POPE MEDIA CENTER STUDENT POLICIES 

v     Loan Procedure and Fines

1.      Students must have a current Pope ID card to check out materials.

2.      All regular fiction and non-fiction books can be checked out for 3 weeks.

3.      There is no limit on the number of regular books a student can checkout.

4.      Reference books and magazines can be checked out overnight.

5.      Reference books are limited to two books per student.

6.      All books can be renewed.

7.      Flash drives can be checked out for 3 days, and can be renewed two times

8.      Fines are charged to students for materials that are late.  Fines are $.10/per day for all books except reference books, which are $.25/per day.  The fine for overdue flash drives is $.50/per day.

9.      Students cannot checkout materials it they have overdue books or outstanding fines.  Report cards and/or diplomas will not be issued for students with outstanding fines or books.

v     Student use of the Media Center

1.      Students are encouraged to use the Media Center before and after school and during their lunch period.  We are open from 7:30am – 4:30pm.

2.      Students may use the Media Center during their lunch if they enter before the bell rings or with a pass from one of their classroom teachers.  Students that come during lunch must stay until the end of their lunch period.

3.      A student must have a signed pass from a teacher to use the Media Center during the day.  Please be aware that classes that are in the Media Center for group instruction have first priority for the Media Center resources; so some resources (especially internet access) might not be available to individual students during class periods, or lunch.

v     Printing Policies

1.      Printing must be for school work only.

2.      Currently black and white printing is available, limited to a reasonable number .We ask that conservation for our resources be considered.  Due to budgets, we may have to limit printing and/or charge for it in the future.

3.      Colored printing is available for a cost of $1.00 per page.  See a Media Center staff member for details.

v     Security System

1.      The Media Center has a security system at the front exit.  All books have a security tag and if left uncovered will trigger the alarm and cause the turnstile to lock.  Public Library books will also trigger our security system.  Please be sure to check out all books before leaving the Media Center.  

v     Computers

1.      Pope High School students must abide by the Cobb County technology use policies when using the internet.  The Media Center does not allow students to play games.

2.      Students must save their work to their folder on the “H” drive (file-save as student ID#).  The school computers will not allow you to save work on the hard drives. 

3.      Students can bring work from home on flash drives.  Work must be saved to Microsoft Word version XP or a prior version of Microsoft Word (not Microsoft Vista).  E-mail attachments and floppy disks are no longer accessible in the Media Center.  Please use a flash drive when transferring work from home.

v     Miscellaneous

1.      Passwords changes can be done by any of the Media Specialists.  Please come to the Media Center if you are experiencing password log-on problems.

2.      Cobb County makes available several on-line resources to help students with research.  These resources can be accessed at home through the Pope High website.  Username = cobbhs, password = three