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DISCIPLINE
A student who violates school policy or procedures may be given a warning, removed from class, assigned detentions, In-School Assignment (ISA), suspended from school, assigned work time after school only in special cases in lieu of suspension, or expelled. ISA, if available as an alternative, can be substituted normally for 2-day and 3-day Out-of- School suspensions. It will also be used wherever possible in issues involving special needs students with IEPs. ISA is when a student is placed in a quiet room at school with a supervisor for an extended period of time. Students in ISA complete their teacher assigned work, follow a rigid day’s schedule for water fountain and restroom trips, have no contact with outside students, and eat lunch in the room, never leaving the supervisor. After a student has been assigned 5 times to ISA in a given school year, Out-of-School suspension may be used for future disciplinary action. The disciplinary measures will be left to the discretion of the teachers, administrators, or other school personnel. As a student continues to violate school rules the consequences for the infractions become progressively more severe. The normal progression is as indicated above, from warning to expulsion. However, the severity of the infraction may be such that this procedure is not followed and a lower level or a higher level of discipline is issued for the infraction. Once the severity of discipline reaches the suspension level, the progression normally is two- day suspension, three-day suspension, five-day suspension, seven-day suspension, and ten-day suspension with a recommendation for expulsion. Students serving suspensions will be permitted to make-up their work, and the administration will inform the students and parents/guardians of the timelines for making up their work during the suspension process. Students are not permitted to attend or participate in after-school activities, nor practices or rehearsals for same, during the days of suspension from school. Should a suspension cross a weekend, the student is not permitted to attend or take part in activities over that weekend.
OFFICIAL SCHOOL DAY
The official school day for full-time pupils shall consist of not less than SIX (6) hours and FIFTY-FOUR (54) minutes of scheduled classes and other guided learning experiences. Exceptions to this rule are students with special needs as identified by the office of pupil personnel, and those whose class has already been graduated and have returned to take only those courses that are still required for their graduation approval.
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