3312 - Detention Policy

Policy 3312

STUDENTS

Detention

For minor infractions of school rules or regulations, or for minor misconduct, staff may detain students after school hours.

Preceding the assignment of such corrective action, the staff member shall inform the student of the nature of the offense charged and of the specific conduct which allegedly constitutes the violation.  The student shall be afforded an opportunity to explain or justify his or her actions to the staff member.

Detention shall not begin until the parent(s) or guardian(s) has been notified (except in the case of the adult student) for the purpose of informing him or her of the basis and reason for the detention and to permit him or her to make arrangements for the necessary transportation of the student when he or she has been detained after school hours for corrective action.

Students detained for corrective action shall be under the direct supervision of the staff member or another member of the professional staff.

The principal shall be responsible for seeing that the time which the student spends for corrective action shall be used constructively.

 

 

Adoption Date:           August 23, 1994