Student Services

Course Selection Sheets

Westmoor High School

Course Catalog

Course Selection Sheet: 9th Grade | 10th - 12th Grade New Students

Districtwide Forms and Acknowledgements

Annual Parent Notification
- English
- Spanish
Technology Acceptable Use Policy
Free and Reduced Meal Application
Media Use Policy
Shared Residency Form - English
Shared Residency Form -Spanish
Parent/Caregiver Authorization Form
- English
- Spanish
- Tagalog

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act for Homeless Children and Youth entitles all homeless school-aged children to the same free and appropriate public education that is provided to non-homeless students. Every school district must appoint a liaison to assist these students.

A homeless student is defined as a person between the ages of birth (Early Head Start and Head Start Programs) and twenty-two (special education students) who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and may temporarily:

Live in an emergency or transitional shelter; abandoned building, parked car, or other facility not designed as regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;

Live “doubled-up” with another family, due to loss of housing stemming from financial problems (e.g., loss of job, eviction or natural disaster);

Live in a hotel or motel;

Live in a trailer park or campsite with their family;

Have been abandoned at a hospital;

Be awaiting foster placement in limited circumstances;

Reside in a home for school-aged, unwed mothers or mothers-to-be if there are no other available living accommodations; or

Be abandoned, runaway, or pushed out youth or migrant youth that qualifies as homeless because he/she is living in circumstances described above.

A homeless student has the right to attend either the school of origin, defined as the school that the student was last enrolled or attended when last housed or any school attended in the past fifteen (15) months; or the current school of residence. If a dispute arises over school selection or enrollment, the parent/guardian has the right to dispute the school’s decision by contacting the district’s homeless liaison at 650-550-7946 and following the district’s dispute resolution policy.

The law requires the immediate enrollment of homeless students, which is defined as “attending class and participating fully in school activities”. Schools cannot delay or prevent the enrollment of a student due to the lack of school or immunization records or other documentation usually required for enrollment. It is the responsibility of the district homeless liaison to refer parents to all programs and services for which the student is eligible. Referrals may include, but is not limited to: free nutrition, special education services, tutoring, English Language Learners programs, Gifted and Talented Education program, preschool, before and after school services or any other program offered by the school or district. The district shall ensure that transportation is provided, at the request of the parent/guardian/unaccompanied homeless youth, to and from the school of origin, if feasible.

Unaccompanied youth; such as teen parents not living with their parent or guardian or students that have runaway or have been pushed out of their homes, have access to these same rights.

A homeless student that transfers schools after the second year of high school, and is greatly deficient in credits may be able to graduate within four years with reduced state requirements. School districts are required to issue and accept partial credit for courses that have been satisfactorily completed.

Student Transfers

Jefferson Union High School District

Transfer Applications

Select from the following table and complete the appropriate transfer application.

INTRA-District Transfer Form

INTER-District Transfer Form

Transfer from an outside District into our District.

Example: Request to transfer from SSFUSD to Jefferson

Process:

Parent/Guardian must complete an INTER-District Transfer Form from the District of Residence. The District of Residence is the district that serves the area where you live. Example: SF, SSFUSD, San Mateo, Cabrillo, Etc.
This form must be submitted to the District of Residence. Release approval by the District of Residence does not guarantee or imply transfer approval by JUHSD.
District of Residence will send JUHSD and parent/guardian the Inter-District Transfer Release letter.
Once the parent/guardian receives the Release Letter, the parent/guardian must send JUHSD a copy of the transcript and most current report card. Send withdrawal grades, if available.
Within 5-7 working days, JUHSD will mail an acceptance or denial letter to the parent/guardians home address.
If accepted, parent/guardian will complete an online registration form.

Parent/guardian will need to go to the JUHSD website, click and fill out the “Walk-in Registration” link.
Upload the following documents:
- CA Driver’s License, CA Identification Card, or Passport of the parent/guardian.
- JUHSD Acceptance Letter
- Immunization Record (with TDAP and Tuberculin Test Results)

Parent/guardian must contact the school site’s Administration to schedule an appointment for orientation/intake.

INTER-District Transfer Form (Release)

Transcript Requests

The Jefferson Union High School District has partnered with Parchment as the service provider to process all JUHSD transcript orders online. Its service delivers automated processing of official academic transcripts where current, former and alumni students have the ability to access this web ordering service in obtaining their official academic transcripts.

Fee Structure
- There is no transcript fee for current students for electronic copies. Additional fees apply for paper copies.
- Alumni - $5.00 for electronic copy | $7.00 for hard copy
How to Order a Transcript

Click on the link of your school below. For programs such as Independent Study or Therapeutic Day School, choose Thornton High School.
1. Register
- Click the registration link in the email from your school; or
- Go to parchment.com/register and enter the registration code provided by your school through an email; or
- Go to parchment.com and sign up manually
- Complete the registration form by answering a few short questions
Click here to request your registration code

2. Order
- In your parchment.com account, click Dashboard
- Click Order on the Transcript tile
- Search for the destination that you want to send your Final Transcript. Click on the name in the list
- Submit payment, if necessary
- Wait for confirmation
3. Track
- Log in to your parchment.com account
- In the top navigation bar click Order History
- Click on the order to view its status

Contact Information

Quick Start Guide

How do I access the Help Center
How does ordering through Parment work?

How do I access the Help Center

How does ordering through Parment work?

1. PLACE YOUR ORDER - Parchment has linked thousands of high schools around the country with the vast majority of colleges to send and receive transcripts electronically.

2. SCHOOL PREPARES TRANSCRIPT - Parchment works with your school to ensure your transcript is uploaded and ready for delivery.

3. TRANSCRIPT IS DELIVERED - Your transcript is sent electronically or by mail. You can track the status of your order and view a saved copy.

Order Status - You may click on the Order Status tab to view the current status of any transcript you have already ordered. You will also receive emails confirming the progress of your transcript requests.

Immunization Information from DCYHC & San Mateo County

Remote Independent Study

2024-2025 Remote Independent Study Program

For the 2024-2025 school year, JUHSD will continue to offer a Remote Independent Study option. This program will be housed at Thornton High School and/or the District Office's Independent Study Program. Students who choose to participate in this program will be transferred to Thornton. Students who do not make adequate progress after a series of interventions will be asked to return to in-person instruction at Thornton High School.

Prior to selection and approval of RIS for students with disabilities under IDEA, an IEP meeting must be held to review and develop an IEP addendum. Each student’s IEP will have to reflect team approval before the student can be eligible. Students with IEP approved for Remote Independent Study will remain enrolled in the Home School and will not be transferred to Thornton High School.

ENROLLMENT STEPS:

Parent/Guardian submits an interest form for returning and new students
Parent/Guardian attends the virtual Group Intake Meeting held by Thornton staff
If the parent/guardian chooses to enroll the student in the program, then a Written Master Agreement Form must be initiated by the school counselor.

ENROLLMENT WINDOWS:

	Application Deadline	Group Intake Meeting	Start Date
Window #1	August 3, 2024	August 8, 2024	August 12, 2024
Window #2	October 2, 2024	October 9, 2024	October 15, 2024
Window #3	December 11, 2024	January 8, 2025	January 13, 2025
Window #4	February 12, 2025	March 5, 2025	March 10,2025

CURRICULUM:

Students will be utilizing curriculum from Edgenuity
A-G courses are available

TO RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION:

Please contact Dr. Marenco at dmarenco@jeffersonunion.net

AB1466 - Restraints & Seclusion

Governor Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1466 on October 8, 2023. This law seeks to increase transparency by allowing members of the public easy access to information relevant to the control of student behavior in school environments. Effective immediately, all local educational agencies (LEAs) will be required to post on their websites the same data related to restraint and seclusion that they are currently required to share with the California Department of Education (CDE).

What Does AB 1466 Add to the Existing Law?

Existing law limits the use of restraint and seclusion by school personnel. It also requires local educational agencies (LEAs) to annually collect data and report to the CDE specific information about the use of behavioral restraints and seclusion in schools. California Education Code section 49006 requires that no later than three months after the end of a school year, LEAs must submit a report to CDE.

This information must be separated by race or ethnicity and gender, with separate counts for students with Section 504 plans and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), and those without such plans.

San Mateo County District School Locator

Student Rights under Title IX

Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 is a federal law that states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."

Title IX Coordinators

In the event of a complaint regarding gender equity or sexual harassment, or discrimination, including harassment, intimidation and bullying because of actual or perceived disability, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital or parental status, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, contact one of the following Title IX and Nondiscrimination Coordinators:

For complaints against employees:

Daina Lujan

Director, Human Resources and Staff Relations

650-550-7964 | dlujan@jeffersonunion.net | 123 Edgemont, Bldg. A, Daly City, CA, 94015

For student against student complaints:

Dorene Basuino
Associate Superintendent of Human Resources and Student Services
650-550-7946 | dbasuino@jeffersonunion.net | 123 Edgemont, Bldg. A, Daly City, CA, 94015

Filing a Title IX Complaint with the District

Student complaints shall be submitted in written form in accordance with Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 1312.3 - Uniform Complaint Procedures. If the complainant is unable to prepare the complaint in writing, administrative staff shall help him/her to do so.

Complaints must be filed within six months from the date when the alleged unlawful discrimination occurred, or from the date the complainant first obtained knowledge of the facts of the alleged discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying that is based on sex. The time for filing may be extended up to 90 days by the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee, for good cause, upon written request by the complainant setting forth the reasons for the request for an extension of time to file a written complaint.

All complaints shall be appropriately investigated in a timely manner. Within 10 business days after the compliance officer receives the complaint, the compliance officer, or designee, shall begin an investigation into the complaint. The investigation shall include an opportunity for the complainant, or the complainant’s representative, or both, to present the compliance officer, or designee, with any evidence, or information leading to evidence, to support the allegations in the complaint. The District shall issue a written decision based on the evidence within 60 calendar days from receipt of the written complaint by the District.

Any complainant who is dissatisfied with the District’s final written decision may file an appeal in writing with the California Department of Education within 15 calendar days of receiving the District’s decision.

Complaints made by or on behalf of students may also be filed with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights within 180 calendar days of the date of the alleged discrimination, unless the time for filing is extended by the Office of Civil Rights for good cause shown under certain circumstances.

Student Rights Pursuant to Education Code Section 221.8

Education Code section 221.8 provides as follows:

The following list of rights, which are based on the relevant provisions of the federal regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.), may be used by the department for purposes of Section 221.6:

(a) You have the right to fair and equitable treatment and you shall not be discriminated against based on your sex.

(b) You have the right to be provided with an equitable opportunity to participate in all academic extracurricular activities, including athletics.

(c) You have the right to inquire of the athletic director of your school as to the athletic opportunities offered by the school.

(d) You have the right to apply for athletic scholarships.

(e) You have the right to receive equitable treatment and benefits in the provision of all of the following:

(f) You have the right to have access to a gender equity coordinator to answer questions regarding gender equity laws.

(g) You have the right to contact the State Department of Education and the California Interscholastic Federation to access information on gender equity laws.

(h) You have the right to file a confidential discrimination complaint with the United States Office of Civil Rights or the State Department of Education if you believe you have been discriminated against or if you believe you have received unequal treatment on the basis of your sex.

(i) You have the right to pursue civil remedies if you have been discriminated against.

(j) You have the right to be protected against retaliation if you file a discrimination complaint.

Additional Resources

California Department of Education’s Office for Equal Opportunity

http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/di/or/oeo.asp

United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html

United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Complaint Form

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintform.pdf

Contact Information: 1-800-421-3481 or ocr@ed.gov

Title IX Training Materials

Equipment and supplies.
Scheduling of games and practices.
Transportation and daily allowances.
Access to tutoring.
Coaching.
Locker rooms.
Practice and competitive facilities.
Medical and training facilities and services.
Publicity.