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Because of possible safety hazards to the individual student involved in such fund solicitation, the following are some of
the standards that shall be observed:
a. Sale of magazines shall be permitted by all students. However, door-to-door solicitation shall be prohibited for
all students as to all fund and product solicitations.
b. Participants in school approved candy sales, car washes, and similar fundraising activities are prohibited from
standing in roadways and/or medians of roadways.
c. Due to the inherent dangers posed by mechanical rides, no school or school organization is permitted to allow
any mechanical rides on School District property or at any school sponsored activity for any activities whatsoever.
d. All School Board special event and safety rules are to be followed, even if the fundraiser is held off school property.

Fundraising drives seeking funds from students initiated by outside organizations, such as the Salvation Army, United Way,
Girl Scouts, etc., are not permitted in schools during the school day. This policy also states additional restrictions relating
to fundraising at schools.

Food Fundraisers to Students: The School District has guidelines that must be followed when having food fundraisers on
campus when the items are sold to students. Guidelines can be found in the School Food Service Management P- 6.185.
The USDA has established nutrition standards known as Smart Snacks. Vending machines and school stores may be
operational at any time during the school day; however, must always be Smart Snack compliant.

GOLD REPORT/BEST PRACTICE

Safe Schools collects data on 44 incidents of drug-related, weapons, violent crimes, bullying/harassment, and disruptive
behaviors that occur on school grounds, on school transportation, and school-sponsored events that occur off campus,
during any 24-hour period, 365 days per year. Incidents are reported by schools to the District that, in turn, provides the
data to the Florida Department of Education.

The Gold Report provides data by school year on a large number of data elements for the following grade groupings: K-5,
6-8, and 9-12. Further, these data elements are disaggregated by race/ethnicity and gender. The website allows you to
select a single school, or all schools in a given level (All Elementary Schools, All Middle Schools, or All High Schools).
The Gold Report

GRADUATION, MERITORIOUS RECOGNITION, AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Policy 8.01
High School Student Progression Plan – Awaiting Legislative Update for Graduation Requirements

To be eligible for valedictorian or salutatorian recognition, a student must have attended the same SDPBC public school
for three complete years, two of which must be the junior and senior years. A student who is required to change schools
due to a District initiated boundary change will be eligible to share the recognition as valedictorian or salutatorian with a
fully eligible student, without meeting the three-year attendance requirement in the same school.

Students selecting an 18-Credit ACCEL Graduation Option or electing to complete the 24-Credit Option in three years will
not be eligible for valedictorian/salutatorian. An early admission student enrolled full-time in a college or university during
any portion of his/her senior year will not be eligible for valedictorian/salutatorian. Please see the
Student Progression Plan for further details.

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