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Lakeland policy committee reviews student-discipline forms, behavioral support plan and suspension notice
Summary
The Lakeland Joint School District policy committee reviewed draft discipline forms (3330F1–F3), a behavioral support plan (3330F2) and a temporary suspension notice, raising privacy and grade‑level applicability concerns and asking staff for clarifications before sending items to the full board.
The Lakeland Joint School District policy committee spent the evening reviewing a set of draft discipline-related documents, including form 3330F1 (written-statement for incidents), form 3330F2 (behavioral support plan) and a notice of temporary suspension tied to policy 3330. Members debated whether the sick leave bank should be separated into its own policy and moved on to detailed edits of the disciplinary forms.
Committee members questioned whether student names should appear on the written-statement form or be replaced with student ID numbers to limit incidental disclosure. The committee discussed that the form is intended to serve as a documentation tool staff or parents may use; a committee member said the document “would not be provided to the other parents” in routine cases and that names would be redacted if a matter escalated to a formal student hearing. The committee asked staff to clarify who would receive copies and how redaction would be managed.
The behavioral support plan drew extended discussion about scope and grade-level applicability. The draft plan describes conditions to maintain enrollment, requirements for full-time attendance and possible restrictions on extracurricular activities (for example, a forty-day limitation in the draft), as well as referrals to counseling and the possibility of random searches based on reasonable suspicion. Several members said some items in the draft appear aimed at secondary students and suggested creating separate versions or relying on checkboxes so building principals can tailor requirements by grade level.
Privacy and parental access were recurring themes. Committee members warned that if incident reports listing other students were sent home, they could be photographed and widely shared; staff responded that records would be redacted before broader distribution and that the form is intended primarily as an internal record. The committee also debated whether the student or a parent must sign forms and whether staff should be required to complete certain fields when an incident occurs.
On the suspension notice, members reviewed required fields (student name or ID, dates, reason for suspension), notification methods (in person, e-mail or standard mail) and the statement informing parents of their right to contact the superintendent or request a formal hearing. The committee asked staff (identified in the discussion as Jake) to revise spacing, clarify wording about notification and return the forms with the requested edits.
No final policy votes on discipline forms were taken at the meeting; the committee directed staff to produce clarified drafts and to bring the items back to the board or the policy committee after further edits.
