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North Country Road Middle School

Discipline Policies

SCHOOL-WIDE ASSERTIVE DISCIPLINE POLICY

SCHOOL-WIDE RULES FOR BEHAVIOR:

  1. Follow directions the first time they are given.
  2. Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
  3. Use appropriate language at all times.

Lunch Detention:
A student may be assigned lunch detention by a teacher or an administrator for inappropriate behavior.

After-School Detention:
After-school detention may be assigned by an administrator if a student does not attend lunch detention, or if an administrator deems it an appropriate consequence according to the School-Wide Discipline Plan. It is important to note that every lunch detention earned in the classroom setting after seven is coupled with an after-school detention as well.

School-Wide Discipline Plan:

Warning: Incident recorded.

First Step: Incident recorded, one lunch detention, and phone call home-parent contact.

Second Step: Incident recorded, two lunch detentions, phone call home-parent contact.

Third Step: Incident recorded, one lunch detention, one after-school detention, loss of privilege to attend next dance, phone call home-parent contact.

Fourth Step: Incident recorded, one day in-school suspension, one lunch detention, one after-school detention, loss of privilege to attend next dance, and parent conference.

Fifth Step: Incident recorded, two days in-school suspension, two lunch detentions, two after-school detentions, loss of privilege to attend next dance, loss of trips and/or end-of-year eighth grade dance, and parent conference.

Exhaustion of School-Wide Discipline Plan:
Any additional infractions will result in appropriate disciplinary action as per the Miller Place School District Code of Conduct and the building administration.

  1. A student will be placed on the appropriate step based on the severity of the infraction.
  2. Out-of-school suspension may be utilized as an appropriate consequence.
  3. Twenty infractions will result in an automatic Step Five and loss of school functions (e.g. sports, trips, dances).

*By having no further discipline events for a period of five weeks, students will be afforded one opportunity to retract a step.

Positive Reinforcement: To encourage students to follow these school-wide rules, we will recognize appropriate behavior with praise, such as, “Good News” notes home, positive phone calls, “Character Coupons” and other rewards.