This policy manual has been prepared to provide school personnel, students, and citizens a reference for policies of the Cleveland County Schools.
An official copy is located at the Administrative Building of the Cleveland County Board of Education at 400 W. Marion Street, Shelby, North Carolina. An electronic version of this policy manual will be provided on the Cleveland County Schools official website.
All personnel are expected to become familiar with and follow the policies and rules and regulations contained herein.
How to Use this Manual
This manual consists of seven separate sections of written policy, each with a tab divider bearing a numerical code as follows:
1000 Board of Education
2000 School and Community Relations
3000 Curriculum and Instruction
4000 Student Services
5000 Personnel
6000 Support Services
7000 Finance and Fiscal Management
At the beginning of each section in outline form is a Table of Contents of that section.
Policies are printed on white paper. Rules and regulations are printed on canary paper.
Updating Policy Manual
Policy development in a modern, forward-looking school system is a dynamic, on-going process. New problems, needs, concerns and issues give rise to the continuing need to develop new policies or to revise existing ones. The superintendent and/or designee is responsible for maintaining the policy manual system. The board encourages employees, parents, and citizens to make written suggestions which will assist in providing a policy manual which meets the needs of the school system.