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Discipline in San Jose Unified School District

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ISTRICTDeclining Suspension Rates, 2013-2015• 33,866 Students• 2012-13 = 1,345 suspensions by January• 2013-14 = 1193 suspensions by January• 2014-15 = 905 suspensions by January

• Approximately 200 fewer suspensions each year

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ISTRICTIntervention over Suspension

• Parent/Teacher Conference• Parent/Administrator Conference• Student Support Team (SST)• Referral to Counseling• Referral to Nurse• Coordination of Services Team (COST)

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ISTRICTDiscipline Process

• Teacher-Student• Office Referral• Detention (Lunchtime, Recess, After School)• Community Service (trash pick up, help clean tables)• Suspension• Citation/Arrest (Not an SJUSD process) @ Middle and High Schools• Referral to District Disciplinary Review Committee• Expulsion

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ISTRICTDiscipline Process: Parent Rights

• Must contact you as soon as possible about behavior issues• Teacher• Administrator• Counselor

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ISTRICTDiscipline Process: Parent Rights

• Contacted as soon as possible (usually within 24 hours or sooner)

• Communicate with teacher, administrator to discuss issues and work out solutions

• Ask about alternatives to suspension or relocation

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ISTRICTSuspension Records

• Part of a student’s discipline file• Can be expunged under certain circumstances• Does not prevent admission to college• Unless a felony crime is committed between 9-12th grade

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ISTRICTStudent Discipline

• Work with your School Site Administrator• Keep communicating• Ask about alternatives to suspension• Ask about interventions

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Rude vs. Mean vs. Bullying:Defining the Difference

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ISTRICTRude Behavior• Rude = Inadvertenly saying or doing something that hurts

someone else

Examples:• Burping in someone’s face• Jumping ahead in line• Bragging about acieving the highest grade• Splashing water in someone’s face

Incidents of rudeness are usually spontaneous, unplanned, based on thoughtlessness, poor manners and not meant to hurt someone

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ISTRICTMean Behavior• Mean = Purposefully saying or doing something to hurt

someone once (or maybe twice)

The difference between rude behavior and mean behavior has to do with INTENTION; while rudeness is often unintentional, mean behavior very much aims to hurt.

Examples:• Criticizing clothing, appearance, intelligence, etc• “Your fat, ugly, stupid”

Mean behavior is motivated by angry feelings.

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time, that involves an imbalance of power.

• Involves 3 key elements:• An intent to harm• A power imbalance • repeated acts or threats of aggressive behavior.

Kids who bully say or do something INTENTIONALLY hurtful to others and keep doing it with no sense of remorse even when the target tells them to stop.

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ISTRICTWhy is it important to know the difference?• If we improperly classify rudeness and mean behavior as

bullying we run the risk of becoming sick and tired of hearing the word and then the true word of bullying loses its urgency!

• It’s important to know the difference so that we know what to pay attention to and when to intervene.

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ISTRICTUpcoming Events• Family University Winter Session • Saturday, February 7th

• Check in starts at 7:45 and ends around 12:15• Babysitting is available for children 3-4 who are potty trained and

class is available for TK-5th grade students.

• Valentine’s celebrations – Friday, February 13th • Students can wear LOVE colors : red, white, purples, and anything

with hearts!