{"id":6,"date":"2009-04-07T15:01:11","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T20:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.lps.org\/studentservices\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T16:16:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T21:16:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/studentservices\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Student Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6\" class=\"elementor elementor-6\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24jml0f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24jml0f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;5060d70&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41rfynf\" data-id=\"41rfynf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-zj8wrj7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"zj8wrj7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"subhead\">The mission of the Student Services Department is to provide services to students in a manner that recognizes both the rights and responsibilities of students and that values each student and encourages appropriate student development.<\/p><p>Student services include the following:<\/p><ul><li>Facilitation of problem-solving and communication between families and school staff<\/li><li>Leadership and coordination of student services personnel throughout the school district<\/li><li>Student records<\/li><li>Student accounting and attendance<\/li><li>Student discipline, including all matters of exclusion, suspension, expulsion and mandatory reassignment of students<\/li><li>Student services reporting to agencies of county, state and federal government<\/li><li>Liaison with community agencies in dealing with student health and welfare<\/li><li>Enforcement of laws dealing with student attendance and delinquency<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/studentservices\/applying-for-a-district-transfer\/\">Student transfers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/counseling\">Counseling<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/socialworkers\">social worker services<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/studentservices\/crisis-team\/\">Crisis response<\/a><\/li><li>Student admissions<\/li><\/ul><p>Topics of particular interest may be accessed by using the menu above<\/p><p>Thank you for your interest. If you have unanswered questions or concerns, please contact me at 436-1651 or <a href=\"mailto:rzabawa@lps.org\">rzabawa@lps.org<\/a>.<\/p><p>Ryan Zabawa<br \/>Director of Student Services<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-tgwcdwi\" data-id=\"tgwcdwi\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afa644a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"afa644a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/studentservices\/files\/2018\/02\/GettyImages-483047213-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Contact<\/h2><p><b>Ryan Zabawa<br \/><\/b>Director, Student Services<br \/><a href=\"mailto:rzabawa@lps.org\">rzabawa@lps.org<\/a> | 402-436-1651<\/p><p>P.O. 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