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Students must re-register for school

By: RACHEL CANELLI
Bucks County Courier Times
BRISTOL SCHOOLS

Families are required to provide identification, such as a driver's license, and proof of residency, like a utility or tax bill.

Attention Bristol parents: You need to re-register your children for the 2010-11 school year at Bristol Borough Junior/Senior High School by Aug. 26 or they may not be admitted to school.

The guidance office will be open from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 12:01 p.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday over the next two weeks to help ease the process. The office is closed for lunch from 11 a.m. to noon.

Parents should have received notices in the spring, and the district is sending out automated phone calls as a reminder to parents, said business manager Joseph Roe.

"We did this district-wide 10 years ago, but not to this extent since," he said. "We just asked certain people (to prove borough residency) who had red flags, like a piece of mail came back undeliverable. We just thought it was time to redo it (district-wide) because otherwise, it's like we're starting to pick on certain people."

Families are required to provide identification, such as a driver's license, and proof of residency, like a utility or tax bill, Roe said.

Bristol school board President Ralph DiGiuseppe III said during a meeting Wednesday night that the district solicitor is working on finding out what happens if unregistered kids show up to school.

Roe said if parents aren't available when the guidance office is open, the district will offer special arrangements to make sure students are registered.

"We're bending over backwards to get this done," he said. "So there's no excuse for people not to comply."

How to re-register

Re-registration is being held at Bristol High School's guidance office, 1801 Wilson Ave., from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 17 through 19 and Aug. 24 through Aug. 26. The office is closed from 11 a.m. to noon.

August 13, 2010 02:08 AM

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Too much info requested....

Re-registration require for school

By: STAFF REPORTS
Bucks County Courier Times
All students enrolled in the Morrisville School District must re-register in August to verify residency. Exempted are students who registered after July 1 and kindergarten children.

Students enrolled in grades one through 12 can re-register at the following times: 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., from Aug. 3 through Aug. 5 and from Aug. 10 through 12, in the LGI Room, Morrisville High School, on West Palmer St.

Parents or guardians must bring proof of identity and residency. ID proof can include: a Pennsylvania-issued I.D. card, Pennsylvania driver's license, passport or military I.D. Proof of residency can include: a home agreement of sale, moving permit, current cable or other utility bill, property tax bill, paid tax receipt, W-2, IRS statement or tax return or auto or homeowner's/tenant insurance statement.

For information and registration forms , visit www.mv.org. For questions, contact the main office at 215-736-2681.

Re-registration central

As most of us know the Board of School Directors deemed it necessary to conduct yet another re-registration. This is the "self serving old guard" once again puffing their chests out to let us know who has the power. Rather silly huh? There are some concerning things on the forms as well. There are several questions regarding Special Education. Such as has your child ever been tested for Sp. Ed. services, does your child have an IEP or has your child received Gifted services. Does any one know if this is common practice for school districts to require this as a prerequisite for attending school? And what's with the form on Custody of the student? Seems like they are asking for a lot of personal information that they are not privy to. What are your thoughts on this process and the information they are looking for?

Here is the link to mv.org regarding re-registration

A few other thoughts. For renters they are asking for a lease, and for the students name to be on the lease. Why are they singling out renters? If you own a home, your childrens' name is not on the mortgage. This whole process seems to have a rather foul smell! If this is going to be an annual event there needs to be policy and procedures in place regarding the process. Such as..Who will oversee the process? How often will re-registration take place? What forum/room will this take place? Then again policy and procedure are not words this board understands very well at all.