DISCIPLINARY CONSEQUENCES GUIDELINES
Restorative Practices
As a result of inappropriate behavior in school, students may be asked to provide an active solution to repair any harm they have done to others in the school community. This will be done through a variety of informal and formal meetings that may include the peer intervention council. Handbook consequences may be altered as a result of restorative meetings.
After-school Detention
Served from 2:35 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. After-school detention will be offered daily. Students assigned to after-school detention will have until the following Friday to serve. Students in after-school detention will be responsible for arranging their own transportation.
In-School Suspension
The In-School Suspension program was initiated as a means of providing a disciplinary response for students in violation of school rules while still providing an educational environment for the student. It is intended as an intermediary step before an out-of-school suspension.
Students assigned to In-School Suspension for disciplinary infractions are subject to the following rules:
1. All schoolwork sent to In-School Suspension is expected to be completed before the return of the student to regular classes. Students who do not have sufficient work to do will be assigned work by the room proctor to insure they are constructively occupied.
2. Report to the In-School Suspension room by 7:45 a.m. or immediately upon arrival of the bus.
3. Students must bring all coats, books, and working materials directly to the In-School Suspension room.
4. No sleeping.
5. No talking except to the In-School Suspension monitor when necessary.
6. Career and Technical Center students assigned to In-School Suspension may be required to report to TVHS for the entire day.
7. While on In-School Suspension students are ineligible to participate in any extra-curricular activities.
8. Students will be required to eat their lunch in the In-School Suspension room. Students who are on the free or reduced lunch program will have special arrangements made for lunch.
a. Students will be escorted for lavatory breaks during period 2, lunchtime and period 4.
b. Any violation of the rules will result in Out-of-School Suspension.
Out-of-School Suspension
In accordance with 22 PA Code, Section 12.1 et seq., temporary, Out-of-School suspensions may be made by the principal without a hearing for a period of up to three days. A student must be informed of the reasons for the suspension and be given an opportunity to respond before the suspension becomes effective. For what is termed a full, Out-of-School Suspension (a suspension of up to ten days), an informal hearing before the principal must be offered to the student and the student’s parents.
Students who are suspended out of school remain out of school during the period assigned and may not participate in school activities or be present on school property. Parents/guardians are urged to restrict students to their home and have them do homework assigned.
Initial notification should be accomplished within 24 hours by phone with a Parent/Guardian/Student/Assistant Principal and/or Principal Conference to occur during the suspension period prior to re-admittance to school.
Fines
Certain conduct may result in the issuance of a fine by the School District. Fines are payable in the high school office by cash, check, or money order; office personnel will issue a receipt for all payments. All fines are considered financial obligations to the School District; such obligations may limit a student’s privileges until satisfied.
Disorderly Conduct
Students who engage in disorderly conduct by fighting with or threatening others, engaging in violent or tumultuous behavior, making unreasonable or offensive noise, using obscene language or gestures, or creating hazardous or physically offensive conditions by actions which serve no legitimate purpose, may be issued a disorderly conduct citation by the school administration. The citation will be processed through the local Magisterial District Court.
Expulsions/School Board Hearings
Any student who is involved in a series of disruptive activities or who continues to violate school rules to the point of being disruptive to the program may be scheduled for a school board hearing. At this hearing, the school board will rule on the necessity of excluding this student from school for a period to exceed the ten-day maximum imposed by the school administration. Before reaching the hearing stage, student and parents will be counseled by school personnel and have a meeting with the superintendent or designee.
Under certain circumstances that include admission of disciplinary violation, a student and their parents/guardians may be offered the option to enter into an agreement that includes a waiver of the formal and due process hearings.