GENERAL PUPIL CONDUCT (PBIS

VISITING SCHOOL

Parents are welcome to observe the students at work and at play within the classroom and on the school grounds. One of the best ways to understand the classroom program of your child is to visit the classroom. However, advanced arrangements are expected to avoid visiting the classroom during a critical testing period or recess.

As part of D.C. Everest Board Policy 8410 school safety plan, all doors to the school are locked during the school day. Visitors will need to press a call button located near the center of the front doors to enter the building. All visitors are required to register in the school office and obtain a visitor’s pass. Visitors will need to leave an ID or car keys in exchange for a visitor badge. When dropping off students in the morning or picking up at the end of the day, parents can go no further than the lobby.

GENERAL PUPIL CONDUCT (PBIS)

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an approach to teaching and supporting positive behaviors and meeting the needs of ALL students. This school-wide approach to discipline focuses on building a safe and positive environment in which all students can learn. The foundation of PBIS at D.C. Everest Elementary Schools consists of the four building-wide expectations:

1. 2. 3. 4. Be Respectful Be Responsible Be Productive Be Safe

Students are expected to demonstrate good conduct, use self-control, and maintain a safe attitude by observing safety practices before, during, and after school. A team of staff and parents have worked on a plan that addresses student behavior in all areas of the school. Expectations are described and students are taught in the classroom how to meet these expectations. A program of reinforcement exists to recognize students for displayi ng positive behavior. D.C. Everest School District believes that a positive school atmosphere enhances individual learning. To maintain this atmosphere, students must conduct themselves appropriately and not interfere with the learning or rights of others. Therefore, the following "all school discipline plan" has been implemented and this section of the handbook is devoted to the communication of the plan to students and parents.

Highlights of the discipline section: General school-wide rules are: • Follow directions, rules, and procedures. • Keep hands, feet, and objects to self. • Be prepared for classes and activities. • Speak and act respectfully. • Be considerate of others’ learning. • Be responsible with school and others’ property. • Prevent and report any bullying behavior, theft, vandalism, and emergencies.

Students who choose to violate school rules and/or create problems for others will be asked to demonstrate responsible behavior by “fixing” the problem.

Consequences for violating school rules may include: loss of recess, assignment to lunch supervision, in-school suspension, out-of-school suspension, or a discipline conference among student, parent, teacher, and principal.

BULLYING

Any employee who has knowledge of conductinviolation of Policy 5517.01 is requiredtoimmediately report his/her concerns. Any student or third party who has knowledge of conductinviolation of Policy 5517.01 and believes s/he has been a victim of aggressive behaviorinviolation of Policy 5517.01 should immediately report his/her concerns. Allcomplaints willbe promptly investigatedinaccordance withthe following procedures:

Any claims of bullying shall be presentedto the building principal or assistant principal. Students may also report their concernstoteachers or student service staff who willbe responsible for notifying the appropriate administrator. Complaints against the building principal shall be filedwiththe Superintendent. Complaints against the Superintendent shall be filed with the Board President. Information may be initially presented anonymously. All such information will be reduced to writing and will include the specific nature of the offense and corresponding dates. If the person filing the complaint is an adult, s/he must sign the charge affirming its veracity. If the person filing the complaintisa minor, s/he mayeither sign the charge or affirm itsveracity before two(2) administrators.

Bullying is defined as when someone continues to be mean to someone else with intent to cause harm. The person it is happening to has not been able to stop it. It is unfair and one-sided. Conflict is two-sided regardless of who started the incident.

Bullying is deliberate or intentional behavior using word or actions, intended to cause fear, intimidation, or harm. Bullying may be a repeated behavior and involves an imbalance of power. It includes, but is not necessarily limited to such behaviors as stalking, cyberbullying, intimidating, menacing, coercing, name-calling, taunting, making threats, and hazing.