Procedures 1 . The principal or designee may select the meeting place and determine the length of time the student may be away from class . If appropriate , the principal or designee may be present when the parent / guardian meets with the child .
2 . Parents / guardians may not go to classrooms , cafeterias , or other school locations to meet with their children unless they first check into the principal ’ s office and receive permission to do so .
3 . When a non-custodial parent / guardian requests to take his / her child off school grounds during the day or to pick a child up in school at the end of the school day for the purpose of taking the child off school grounds , written permission must be granted for this release by the parent with whom the child resides and the school may contact the parent with whom the child resides to inform them .
The Pledge of Allegiance , No . 531.0
I . PURPOSE The school board recognizes the need to display an appropriate United States flag and to provide instruction to students in the proper etiquette , display , and respect of the flag . The purpose of this policy is to provide for recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and instruction in school to help further that end . II . GENERAL STATEMENT OF POLICY Students in this school district shall recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America one or more times each week . The recitation shall be conducted :
A . By each individual classroom teacher or the teacher ’ s surrogate ; or
B . Over a school intercom system by a person designated by the school principal or other person having administrative control over the school . III . EXCEPTIONS Anyone who does not wish to participate in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance for any personal reasons may elect not to do so . Students and school personnel must respect another person ’ s right to make that choice . IV . INSTRUCTION Students will be instructed in the proper etiquette toward , correct display of , and respect for the flag , and in patriotic exercises .
Pupil Fair Dismissal Act , MN Statute 121A . 46
SUSPENSION PROCEDURES Minnesota Statute 121A . 46 Subdivision 1 . The school administration shall not suspend a pupil from school without an informal administrative conference with the pupil . The informal administrative conference shall take place before
This is an excerpt from the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act , a state law . Anoka-Hennepin follows these procedures when suspending , excluding or expelling a student .
the suspension , except where it appears that the pupil will create an immediate and substantial danger to self or to surrounding persons or property , in which case the conference shall take place as soon as practicable following the suspension .
Subd . 2 . At the informal administrative conference , a school administrator shall notify the pupil of the grounds for the suspension , provide an explanation of the evidence the authorities have , and the pupil may present the pupil ’ s version of the facts .
Subd . 3 . A written notice containing the grounds for suspension , a brief statement of the facts , a description of the testimony , a readmission plan , and a copy of sections 121A . 40 to 121A . 56 , shall be personally served upon the pupil at or before the time the suspension is to take effect , and upon the pupil ’ s parent or guardian by mail within 48 hours of the conference . The district shall make reasonable efforts to notify the parents of the suspension by telephone as soon as possible following suspension . In the event a pupil is suspended without an informal administrative conference on the grounds that the pupil will create an immediate and substantial danger to surrounding persons or property , the written notice shall be served upon the pupil and the pupil ’ s parent or guardian within 48 hours of the suspension . Service by mail is complete upon mailing .
Subd . 4 . Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 1 and 3 , the pupil may be suspended pending the school board ’ s decision in the expulsion or exclusion hearing ; provided that alternative educational services are implemented to the extent that suspension exceeds five days .
EXCLUSION AND EXPULSION PROCEDURES Minnesota Statute , section 121A . 47
Subdivision 1 . No exclusion or expulsion shall be imposed without a hearing , unless the right to a hearing is waived in writing by the pupil and parent or guardian . The action shall be initiated by the school board or its agent .
Subd . 2 . Written notice of intent to take action shall :
( a ) Be served upon the pupil and the pupil ’ s parent or guardian personally or by mail ;
( b ) Contain a complete statement of the facts , a list of the witnesses and a description of their testimony ;
( c ) State the date , time , and place of the hearing ; ( d ) Be accompanied by a copy of sections 121A . 40 to 121A . 56 ;
( e ) Describe alternative educational services accorded the pupil in an attempt to avoid the expulsion proceedings ; and
( f ) Inform the pupil and parent or guardian of the right to :
( 1 ) Have a representative of the pupil ’ s own choosing , including legal counsel , at the hearing . The district shall advise the pupil ’ s parent or guardian that free or low-cost legal assistance may be available and that a legal assistance resource list is available from the Department of Children , Families , and Learning ;
( 2 ) Examine the pupil ’ s records before the hearing ; ( 3 ) Present evidence ; and ( 4 ) Confront and cross examine witnesses .
Subd . 3 . The hearing shall be scheduled within ten days of the service of the written notice unless an extension , not to exceed five days , is requested for good cause by the school board , pupil , parent or guardian .
Subd . 4 . The hearing shall be at a time and place reasonably convenient to pupil , parent or guardian .