Welcome to the
Student Discipline Web Site
Our national and state
constitutions, together with Court decisions, have affirmed that
children have rights of citizenship. One of these citizenship
rights is for a free public education.
A climate of respect for the rights
of others must be established in each school. Administrators and
teachers have an obligation to maintain a school environment in
which teachers can teach and children can learn without undue
interference. Both children and adults must be free from verbal or
physical threat to their safety. With the Code of Prohibited
Conduct, procedures have been established and published for
responding firmly and fairly if it becomes necessary to administer
disciplinary measures.
Use the menu on the left to access
information relating to district rules, student discipline, and
appeals of student discipline. Many of these documents have been
translated into the languages most frequently spoken by families in
Seattle Public Schools.
| Document |
Description/Availability of
Translations
|
- Basic Rules of
Seattle Public Schools - 2007-08
|
Annual notice of District
rules. Translations are available in several languages. |
- Code of Prohibited Conduct
|
The discipline section of the Student Rights
and Responsibilities brochure. Translations. Available in several
languages.
|
- Standard Discipline for Exceptional
Misconduct Chart
|
Chart showing how students typically are
disciplined for any given Exceptional Misconduct offense for first
and multiple violations of the same offense. Available in several
languages.
|
- Standard Discipline for District Offenses
Chart
|
Chart showing how students typically are
disciplined for any given District Offense for first and multiple
violations of the same offense. Available in several
languages.
|
- Notice of Disciplinary Action - Translations
for short-term suspensions and school-based discipline. one for
long-term suspensions or expulsions.
|
NDA translations for bilingual
families. |
- Notice of Disciplinary Action - Translations
for long-term suspensions or expulsions.
|
|
- Appeal Information and
Procedures
|
The appeal section of the Student Rights and
Responsibilities brochure. Translations are available in several
languages. Additional appeal information is available at the link
below.
|
- Student Rights &
Responsibilities brochure - 2007-08
|
The full brochure,
with translations in several languages.
|
- Returning Students who are on Parole or
Probation
|
Information for parole
officers and probation counselors. English version only.
|
- Several School Board policies related to
student discipline.
|
Links to the School
Board home page and its policies.
|
Sanctions Used in Student
Discipline
Click on Definitions of Terms for more
information about school-based discipline, short-term suspension,
long-term suspension, expulsion, emergency expulsion, and emergency
exclusion. Translations for these definitions are available by
selecting the desired language below.
Appeal Rights:
Parents/guardians and students may
appeal student discipline, including school-based actions,
suspensions, expulsions, emergency expulsions, and emergency
exclusions if they feel that the student did not do the behavior
for which he/she is being disciplined or that the school
administrator did not follow the district's Standard Discipline
Guidelines for District Offenses or for Exceptional Misconduct, or
if they believe that there were mitigating circumstances that the
school administrator should have considered before disciplining the
student. There is a time limit for appealing. You must contact the
Student Discipline Appeals Office within three business days of
being notified about the discipline of your child. Weekends and
school holidays are not counted as business days.
You may contact the Student
Discipline Appeals Office at 252-0820 to arrange directly for an
appeal of your child's discipline.
Click on Appeal Information for more information
about the student discipline appeal process. Also, you can select
"Appeal Information & Procedures" on the left menu for the
explanation printed in the "Student Rights & Responsibilities"
brochure.
For questions
regarding this site, please contact Ruth
McFadden.
Site updated on
10/25/2007.
