Dallas ISD is to disciplining students.
Rather than going to an alternative school, students facing punishment for low-level offenses could instead complete six hours of work 鈥� such as Saturday School, tutoring or community service 鈥� and their families would attend three hours of parenting classes.
Board member Ben Mackey said at a briefing Thursday the proposal will be a more effective way to change student behavior. He said the student code of conduct has long been perceived as a punishment manual.
鈥淚t read as though you did something wrong and didn鈥檛 ever get to the root causes,鈥� he said, 鈥渁nd you all have fundamentally changed this to a much more effective way.鈥�
Some board members said the change won鈥檛 help students with repeat offenses. Maxie Johnson said he knows of educators who feel unsupported when students are disrespectful.
鈥淲hen the students realize he/she can continue to go down this path, they鈥檙e going to do it,鈥� he said.
The board is set to vote on the proposal at its next meeting on June 27.
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