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Student ID Badges

Student ID Badges

SPILLANE MIDDLE SCHOOL

BADGE INFORMATION

2023-2024

Why do students wear badges?

CFISD’s student handbook states: all secondary students in grades 6-12, will wear a student ID badge, visible, on school approved lanyards, during the instructional day. Badges and the unique student number are used for buses, library books, buying food from the cafeteria, and providing a way to identify that all students belong on the Spillane campus.

 

Where should a student wear the student ID badge? 

Students ARE required to wear the identification badge on a color specific lanyard around their neck at all times to scan on/off buses and during the school day to easily identify them as a Spillane student.

 

Are students required to wear a specific colored lanyard?

Students MUST WEAR the school issued solid color lanyards based on their grade level at all times:

6th Grade = Gray

7th grade = Yellow

8th grade = Navy Blue 

All students will be issued 1 grade level colored lanyard, sleeve and ID card free of charge.

 

What if the student ID badge and lanyard are forgotten at home?

To ensure each student is identified as a Spillane student when entering from buses and cars, students are required to obtain a temporary ID badge sticker from Badge Station Carts (in the dining hall and front entrance) from 7:25 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. The ID badge sticker can only be used for 1 day and is $1.00. This $1.00 fee will be added to student Fees and Fines. To ensure students get on the bus in the afternoons, temporary ID badge stickers will also be available in the dining hall after the 3:10 p.m. bell.

 

What if a student needs a replacement ID badge set?

Students can request a replacement set at the Badge Station before 7:45 a.m. or stop by the AP office after 7:45 a.m. 

Replacement Badge Fee costs will be added to student Fees and Fines:

  • Plastic ID - $3.00
  • Lanyard - $1.00
  • Plastic Sleeve - $1.00

 

What if a student is found without a badge during the school day?

All CFISD students are expected to comply with the identification procedures each day - by wearing the ID badge with a lanyard around their neck on the bus and throughout the day. Students refusing to wear a badge will be referred to the assistant principal’s office. Typically, the consequence for not wearing a badge during the school day is a lunch detention. 

 

What happens when a student gets placed on the Fees and Fines list?

Students with unpaid items on the Fees and Fines list will be added to the “Do Not Admit List” and will not be allowed to attend dances, recess events, or other events as determined by administrators.  

 

How can parents & students find out how much is owed for Fees and Fines?

Parents will receive a weekly email with badge fee amounts to be paid for the student.  Students can also use their CFISD Chromebook and follow the instructions below: 

1. Students must use their CFISD Google username email and password to log into the Chromebook. They must use their S# and password to log into the student CFISD portal. 

2. Then, click on Library Resources 

3. Next, click on Destiny Library 

4. In Destiny, click on My Stuff

5. Under My Stuff, go to Fines 

6. Under Fines, you will see individual badge fees. 

 

How are student ID badge fees paid?

All badge fees are paid ONLY on SchoolCash. Parents will receive a weekly email with any unpaid badge fee amounts. Students can also access the Fees and Fines using their Chromebook (see instructions under the previous question). Please pay only the exact amount that your student owes. *There is no prepaying for badges.

School Cash: https://cypress-fairbanksisd.schoolcashonline.com


For questions regarding badges and fees, please contact the Sub/Badge Rep at evie.strunk@cfisd.net.

 

Car Rider Information

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Spillane arrival and dismissal procedures. Doors open at 7 a.m. Dismissal begins at 3:10. All car riders and walkers exit the front of the building.
  • Doors open at 7 a.m.
  • Dismissal begins at 3:10 p.m.
  • All car riders and walkers exit through the front of the building.
Attendance

PERFECT ATTENDANCE
Spillane Middle School defines attendance as not being absent more than 10 minutes of any class period for any reason. For perfect attendance purposes, doctor’s notes, notes from parents, etc. do not excuse an absence from a class period. Students who are on school sponsored field trips will not be marked absent, and their perfect attendance status will not be affected.

Attendance Information

A. Excused

Students are required to provide a note from a parent or guardian for each absence within three (3) days from the date of the absence or consecutive absences. This note is to include the student's first and last name, ID number, grade level, reason for absence, telephone number of parent or guardian, and signature of parent or guardian. If the student does not bring a note for being absent, the absence will be counted as unexcused. Parent written notes can also be emailed to spillaneattendance@cfisd.net. Parent written notes that are emailed MUST also be accompanied by parent/guardian ID in lieu of signature.

B. School-Related Activities

Board Policy (FM) states that the district shall not schedule, nor permit students to participate in any school-related extracurricular or sanctioned activities on or off campus that would require, permit, or allow a student to be absent from class in any course more than ten (10) times during the school year (full course year). All University Interscholastic League (U.I.L.) sponsored activities are sanctioned as school-related activities, and, therefore, come under the provisions of Board Policy (FM). Other organizations may be recognized as sanctioned activities if they have been approved by the Board of Trustees. If the activity is not approved by the Board of Trustees, any absence incurred by a student in order to participate in that organization’s activities will be counted as an absence and not one of the ten (10) allowable days.

D. Health Care Appointment

A student shall be excused for a temporary absence resulting from a visit to a health care professional if the student begins classes or returns to school on the same day of the appointment. If the student satisfactorily completes the school work, the day of absence shall be counted as a day of compulsory attendance. The student must provide the original note from the health care professional to the attendance office upon his/her return.

E. Excessive Absences

Contact your grade level assistant principal to discuss your excessive absences (EA’s). Your assistant principal will help determine the number of hours needed to maintain credit. Additional information on student absences may be obtained from the Cypress-Fairbanks I.S.D. Student Handbook, located on the district website at www.cfisd.net.

F. Academic Make-Up Procedures

Students shall be given the opportunity to complete make-up work for all absences. It is the student’s responsibility to ask each teacher for all make-up assignments. They shall have a number of days equal to the number of days absent to complete and hand in such work. In the event of extenuating circumstances, additional time may be granted. Failure to turn in work or make-up work within this time may result in the student receiving partial credit or no credit for work missed. Please keep in mind that teachers are not required to provide make-up assignments ahead of expected absences.

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