PPMS School Rules
Preston Plains Discipline Plan
Teachers have the authority to maintain discipline in their classrooms and to assist the principal in maintaining discipline in the general areas of supervision such as the corridors and lavatories. Students who misbehave may be given a time-out from class, a detention, an exclusion detention, or other reasonable consequences established by the classroom teacher.
A. TIME-OUT from class means a student will be sent to the office by a teacher for no more than ten minutes in a class period. A time out form will be completed by the student while in the office. Three Time-Outs within a week will result in an after school detention.
B. EXCLUSION from class means a disruptive child is sent to the office by a teacher for the remainder of the period or for an entire period. The principal may exclude a child from classes for more than one period. Parents will be notified when their child has been excluded from class (Exclusion Form). The Exclusion Form would be signed and retuned to the office where it will be filed. An exclusion from class will result in an after school detention.
C. A DETENTION for misbehavior may be given by the teacher or principal. The detention notice is given to the student who is instructed to take the notice home to be signed by his/her parent and returned to the office on the day of detention. The students will remain after school until 3:45 pm at which time the parent is requested to arrange a way home. A reasonable postponement, or no more than two days, is possible upon the parent’s written request on the detention notice. Conditional detentions may be given when the situation warrants it.
D. OTHER REASONABLE CONSEQUENCES may be established by individual classroom teachers for minor infractions
Duplicate copies of the Exclusion notice, Disciplinary Essay notice, and Detention notices are kept on file in the office and replaced with the copies signed by the parent. All notices remain in the student’s folder until the following school year begins. It is the student’s responsibility to take the notice home, have it signed, and return it to school as instructed. Failure to follow these instructions does not excuse the student from the disciplinary action and may result in additional action from the principal. Signing the notice by a parent only indicates that the parent is aware of the disciplinary action.
Any disciplinary action shall take priority over after-school activities. Seventh and eighth graders may not attend a school dance if they receive a disciplinary detention, or a homework detention, the day before or the day of a school dance.