Standardized testing (STAAR and TAKS) will be conducted on Tuesday, April 24 through Friday, April 27, 2012. Testing begins in the morning just after arrival to school. It is important for students to attend school to complete testing. If your student will not be riding the school bus on any of these days, please sign your student into school no later than 7:25 am. The schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, April 24: grades 3, 4, 6, 7 and 10
Wednesday, April 25: grades 3, 4, 6, 7, and 11
Thursday, April 26: grades 5, 8, 10, and 11
Friday, April 27: grades 8, 10, and 11

Here’s a few tips for a good first day with Alternative Classes:

• Wear the Alternative Classes dress code apparel to school: beige khaki pants, white shirt with a collar (no logo), brown or black belt, white or black shoes with matching color shoelaces.


• Bring loose leaf paper, a pen & a pencil.


• Bring AGR card as reviewed and signed by parent/guardian. This sheet was included in a packet of information mailed to your residence that included information about this program.


• If you are enrolled in PE, bring shorts & a t-shirt for PE dress out. (You can bring PE apparel on the second day of attendance.)


• Transportation Department personnel will call with a bus number & approximate pick up time prior to the first day of assignment. If you have not received a call two days prior to the start of assignment, call your transportation center: Residences north of FM 1960: (832) 249-4575 or (832) 249-4590 Residences south of FM 1960: (832) 249-4106.


• Questions? Call the Alternative Classes office: (832) 249-4801. We can help!

K. E. Kaufman is the director of KISD's disciplinary alternative education program. Mr. Kaufman opened Alternative Classes in January 1994 with a staff of 10 that included Speech Communications teacher Claudette Hunt and school secretary Mary McVeigh. Kevin Wood is associate principal. Counselor Colleth Punch joined the counseling staff in 2005, transferring from Klein High School. Counselor Marcy Wilson joined the counseling staff in August 2008, transferring from Klein Intermediate. Frank Lemmon and Doug Thomas join the staff as as administrators during the course of the school year.

Twenty five teachers instruct students in the core academic areas of English Language Arts (English and Reading), Math, Science and Social Studies, as well as electives in the areas of Art, Computer Science, Health, Physical Education, Spanish, and Speech Communications.

Make plans to attend school everyday and arrive on time (the school bus will always bring students to school on time).

If a parent or guardian provides transportation to school, please come into the office to sign your student in. Arrival at school should be between 7:00 a.m. and 7:25 a.m.
Students are dismissed to 1st period class at 7:25 a.m.
A student is tardy to 1st period class between 7:32 a.m. and 7:47 a.m.
A student who arrives after 7:47 a.m. is absent to first period (the student has missed 15 or more minutes to 1st period class).
Excessive absences to 1st period can result in “no credit” in the course. Please refer to the student handbook.
Buses are released at 2:15 p.m.

The KISD Student Handbook contains a guideline concerning attendance at the Alternative Education Classes. The approved recommendation states that a student assigned to the disciplinary alternative education program (Alternative Classes) will be required to make up days missed due to truancy and/or out-of-school suspension for disciplinary incidents before returning to his/her home campus.

Please phone attendance secretary Judy Brown in the Alternative Classes Attendance Office, 832-249-4804, before or on the date of your student’s absence. Send a note to the attendance secretary that specifies the dates and reason of your student’s absence whenever your student is absent from school. This note should be received in the attendance office within five days of the absence. Refer to the KISD Student Handbooks for information on student attendance.

A standardized dress code for students assigned to Alternative Classes was approved by Klein ISD Board of Trustees and adopted in 2004-2005. The dress code will remains effective and is enforced from the time students board the bus for transit to school until the student de-boards the bus at their assigned stop. Alternative Classes dress code for both girls and boys includes beige khaki pants worn at the waist (no shorts, Capri length pant, skirt, or dress), a solid color black, brown or white belt with a small belt buckle, a white shirt with a collar (no logo or writing) that is long enough to tuck neatly into pants at the waist (a white or light gray undershirt may be worn under the white collared shirt), and white or black shoes with corresponding colored shoelaces and a white or light gray sweatshirt (no hood, no logo or writing) for classroom appropriate outer wear. Shirts must be tucked into pants with the belt showing and pants must be worn at the waist on arrival to school. If a belt is not worn or a belt is loose, twist ties may be used to keep the pants at the waist. The dress code is strictly enforced – campus isolated instruction or out of school suspension could be assigned on the first dress code violation.

On arrival to school, students must have shirts tucked in at the waist and belts on and fastened. As students enter the Annex building each day, they should be prepared to remove their belt, turn out all pockets from pants, and remove any metal objects that would cause alert from a metal detector. Metal objects should be turned over to designated Alternative Classes staff who supervise transit through the metal detector. Students must pass through the metal detector with palms up.

Klein ISD parents, make your reservation now for dinner with Superintendent Dr. Jim Cain starting at 6:30 p.m. on March 1, 2012 at Kleb Intermediate School - 7425 Louetta Road, Klein, Texas 77379. Dr. Cain will give an update on the district and answer your questions. Call (832) 249-4173 (English) to make your reservation. For reservations in Spanish and Vietnamese please call (832) 249-4447. This event is for adults only. Child care will be provided at no cost by Kids R Kids Champions - 16722 Squyres Road Spring, Texas 77379. For more information, contact Michelle Barr, (281) 379-2998.

Students assigned to Alternative Classes are enrolled in the district's web-based communication service through their home campus. District campuses utilize ParentLink to send information to parents as soon as possible. The service delivers informative and emergency messages to parents via several communication methods including phone and e-mail. Should schools need to close early due to weather, for example, this system would notify you via home phone, cell phone, or email. In addition, schools use ParentLink to keep you up to date on important school wide information or changes relating to groups in which your child participates.