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Category II-Serious Misconduct Consequences
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A parent/guardian contact or conference with the teacher and/or administrator/ or designee is required, at a time convenient, for all parties involved, for all Category II disciplinary actions. School officials are expected to resolve Category II infractions by utilizing one or more of the following responses.
Staff-Student Restorative Conference – The teacher or staff member will discuss the problem with the student, seek to understand the situation in which the behavior exists, agree on expectations and discuss possible consequences of continued misbehavior. Evidence should be recorded to indicate that the conference did take place.
Parent/Guardian Contact or Conference – The teacher or staff member may contact the parent/guardian and discuss the problem. This conference should be positive, indicating a genuine concern for the student and being realistic about the problems the student is experiencing. The contact/conference with parents/guardians must be documented with dates and nature of the discussion. Additional parent/guardian contacts and/or conferences at school may be considered as part of a restorative response.
Restorative Practices – After conflict or harm, Restorative practices provide a way of thinking about, talking about, and responding to issues and problems by involving all participants to identify what happened, describe how it affected everyone and find solutions to make things better. Examples of restorative practices and supportive interventions include family group conferencing, formal restorative conference, victim- offender mediation, classroom peace circles, therapeutic/resource strategies such as mental health care, anger management, and behavior coaching.
Restorative Plan – This may include a plan that is written or spoken and teaches or reteaches behavioral expectations, repairs harm and provides student support. Plan should be appropriate to the misconduct.
Restitution or Repair – A student may be asked to engage in restorative action to repair items and/or relationships.
Individual Plan – Staff members may develop an individual plan to assist a student with academics or behavior. Staff members will develop individual plans for students or initiate small group instruction to address student achievement and behaviors. This may include a contract or social skills training.
Referral to school support services – At any time a referral may be made to the school’s Child Study Team for the purpose of developing appropriate interventions and plans to help resolve a behavioral problem. The team assists in planning for the student’s return and future success at school after serving a suspension. A referral may also be made to community-based agencies for additional intervention and/or assistance.
Saturday or After school detention – Assignment to Saturday detention session(s) at a school site under the supervision of school staff may be employed as a consequence.
Withdrawal of Privileges – Identifiable classroom and/or school privileges may be withdrawn as an appropriate consequence of student misbehavior.
Suspension – Suspension from school for one (1) to three (3) days may be used as a consequence. An in-school suspension option may be utilized as part or all of a suspension assignment. The length of a suspension shall be determined by the gravity of the offense, the circumstances under which it took place, the age of the student and the limits established in the Code. A meeting or contact with the student will be held prior to any suspension and parents/guardians shall be notified of all suspensions. Students who are suspended are to remain off all school properties and are ineligible to attend any school activities until reinstatement. A parent/guardian conference or contact should be held with the school administration during the period of suspension. A reentry meeting must take place upon the return of a suspended student.
Students who have been suspended in excess of ten (10) consecutive or cumulative
school days in a given school year will be referred to the school building Child Study Team. The Child Study Team (or equivalent group) shall be responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring an alternative educational plan for the student in cooperation with parents/guardians, building administration and staff and appropriate community agencies/resources. The school must look at the suspension team reports and bring those students to the Child Study Team
NOTE: Although behaviors are categorized into three (3) classifications, repeated or extreme infractions in Category II may result in disciplinary action appropriate for Category III.
Confiscation of item, warning, and possible suspension, exclusion, or expulsion recommendation. Public Safety may be notified if appropriate. Parent/guardian contact shall be made.Any other offenses not specifically listed, which are similar to the above infractions, may be subject to classification as Category II Infractions by school authorities.