The Board of Education of the Fonda-Fultonville Central School District (“Board” or “District”) believes:
- that order and discipline are essential to an effective public education;
- that everyone in the school community must play an active role in contributing to an orderly environment;
- that an orderly school environment requires a code of discipline that clearly defines individual responsibilities, categorizes and specifies unacceptable behavior, and provides for appropriate disciplinary measures, options, and responses; and that in order to be effective, such a code must:
- Be positive and preventative in nature;
- Promote self-discipline;
- Concern itself with the welfare of the individual as well as that of the school community as a whole;
- Promote a close working relationship between parents and District staff; \
- Distinguish between minor and serious offenses as well as between first time and repeat offenders;
- Provide disciplinary responses that are fair and appropriate to the misbehavior;
- Be administered by all in a way that is fair, firm, reasonable, and consistent;
- Encourage a high regard for every person’s right to reasonable due process procedures when accused of misconduct; and
- Comply with the provisions of Federal, State, and Local law as well as with the guidelines and directives of the New York State Board of Regents and the New York State Education Department, including violent and disruptive incident reporting (VADIR), so as to implement provisions of the Safe Schools Against Violence (S.A.V.E) Act and the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA).
Unless otherwise indicated, this Code of Conduct (“Code”) applies to all students, school personnel, parents, and other visitors when on school property or attending school functions.