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School Policy - Range of Consequences
When a student's conduct is contrary to the expectation laid out in our Code of Conduct, depending on the frequency and severity of the misdemeanour, a range of consequences is to be expected as follows:
- informal interview and counselling of students;
- before or after school detentions;
- Guidance counsellor, social worker, psychologist involvement to help in the development of a plan that will assist the student to benefit from school, understand acceptable behaviours and/or solve problems that are impeding progress;
- formal interview with Vice-Principal; parents/guardians may be invited to participate in the process;
- behaviour/performance contract;
- restitution - students, or parents/guardians of students under eighteen years of age may be required to make financial or other restitution to compensate for damages to school or private property;
- withdrawal of privileges, including co-curricular and extra-curricular;
- program modification;
- temporary withdrawal from class;
- school community service;
- suspension;
- police/criminal charges - when there is a violation of the criminal code, the police will be notified and charges may be laid;
- racial incidents and incidents of sexual harassment or homophobia will be dealt with as prescribed by Board policy and may also be referred to the Human Rights Commission.
- TDSB website: www.tdsb.on.ca
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