The Franklin Parent Organization is a very important element of each Franklin School. All parents become members of the Franklin Parent Organization and voluntarily pay annual dues. This provides funds for the organization to ensure the smooth ongoing operation of the school. The Franklin Parent Organization has an elected board of Directors, called the Parent Council, which meets monthly to act and provide insight and advice on matters of policy and concern. Appointed representatives are added to the council as needed. All parents of Franklin School students are invited an encouraged to attend these monthly meetings. Meeting dates are published in the school newsletter. Please feel free to contact members of the Franklin Parent Council at your respective campus.

Lunches may purchased daily or by the week. Students bringing their lunches may also purchase milk. If your child buys lunch, please check regularly to be sure that there is a lunch ticket or lunch money available. Parents are welcome to eat with their children anytime.

Mesa Public Schools provide transportation to Franklin Schools on a limited basis. It is a parent's choice to use this service. Each year a parent's guide to transportation services will be provided at orientation. The following guidelines serve as the Franklin Transportation Behavioral Policy. Please discuss these expectations in your home each year before your child uses school transportation.

• Level One - Warning from the bus driver.
• Level Two - Principal discipline.
• Level Three - Suspension of bus privileges up to 6 weeks and probation for the rest of the year.
• Level four - Suspension of bus privileges for the rest of the year and probation for the following year.

Each parent is expected to teach their children the importance of punctuality. The bell rings five minutes before school starts and children should be at school before that time. If a child comes to school after attendance is taken, the child must first report to the office to be removed from the absence list. This makes the child even later for class. Tardiness is disruptive to the learning process. It has a negative impact on the entire class, not just the child who is tardy. After a child has been tardy 12 times during the school year, it is evident that the tardiness is based on the lifestyle, choices or circumstances of the parents. Therefore all efforts toward correcting the problem will be directed at the parents. Those parents will be encouraged to find another school that will better accommodate their circumstances, or to develop habits of punctuality that reflect respect, courtesy, and the value of school and the education it offers to children.

Please teach your children that Benjamin Franklin School has a highly disciplined, tightly structured, calm and orderly atmosphere. Respect , courtesy, friendliness, and cheerfulness are expected. To ensure this, teachers establish and teach both school and classroom rules. Consequences for inappropriate behavior are clearly spelled out and enforced. Communication between home and school is an important part of an effective disciplinary program.

Under most circumstances the following is followed:

• 1st level- warning for teacher or supervisor
• 2nd level - teacher discipline
• 3rd level - teacher discipline,parent notified;
• 4th level - mandatory teacher, parent, child conference
• 5th level - principal discipline
• 6th level - mandatory principal, parent, teacher, child conference
• 7th level - temporary suspension for less than five days (student, parent, teacher, principal conference required)
• 8th level - long term suspension (more than five days), due process procedures will be followed as prescribed in district policies.

Students are subject to the MESA PUBLIC SCHOOLS GUIDELINES FOR STUDENT BEHAVIOR which are provided at the beginning of each school year