'Law & Order' Referenced in School Board Debate Over Off-Campus Conduct
The Maplewood Richmond Heights School Board could not reach agreement Thursday about whether to adopt policy revisions guiding how administrators discipline students for behavior that occurs outside of school property.
Civil liberties and the regulation of off-campus behavior became the focus of a lengthy discussion Thursday among members of the Maplewood Richmond Heights Board of Education and Superintendent Linda Henke. At issue are proposed changes to a district policy known as JG-R. It governs how administrators discipline students. The Missouri School Boards' Association has recommended numerous policy updates for individual districts. MRH Board Treasurer Nelson Mitten reviewed the proposed changes and on Thursday provided his own analysis of which to adopt or amend. The board ultimately reached an impasse, tabling discussion of that measure and several related items. It approved policy revisions related to teacher salary schedules, the reporting of…
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Susan
11:15 am on Tuesday, December 20, 2011
The school district is responsible for my child during school hours. If he gets into trouble at McDonalds at 5:30 that is a parents/police problem. Don't try to be Big Brother and work on fixing the problems in the school and leave the parenting to the parents. more ›