Students with disruptive behavior patterns should not be allowed to remain in regular classrooms; yet when such students are suspended from school it often adds to the problems of the students, the school and the community. Therefore, the Board endorses the concept of in-school suspension.
The purpose of in-school suspension is to provide a more effective means of discipline than detention or out-of-school suspension. By using in-school suspension, students should not get behind on school assignments. The possibility exists, however, that out-of-school suspension may be deemed necessary.
All in-school suspensions shall be imposed consistent with due process. The following guidelines shall be observed:
- Students shall be assigned to a special class where they shall be adequately supervised at all times. The in-school suspension teacher shall see that each student has textbooks and classwork assignments from his regular teachers.
- The principal shall notify the parents at once by telephone if their child has been placed under in-school suspension and shall follow up with a written notification. Reasons for the in-school suspension shall be given, and a conference may be scheduled prior to the student's readmission to regular class.
- Students may not participate in extracurricular activities while they are under in-school suspension, but they shall receive credit for work completed during the suspension period.