Student Handbook - Irvington High School - 2014-2015 (Page 31 of 48) in pdf

Student Handbook - Irvington High School - 2014-2015 Page 31

Morning Detention

Morning Detention is to be utilized for tardiness and less serious infractions that do not require HFP, In School

Suspension or Out of School Suspension.

● Detention begins promptly at 7:45 a.m. and ends at 8:15 a.m.

● Students who are tardy will be refused admittance and be reassigned for the following session and may

also face additional disciplinary action.

● All students are expected to bring schoolwork to complete or a book to read. No electronic devices of

any sort or comic books are permitted. Students are not permitted to sleep, eat, or talk.

● Students who do not follow the posted rules may be asked to leave and face additional penalties.

STUDENT CONDUCT

THE EDUCATIONAL CONTRACT

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ARENTS

IGHTS AND

ESPONSIBILITIES

When a parent or guardian registers a child for school, that registration document becomes the official and

binding educational contract between the parent and the school district. The parent is obligated to send the

student to school and the school district is obligated to provide the student with an education through grade

twelve (12). This educational contract is not completed until the child is graduated from grade twelve. The

contract can be terminated only by official withdrawal or removal from the school district.

As the official client of the school district, the parent is entitled to all the rights and is bound by all

responsibilities of the educational contract.

Those rights include:

1. The right to know the progress of the student.

2. The right to have access to the records of the student.

3. The right to confer with the school district personnel regarding the performance of the student.

The responsibilities include:

1. The responsibility to see that the student attends school every day.

2. The responsibility to see that the student abides by all the rules and regulations of the school district.

3. The responsibility to confer with school district personnel regarding the performance of the student.

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TUDENTS

IGHTS AND

ESPONSIBILITIES

Students have a right to a free and full education through high school in the State of New Jersey from ages five

through twenty, unless they graduate before that age. They are required by law to regularly attend an approved

educational institution until the age of 16. Students may not be asked to leave school merely because they have

reached 16 years of age as long as they are fulfilling their responsibilities as students, as outlined in the student

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