This week we will examine FERPA laws and how these laws protect our students.

In an emergency, student records must be protected. In some instances, the media or community may wish to gain access to a student's name, age, grade level, or any other information they feel is important. It is crucial in these moments that we protect our students' identity and remember that only, "school officials with a legitimate educational interest” may access FERPA-protected education records" (fema.gov).

the broken windows

Our school-wide discipline is off to a great start! Thank you for working together to fix those broken windows. Students are starting to understand that misbehaviors and civil unrest will not be the norm and will not be accepted. We truly have some great kids!

5-step discipline plan

• Remember to have students sign the behavior log for breaking one of your classroom rules.
• If a students continues to sign the behavior log he or she should move up your ladder of consequences.
• Consequences will reset every week unless a student consistently signs on a Friday. Then the consequences can continue into the next week.
• If a student is consistently signing the behavior log he or she will be placed on a RED Card.

RED Card

• We have two students on a RED Card. This number will probably grow.
• Remember the top portion of a RED Card is for positive comments only.
• The bottom portion is for consequences: 1- Warning, 2- Immediate 30 minute timeout in ISS, 3- Immediate visit to the office where admin will complete a discipline referral

Supervision

• There is no procedure, policy, or program that works better than diligent supervision. Please continue to monitor the hallways and stairs between classes.
• Please continue to adhere to our duty schedule. We will revisit the afternoon duty schedule to see if we can reduce the amount of supervision.