According to DearBorn Patch a student got 2 detentions for hugging a friend and that same year someone else got a suspension for holding someone's hand, this is rediculous students shouldn't be getting in trouble for little stupid things such as holding hands and hugging someone. The rule that should be changed is the PDA rule because students should not get in trouble for hugging someone or holding someone's hand or even just touching someone else. The rule that should be changed is the PDA rule because students should be able to give somone a hug or hold someones hand without getting in trouble.”Students are prohibited from making any physical romantic gestures”.Studys show that kids in the middle school around the age of 8th grade have something to look forward to when they come to school because they know they wont get introuble for giving someone a hug or hold someones hand.Students get in trouble for the littlist things like giving someone a hug or holding hands with someone when hugs and holding hands dont mean that teenagers are ganna do more than that.When students are able to hold hands and hug in alot of other places but school even other some what very formal events its okay to give someone
High school student “John Doe” responded to peer teasing by choking the student and then kicking out a school window. Middle school student “Jack Smith” made sexual lewd comments to female classmates. Both had a history of hostile and aggressive behaviors that are manifestations of their disabilities. On the fifth day of the school suspension, the district notified both boys’ parents that they were proposing expulsion and they extended suspension until the expulsion proceedings were finished. Doe filed suit against the school district and the superintendent on grounds that the disciplinary actions violated the “stay-put” provision of the then Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) (later IDEA). Having learned of Doe’s case, Smith also protested the school’s actions and intervened in Doe’s
This case involved a public high school student, Matthew Fraser who gave a speech nominating another student for a student elective office. The speech was given at an assembly during school as a part of a school-sponsored educational program in self-government. While giving the speech, Fraser referred to his candidate in what the school board called "elaborate, graphic, and explicit metaphor." After his speech, the assistant principal told Fraser that the school considered the speech a violation of the school's "disruptive-conduct rule." This prohibited conduct that interfered with the educational process, including obscene, profane language or gestures. After Fraser admitted he intentionally had used sexual innuendo in the speech, he was told that he would be suspended from school for three days, and his name would be removed from the list of the speakers at the graduation exercises.
A new policy is needed and most certainly should start out with holding schools to handle their own discipline situations, rather than relying on school security and police (Wilson, 2014). School administrators must be able to differentiate between what is a true discipline situation and when a student simply made a mistake. The rate of school suspensions have skyrocketed over the last thirty years from 1.7 million nationwide to 3.1 million and growing today (ACLU, n.d.). Each school needs to create policies of when to get school security involved and what the school’s security job involves. Unless there is a true threat to the safety of the school and/or its student’s law enforcement should never be called (Wison, 2014). The instinct to dial 911 at every infraction has to stop. Furthermore the schools must develop a gender and racial fairness; black children should not be receiving harsher punishments for similar infractions of white students (Wilson,
Second violation occurred on campus at the library. There are booths for students to sit in and study with their friends and classmates. I decided to join these two students that were studying together by quietly sitting in the booth with them. They seemed to hesitate to even talk to me, but I was
According to think progress, students at a Staten island high school are frustrated with a new strict dress code that’s landing “girls in detention for wearing shorts. Despite the fact that many of their classrooms don’t have Air Conditioning. The school gave detention to 200 students, 90 percent of them were females.
In an effort to maintain peace, safety and a disciplined environment conducive to effective teaching and learning, many schools have adopted the zero tolerance policy. This philosophy was originally created in the 1990’s as an approach towards drug enforcement to address the rampant use, possession and sales of drugs in schools (Jones, 2013). Today, this policy is used to mandate the application of pre-determined consequences of violation of stated rules. These rules may pertain to a number of issues; drugs, bullying, theft, and corporal punishment.
Of course, students and school officials can often disagree about what may or may not be disruptive. For example, in 1998, the Rhode Island ACLU successfully challenged the suspension of a student for wearing a rock band t-shirt with the numerals “666” on it. On the other hand, although the ruling might come out differently today, a Virginia court ruled two decades ago that a school could decide to ban as “vulgar” a t-shirt with the phrase “Drugs Suck.” If you think you were unfairly disciplined for something you wore to school, you should contact the ACLU. Administrators have the responsibility to protect the health, welfare, and safety of students. And can stop conduct that interferes with the operation of schools or impinges on the rights of other students. Also, administrators can stop conduct that interferes with schoolwork during school
On in the second day of school, they make the students come for an assembly to talk to the students about new and old rules. This school is so strict about the rules that they even-handed
Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children when they misbehave. The school administrators said no faculty member in this school better touch a student when they
Schools should maintain their honor codes if the rules do not make the students uncomfortable. The concept of having more rules to follow
Schleigh, Silver. “PDA: If You Wouldn’t Do It in Front of Your Parents, Don’t Do It at School!” The Arrow. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. . From this article, I got information on how PDA needs to be better enforced.
The aforementioned are example of student trauma, that can lead to further bad behavior and many harshly repeated reprimands targeted toward so-called problem students, for minor infractions that use mean a visit to the principal’s office or staying after
On my first day at Dunn Middle School, I learned that I had the gifted and talented classes, and assumed that discipline would be no problem for me. There was minimal chatter and the students seemed eager to learn. When I walked in on the second day, my co-op handed me a sheet of paper with the suspensions listed. This floored me, the infractions included fighting and sexual harassment. Over the next few weeks I saw that both out of school and in school suspensions were given a lot.
not enforce appropriate behavior it should always come back to the parents. Parents are the ones
Before such things can be implemented, there is some specific ground work and strategies that must be done within the schools before situations or dealt with and handled. In this groundwork, principals are vital in the success of the program they implement in their schools (Ballard, Argus & Remley, 1999). They are the conductors of each category needed in a successful program. Principals must hold students and staff accountable for their roles in changing the climate of the school and they must allow for the time and manpower implementing a new program will take. Gil (2002, p. 73) explains that first a solid code of conduct must be in place and operating smoothly. These clearly stated rules are to be communicated to all students and staff what the expectation is for behavior and they must be “enforced without