5600A - STUDENT DISCIPLINE
Guidelines for District and Building Administrators
The administration shall take a shared role in the establishment and maintenance of appropriate discipline in the school and in the enforcement of the Code of Conduct in accordance with the following guidelines.
Each principal shall:
prior to the start of a school year or preferably before the end of the preceding school year meet with a committee consisting of teachers and counselors, school support staff members, and students (secondary level only) to review the Code of Conduct and make any needed changes or additions.
The committee should also establish a plan which will ensure that all members of the staff understand what it says and agree to a common approach for supervising and disciplining students.
in concert with the committee or the entire staff, devise and implement a plan whereby students receive a copy of the Student Handbook and confirm that they understand how to use it and what each of the major sections says and means.
Since it is in everyone's best interests to have parental understanding and support for appropriate student behavior, the plan should also ensure that parents are aware of:
the Code of Conduct;
the school's disciplinary procedures;
the process for communicating their concerns to the school;
the actions they can take to provide support for proper student behavior and attitudes.
Each principal should also:
give top priority to counseling with any teacher on a disciplinary situation when requested;
in concert with teachers, plan and conduct in-service activities on classroom management, discipline procedures, follow-up, and any other strategies which will help the staff use effective discipline;
provide for supervision for all school-sponsored activities;
refer any parent concerns about student conduct and discipline to the appropriate teacher as the first step in resolving the situation.
A copy of the supervisory guidelines, communication plans, and proposed in-service activities and all subsequent revisions to each should be sent to the Superintendent for review and approval as they are completed. They should be submitted for approval and modification prior to the start of each school year.