Translate Academic Objectives
*Each student's educational success is predicated on the presence of students in the classroom.
*The educational programs offered by the Buffalo School District require continuity of instruction and classroom participation.
*Students need interaction with their peers in a well-planned classroom that offers instructional activity under the tutelage of a competent teacher.
*Absence from a classroom has a highly adverse effect on students and the entire educational program.
All students are expected to attend classes on a regular basis in accordance with the provisions of Education Law related to school attendance.
*The educational programs offered by the Buffalo School District require continuity of instruction and classroom participation.
*Students need interaction with their peers in a well-planned classroom that offers instructional activity under the tutelage of a competent teacher.
*Absence from a classroom has a highly adverse effect on students and the entire educational program.
All students are expected to attend classes on a regular basis in accordance with the provisions of Education Law related to school attendance.
Code of Discipline
Buffalo School District has found that order and discipline are essential to an effective education. It also believes that everyone in the school community must play a role in contributing to an orderly environment. Further, that an orderly school environment defines individual responsibilities, categorizes unacceptable behavior, and provides for appropriate disciplinary options and responses. Discipline is not only a means to an end, but an end in itself. The discipline employed in our school system is designed to grant pupils more and more responsibility for their own choices, purposes, and behavior as they grow in ability to take on such responsibility.
Finally, it is our belief that, to be effective, such a code must:
* Identify and recognize acceptable behavior.
* Be preventative in nature.
* Promote self-discipline.
* Concern itself with the welfare of the individual as well as that of the school community as a whole.
* Promote a close working relationship between parents and the school staff.
* Discriminate between minor and serious offenses as well as between first time and repeated offenses.
* Provide disciplinary responses that are appropriate to the misbehavior.
* Be administered by all in a way that is fair, firm, reasonable, and consistent.
* Encourage a high regard for every person’s right to a reasonable hearing procedure and due process when accused of misconduct.
* Comply with the provisions of Federal, State and local law as well as with the guidelines and directives of the Colorado Department of Education..
CODE OF STUDENT DISCIPLINE – DEFINITION
* Identify and recognize acceptable behavior.
* Be preventative in nature.
* Promote self-discipline.
* Concern itself with the welfare of the individual as well as that of the school community as a whole.
* Promote a close working relationship between parents and the school staff.
* Discriminate between minor and serious offenses as well as between first time and repeated offenses.
* Provide disciplinary responses that are appropriate to the misbehavior.
* Be administered by all in a way that is fair, firm, reasonable, and consistent.
* Encourage a high regard for every person’s right to a reasonable hearing procedure and due process when accused of misconduct.
* Comply with the provisions of Federal, State and local law as well as with the guidelines and directives of the Colorado Department of Education..
CODE OF STUDENT DISCIPLINE – DEFINITION
“Discipline” as it relates to the members of the school community is a code of behavior which governs the academic and social conduct of the individual. The rules established under this code shall be developed and enforced by the parent, the community and the schools. The guidelines should promote an atmosphere and a degree of order conducive to learning. They should lead, ultimately, to the development of a behavior which is self-directed, responsible and purposeful, and shows respect for one’s self, for other members of the community, and for property.