Handbook- VI. Discipline

Discipline
School discipline is designed to be a learning process. Expectations for students riding the bus, walking to and from school, in the classroom and outside the classroom are clearly communicated and reinforced. Consequences for inappropriate conduct are logical and instructive. Every attempt is made to protect the privacy of the student and to keep the parents informed of difficulties at school. We have a specific plan for school-wide expectations and consistent application of school policies. School and parent communication is a part of this play. Positive actions are rewarded, negative actions are dealt with in a variety of ways tailored to the severity of infractions. Since we must abide by rules in our daily lives, teachers and students will establish rules for their classroom. Students will be clearly informed, in advance, of the consequences, both negative and positive, for following these rules.

The principal will handle serious violations that may result in one or all of the following:
1. Fighting · Conference with pupil (warning, reprimand) · Loss of privilege and/or assigned additional tasks · Phone call and/or discipline notice to parents (requires parent signature & return) · Request parent conference · In-school suspension · Out-of-school suspension (parent conference is required prior to re-admission) · Emergency removal (parent conference is required prior to re-admission) · Expulsion
2. Defiance · Loss of use of space · Conference with student (with counselor and/or principal or principal designee) · Phone call and/or discipline notice to parents (requires parent signature & return) · Apology given (written and/or verbal) · Loss of privilege and/or assigned additional tasks · In-school suspension · Out-of-school suspension (parent conference is required prior to re-admission) · Emergency removal (parent conference is required prior to re-admission
3. Verbal Abuse · Loss of use of space · Conference with student · Phone call and/or discipline notice to parents (requires parent signature and return) · Apology given (written and/or verbal) · Loss of privilege and/or assigned additional tasks · In-school suspension · Out-of-school suspension (parent conference is required prior to re-admission) · Emergency removal (parent conference is required prior to re-admission)
4. Intimidation · Conference with pupil (warning, reprimand) · Loss of privilege And/or assigned additional tasks · Phone call and/or discipline notice to parents (requires parent signature and return) · In-school suspension · Out-of-school suspension (parent conference is required prior to re-admission) · Emergency removal (parent conference is required prior to readmission)
5. Disruptive Conduct · Loss of use of space · Conference with student · Loss of privilege and/or assigned additional tasks · Phone call and/or discipline notice to parents (requires parent signature and return) · Repair or cleanup (repair costs can be at parent expense) · Payment · In-school suspension · Out-of-school suspension (parent conference is required prior to readmission) · Emergency removal (parent conference is required prior to readmission)
6. Federal Way School District Weapon Policy School District Policy requires that if your son/daughter is found to have a weapon on Federal Way School District property or at Federal Way School District functions, he/she will be subject to emergency expulsion. Emergency expulsion means immediate removal from school and all school related activities and can permanently exclude your child from attendance at all Federal Way Public Schools. Possessing a look-alike weapon and/or using an object as a weapon may also result in an emergency expulsion. Disciplinary action for possession of look-alike weapons and/or use of objects as weapons will be determined based upon the age of the child and the circumstances (at the elementary level).
7. Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs, & Mind Altering Substances The Federal Way School district has stringent discipline policies for all students (K-12) related to possession, use of, and/or sale of the items mentioned above (#6). Therefore, it is imperative that parents/guardians work with school personnel in preventing student, of any age, from bringing such items to our school.

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