District Resource Guide - Polk County School District

Page 38 & 43: This statement is added on these pages to re-emphasize Progressive
Discipline.
Progressive discipline requires that the levels are to be used in a progressive manner moving sequentially through the Levels,
unless the severity of the incident warrants a higher level.
Page 38: Statement moved to Serious Breaches to reflect where the options are
addressed.
OPTIONAL AT DISCRETION OF PRINCIPAL
Any student suspended for fighting, battery, assault, or other confrontation may be furnished a Conflict Resolution Student
Study Packet at the time of the suspension. The study packet may be obtained from the Mark Wilcox Center. This study
packet must be satisfactorily completed by the student during the suspension and returned to the administrator or dean
responsible for the initial disciplinary action. If the student satisfactorily completes the study packet prior to the end of the
suspension period, the suspension may be reduced by the administrator or dean subsequent to a meeting with the student and
parent. The parent has the responsibility to request the meeting. If the student fails to satisfactorily complete the study packet,
he/she shall be assigned to the school Student Intervention Center until it is completed. In addition, the students involved in
the fight shall be referred to peer mediation or, if peer mediation is deemed inappropriate, a staff facilitation mediation.
Page 38-55: Levels of consequences were numbered throughout Breaches of
Conduct and Serious Breaches of Conduct to reflect the requirement of Progressive
Discipline.
ABUSIVE LANGUAGE OR CONDUCT IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS - SECTION 6.01
A student who uses or engages in abusive, profane, Offense: Levels: 1 – 6
obscene, or vulgar language or conduct in the 1. Parental Assistance
presence of another person or possesses sexually 2. Office Intervention
explicit pictures, literature, or material at school, is 3. Detention or Work Detail Programs
guilty of unacceptable conduct punishable as 4. In-School Suspension
follows:
5. Out-of-School or Bus Suspension – Short-Term
6. Out-of-School or Bus Suspension - Long Term