Office of the Director of Student Services * School Improvement Planning (Arkansas Consolidated School Improvement Planning--ACSIP) Each school in the Conway School District will create and implement a school improvement plan each year. After October 1, these plans will be shown on this webpage. * Parental Involvement: Please see the Conway School District Parent Involvement Plan on this webpage. Also shown are the State Complaint Procedures for Federal Programs. * Equity/Civil Rights: The Conway School District prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, color or national origin (the Civil Rights Act of 1964), age (Title VI), sex, (the Educational Amendment of 1972, Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, revised July 1, 1997 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1991. For additional information or matters related to educational equity, Dr. David Westmoreland at 501-450-4800. *Testing: The district test schedule is shown for the Qualls Early Learning Inventory, PSAT, EXPLORE, Augmented Benchmark Exams (Grades 3-8), End of Course Exams (Algebra I, Geometry, Biology), Literacy 11 Exam, and Advanced Placement Exams. Also shown are the available ACTAAP Released Item Booklets for the latest administration of these exams. For more information regarding state mandated exams, contact Dr. David Westmoreland, Director of Student Services and District Test Coordinator, at 501-450-4800. * Homebound Services: The Conway Homebound Instruction Program is designed to provide continuity of educational services between the classroom and home setting for students whose medical needs, both physical and psychiatric, make school attendance inadvisable. The inability to attend school must be certified by a physician, licensed clinical psychologist or psychiatrist. The Homebound Instruction Program will facilitate academic progress and a student's return to the classroom setting as soon as medically indicated. To apply for Homebound Instructional Services, contact Dr. David Westmoreland, 501-450-4800. * Homeless Services: The Conway School District will afford the same services and educational opportunities to homeless children as are afforded to non-homeless children. Students who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placement are considered homeless. Moreover, students who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human being, or are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and are migratory children are considered homeless. For more information, contact the Homeless Liaison for the Conway School District, Dr. David Westmoreland, 501-450-4800. * Home School Services: A home school is a school conducted primarily by parents or legal guardians for their own children. Parents /legal guardians may provide a home school for their own children. There are no educational requirements for parents/guardians who provide a home school for their child(ren). Parents/legal guardians are required to utilize printed, current-year forms that are available from each local school district superintendent’s office. Parents /legal guardians should complete the Notice of Intent to Home School and Waiver forms at the beginning of each school year but no later than August 15; or, subject to the requirements of state law if filing after August 15 or December 15, and return completed, signed forms to the superintendent of the local public school district. Notice of Intent to Home School forms submitted after the deadlines are subject to a fourteen (14)-calendar day waiting period that the superintendent controls. For additional information, contact Dr. David Westmoreland, 501-450-4800. * Counseling Activities: Comprehensive counseling programs are provided in every school in the Conway School District.
