Parents have the right to:

• Know what types of programs and activities are being planned and to be offered feedback on the kind of activities the children enjoy.
• Know if their child in misbehaving, and spend time with the Director concerning a solution.
• Know when the child is going to any place other than where the program is usually held.
• Voice special concerns and considerations not mentioned in this manual, and to discuss special cases where occasional exceptions may be made from the rules set forth in this manual.
• Receive, in writing, any changes in EESP policies and procedures.

Parents have the responsibility to:

• To keep account current.
• Pick up their children on time.
• Observe the rules of the Evening Extended School Program as set forth in this manual and in additional policy statements.
• To share their concerns with the Director if the program is not meeting their child’s needs.
• Listen to concerns that the Director may have about their child’s behavior, and to work through an agreeable solution to any problem that might occur.
• Adhere to any changes in EESP policies or procedures.
• Replace any equipment that their child is responsible for misusing.
• Sign out their child at the end of the day (by the clock that EESP uses); to notify the front desk when another authorized person is picking up a child.
• To keep the child’s registration form up to date with changes in phone numbers, addresses and parents’ schedule during EESP hours.
• To notify EESP staff when child(ren) will not be attending on a scheduled day.

Children have the right to:

• Have their ideas and feelings respected
• Discipline that is fair, equal, and respectful of them.
• Express their anger, frustration, disappointment, joy, etc., in an appropriate manner.
• Have an environment that offers a variety of choices: physical, quiet, indoor, outdoor, creative, dramatic play, exploration.
• Have staff members who care about them, enjoy being with them, and will help them achieve and grow.
• Feel safe and secure in EESP.

Children need to be responsible:

• For learning to take the consequences for their own actions.
• For respecting the rules that guide them during their normal school day; for controlling their feelings so that their actions do not harm anyone in the program.
• For not willfully destroying or harming any equipment or property in the building or another persons property while they are in the program.
• For remaining with a staff member at all times and notifying them if they need to go to another area, room, or activity.
• For respecting the rules of the Evening Extended School Program.
• For dressing appropriately for indoors or outdoor play, for having tennis shoes available to wear in the gym.
• For returning materials and equipment to the place they found them before taking out a new activity.
• For carrying out an activity to which they have committed themselves to do.