Detention/Removal from Class

 

Teachers may detain students during non-school hours for disciplinary purposes. When a student is to be detained, the teacher and administration shall provide notification to the parent/guardian to let them know the student is being detained and the hour at which the student can be expected home.

 

Detention shall not be enforced without consideration of the needs and commitments of individual students and their parents/guardians. Doctor’s appointments, music lessons, family plans, religious obligations, bus schedules, and important extracurricular activities may constitute justifiable reasons for postponing detention.

 

Informal removal from class–when a student breaks classroom rules and the teacher uses management techniques such as having the student stand in the hall outside the door or sending the student to the principal’s office for a short period of time.

 

Formal removal from class–a teacher is authorized to immediately remove a student whose behavior violates the district’s Code of Conduct, is dangerous, unruly, or disruptive, or seriously interferes with the ability of the teacher to teach the class or other students to learn. Teachers are expected to exercise their best professional judgment in deciding whether it is appropriate to remove a student from class in a particular circumstance. All instances of formal removal from class shall be documented.

 

A student with a disability may be removed from class and placed in an alternative educational setting only to the extent authorized by state and federal laws and regulations.

 

Removal from class under this policy does not prohibit the district from pursuing or implementing additional disciplinary measures, including, but not limited to, detentions, suspensions or expulsions for the conduct or behavior for which the student was removed.

 

The Superintendent or designee shall establish procedures to implement this policy so that removals from a classroom occur in a consistent manner throughout the district. Parents/guardians shall be notified of student’s removal from class.