Discipline Issues In High School

The first policy that I chose to review is number 6.313 which is discipline procedures. At the high school level we have three different assistant principals who are responsible for discipline for the various grade levels. I spoke to Mark Weeks who is the assistant principal in charge of discipline for sophomores and juniors at the high school. To begin, I asked Mr. Weeks his overall view of discipline at the high school level. He felt that behavior at the high school is generally good, and that he typically sees the same students over and over again when dealing with discipline. In relation to the school board’s discipline policy Mr. Weeks said that he most encounters behavior issues that would fall within Level One infractions which are generally minor discipline issues. He said that for the most part the disciplinary options for these infractions work as the majority of the time the discipline issue is handled in the classroom by the individual teacher. Mr. Weeks commented …show more content…
Weeks deals with a lot is students being tardy to class. The majority of time these tardies occur during first period as students are late arriving to school. At our school this is the only infraction that allows a teacher to administer punishment. Students are given detention for being late to class the second and third time (the first tardy is a warning). If students do not serve their detention then they again go see Mr. Weeks and generally receive one day of in-school suspension. On the fourth and succeeding tardy students are given in-school suspension with the length increasing each time a tardy is reported. Overall, Mr. Weeks felt that the discipline procedures for minor infractions worked, but he would like for teachers to handle more discipline internally. However, with the current policy of teachers only being able to assign detention for being tardy Mr. Weeks acknowledged that teachers are limited in being able to handle their own discipline