Discipline

Expulsion
Expulsion is the supreme disciplinary penalty that a school can invoke upon any student.  It should always involve the intervention of the School Office of the Archdiocese.  It is the policy of the schools of the Archdiocese that a student may be expelled only for a serious offense through which the morals of the school is so seriously undermined that it is deemed necessary to invoke this penalty in order to deter others from similar offense.  This penalty requires the approval and consent of the Pastor in each case.

1. Written notice of charges against a student shall be supplied to the student and his parents or guardian and included within this notice shall be a statement of the time and place for the hearing, which time therefore shall be reasonable for parties involved.

2. Parents or guardian shall be present at the meeting.

3. The student, parent or guardian may be represented by legal counsel.

4. The student shall be given an opportunity to give his version of the facts and their implications.  He should be allowed to offer the testimony of other witnesses as evidence.

5. The student shall be allowed to observe all evidence offered against him.  In addition, he shall be allowed to question any witness.

6. The hearing shall be conducted by the pastor, who shall make his determination solely upon the evidence presented at the hearing.

7. A record shall be kept of the hearing.

8. If the Pastor approves, the school office will complete the expulsion form.

9. Return expulsion form to Associate Superintendent at the Archdiocesan School Office.

10. Case is reviewed by the Archdiocesan personnel.

11. A record of the official action is sent to the school.

12. Throughout this process, the student's education is uninterrupted.  The responsibility to provide the means for this rests with the school.  In the event that an expulsion is finalized, it is recorded on the permanent record as an ordinary termination of attendance.  No comment is added.

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Detention & Forfeits
Discipline by detention, forfeiting athletic eligibility and for dress code violations.

Harassment
Sexual Harassment
Bullying

Suspension
For serious infractions of school rules.

Expulsion
Supreme disciplinary penalties that a school can invoke upon any student.

Weapons
School Rules on students who carry, possess, conceal or transfer any type of weapon in school.

Substance Abuse
An overview and school policy on substance abuse, as approved by the St Anne School Committee, 5/91)