Policies

Child Abuse Reporting

All school personnel who have reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been the subject to abuse or neglect or threatened with harm are mandated to REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY! 

Florida Department of Children and Families Abuse Hotline

1-800-962-2873

24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Anyone with a suspicion can call the Abuse Hotline.

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Lake County Schools, FL and Mascotte Charter School, Inc. do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, genetic information, age, disability, or marital status in its educational programs, services, or activities, or in its hiring or employment practices. The district or Mascotte Charter School, Inc. also provides equal access to its facilities to the Boy Scouts and other patriotic youth groups, as required by the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act.

Questions, complaints, or requests for additional information regarding discrimination or harassment may be sent to:

Employee Relations 
Lake County Schools 
Phone: 352-253-6519

or

CEO / Principal Mrs. Tiffany Mayhugh–Rego
e.  mayhugh–regot@lake.k12.fl.us
 

We welcome parents who wish to visit the school.  Visitors are expected to dress appropriately when visiting our campus.  It is important to all children that classes are not disturbed and that visits add a positive dimension to the school day.

The entrance to the front office will be locked at all times. Once you arrive, push the button at main door and present your government issued ID via camera. Once identified, the office staff will unlock the door. Once unlocked, please open the door and present your government issued picture I.D. to the office staff. They will process it through the Raptor Visitor Management System.

If you are staying on campus, you will receive an ID Sticker. The ID sticker must be worn and visible at all times while on campus. Faculty and staff have been instructed to approach the visitor if the badge is not visible and request that you return to the office for a badge.

When you leave, please exit through the front office and return your ID Sticker to the Office Staff. If you are not staying on campus, your ID will be processed and you’ll wait in the office until your child comes in to meet you.

Lake County Schools, FL does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, genetic information, age, pregnancy, disability, or marital status in its educational programs, services or activities, or in its hiring or employment practices. The district also provides access to its facilities to the Boy Scouts and other patriotic youth groups, as required by the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act, or any other youth group listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society. 

An employee, student, parent, or applicant alleging discrimination with respect to employment, or any educational program or activity may contact:
 
David Meyers, SHRM-CP
Supervisor, Compensation and Employee Relations
Equity Coordinator
Lake County Schools
Phone: 352-253-6519
meyersd@lake.k12.fl.us

When a parent at Mascotte Charter School has a conflict to resolve, the following procedure must be followed:

1. First contact your child’s teacher if the conflict is a student or a classroom issue. If satisfaction is not reached, contact the Assistant Principal, Tony Coleman.  If satisfaction is not reached at the Assistant Principal level, contact the CEO / Principal, Tiffany Mayhugh-Rego.  Finally, if the conflict is still not resolved, contact the Chairperson of the Mascotte Charter School Board, Dr. JoAnne Jones (Email Address; Phone: 352-408-2217).   
     
2. If the conflict is not a classroom issue, contact the Assistant Principal, Tony Coleman.  If satisfaction is not reached at the Assistant Principal level, contact the CEO / Principal, Tiffany Mayhugh-Rego.  Finally, if the conflict is still not resolved, contact the Chairperson of the Mascotte Charter School Board, Dr. JoAnne Jones (Email Address; Phone: 352-408-2217).

The Governing Board of Mascotte Charter School has appointed Mrs. Tiffany Mayhugh-Rego, CEO / Principal, as the representative to facilitate parental involvement, provide access to information, assist parents and others with questions and concerns and resolve disputes. 
 
She can be reached at 352-429-2294.

The charter school principal or the principal’s designee shall immediately notify the parent of a student who is removed from school, school transportation, or a school-sponsored activity and taken to a receiving facility for an involuntary examination pursuant to s.394.463. The principal or the principal’s designee may delay notification for no more than 24 hours after the student is removed if the principal or designee deems the delay to be in the student’s best interest and if a report has been submitted to the central abuse hotline, pursuant to s.39.201, based upon knowledge or suspicion of abuse, abandonment, or neglect.

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