5000 Students

5400 Student Discipline

5410 Student Conduct and Discipline

5411 Staff Guidelines


The Board of Education has taken the position that the right to an education is a right not to be withheld or abrogated without cause. It has clearly stated, however, that the enjoyment of this right is conditional upon each individual's willingness to obey reasonable rules and regulations. Our rules and regulations are defensible only insofar as their application advances the cause of education and promotes the rights and the legitimate expectations of both the individual student and the community. Board policy clearly states that all disciplinary actions and procedures are to be directed toward serving educational ends.

In all disciplinary activities the staff members are to be mindful of the fact they are dealing with individual personalities. A child's personality, disposition, and personal characteristics should be given consideration before taking action. Each child is deserving of and entitled to our very best thinking and our most deliberate judgment.

The disciplinary action should not be taken in such a way as to cause the child to lose status before his social group unless unavoidable. Teachers should guard against making remarks to other pupils concerning the shortcomings of a child or engage in discussions with a pupil in such a way as to reflect discredit upon him/her before others.

All information concerning the pupil or the family background are to be held in strictest confidence. The hallmark for the application of disciplinary measures shall be fairness.

Every effort shall be made by staff members to correct unacceptable behavior and to change improper attitudes. These efforts should include all needed skills and resources available both within and without the Moffat County Schools.

The Board expects that all disciplinary matters will be handled and resolved in the individual school by the principal or other administrator involved.

In no instance, shall repeated infractions or abuses of school regulations be handled without involving the parents of the offender.

In matters of discipline, several basic considerations should be observed:

1. The parents have a right to be kept fully informed of their youngster's status and to know and understand in advance when serious actions are contemplated for any future incidents.
2. Whenever the prognosis suggests that school procedures are not effectively changing behavior, alternative solutions should be explored through guidance, counseling, psychological, or juvenile court referrals. When any of these measures are contemplated or a failure of routine procedures is experienced, a written record should be started and copies of reports and actions should be sent to the parent.

3. The school is an agent of the public that created it and has a basic responsibility to help the parent educate, lead, and when necessary, discipline the child. In the final analysis, however, these basic responsibilities rest with the parent and, if they fail, then with the State. The school should never be reluctant to insist that the parent accept his/her responsibility.





































Revised: 2/11/82
Revised: 7/25/91
Revised: 11/18/93
Revised: 11/17/98

Moffat County School District RE-1 Policy 5411