Middle school students must adhere to the district code of conduct. In part, the code of conduct addresses appropriate behavior as follows:
- D. APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR:
- 1. No profanity or foul language will be tolerated at anytime.
- 2. Athletes shall conduct themselves in a manner becoming an athlete and
- as to bring no discredits to the athlete, parents, school or team. Athletes
- are expected to exhibit good citizenship in and out of the classroom.
- * Determination of the disciplinary action shall be left to the judgment of the coach and/or Athletic Director/Coordinator.
- Minimum Penalty: Suspension from one athletic contest.
- Maximum Penalty: Suspension for the remainder of the season to suspension for remainder of school career.
Schools all over the nation are now bombarded with information that the schools didn't have a few years ago. Myspace, Facebook, and other blogs have students leaving their thoughts and pictures in cyberspace for all to see. There has already been more than a few athletes disciplined for what they left on the web.
I know I don't have time to search the web to find violations, but as time goes by things will assuredly be brought to my desk.
So, are today's students expected to not post thing that could come back to haunt them?
What are your thoughts?
posted by MiddleSchoolPrincipal @ 6:58 PM
2 Comments:
No one should put anything in writing that they don't want to come back to haunt them. Whether they are a student in high school, college student, or adult. This is just common sense!
It depends on the situation. Did the comments have to do with school or other students? If the page was made at home shouldn't it be the parents responsibility? Kids do all sorts of thing that aren't socially acceptable in front of their friends(I'm not talking breaking the law), but I don't think things done outside of school should always be disciplined by the school. Some things are the parents responsibility. What the school. disproves of may not be something the parents disprove of. And if the student does get punished at home should they get a double whammy from school. When they're at school the school rules, at home Mom and Dad rule.
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