Behavior and Discipline

Discipline must be maintained for the protection of the rights of the individual pupil and of the student body as a whole.  Therefore, attitudes, behavior, actions, clothing, and/or personal appearances which create a disturbance, disrupt the desired environment, interfere with the pupils learning, or impose on the rights of other shall be corrected by appropriate means by either the teacher or principal.

Discipline of students will be handled by classroom teachers except in cases that are serious or chronic.  A student invites disciplinary action any time he/she creates a disturbance that will take the teacher's attention away from teaching.  No one student or group of students will be allowed to distract the teacher from the entire class.  We feel that any action by a student of group of students that does not reflect credit on the whole school program should be corrected by the best means.  Discipline is a means of protecting the interest of the entire school and at the same time assisting students in self-improvement.

Measures usually employed by school officials for disciplinary reasons include:

Conferences concerning the offense

Conference with parents

In-School Suspension (Loss of privileges at school)

Corporal Punishment

Home Suspension

Expulsion or Alternative School

The method employed depends on the nature of the offense, the past record of the student, and other factors.

If students conduct themselves  properly and respect the rights of others as well as private and school property, they should have no discipline problems.