We assign detentions for various reasons. To help answer your question I sat
in with our Dean of Students this morning to watch the system in action.
After 2 or 3 detentions of if the student doesn't show up for detention s/he
is assigned Saturday detention. This is a 3 hr totally silent detention -
and it works. They hate giving up a Saturday.
Our regular detention is also totally silent. Students must sit with hands
folded and stare ahead. There is no work done, no homework, nothing. No
talking is allowed- no bathroom - nothing. This is a one hour detention.
Students who abuse any of the above are suspended. If nothing works - the
case is referred to the Disciplinary Board ( I am a member). The case may be
discussed by the Board and often the student and parent are brought in. The
decision is final. It could be that the student is placed on probation for
the semester or year (this means the student doesn't dare get another
referral) or the student could be dismissed from the school. It helps that
we are a private school and do not have to bend to the state and its rules.
We actually dismiss very few (the myth is that the private schools toss tons
out) and it is only after discussion and prayer.
Allan
Dr. Allan O'Grady Cuseo (Brother Donogh Allan, MGC)
Bishop Kearney High School Library
125 Kings Highway South
Rochester, New York 14617
585-342 -4000 x231
585-342- 4694 (FAX)
acuseo@bkhs.org
Education in the tradition of the Christian Brothers
FAC OMNIA BENE (Do all things well)
Bless the work.
Bless the day.
Come to aid us.
Angels stay!
Irish blessing
----- Original Message -----
From: "mary goss" <mary_goss@BERNE-UNION.K12.OH.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 8:28 AM
Subject: Discipline in High Schools
> REF: Discipline in High Schools
> Greetings to all and thanks in advance for any help you may be
able to
> offer.
> My principal is requesting ideas on how to improve our detention policy.
> He ( and I totally agree with him) feels that giving students a forty
> minute detention after school for a misdeed is not working. We have many
> repeat offenders and when you give a detention many students could care
> less. So if your school has a system that works I'd love to be able to
> share it with my principal.
>
> Mary Jeanne Goss
> Media Specialist MS/HS
> Berne Union Local Schools
> 506 N. Main Street
> Sugar Grove, Oh 43155
> 740-649-9956 Ext. 109
> mary_goss@berne-union.k12.oh.us
>
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