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Wyoming
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Elementary Discipline Policy
Discipline
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student must feel safe in an environment in order to maximize learning
and parents/guardians expect the school and district to provide
a safe environment for their children. We believe it is important
to develop a process that supports the student, parent, teacher,
and principal and considers the rights of all individuals in matters
involving incidences of unacceptable behavior. Solving problems
or conflict is a life-long skill and those which involve people
should be solved without hurting another individual. We believe
in respect and that every person has this right to be heard. In
addition, we believe a healthy environment can only occur when individuals,
students, parents/guardians, teachers, and the principal place a
high priority on being responsible for their behavior.
There are two components to a quality discipline plan, prevention
and intervention. Prevention includes understanding behaviors that
are unacceptable, teaching students how to solve problems constructively,
providing appropriate supervision, and communicating/working with
parents/guardians as a team. Intervention occurs when inappropriate
behavior has occurred and includes the following steps: |
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Identifying the behavior, its intent, and severity.
2. Identifying the victim and perpetrator and listening to what
has occurred. If the stories conflict, other
witnesses will be brought in to determine what has
occurred.
3. If the behavior is deemed to be non-violent, the student will
be disciplined within the school structure,
time-out, prinicpal’s office, or in-house suspension
and behavior notice.
4. If the behavior is deemed to be potentially violent, the student
will be sent to the office for further review.
5. If a behavior is determined to be violent, the student may receive
a in-school or out-of-school suspension
from the principal for the next agreed upon regular
school day and parent/guardian receives a phone call and behavior
form.
6. A behavior form will be completed by the adult who was supervising
at the time of the incident and reviewed
by the principal for final discipline action.
7. The behavior notice will be sent to the parent/guardian of the
perpetrator and if involving another student,
their parent/guardian as well (with the perpetrator’s
name removed) describing the incident, conclusion, and discipline. |
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