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Champion High teacher urges Boerne ISD to tighten phone-discipline policy, citing heavy documentation burden
Summary
Teacher and parent Stephanie Driscis told trustees the district’s phone-discipline process is time-consuming, resets every nine weeks and risks undermining classroom accountability; she recommended eliminating resets, streamlining documentation and aligning discipline with neighboring districts.
Stephanie Driscis, a parent and teacher at Champion High School, told the board Sept. 15 that the district’s newly adopted phone-discipline policy is well-intentioned but too lenient and burdensome to enforce in practice.
“So far this year I have taught 84 class periods. In that time I have issued 89 warnings,” Driscis said, citing her classroom experience. “If my fellow teachers have done one warning per class period, so…
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