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North Santiam schools propose clarified discipline handbook language, add hate-symbol prohibition
Summary
Superintendent Loving presented proposed alignments and clarified discipline language for the district handbook, including redefined detention and suspension rules, parental-notification steps and a new section explicitly prohibiting hate symbols and hateful/harassing speech; the board discussed implementation and training.
Superintendent Loving presented the district's revised student handbook language and a clarified "Code of Conduct," telling the board the draft will be posted online in four to six weeks and translated before final adoption. He said the revisions are intended to "clarify processes and protocols" rather than to create new rules, and that administrators have calibrated wording to make expectations and procedures more consistent.
The superintendent said the updated consequence guidelines reorganize detention and define in-school versus out-of-school suspension more clearly. He explained that detention may include lunch, after‑school or Saturday sessions but "detention shall not begin until the student's family…
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