XII. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Re-enrollment

A pattern of low grades, poor work habits, poor conduct, excessive absenteeism or tardiness, the parents’ failure to meet financial obligations, or parent or family member causing disruption to the school or the school’s educational mission can jeopardize a student’s continued enrollment. Entrance into the next grade will be based on the classroom performance of the student, observations of the teacher, and appropriate testing.

AsbestosManagementPlan

The Tallulah Falls School AHERA Management Plan is available for public inspection upon request at the Tallulah Falls School Plant Services Department. This notification is provided to fulfill the requirement of Section 763.93(4) of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, 40 CFR Part 763, October 30, 1987. All interested parents, TFS employees, or other persons are invited to review the plan which includes the following items:

• Location, amounts, and types of asbestos-contained materials in all schools and support buildings.

• Response actions to the asbestos-contained materials selected by Tallulah Falls School.

• Plans for re-inspection, periodic surveillance, and operation and maintenance programs.

• Public notification procedures.

Anyone who is interested in reviewing this plan should contact the Tallulah Falls School Plant Services Department at 706-839-2003.

Intellectual Property

By enrolling the student in the school, the parent and student acknowledge that during a student’s attendance at the school, all student Intellectual Property (defined below) related to or used in connection with the student’s participation in any joint or group school activity (classroom, homework, athletic, artistic, scientific, etc.) is the exclusive property of the school. Intellectual Property includes all inventions, creations, videos, audios, writings, prototypes, discoveries, developments, formulas, techniques, and improvements and all works of original authorship or images that are fixed in any tangible medium of expression, whether or not copyrightable, patentable, or otherwise protectable, which are conceived, designed, created or developed by any of the school’s students in conjunction with other students and/or school personnel. To be clear, if a student works on a project alone (such as a painting or music), such project is not Intellectual Property covered by this policy. Any parent or student who believes that they are eligible for a waiver to this policy should contact the President and Head of School to discuss the specific circumstances.

School Closure or Modifications Due to a Force Majeure Event

Should events beyond the control of the school, including, but not limited to, any fire, act of God, hurricane, tornado, flood, extreme inclement weather, explosion, war (including armed conflict), governmental action, act of terrorism, risk of infectious illness, epidemic, pandemic, shortage or disruption of necessary utilities (water, electricity, etc.), or any other event beyond the school’s control, occur, the school has the discretion to close the school and/or modify its operations (including, without limitation the boarding program), curriculum, schedules (including, without limitation, the provision of instruction on Saturdays and/or Sundays), length of school day, length of school year, and/or means of learning and teaching methods, including, without limitation, converting to distance learning or a hybrid model. Parents may be required to sign a waiver of liability in order for their children to participate in on-campus instruction depending on the status of any force majeure event. The family’s contractual financial obligations for tuition and fees remain in full force and effect and the school shall not be liable for any such failure or delay in its performance. Should the school close, the school’s duties and obligations shall be suspended immediately without notice until such time as the school, in its sole and reasonable discretion, may safely reopen. If the school cannot reopen due to a force majeure event, the school is under no obligation to refund any portion of tuition paid.

Student Records and Information

Requests forstudent recordsandtranscripts must bedirectedin writing tothe Registrar. Theschool reserves the right to withhold student transcripts and records for non-payment of tuition or fees. The school will also require the parent to sign a consent form before a student’s transcript or other records/information will be released.

Theschool makes reasonableeffortsto ensure that both natural parents (orlegal guardians)receive substantially the same information (transcripts, records, appointments, etc.). The school must rely upon the correctness and completeness of parental information when the student is enrolled.

In situations of divorced or separated parents, if one parent believes that the other parent is restricted in receiving information about their child(ren) from the school, in visiting/pickingup/dropping off their child(ren), in participating in parent/student conferences, and so on, such parent must provide a valid court order to the school evidencing such restrictions. Parents are under an ongoing obligation to provide the school with new or subsequent orders, promptly upon issuance.

Fundraising

No class, individual, or organization is to begin any money raising activity without permission from the school. No class, individual or organization may request money from any other class, individual, or organization within or outside the school without permission from the school administration office. All extracurricular organizations should strive to be self-sufficient, raising money through approved concessions and approved service-type projects.