A Guide for SMP Schools
- A Guide for St. Mary Parish Public Schools
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Policies
- Asbestos Hazard
- Athletic/Cheerleader/Dance Team Drug Testing
- Child Nutrition Program
- Counseling Services
- Education of Dyslexic Students
- Foreign Exchange Students
- Grading System and Honor Roll
- Health Services
- Homeless Children & Youth Education Program
- In-School Suspension Program
- Internet and Network Use
- Migrant Education
- Notice of Non-Discrimination
- Parental/Family Engagement
- Safe and Drug-Free Schools
- School Bus Conduct Policy
- School Choice
- SMP Alternative Program
- SMP Virtual Learning Program
- Special Education Services
- Student Insurance
- Student Records
- Teacher Bill of Rights
- Title I: Every Student Succeeds Act
- Title III EL Program
- Title II
- Title IV
- Title IX
- Vocational Assessment
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Student Code of Conduct
- Attendance
- Bullying, Harassment, Intimidation, and Threats
- Bus Transportation Guidelines
- Cellular Phone Use
- Corporal Punishment Guidelines
- Dating Violence
- Discipline: Disciplinary Action for Students with Disabilities
- Discipline: Expulsion
- Discipline: Reporting Incidents Involving Seclusion or Physical Restraining
- Discipline: Suspension
- Discipline: Virtual Instruction
- Driving is a Privilege
- Felony
- Fighting
- Grooming
- Hazing
- Offensive Student Conduct at End of Year
- Respect Statute
- Smoking: Tobacco and Vaping
- Student Adjustment Centers (After-School Detention)
- Student Dress Code
- Student Searches
- Substance Abuse Policy & Procedures
- Tardiness
- Technology and Computers
- Textbooks
- Weapons
- Zero Tolerance Policy
- High School Courses and Graduation Requirements
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Report Card Schedule
- Parent Bill of Rights
- St. Mary Parish Schools
- Student Code of Conduct
- Student Adjustment Centers (After-School Detention)
Student Adjustment Centers (After-School Detention)
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In an attempt to reduce the number of days lost by students, due to suspension, the St. Mary Parish School Board has instituted Student Adjustment Centers.
In lieu of a three-day suspension, a student may be assigned to four hours after school or Saturday detention.
Combinations may be as follows:
1) One hour each day (Monday through Thursday)
2) Two hours twice a week (Monday and Wednesday, or Tuesday and Thursday)
3) Four hours on Saturday morning (8:00 AM - 12 noon)
The four-hour detention counts as an alternative to suspension: however, the student is allowed only two four-hour detention assignments. The third offense that would normally be a suspension would be an indefinite suspension, pending a hearing with the Supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance. Students committing minor problems may be assigned one or two hours detention, but those wouldn’t count toward the indefinite suspension. Parents would be contacted prior to detention assignment and be given the choice of detention assignment or suspension.
Past experience has shown that parents almost always choose the detention. A conference with the principal or assistant principal is required, the same as in suspensions.
Data indicates that suspensions are reduced by over two-thirds and overall attendance improved throughout the schools having Student Adjustment Centers. Students assigned to the Student Adjustment Center must adhere to the following: (1) arrive at the Student Adjustment Center on time ;(2) have enough school work to keep busy the whole time; and (3) control their behavior. Any infraction of the above would result in a suspension when reported by the facilitator. Students may also be assigned to less than four hours of detention for fewer severe rule violations.
Reviewed 07/16/2021
Kenneth Holmes