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Disciplinary Actions –
All students shall be treated in a fair and equitable manner. Disciplinary action will be based on a careful assessment of the circumstance surrounding each infraction. The following are some examples of these circumstances:
The student’s attitude;
The seriousness of the offense;
The effect of the offense on other students;
Whether the offense is physically or mentally injurious to other people;
Whether the incident is isolated or habitual behavior; and any other circumstances, which may be appropriately considered.
Students who become involved in areas of problem behavior (violations of the serious misconduct code included) will be subjected to certain disciplinary actions. Depending upon the seriousness of the behavior problem, one or more of the following actions may be taken by school officials.
1. INFORMAL TALK: A school official will talk with the student and try to reach an agreement regarding how the student should behave.
2. CONFERENCE: A formal conference is held between the student and one or more school officials. During this conference, the student must agree to change his/her behavior.
3. PARENT INVOLVEMENT: A parent or legal guardian is notified by telephone, personal contact or letter. A conference may be requested or required and may be conducted between the student, his/her legal guardian, appropriate school officials, and other individuals involved.
4. DETENTION: A student may be assigned time in detention either during the lunch period, after or before school or on a Saturday in a designated area under the supervision of a faculty member.
5. WORK DETAIL: Under certain circumstances, a student may be assigned to or, with the agreement of a building administrator, be assigned by choice to serve on work detail before or after school or during the lunch period.
6. DISCIPLINARY WRITING ASSIGNMENT: A student may be assigned copy work from the student handbook, a selected text, or an appropriate writing project either as discipline for certain minor offenses or in conjunction with other discipline as deemed appropriate by the building administrator or his or her designee.
7. ATTENDANCE/BEHAVIOR CONTRACT: A student may be put on and held to an attendance/behavior contract at the discretion of the school administration.
8. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT:
9. IN SCHOOL INTERVENTION (ISI): In School Intervention (ISl) provides an alternative to some suspensions that would no normally require disassociation from school. The purpose of ISI is to alter the attitudes and habits, which are detrimental to the educational process by providing an environment in which a student's behavior may be modified. Once a student is placed in ISI, he/she must complete the number of days that he/she was assigned to IS1 before being readmitted to the regular classroom. Days absent during the ISI assignment do not count as days in ISI. Any alteration of this procedure will be at the discretion of the site administration.
Sexual Harassment
Any student who is found to be responsible for sexual harassment will be subject to appropriate discipline. The severity of disciplinary action will be based upon the circumstances of the infraction.
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