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Disclaimer of Liability

Every effort has been made to offer the most current, correct, and clearly expressed information possible on our website. Nevertheless, inadvertent errors in information may occur; the Findlay City School District does take responsibility to correct an error, within our abilities, when brought to our attention. The information and data included are subject to change without notice. The services, information, and data made available on any Findlay City School District website are provided “as is” without warranties of any kind.

This website does have links to third party sites. The sites linked from the school website are not under our control. The Findlay City School District does not assume any responsibility or liability for any information, communications, or materials available at such linked sites, or at any link contained in a linked site. Each individual site has its own set of policies about what information is appropriate for public access. You assume sole responsibility for use of third party links and pointers. Findlay City Schools will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by any person accessing this website or linked websites resulting directly from the transmission of a computer virus.

Analytics Disclaimer

This website uses Google Analytics to help analyze how visitors use this site. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are small text files placed on your computer, to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. No personally identifiable information is collected about you unless you explicitly submit that information via a fill-in form on this website. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser*.

The anonymous information generated by Google Analytics cookies about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then processed to compile statistical reports on website activity for Findlay City Schools only. We use these reports to evaluate and aggregate visitor usage so that we can optimize the content to better meet your needs.

*Note: The pages on this Web site will display with no loss of functionality if support for cookies is turned off in your browser settings.

District Copyright

All information on this site, unless otherwise stated, is Copyright Findlay City Schools and may not be used without permission.

PRIVACY POLICY

Contact Forms

Contact form submissions are retained for a short time in order to reply to questions or requests, Findlay City Schools does not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who We Share Your Data With

Findlay City Schools does not share any personal data with anyone.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact Information

If you have questions about privacy or privacy-specific concerns, please contact the Findlay City Schools Webmaster – webadmin@fcs.org.

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. Here the YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.

If you’re logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

YouTube is used to help make our website appealing. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.

Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of YouTube under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

Vimeo

Our website uses features provided by the Vimeo video portal. This service is provided by Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA.

If you visit one of our pages featuring a Vimeo plugin, a connection to the Vimeo servers is established. Here the Vimeo server is informed about which of our pages you have visited. In addition, Vimeo will receive your IP address. This also applies if you are not logged in to Vimeo when you visit our plugin or do not have a Vimeo account. The information is transmitted to a Vimeo server in the US, where it is stored.

If you are logged in to your Vimeo account, Vimeo allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your Vimeo account.

For more information on how to handle user data, please refer to the Vimeo Privacy Policy at https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Google Web Fonts

For uniform representation of fonts, this page uses web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

For this purpose your browser has to establish a direct connection to Google servers. Google thus becomes aware that our web page was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web fonts is done in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our plugin. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.

Further information about handling user data, can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY PROCEDURES

Findlay City Schools (hereafter referred to as “District) is committed to ensuring accessibility of its website to students, parents. Employees, and members of the community with disabilities.  These guidelines and procedures are established so that students, parents, and members of the public may present a complaint regarding a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 and Title II related to the accessibility of any official District web presence which is developed by, maintained, by, or offered through the District or third party vendors and open sources.

With regard to the District website and any official District web presence which is developed by, maintained by, or offered through third party vendors and open sources, the District is committed to compliance with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 and Title II so that students, parents, and members of the public with disabilities are able to independently acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same benefits and services within the same timeframe as those without disabilities, with substantially equivalent ease of use; and that they are not excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise subjected to discrimination in any District programs, services, and activities delivered online.

ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS

All existing web content produces by the District, and new, updated, and existing web content provided by third-party developers, will conform to the W3C, WAI’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA conformance, or updated equivalents of those guidelines by August 30, 2021. This standard applies to all new, updated, and existing webpages, as well as all web content, produced or updated by the District or provided by third-party developers.

AUDIT REQUIREMENTS

The District’s Web Accessibility Coordinator will be responsible for reviewing and evaluating new material that is published by District staff and uploaded to the website for accessibility at regular intervals but no less than annually.  The District’s Web Accessibility Coordinator will be responsible for directing an accessibility audit, to be completed at such intervals, measuring information provided by the District through its online content against the technical standard set forth above. Problems identified through the audit will be documented, evaluated, and if necessary, remediated within a reasonable amount of time.

ACCESSIBILITY PROCEDURE

Administrators and staff shall ensure that any District acquisition or use of online content provided or developed by third parties (e.g., vendors, video-sharing websites such as YouTube, other open sources) that the District chooses to make available on its website will provide equal opportunity to the educational benefits and opportunities afforded by the technology and equal treatment in the use of such technology.

Administrators and staff will take the following steps in accordance with this procedure:

1. Attend the staff training pursuant to this Administrative Guideline and refer to written training materials for routine questions.
2. Contact the website Accessibility Coordinator or designee with specific questions about compliance with the District’s accessibility standards.
3. Submit content presenting accessibility questions for review through the District’s accessibility audit process.

Make reasonable efforts to resolving questions about online content accessibility before making content available to the District’s website.

STAFF TRAINING

Staff responsible for creating or distributing online content to students, employees, guests, and visitors with disabilities will receive annual training on the District’s Website Accessibility Policy and their roles and responsibilities to ensure that web design, documents, and multimedia content are accessible.  Training shall be provided to staff members directly responsible for creating or distributing information with online content upon initial hire or assignment, and thereafter annually. For staff who have already been trained at least once on the website Accessibility Policy, the periodic training requirement may be satisfied by disseminating notice that includes the Policy (e.g., via email with a link to the policy), highlights any Policy updates, addresses changes in technology, and provides the name and contact information of the Website Accessibility Coordinator to serve as a resource to the staff with questions about the accessibility of online content. The training will be facilitated, in whole or in part, by an individual with sufficient knowledge, skill, and experience to understand and employ the technical standards adopted by the District.

DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT

Consistent with established District procedures, students, parents, employees, and members of the public may present a formal complaint regarding a violation of the Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 related to the accessibility of the District’s web presence. Such complaints should be made to the District’s 504/ADA Compliance Officer. If any such complaint is made to the District’s Web Accessibility Coordinator, such complaint shall promptly be forwarded to the 504/ADA Compliance Officer for processing and response.

The following personnel have been designated to handle inquires regarding the District’s website accessibility and non-discrimination policies.

Section 504/ADA Compliance Department:

Communications Department
Findlay City Schools
1100 Broad Ave.
Findlay, Ohio 45840
pr@findlaycityschools.org

WEB ACCESSIBILITY COORDINATOR

The Communications Department is designated as the Website Accessibility Coordinator(s) and shall be provided with sufficient resources and authority to implement this policy.

For more information or to report concerns about website accessibility, please contact:

Communications Department
Findlay City Schools
1100 Broad Ave.
Findlay, Ohio 45840
pr@findlaycityschools.org

Students, Prospective students, employees, guests, and visitors may contact the Website Accessibility Coordinator with any accessibility concerns, report violations of the technical standards used by the District, and/or may file a formal complaint through the District’s Section 504 and Title II grievance procedures.  (Board Policies 103, 103A, 103F, and Section 504/ADA Prohibition Against Discrimination Based on Disability).

Revised 7/2020
© NEOLA 2018

Legal
42 U.S.C. 12101 et. Seq., Americans with Disabilities Act
42 U.S.C.  2000, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Titles VI and VII
29 U.S.C. 794, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (Section 504)

 

 

Findlay City Schools A plan for Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan Introduction

The purpose of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III Fund is to help safely reopen and sustain the safe operation of schools and address the impacts of COVID-19 on the nation’s students by addressing students’ academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs. Findlay City Schools (FCS) has been awarded approximately $8.8 million in ARP ESSER funds. This plan describes how the awarded funds will be used. Questions about this plan should be directed to Superintendent, Andy Hatton at ahatton@findlaycityschools.org

Prevention and Mitigation Strategies

ARP Act ESSER III funds may be used to implement prevention and mitigation strategies that are, to the greatest extent practicable, consistent with the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance on reopening schools, in order to continuously and safely open and operate schools for in-person learning. FCS navigated the 2020-2021 school year based on local COVID data and the color system implemented by Governor DeWine. Based on the number of cases, FCS operated in a manner that ranged from fully remote for our secondary learners, to hybrid, and ultimately 100% in session learning the last 9 weeks of school. In the event of a resurgence of COVID, FCS will follow the following previously established guidelines: Policy 10.15- Face Coverings: https://docs.fcs.org/District/policies/10pol/10-15_Face_Coverings_Policy.pd f Hancock/FCS Return to School Agreement: https://docs.fcs.org/reo/Oct2020Change.pdf

Student Academic, Social Emotional and Mental Health Needs Section 2001(e)(1) of the ARP Act requires each LEA to use twenty percent of its formula funds to address the academic impact of lost instructional time (learning loss) through the implementation of evidence-based interventions, such as summer learning or summer enrichment, extended day, comprehensive after school programs, or extended school year programs. Findlay City Schools will use approximately $2.5 million of its ARP Act ESSER III funds to address unfinished learning as described below.

FCS plans to fund approximately 17 positions over the next 2 years to focus on improving k-3 reading through the implementation of evidenced based direct, explicit phonemic awareness and instruction. Each k-3 classroom will be provided a certified teacher to “push-in” during their reading block in order to ensure students receive recommended minutes of phonics instruction daily.

FCS will employ subject matter experts to provide instructional coaching across multiple classes/grades in terms of differentiation, interventions, and best practices to make up for learning loss. FCS will utilize funds to support additional interventions (aka math at FHS). Additionally, FCS will provide principals with additional support toward managing student behaviors, thus increasing the time available in their day to act as the instructional leaders in the buildings.

FCS will utilize funds to provide high quality resources and strategies including but not limited to: ● growth/benchmark assessments •online curriculum resources to support blended learning through 1:1 technology and 21st century strategies •continue to employ seven (7) K-5 Trojan Academy teachers and purchase programs/online resources to support the continuance of remote instruction in order to meet the academic needs of students that need off-site learning •The 9 Essential Skills for the Love and Logic Classroom •The Leader In Me Consultation with Stakeholders and Opportunity for Public Comment FCS will continue to engage stakeholders in the developing the ARP ESSER Plan through communication with stakeholders, including: students, families, school and district administrators (including special education administrators), teachers, and school staff via email, social media, video updates, public board meetings, etc. Update 6/21/2021

Section 7: Making the Plan Available to the Public Findlay City Schools has taken the following steps to make this plan available to the public: ● The plan is posted at www.findlaycityschools.org ● The plan is available in multiple languages and may be orally translated through request, please call 419-427-5488 ● The district has an ADA compliant website to accommodate stakeholders with disabilities as defined by the ADA.

Findlay City Schools ARP

Local Use of Funds

Introduction

The purpose of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III Fund is to help safely reopen and sustain the safe operation of schools and address the impacts of COVID-19 on the nation’s students by addressing students’ academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs. Findlay City Schools (FCS) has been awarded approximately $8.8 million in ARP ESSER funds. This plan describes how the awarded funds will be used. Questions about this plan should be directed to Superintendent.

Summary of Use of Funds Section 2001(e)(1) of the ARP Act requires each LEA to use twenty percent of its formula funds to address the academic impact of lost instructional time (learning loss) through the implementation of evidence-based interventions, such as summer learning or summer enrichment, extended day, comprehensive after school programs, or extended school year programs. Findlay City Schools will use approximately $2.5 million of its ARP Act ESSER III funds to address unfinished learning as described below. FCS plans to fund approximately 17 positions over the next 2 years to focus on improving k-3 reading through the implementation of evidenced based direct, explicit phonemic awareness and instruction. Each k-3 classroom will be provided a certified teacher to “push-in” during their reading block in order to ensure students receive recommended minutes of phonics instruction daily. FCS will employ subject matter experts to provide instructional coaching across multiple classes/grades in terms of differentiation, interventions, and best practices to make up for learning loss. FCS will utilize funds to support additional interventions (aka math at FHS).

Additionally, FCS will provide principals with additional support toward managing student behaviors, thus increasing the time available in their day to act as the instructional leaders in the buildings. FCS will utilize funds to provide high quality resources and strategies including but not limited to: ● growth/benchmark assessments •online curriculum resources to support blended learning through 1:1 technology and 21st century strategies •continue to employ seven (7) K-5 Trojan Academy teachers and purchase programs/online resources to support the continuance of remote instruction in order to meet the academic needs of students that need off-site learning •The 9 Essential Skills for the Love and Logic Classroom •The Leader In Me

Ohio law requires school policies to use the definition of bullying found in R.C. 3313.666, which defines "harassment, intimidation, or bullying" as:

Any intentional written, verbal, or physical act that a student has exhibited toward another particular student more than once and the behavior both: (a) causes mental or physical harm to the other student; (b) is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive that it creates an intimidating, threatening, or abusive educational environment for the other student.

House Bill 116 further requires school districts to establish cyber-bullying policies. 

In accordance with these laws of the State of Ohio, it is reported that the administrators of Findlay City Schools dealt with the following number of incidences:

First semester - 

Elementary – 2
Middle Schools – 3
High School – 3

The Board of Education recognizes that a student has the right to learn in a safe environment. Harassment, intimidation, or bullying behavior by any student is strictly prohibited. 

Building principals, assistant principals, and the Superintendent have the responsibility for conducting investigations concerning claims of aggressive behavior and/or bullying. Teachers and other school staff, who witness acts of harassment, intimidation, or bullying, shall promptly notify the building principal and/or his/her designee of the event observed, and shall promptly file a written incident report concerning the events witnessed. 

All complaints will be promptly investigated.