Student Planner 2013-14 - Pinkerton Academy

follows:Any student attending school who neglects or refuses to conform with the standards of orderly conduct prescribed byschool rules and regulations shall be subject to suspension and potential expulsion. Any student guilty of gross misconductwill be suspended or expelled. Only a member of the Pinkerton administration may suspend a student from school.Suspensions may vary in length, depending on the nature and severity of the offense and the number of times the offensewas committed, and the prior disciplinary history of the student. The administration reserves the right to implement thesuspension during the day of the infraction, depending on the nature and severity of the violation and/or the potentialresults of the violation. While under suspension, a student may not participate in any school function or schoolrelated event for the duration of the suspension.Unless authorized by an administrator to temporarily be on campus, all students under suspension will remain offschool property during the suspension. Any student who is suspended from school may make-up all schoolwork. All workmissed during suspensions must be made up within the number of school days that is equal to the number of suspensiondays. For example, a 3-day suspension = 3 school days following the student’s return to complete all missed work. Withinreason, teachers may require that the missed schoolwork be completed and submitted shortly after a student returns froma suspension, depending on many factors.Students under suspension may be on school property to take midyear or final exams but must first obtain administrativeapproval and check-in daily with their appropriate attendance office.A parent may be required to accompany a student returning from a suspension, and to meet with the Associate Deanof Students who issued the suspension. All classes missed due to disciplinary suspensions count against the student’srecord in regard to the attendance policy. Canceled school days do not count in the total of suspended days.1. Suspensions of not more than 10 days may be made by an Associate Dean of Students (or representative asdesignated in writing). Prior to such suspension, the person ordering the suspension must, orally or in writing, informthe student of the charge(s). If the student refutes the charge(s), evidence of the misconduct shall be presented tothe student. Suspensions of less than 5 days are not appealable unless there is a question of due process.Suspensions of 5 days or longer may be appealed to the Dean of Students in writing within 24 hours. Only suspensionsof more than 10 days may be appealed to the Headmaster. Upon review of the case, the Dean of Students reservesthe right to cancel, decrease or increase the original suspension, and suspensions may be carried over into the nextschool year.2.The Headmaster (or such other individual as is designated by the Board of Trustees) is authorized to continue asuspension for a period from 11 to 20 days following a hearing before the Headmaster. The parent or guardian mayappeal such suspension to the Faculty Committee of the Board of Trustees.3. Suspensions of more than 20 days may be made by the Headmaster (or representative as designated in writing)only if approved by the Board of Trustees.4. Expulsions may be made only by the Board of Trustees after written notice to the student of the student’s grossmisconduct or neglect or refusal to conform to the rules or regulations of the school. Such expulsions occur only aftera hearing by the Board. Expulsions are subject to review not less than one month prior to the start of the next schoolyear, and may be appealed to the State Board of Education by the parent or guardian of the expelled student.Before any suspension of more than 10 days or any expulsion may be executed, except as provided for below, thestudent must be informed in writing of the charges, and a hearing scheduled before the person making the suspension (orbefore the Board of Trustees if appealed to, or required to be approved by, it) at which the student shall be permitted to berepresented by a parent, other adult, or counsel (at student expense) to refute any charges or evidence against the student,offer evidence, explanations or mitigating circumstances, cross-examine witnesses and call witnesses of their own.This requirement for prior hearing shall not apply where the student’s presence poses a threat to persons, property orthe functioning of the educational process. The student may be immediately suspended or expelled, provided that writtennotice is mailed to the student within 1 school day of such suspension or dismissal, such notice stating the charges andthe evidence, and that a hearing provided for above, is scheduled within 5 school days of such suspension or expulsion.Students who appeal suspensions for weapons, fighting, drugs or alcohol violations, assault or gross misconduct,will remain out of school until the appeal is examined by the Dean of Students and a decision is made.When a student has been suspended for a cumulative total of 15 days, the student and a parent/guardian will berequired to meet with the Dean of Students and the appropriate Associate Dean of Students prior to that student’s return12