After-School Detention
Teachers and administrators may require students to stay after school to serve a detention when the student violates any of the rules contained in this handbook or violates classroom-specific conduct rules set by individual teachers. Students who ride the bus home from school will be given a 24-hour notice of a detention so that parents may make transportation arrangements for the student the following day.
Saturday School
The building administrator may require a student to attend Saturday School. Students follow strict rules and must work on assignments the entire time, except for short breaks. Students who do not follow Saturday School rules will be removed and will face further disciplinary action.
In-School Suspension
The building administrator may require a student to serve in-school suspension, during which students follow strict rules and must work on assignments the entire time, except for short breaks. Students not completing their In-School Suspension will face further disciplinary action.
Snap Suspension: Removal from Curriculum Without Receiving Intervention
The Lansing School District Equity Advisory Committee, a subcommittee of the Board of Education, worked together during the 2021-2022 school year in the creation of a shared understanding of equity. The definition below serves as a touchstone for the systemization of our district wide Culturally Responsive Behavior Intervention Support guidance, and the driving vision that assists our educators in making discipline decisions that are comparable across all student groups.
Equity is the removal of systemic barriers and the creation of policies, practices, and cultures that achieve fairness, justice, and liberation for marginalized students, families, community members and educators in our educational system.
While SNAP Suspensions are covered under Michigan state law MCL 380.1309, we believe that it should be used minimally, if at all.
A teacher may suspend a student from any class, subject, or activity for up to 1 full school day if the teacher has good reason to believe that the student:
- intentionally disrupted the class, subject, or activity;
- jeopardized the health or safety of any of the other participants in the class, subject, or activity; or
- was insubordinate during the class, subject, or activity.
Any teacher who suspends a student from a class, subject, or activity must immediately report the suspension and its reason to the building principal or designee. If a student is suspended from a class, subject, or activity, but will otherwise remain at school, the building principal or designee must ensure that the student is appropriately supervised during the suspension and, if the student is a student with a disability, that all procedures applicable to students with disabilities are followed.
Any teacher who suspends a student from a class, subject, or activity must, as soon as possible following the suspension, request that the student’s parent attend a parent/teacher conference to discuss the suspension. The building principal or designee must attend the conference if either the teacher or the parent requests the building principal’s attendance. The building principal or designee must make reasonable efforts to invite a school counselor, school psychologist, or school social worker to attend the conference (Source: Thrun Law Firm; Student Handbook)
Removal for 10 or Fewer School Days
Before a student is suspended for 10 or fewer school days, an administrator will:(1) provide the student verbal notice of the offense the student is alleged to have committed, and (2) provide the student an informal opportunity to respond and explain what happened. Except in emergency circumstances, an administrator will not suspend the student unless, after providing the student notice and an opportunity to explain, the administrator is reasonably certain that the student committed a violation of the Student Code of Conduct and that suspension is the appropriate consequence. The building administrator will consider the 7 factors provided in the Student Code of Conduct before suspending a student.
Removal for More than 10 and Fewer than 60 School Days
Before a student is suspended for more than 10 school days but less than 60 school days, the school principal or designee will provide the parent or student with: (1) written notice of the offense the student is suspected to have committed; (2) an explanation of the evidence relied upon by the District in arriving at the conclusion that disciplinary action may be warranted; and (3) an opportunity for a hearing at which the student may present evidence and witnesses to show that the student did not commit the alleged offense or that suspension is not an appropriate consequence.
The School Principal and/or Office of School Culture will provide the parent or student at least 3 calendar days’ notice before the hearing. The parent and student may be represented, at their cost, by an attorney or another adult advocate at the hearing.
The School Principal will not suspend the student unless, following the hearing, he or she is convinced by a preponderance of the evidence that the student committed a violation of the Student Code of Conduct and that suspension is the appropriate consequence. The School Principal will consider the 7 factors noted in the Student Code of Conduct before suspending a student.
