DISCIPLINE( continued)
Procedures Governing Suspension( continued)
4. By telephone, responsible administrator or the administrator’ s designee shall make reasonable attempts to immediately notify the parent or guardian of a minor student following the suspension and to state the cause( s) leading to the suspension.
5. Whether or not telephone contact is made with the parent or guardian of such minor student, responsible administrator or the administrator’ s designee shall forward a letter promptly to such parent or guardian to the last address reported on school records( or to a newer address if known by the responsible administrator or the administrator’ s designee), offering the parent or guardian an opportunity for a conference to discuss same.
6. In all cases, the parent or guardian of any minor student who has been suspended shall be given notice of such suspension within twenty-four( 24) hours of the time of the institution of the suspension.
7. Not later than twenty-four( 24) hours after the commencement of the suspension, the responsible administrator or the administrator’ s designee shall also notify the Superintendent or designee of the name of the student being suspended and the reason for the suspension.
8. The student shall be allowed to complete any classwork, including examinations, without penalty, which the student missed while under suspension.
9. The Administration may, in its discretion, shorten or waive the suspension period for a student who has not previously been suspended or expelled, if the student completes an Administration-specified program and meets any other conditions required by the Administration. Such Administration-specified program shall not require the student and / or the student’ s parents to pay for participation in the program. The Superintendent may delegate this authority to building or program level administrators.
10. Notice of the suspension shall be recorded in the student ' s cumulative educational record. Such notice shall be expunged from the cumulative educational record if the student graduates from high school. In cases where the student’ s period of suspension is shortened or waived in accordance with Section VII. A( 9), above, the Administration may choose to expunge the suspension notice from the cumulative record at the time the student completes the Administration-specified program and meets any other conditions required by the Administration. The Superintendent may delegate this authority to building or program level administrators.
11. If the student has not previously been suspended or expelled, and the Administration chooses to expunge the suspension notice from the student’ s cumulative record prior to graduation, the Administration may refer to the existence of the expunged disciplinary notice, notwithstanding the fact that such notice may have been expunged from the student’ s cumulative file, for the limited purpose of determining whether any subsequent
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