General Information & School Procedures

Academic honesty is a very important part of individual integrity and the learning process. All students at Franklin Middle School are held accountable for completing their own work. It is never acceptable to take credit for work done by someone else. 

Students riding school buses are reminded that this service is a privilege provided by the school district. Turles for bus behavior are made known to all riders and parents. Vilations of rules may result in warnings, suspension, or denial of service. The Transportation Department can be contacted at 970-348-6800.

Students must remain on campus from the time they arrive on campus through the end of their last class. Students may not leave without parent permission once they arrive on campus. 

Misplaced items can be found in the building lost and found. Please know unclaimed items will be donated at the end of each week to charity. 

Counseling Services for Conflict Resolution, Refusal Skills, Diversity, Dealing with Bullies and Harassment are provided to students in need at Franklin Middle School from either our in-building counselors or the North Range Behavioral Health School-Based Counselor. District #6 and North Range Behavioral Health have developed a partnership where students can receive individual or group counseling services at school upon parent request. Special topic groups such as Friendships, Anger Management, Dealing with Grief and Loss, and Divorce and Step-Families are also provided on an individual basis. Individual meetings are available for students upon request. Counseling Resource Guides are available if long-term counseling is being requested. 

When should you see a counselor? 

• When you are having a difficult time making a choice or decision
• When you are having trouble relating with teachers and classmates
• When you are concerned with chnages in your life
• When you are feeling pressured by friends to make uncomfortable choices
• When you are having trouble in your classes
• When a school or family crisis has occurred

How do you meet with a counselor? 

• Students: Fill out a referral form, which can be found on the wall by the Counseling office. 
• Parents: Call 970-348-3200 to request an individual conference or referral to North Range Behavioral Health School-Based Counselor. If you would like to request that your child be included in a group or to request a Counseling Resource Guide, please contact the school as well. 

Lunch detention and in-school detention will be ran as an intervention to alter student behavior, and will be assigned by the discretion of administration. Teachers may assign and supervise their own detention from time to time. 

Field trips by different groups or classes are conducted at different times during the year. The trips are most often in conjunction with class curriculum and should enrich their studies. The price of some trips may be the responsibility of the student. Any field trips offered by our school for social purposes are entirely optional. Students are expected to display appropriate behavior on all field trips, as they are a representative of Franklin Middle School. Information and expectations concerning all field trips will be sent home prior to the field trip. Arrangements to help pay for additional field trip expenses may be made by calling a school administrator. All students must have a signed permission form before departure on a field trip. 

When the fire alarm sounds, follow the teacher's directions. Students are to exit quickly, quietly, and in an orderly manner with their teacher to a designated meeting place outside. Teachers will take roll, so students must remain with their class. Once the building is checked and safe, a bell will signal it is time to return to class. 

With the exception of water, no outside food or drink will be permitted on campus unless it is school provided. 

Students in the halls will check out and check in their classroom and carry a hall pass with them at all times. Misuse of pass may result in revocation of privileges. 

• Students may check out books using their school ID
• Books may be returned at the designated times
• Students lose checkout privileges when they have overdue books
• No loud or disruptive behavior
• Use library time to study, read, or do research
• No eating or drinking

Make-up work shall be provided for any class in which a student has an excused absence unless otherwise determined by the building administrator. All Core class curriculum will be available on the Summit Personalized Learning platform. Contact Franklin’s office to help access the platform outside of school. It is the responsibility of the student to pick up any make-up assignments permitted on the day returning to class. There shall be two days allowed for make-up work for each day of absence. Make-up work shall be allowed following an unexcused absence or following a student’s suspension from School with the goal providing the student an opportunity to keep up with the class and an incentive to attended school. However, this work will receive only partial credit. 

On stormy days, the Superintendent of Schools will announce usually by 6 a.m. whether (1) school will be open as usual, (2) school will run on a late start schedule, or (3) school will be closed for the day. Please refer to the district Facebook, the district website (www.greeleyschools.org), the local radio station (KFKA 1310 AM), and/or the major television news stations for late start, or closure information. 

Students are expected to display appropriate behavior while participating in enrichment and extracurricular activities and athletics associated with Franklin Middle School

Students are required to carry their ID card at all times. This card is issued to the student by the school, and if an ID is lost, the student may order a replacement card from the office at a cost of $5.00. ID cards are required to attend all school activities. 

Tardiness is defined as the appearance of a student without proper excuse after the scheduled time that a class begins. Because of the disruptive nature of tardiness and the detrimental effect upon the rights of the non-tardy student to uninterrupted learning, appropriate penalties shall be imposed for excessive tardiness. Parents/guardians shall be notified of all penalties regarding tardiness. 

Students will be allowed to use the office phone in the event of urgent or emergency cases. Students need to request a pass from their teacher to go to the office and use the office phone. Students should ask the office staff to use the phone prior to using it. Students may also use classroom phones after asking their teacher. 

Visitors are not allowed unless they have a specific appointment with staff members and have signed in at the office and met briefly with a school administrator.