Dear Student and Parent/Guardian:

It is our goal to provide each student with a district adopted textbook for every course.  The library checks out textbooks to students and provides access to textbooks during school hours. Each student will be issued a textbook that has a unique bar-code number and students must return that textbook with the same bar-code.

Textbooks are necessary learning tools; care for them as you would any expensive items.  By covering textbooks you can keep them from incurring serious damage and it will assist you in recognizing your textbooks among others.   Tip: Write your name on the inside cover as soon as it is checked out to you.

Students are responsible for paying the replacement costs ($60 – $210 per textbook) for lost or stolen textbooks and for textbook damage.  All replacement costs and damage fines must be paid in cash. Be sure to review each textbook when it is checked out to you and report any previous damage.

Please Note: Even if a teacher allows a student to keep books in the classroom, the student is still responsible for his/her books.

Student and Parent Responsibilities:
·   Students must return/pay for all their previous year’s textbooks before the new school year begins.
·   Students must return/pay for all their textbooks before they are allowed participation in extracurricular activities including the graduation ceremony.
·   Incoming students must return/pay for their previous schools’ textbooks before the new school year begins.

Remember:

  1. Cover your textbooks and write your name on the inside front covers.
  2. Do not let your friends borrow your textbooks or leave them in classrooms because you are responsible for returning your textbooks in good condition.

Rules for Checkout and Maintenance 

  1. You need your ID Card to check out textbooks. Keep it with you at all times.

  2. Do not make any marks in or on any of your books or fold the pages. If you do, you will have to fix it or be charged a fee. Do not leave your books anywhere, especially in the classroom. If they are lost or stolen you will have to pay for them. The average price is $100.00 each.
  3. Keep your books dry. If your book gets wet, open it and let it dry completely or it will get moldy. If your book gets moldy, we cannot give the book to another student and you will be charged for the entire book. Take care of your book. If it gets damaged in any way, you will be charged for it.
  4. Thank you for being a responsible student here at Chula Vista High!
Fines to cover repair or replacement of library or textbook materials may be charged if the materials are abused during the time the student was responsible for the materials. These fines are rare and are usually assessed when a book is water damaged, the binding is ripped, a picture or other item has been cut from the book, or damage due to ink, crayon, pencil or pen has occurred.

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Education Codes:
  • 19910 – Malicious Cutting, Tearing, Defacing, Breaking or Injuring Library Property
  • 19911 – Willful Retention of Library Property
  • 48904 – Willful Misconduct; Limit of Liability or Parent or Guardian Withholding Grades, Diplomas or Transcripts of Students Causing Property Damage or Injury, Transfer of Permanent Enrollment and Scholarship Records
Government Code:
  • 53069.5 – Reward for Information Concerning Person Causing Death, Injury, or Property Damage; Liability for Reward
Civil Code:
  • 1714 – Responsibility for Willful Acts and Negligence; Contributory Negligence
  • 1714.1 – Liability of Parent/Guardian or Act of Willful Misconduvbe by a Minor
  • 1714.3 – Liability for Parent/Guardian for Injury to Person/Property Caused by Minor Under Fifteen