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Planning for Progress
District Planning for Progress

Pinellas County Schools hosted a series of community meetings across the district to share school-specific data and gather feedback on population and enrollment trends, facility planning and school utilization.

School Policies

School Arrival

The school day for BCHS begins at 7:25 a.m. The main building opens at 6:55 a.m. and students may enter campus through one of the following locations:

  1. The bus lane pedestrian gate
  2. 58th Street parking lot - front office and auditorium gate
  3. 7th avenue senior lot gate

Parents may drop off students at one of two locations listed below:

  1. 58th Street parking lot
  2. 11th Ave. S. parking lot

Please click here to view a map of parent drop-off locations. 

Late Arrival to School

All student entrances listed above will be closed and locked by 7:25 a.m. Students arriving to school after 7:25 a.m. must enter through the front office and sign-in. Late students will receive a timestamp, "Late Arrival" pass. Students will have five minutes to make it to class after signing in. 

Tardies

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Permission to Leave aka PTL

Permission to leave passes or PTLs are provided for students on the request of a parent/guardian when a student needs to leave campus early. When such a need arises, parents simply need to call their child's program office or the front office at 727-893-2780 to request a PTL for their child. A school office clerk will verify the identity of the parent calling, generate the PTL and deliver it to the student's classroom, indicating to the teacher that the student has permission to leave campus. Students who leave campus without a PTL are subject to disciplinary consequences. PTLs are not provided for the purpose of leaving for lunch and returning to campus. 

Outside Food Delivery

All Pinellas County Schools are closed campuses. This means that students are not permitted to leave campus during lunch. It also means that outside food deliveries provided by services such as UberEats and DoorDash are not permitted. Food delivered from outside services will be confiscated and held until the end of the day. Parents are discouraged from delivering food from outside vendors. However, in the event a parent needs to deliver food to their child from an outside vendor, then that student will be asked to eat their food in the front office. 

Selling of Food & Drink on Campus

The selling of homemade and/or pre-packed food or drink by students on campus is not permitted. Students found with large quantities of homemade/pre-packed food or drink will be subjected to disciplinary consequences and the items will be confiscated. 

Personal Electronic Devices

Students are not permitted to use personal electronic devices during the school day, except at lunch. This includes but is not limited to cell phones, headphones (must not be work even if not on) and meta glasses.