SENATE BILL 12 (SB12):

A new Texas law, Senate Bill 12 (SB 12), requires all parents to provide consent before a student can receive routine health-related services during the school day. This law applies to every student enrolled in public schools across the state.

With parent consent, students may receive routine health-related services from school counselors, school social workers, nurses and athletic trainers. Examples of these routine services include: 

• Basic health support such as first aid and injury evaluation

• Support when students feel sick

• Administration of over-the-counter and prescription medication in accordance with the law

• Monitoring of chronic health conditions (e.g., asthma, diabetes)

• Heat illness prevention and injury support for student athletes

• Advise students and their parents on college, coursework designed to prepare students for college, and financial aid

• Early mental health prevention and intervention

Without consent, schools cannot provide these services, and more, except in an emergency situation when immediate care is necessary to protect a child’s safety. Parents may update or withdraw consent at any time by submitting a written request to the campus.

Parents are required to submit the Health-Related Services Consent Form for your student’s campus by September 1.

• CHINA SPRING INTERMEDIATE CONSENT FORM

VATRE INFORMATION MEETINGS:

China Spring ISD is hosting a series of Information Meetings about the upcoming Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election (VATRE). Superintendent Dr. Marc Faulkner will review how school funding works, the impact of theVATRE on the school tax rate, and the ballot language voters will see in November. 

• Meeting Dates:

  • Wednesday, September 10: 12:00-1:00 pm VIRTUAL - Register for this event

  • Tuesday, September 30: 6:00-7:00 pm at the China Spring ISD Administration Building - Register for this event

  • Tuesday, October 14: 5:30-6:30 pm VIRTUAL - Register for this event

  More information is available at http://www.chinaspringisd.net/page/vatre.

CAMP CAREFUL:

• Monday, September 15th at 6:00 PM in the PAC

• Camp Careful is a program developed by Dr. Soo Battle, a pediatrician, to reduce and prevent child sexual abuse through child empowerment.

HOUSE SYSTEMS:

• Our students and staff are getting super excited about our Cougar House Systems! We are currently presenting information about how the house systems work and what each house represents. We will continue these presentations through the week of September 11th.

• Please be sure to ask your child on the evening of September 11th which house they're in!

• We will be asking parents to help us with encouraging good character, high expectations, helping us with celebrations for the houses, and providing a shirt that is the color of your child's house. More information about the houses will be coming soon.

HOMECOMING WEEK:

• September 15 ~ Rhyme Without Reason

• September 16 ~ Class Color: 5th White and 6th Cougar Blue

• September 17 ~ Athlete v. Mathlete

• September 18 ~ Construction Day

HOW TO SET UP ATTENDANCE/GRADE NOTIFICATIONS:

• PARENT PORTAL ALERTS: Parent Portal has alerts that you can set up for both grades and attendance. If you do not have these set up and need instructions on how to do so, CLICK HERE

• UPDATING PARENT PORTAL:

  • If you have moved, please make sure that you bring an updated proof of residency to the front office.

  • If any of your information changes, like phone numbers, please make sure you update this information in parent portal.

• DAILY ATTENDANCE:

  • China Spring Intermediate has set a goal to achieve 97% or higher attendance every day. We will be striving for 97% attendance every week this year!

  • Our overall average for this week was 97.35%

  • Congratulations to 5th grade for exceeding our goal of 97% attendance rate! Keep up the GREAT work!

  • We are already starting to see illnesses on the rise! Please remind you child to not share their food or drinks and to wash their hands!