In the Classroom
Discipline Procedures for Violating School Regulations
- First offense: Teacher has a conference with the student.
- Second offense: Teacher contacts the parent.
- Third offense: Teacher arranges conference with the parent and student.
- Fourth offense: Teacher refers the student to administration for disciplinary action.
- Fifth offense: Violations deemed severe by the teacher may be referred directly to administration. The administration will arrange conferences with the parent, teacher and student.
Detention
Detention will consist of one or two hours of work to be done after school and will be used in varying degrees for both minor and major infractions.
Because of our transportation situation, the student will be assigned the day(s) within one week of the problem for his detention. Failure to report for detention is a separate violation.
Teachers will not supervise this work. The student will be told what to do, given the materials and told that if it is not done correctly it will not be counted. If not satisfactorily completed, another two-hour stint will be given. Tasks will consist of anything that needs to be done around our school: washing windows, painting, touching up cleaning, cutting grass, trimming work on playground and athletic fields.
The student may leave when he/she has completed the assigned tasks and/or dismissed by the staff member monitoring their detention.
During the day or days of detention, students will not be allowed to attend extracurricular
activities.
Suspension
In-school
In-school suspension is an opportunity for a student who has a problem with behavior, tardiness or unexcused absences to be disciplined without having his/her academic work suffer.
When a student is to be placed in in-school suspension, parents will be notified and the following occurs:
- The student is placed in a room alone and is not permitted any contact at all with any of the other students. For example: he/she eats lunch alone.
- The student's teachers will provide assignments to be done for that day. A "0" will be given on all work not completed during that day.
- The student must leave school at dismissal and cannot stay for any activity or attend any school-sponsored activity that afternoon or evening.
Out-of-school
Out-of-school suspension results in the student being placed in isolation for the remainder of the school day or sent home immediately. The student may receive a "0" on all work missed or may be given assignments to be completed and turned in upon returning to the Academy.
The student cannot attend any school functions until reinstated. Parents will be notified of the out-of-school suspension. The parents must accompany the student back to school for a conference before reinstatement.