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In-school suspensions out at JCHS
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By Bob Watson bwatson@newstribune.comAfter-school program to take its place
In-school suspension (ISS) will be a thing of the past when students return to class Monday morning, Principal Myron Graber said Friday.
“Generally, most of our ISS (students) are in there because they failed to show up for a detention or something like that,” Graber explained. “It's really based around tardies and absences - and those students really need to be in class.
“So, we're going to try an after-school program in its place, and see if we can make that work.”
The first-year principal acknowledged the change might be harder on family members than the current system.
“It's going to be a little bit of an inconvenience, maybe, on some parents, because we're going to ask kids to stay after school,” Graber said.
Graber said under the high school's current block scheduling plan, if a student misses one day of class, it's like missing two days of class under a more traditional schedule.
Graber also discounted anyone's fears that keeping in class those students who now are going to ISS could lead to more classroom disruptions.
“There might be one or two kids (doing that),” he said. “But, we looked at our data and over 95 percent of our students are in there for something other than that.
“If we have students who are disruptive, we need to deal with that.”
More coverage of local schools is available online in our e-Edition for Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008, including:
* Cole County R-5 honor roll, page 19.
* Public and parochial school calendars and menus, page 21.
* ‘Dining with Disney' back at Lighthouse Preparatory Academy, page 22.
* Plenty for JCHS students to do this fall, page 22.
* Helias students take to the racquetball courts, page 22.
* Calvary Lutheran Picture Day: It's not so bad, is it? Page 23.
“Generally, most of our ISS (students) are in there because they failed to show up for a detention or something like that,” Graber explained. “It's really based around tardies and absences - and those students really need to be in class.
“So, we're going to try an after-school program in its place, and see if we can make that work.”
The first-year principal acknowledged the change might be harder on family members than the current system.
“It's going to be a little bit of an inconvenience, maybe, on some parents, because we're going to ask kids to stay after school,” Graber said.
Graber said under the high school's current block scheduling plan, if a student misses one day of class, it's like missing two days of class under a more traditional schedule.
Graber also discounted anyone's fears that keeping in class those students who now are going to ISS could lead to more classroom disruptions.
“There might be one or two kids (doing that),” he said. “But, we looked at our data and over 95 percent of our students are in there for something other than that.
“If we have students who are disruptive, we need to deal with that.”
More coverage of local schools is available online in our e-Edition for Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008, including:
* Cole County R-5 honor roll, page 19.
* Public and parochial school calendars and menus, page 21.
* ‘Dining with Disney' back at Lighthouse Preparatory Academy, page 22.
* Plenty for JCHS students to do this fall, page 22.
* Helias students take to the racquetball courts, page 22.
* Calvary Lutheran Picture Day: It's not so bad, is it? Page 23.
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John Biscayne wrote on Oct 31, 2008 11:57 AM:
The issues:
1. What to do with students in the classroom not interested in learning.
2. Administrators who change the rules and procedures.
3. Did teachers have any input in this change?
4. Did the central office have anything to do with the changes?
5. Can a building administrator change policy on their own, with no input from staff, central office, board approval?
6. Did the administrators seek staff input before this change?
7. Did administrators seek staff approval before this change? "