Policies

This page includes important policies that guide our work, and that are posted as required by law. Use the links below to reach the relevant policies.

• High School Student Handbook

• Common Ground High School Wellness Policy

• Equal Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Policy

• Green Cleaning Policy

• Grievance Procedure

• Internet Acceptable Use Policy

• Pesticide Use Policy

• School Climate Plan

• Seclusion and Restraint Policy

• Sexual Harassment Policy

• Suspension and Expulsion Policy

As of July 1, 2024, the Connecticut State Department of Education has adopted a Bill of Rights for parents or guardians of multilingual students to guarantee that their rights are adequately safeguarded and protected in bilingual education under Chapter 164 of the general statutes. Additionally, the department ensures the sharing of this Bill of Rights in the dominant language of the parents or guardians. 

• Learn more and to see the parent bill of rights in different languages.

Common Ground High School enters into contracts with service providers to help us better serve students. These providers have access only to student data necessary for the functions they serve and are bound by strict state and federal laws that indicate that Common Ground is always the owner of the data and service providers are barred them from sharing this  data with anyone. The following policies apply to all our contracts:

• Electronic Security Policy

• Information Security Breach and Notification Policy

• Student Record Confidentiality

• Student Data Protection

The following is a list of contracts Common Ground High School has entered into pursuant to the Student Data Protection policy, including the name of the service, a short description and the date that we entered into the contract:

• Powerschool: Student information system (May 2019)

• IXL: online learning platform that provides differentiated interventions for students (June 2019)

• Novus: student applicant tracking system for the enrollment lottery (June 2019)