| The Office of Student
Discipline was created to ensure that
our ever-growing school district would continue to have a unified focus in providing
a safe environment for all of our students and employees. It has always been the
responsibility of this department to handle student discipline matters which come
to us from the elementary, middle, and high schools which are currently
a part of the Fulton County School System.
On
average, the Office of Student Discipline handles 600 Tribunals and informal
hearings per year. In our efforts to minimize the number of student referrals
made to our office and to comply with the laws of the State of Georgia and the
Fulton County Board of Education Policies/Procedures, the Office of Student Discipline
works with local schools to ensure that administrators, teachers, students, parents,
and community leaders participate in establishing and updating our Student Code
of Conduct and Responsibility Cycles. These district-wide plans
are age related, progressive in nature, and address the severity of the rule infractions.
Through the team effort of all persons who have a stake in the support of our
schools, everyone will know what expected behavior is for our youngsters and know
the consequences for violations of these expectations.
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