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Salina board adopts new infraction-based discipline charts, asks staff to strengthen consistency checks
Summary
Board approved replacing days‑based discipline tables with infraction-based charts in middle- and high-school handbooks, and added an elementary discipline-infraction outline; board members and staff discussed how the district will enforce consistent application across buildings.
The Salina Public Schools Board of Education on April 8 approved revisions to student handbooks that replace explicit days‑based suspension tables with an infraction‑organized discipline chart for middle and high schools and add a discipline‑infraction outline to the elementary handbook.
Board discussion focused on how principals will exercise discretion under the new language and what district oversight will ensure consistent application. Staff said the change is intended to let school administrators consider the circumstances of each incident rather than rely on a fixed “1‑day/3‑day/5‑day”…
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