

Directly contact your student’s teachers

If the issue is not resolved contact Principal

Student Interactions (parents)

Learning Center Teachers

Principal

Executive Director

Directly contact your student’s teachers

If the issue is not resolved contact Principal

Discipline (parents)

Learning Center Teachers

Principal

Executive Director

Directly contact teachers

If the issue is not resolved contact Principal

If the issue is not resolved contact Executive Director

Governance (stakeholders)

Executive Director

Board Chair

If the issue is not resolved contact Board Chair

Board Chair and Executive committee will determine appropriate conversations.

Facility and Operations (stakeholders)

Principal

Board Chair

Principal will discuss with appropriate staff

If the issue is not resolved contact Board Chair

Executive Director

If the issue is not resolved contact Executive Director

Website, Weekly News, Shared Calendar

Begin with published materials and information

Response time expectations: Expect communication within two business days from teachers and staff.

Formal Grievance

CCS Family Handbook

ACS User’s Manual

Informal Resolution

School or Compass Issue or Question

Principal

Executive Director

Board Chair

Informal Resolution

Formal Grievance

Every effort will be made to apply restorative practices when possible and appropriate

Principal will discuss with appropriate person

If the issue is not resolved contact Executive Director

If the issue is not resolved contact Board Chair

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Meeting with Facilitator

Informal Resolution Process Initiated

Informal Resolution Agreement

The parties discuss resolution options with a neutral third party. They work through the facilitator to reach an agreement that is mutually acceptable.

The facilitator writes the Informal Resolution Agreement that clearly explains the informal resolution terms. Both parties sign Agreement.

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Informal Resolution Defined

Informal resolution is a voluntary, remedies-based process that provides members of the school community with an option to resolve disputes in a forum that is separate and distinct from the School’s formal grievance processes

Any party always has the option to exit the informal process and move to a formal grievance process

Informal Resolution Process

If the issue includes discrimination or harrassment based on sex, race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, Contact Adrian Bradley, our Title IX coordinator.

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Formal Grievance Defined

Employee Grievance

A grievance is generally defined as a claim by an employee that he or she is adversely affected by the misinterpretation or misapplication of a written company policy or collectively bargained agreement. To address grievances, employers typically implement a grievance procedure.