Under the umbrella of the Union County Public Schools Board of Education belief that, “self-discipline is the key element in a positive school climate,” our school-wide discipline policy is very simplistic. So much so that it can be repeated, verbatim, by all children in our school. It states, "Work hard, make good choices, and try your best." This policy is re-stated each morning as a part of our daily news program held on METV, our student news channel.
The nature of our school promotes an atmosphere wherein questions of discipline to be utilized by the teacher and/or administration are situation and child specific within the framework of school board policy. This code of conduct has proven to be a very useful tool in addressing discipline issues with students. We are able to use their failure to work hard, make good choices, or try their best as a springboard to jump start conversation towards correcting inappropriate behavior.
Marvin Elementary School also follows and applies the Union County Public Schools Discipline Policy taking care to insure that proper procedural due process is followed. Likewise, we strive to use good judgment when applying these policies so that they are situation and child specific.
Union County Public Schools policy 4-3 mandates that students shall receive at the beginning of each school year the Code of Student Conduct. We have included this in our Marvin Elementary School Student Agendas given to all students at the beginning of the year.
At the beginning of the school year, our staff was also provided with copies of all information that students received at the beginning of the year. As a part of on-going staff development, the Code of Student Conduct is periodically reviewed along with discipline trends and other grade-level specific discipline information that is shared during grade-level meetings.
Peanut Treenut Allergies
This year, we have several children that suffer from severe peanut/treenut allergies. Most of us have experienced an allergic reaction to something in our lifetime. We simply know from that moment forward that we must avoid whatever it is that caused a reaction. A situation becomes even more critical when an individual may be severely impacted by a food even if the food is not ingested. This is the case with many children with a peanut/treenut allergy. If someone brings a peanut/treenut product into a room with such an individual, it can be life-threatening. As a result, you will notice several classrooms and areas in our building in which extreme caution is required as it relates to peanut/treenut products being in the area. These classrooms and building areas in which extreme caution is required are clearly marked with signs. We realize that children can be picky eaters and often will only eat certain foods. While this may present challenges for you and your child, we only ask that you think what you would want others to do if your child was the child with the severe allergy. Please help us to keep all our children safe.