St. Mary Parish School Board Responsibility

 

The School Board is legally responsible for maintaining a safe, proper learning environment and for providing the foundation for addressing the discipline of students (RS.17:416). The School Board expects students to be well-behaved; therefore, every school employee shall be authorized to hold every student accountable for his/her behavior throughout the school day and during any school-sponsored activity on school campuses, on school buses, on the street going to or returning from school, and at any other location or time of a school-related event. The School Board shall demand reasonable student behavior and administer discipline with fundamental fairness without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, religion, or political belief. All students shall be afforded the basic rights of citizenship recognized and protected for persons of their age and maturity. Moreover, the School Board reserves the authority to discipline students for behavior involving audio, video, or other materials and information that may appear on the Internet or transferred over electronic devices that constitute a material disruption of the educational process.