Family Handbook 2019-20

5. where acceptable use of technology is at issue, being restricted from access to technology (device and / or network); 6. conference involving student, teacher, parents and administration; 7. removal from class for a period of time; 8. establishing a behaviour and / or performance agreement that documents the school’s expectations of the student, teachers and parents (conditions may include withholding re-enrollment); 9. probation; 10. detention; 11. formal suspension from school (conditions to return to school will be discussed with parents and students); or 12. expulsion. The school also reserves the right to expel a student when her behaviour is in breach of the Havergal College Code of Conduct, seriously jeopardize the school’s ability to guarantee the dignity and safety of its students and interferes with learning, or involves conduct that has or will have a negative impact on the school climate. In these circumstances, the school will make reasonable efforts to assist the student’s family in securing suitable alternative education arrangements. 9. Progressive Discipline Progressive discipline is an approach used by the school to address inappropriate incidents and / or behaviours. It makes use of a continuum of interventions, supports and sanctions that builds upon strategies that promote positive behaviours. This may include reminders, review of expectations, detentions, contact with parents / guardians, loss of privileges, written reflection, conflict mediation and resolution, behavioural and / or academic agreements, referral for support services, suspension and expulsion. In general, the severity of punishment and the steps taken by the school will be consistent with the nature and degree of the misbehaviour in relation to the school’s progressive disciplinary approach. Each case will be dealt with individually. No two infractions of the Code of Conduct are exactly alike, nor are the needs of offenders necessarily similar. We recognize that each student is a unique individual and that every situation that requires disciplinary action has its own set of extenuating circumstances, which are duly considered in every case. The school reserves the right to expel a student when the continued attendance of that student would not be in the best interests of that student or the school.

Last Edited: August 20, 2019 Havergal College Family Handbook 2019–20

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