How Lakeview Has Changed Since The 1950s

from school or aspects of school life (such as recreation times, visits and rewards). In certain

getting suspended, or even getting kicked out of school are not worth it. Students pay for their

The penalty for not sending your child to school was a fine not greater than $20.00 and the violators were to be prosecuted

Out of school suspensions (OSS) are often enforced with the assumption that students receiving the suspension are less likely to repeat the problem behavior in the future. However, this has been proven to be false. Suspending a student for engaging in a certain behavior does not in fact serve as a deterrent from the behavior but as a deterrent from attending school instead. In actuality, receiving just a single suspension can increase the probability of a student experiencing academic failure, school dropout, and involvement in the juvenile justice system. Knowing this, some educators still believe that for many students, suspension can serve as an effective lesson. One of the greatest concerns that educators and administrators face is the matter of classroom management. It is part of their job to ensure a safe, productive and supportive classroom allowing students to learn and grow to their greatest potential. Though there are several strategies gauged towards managing a classroom, the most severe offences often lead to either in or out of school suspension. Some of the largest concerns faced with out of school suspensions is that they are often ineptly applied, used unfairly against students of color and seemingly ineffective at producing better behavior. Also known as exclusionary discipline, the majority of offenses that led to OSS have not been centered around violence but instead emphasised issues of classroom insubordination and defiance. In some rather extreme cases

The school employs a number of sanctions to enforce school rules and to ensure a safe and positive learning environment.   We employ each sanction appropriately to each individual situation.

Previously, principals were thought to have too much discretion when deciding disciplinary actions for students (American University Radio, 2017). Now, zero tolerance policies do not allow for discretion at all. There is a protocol that teachers and administrators must follow regardless of individual circumstance. Students may receive several consequences that include: in school suspension, out of school suspension, expulsion, and/or arrest depending on the offense.

little consequence. Unfortunately, even kids who never played hooky, told a lie or got less than a

In all grades of education, from kindergarten to college, there is a form of discipline known as a zero tolerance policy. While the exact wording is different from school to school, basically a zero tolerance policy means that a student is immediately suspended, asked to attend an alternative school, or expelled if they are suspected or caught doing certain things. These policies are in place to hopefully deter students from doing drugs or being violent, but the ethics behind them are questionable. Some research has shown that these policies may not even work, and other forms of discipline would be better suited to help students. The three main activities that result in the zero tolerance policy are being caught with drugs or alcohol,

may be subject to penalties up to and including suspension or expulsion from the University.

Studies have also found a correlation between exclusionary discipline and (1) increased school avoidance, (2) decreased academic engagement, (3) an increased rate of dropouts, (4) increased behavioral problems, and (5) increased involvement with the juvenile justice system. School administrators have the right to want to develop a safe climate for their students and teachers and remove threats from their schools. However, serious threats from students are rare. Nearly 60 percent of the suspensions and expulsions administered in HPS in 2009-2010 were administered for school policy violations—a category that includes things like insubordination, profanity, sleeping in class, and truancy—not serious safety concerns like violence against others or weapons.

Not trying to say that people get falsely accused often with this because everything seems organized for the most part, because I’m sure some kids who did violate the policy would try to go to a hearing just to attempt to get themselves out of a mess even though they are guilty. I respect the fact that there is a whole office dedicated to this too that is constantly filing and monitoring these reports and that they even get a student advisor to deal with them and get advice from them for everything. The punishments are also really severe, which can be both a good and bad thing. Following the sanctions in the policy, if you create a high-level violation, you can get probation, suspended from college, or even thrown out. I can understand the severity of these crimes, but it always makes me wonder if someone is innocent and gets an expulsion from the college or something like that, is that talked about during the hearing, or what happens if they realize it and it’s too late and they’re already suspended or expelled? Also from the reading, you can tell they put a great deal into everything because if they believe another student was involved with this one as a sort of conspiracy type thing, they will look into the other student as

In Hernando County, I feel that the student code of conduct goes into depth of what each level of infraction would be and it does explain the consequences to each.

After observing an assistant principal at my school, the consequences that were used were policies and procedures that came directly from the student handbook. In this particular incident, a student had accumulated several tardies, as a result; the student had a choice between detention or corporal punishment. In this instance, the student decided to sign up for detention rather than receive corporal punishment. After talking to the assistant principal, he advised me to always follow the consequences that are stated in the student handbook.

Punishment! A word that we all shy away from, but do we really know what punishment meant to kids who went to school in one room school houses? They endured many physical punishments, such as hitting the child on the knuckles with a steel tipped ruler or standing for a long period of time with your arms straight out in front or to the sides of you or even having to take cold showers. Although some teachers preferred the mental embarrassment route which included, wearing a dunce cap, being forced sit on a high stool beside the teachers desk at the front of the room or if it were a boy they would have banished them to the girls cloak room. The important information is what made them get in trouble. Things like not properly addressing the teacher as ma’m or miss, speaking out of line, or anything that was considered disrespectful such as not standing up when addressing the teacher, or using slang and not proper English. The point is these were very

School discipline is to ensure that students and the campus staff are safe and peaceful. According to the U.S. Department of Education on Rethinking Discipline (2017), “Teachers and students deserve school environments that are safe, supportive, and conducive to teaching and learning.” The idea is to decrease bad behavior and school violence which will lead to fewer suspensions and expulsions. There are rules and limitations when it comes to student discipline; there are acts in which students can and must be disciplined. For examples, if a student quality’s for special needs some different guidelines protect them under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act’s (IDEA). Furthermore, the Education Code, Section 48900 was implied to discipline students who committed any wrongful doing such as attempting or threatening to physical harm another person. In the case f any wrongfulness, the student is forced to be disciplined by being suspended or expulsed from school.