PARENT CONFERENCES

In accordance with school district policy, in any case where a teacher, principal, or other school employee is authorized to require the parent(s), tutor(s), or legal guardian(s) of a student who is under the age of eighteen and not judicially emancipated or emancipated by marriage to attend a conference or meeting regarding the student's behavior, and after notice, the parent(s), tutor(s), or legal guardian(s) willfully refused to attend, the principal, or his or her designee, shall file a complaint, in accordance with statutory provisions, with a court exercising juvenile jurisdiction.

• Notice of the conference, specifying the time and date of the conference, shall be given by contacting the parent(s), tutor(s), or legal guardian(s) by telephone at the telephone number shown on the student's registration card or by sending a certified letter to the address shown on the student's registration card.
• Prior to any suspension, the school principal, or designee, shall advise the student in question of the misconduct of which he or she is accused as well as the basis for such accusation, and the student shall be given an opportunity at that time to explain his or her version of the facts to the school principal or designee.
• In each case of suspension or expulsion, the school principal or designee, shall contact by telephone at the telephone number shown on the student's registration card or send a certified letter at the address shown on the student's registration card to the parent, tutor, or legal guardian of the student in question giving notice of suspension or expulsion, the reasons thereof and establishing a date and time for conference with the principal or designee as a requirement for readmitting the student provided that in the case or expulsion, the contact with the parent or guardian shall include a certified letter.
• If a parent, tutor, or legal guardian fails to attend the required conference within five (5) school days of mailing the certified letter or other contact with the parent, the truancy laws shall be effective. On not more than one occasion each school year when the parent, tutor, or legal guardian refuses to respond, the principal may determine
  whether readmitting the student is in the best interest of the student.
• On any subsequent occasions in the same school year, the student shall not be readmitted unless the parent, tutor, or legal guardian, court, or other appointed representative responds.
• In any case where a teacher, principal, or other school employee is authorized to require the parent, tutor, or legal guardian of a student who is under the age of eighteen and not judicially emancipated or emancipated by marriage to attend a conference or meeting regarding the student's behavior and after notice, the parent, tutor, or legal guardian willfully refuses to attend, the principal or his or her designee shall file a complaint, in accordance with statutory provisions with a court exercising juvenile jurisdiction or any other applicable ground when in his or her judgment doing so is in the best interest of the student.
• The principal shall promptly advise the superintendent or her designee of all such suspensions, stating the reasons for the suspensions. No suspended student shall be allowed to leave the school premises during the school day until parent, guardian, or other proper authorities assume responsibility for him or her, unless immediate removal from school due to danger or threat of disruption to academic process is warranted.
• The principal shall be required to suspend immediately a student who is found carrying or possessing a firearm, and/or weapons, or other dangerous instruments. Upon the seizure by any teacher, principal, school security guard, or other school administrator of any firearm, knife (2 and ½ inches or longer), or other dangerous instruments which could be used as a weapon or inflict injury, the principal or his or her designee shall be required to report the confiscation to appropriate law enforcement officials.
• Additionally, the principal shall immediately recommend the student's expulsion to the Superintendent, as state law has mandated expulsion for certain violations.
• The principal and other appropriate personnel shall be required to file written documentation of all suspensions. Said documentation shall include the circumstances surrounding any suspension, the reason for suspension, and any other pertinent facts concerning the disciplinary action.
• The principal shall file copies of his report with the Superintendent, other appropriate personnel and the parent or guardian, and he shall retain a copy for his records.
• The Superintendent may review any suspension given. The decision of the Superintendent of Schools on the merit of the case, as well as the term of suspension, shall be final, reserving the right of the Superintendent of Schools to remit any portion of the time of suspension. Additionally, the courts have the authority to remit or extend the amount of time a student has been suspended.
• Any student suspended shall receive no credit for schoolwork missed while suspended. Special circumstances will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

NOTE: To curb violence in schools, law enforcement officials may be called at the discretion of the administrator. (If an arrest is made, an attempt will be made to contact a parent/guardian).