Formal & Expedited Discipline

by the student. Students may also be assigned a Jug by a member of the Office of Student Life.

2. Jug is served immediately after school on the day it is given by reporting to the Administration building after the last academic period of the day.

3. If a student is scheduled to participate in a school-sanctioned athletic contest or extracurricular event (exclusive of practices and general meetings) on the day Jug is issued, he/she may REQUEST to serve Jug after school the following day instead; this request may be granted at the discretion of the Assistant Head of School for Student Life or his/her designee(s).

4. A student who skips Jug will be considered truant incurring further penalty and will serve Jug for the next THREE school days.

5. Any student who receives three Jugs in one semester will be placed at Step

One of the formal disciplinary process, necessitating a BISC meeting, parental contact, and one or more of the consequences outlined at the end of this section.

Formal and Expedited Discipline

At The Storm King School, we provide both a formal disciplinary process that takes into account the need for justice and an ethic of care, and reserve the right to take expedited disciplinary action where the Head of School, in his or her sole and absolute discretion, determines such action is necessary under the circumstances. The formal disciplinary process is designed to be developmental in nature and provides a structured context in which a student can learn a healthy value system and sound decision-making skills.

In general, the formal disciplinary process is a two-step system. The two-step process is designed to enable students to examine their behaviors and take appropriate, supported actions to modify these behaviors. The placement of a student at either step of the formal process represents a clear indication from The Storm King School administration that the student is not meeting the expectations of the community. Depending on the nature and severity of the incident in question, and on the history and record of the student involved, a student may be placed directly at Step Two of the formal process.

Despite the availability of the formal disciplinary process, the Head of School may take expedited disciplinary action including the determination of whether