PTHS Student Handbook 2023-2024

LUNCH DETENTIONS Lunch detentions allow students to serve a detention during their lunch period. When assigned, the student can bring a sack lunch or go through the lunch line. SUSPENSIONS Suspensions will be assigned by the administration to students who have reached the extreme levels of the discipline plan or whose behavior has been grossly inappropriate. A student may not be allowed to attend school for a given period of time. Parents are notified when their son/daughter is suspended out of school. A parent conference may be requested before the student returns to school. Students who are suspended out of school may not participate in or attend any school-sponsored activities during the time of their suspension. This will include any practices or regularly scheduled events. In addition, students may be placed on social probation. RE-ENGAGEMENT OF RETURNING STUDENTS The building principal or designee may meet with a student returning to school from an out-of-school suspension, expulsion or alternative school setting. The goal of this meeting shall be to support the student’s ability to be successful in school following a period of exclusion and shall include an opportunity for students who have been suspended to complete or make-up missed work for equivalent academic credit. In addition a behavioral, academic, and/or social-emotional support plan may be created to assist in preventing future misconduct. SOCIAL PROBATION Any student that is under social probation may not attend or otherwise serve as a public representative of Pontiac Township High School in any extracurricular event. This includes but is not limited to games, dances (Homecoming/Winter Dance/Prom/etc.), performances, field trips, etc. The duration a student is on social probation shall be determined by the Administration. Students who knowingly violate the Social Probation policy may be disciplined under permitted measures for insubordination. The following may constitute a student being placed on social probation: ● Repeated truancy or tardiness from class: 3 or more unexcused absences = 7 calendar days probation. ● Failing multiple classes - similar to athletic eligibility policy. ● Any act of prohibited student conduct, as listed in the student handbook, that results in a suspension seebelow. ● Any public behavior that poorly represents Pontiac Township High School.

In-School Suspension 3 - 5 calendar days of social probation from the start of the suspension