Discipline

School Discipline

Behavior Expectations

The Oceanside Unified School District has a Zero Tolerance policy regarding violence at school.  Violence means a fight or a violent act such as one student hitting another.  It can also mean any attempt to harm someone or any threat or intimidation by a student to harm another person. If a student feels threatened, he/she should tell a teacher or school administrator.

 Please refer to the Standards of Behavior booklet sent home at the beginning of the year or when you registered your student.  This booklet describes the district’s behavior expectations and consequences for misbehavior.  In addition to the district guidelines for more severe misbehavior, and teachers’ individual classroom rules, expectations, rewards, and consequences, the following school rules are in effect:

 School Rules

1. Be Respectful:

  • Students will respect all school adults.
  • Students will respect others students’ feelings and property.
  • Students will respect school property.

2. Be Responsible:

  • Students will work on-task.
  • Students will obey all school rules.

3.  Recognize Rights of Others:

  • Teachers and students have the right to be safe at school.
  • Teachers have the right to teach.
  • Students have the right to learn.

 Consequences for not following the rules: 

Warning – Student receives a verbal warning.  Teacher reviews the rules with the student.  Action taken depends upon classroom discipline plan.
Parent Contact – Teacher contacts the parents for a student who repeatedly defies the school rules.  Student completes a Behavior Warning Card, indicating what they will do to improve their behavior.

Discipline Referral – Student is referred to the principal for continual defiance of school rules. Action taken may be recess detention, in-school suspension, or home suspension. (Note: Some infractions warrant an immediate referral.)

 

Rewards to encourage positive behavior:

Academic Achievement Awards – awarded to students for improving their achievement, meeting grade level standards, and/or consistently achieving at a high level.

Reading Counts – Students earn points for passing reading quizzes on books they have read.

Student of the Month Awards – Students demonstration excellent citizenship are selected on a monthly basis.