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010. Preamble
100. Non-school Laws and Standards
200. Members Rights and Responsibilities
500. School Meeting Policies and Procedures
600. Mediation/Judicial Committee Policies and
Procedures
700. General Administrative Rules
800. Corporations
900. Committees
1000. Clerkships
010. PREAMBLE
011. All School Meeting members are responsible
for the general welfare of the school, through actions that contribute to preserving
the atmosphere of freedom, respect, fairness, trust, and order that is the
essence of the school’s existence.
012. The school prides itself on accommodating a
large range of behaviors by members of the School Meeting, so long as the
behavior of each person shows respect for every other person and for the school
community as a whole. At any given
period in the school’s history, the school community, acting through the School
Meeting may establish boundaries that limit the range of behavior that is
acceptable while a person is in attendance.
Each individual is expected to act within these limits.
100. NON-SCHOOL LAWS AND STANDARDS
101. This school follows all federal, state, and
local laws.
102. People on school-sanctioned trips must behave
according to the rules established by the place visited.
103. All
200. MEMBERS RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
210. Personal
211. Activities that are dangerous or could be
dangerous to either people or animals are not allowed.
214.No one may knowingly disrupt other
people’s activities in the school or in the car, this includes making repeated
noises with other people around who don’t want to hear it.
215. Community members are prohibited from
shaming, abusing, harassing, or in any way upsetting other community members.
216.
There is to be no threatening. Threatening a person's life or threatening to
hurt someone is considered extremely serious. The age of the person making the
threat will be considered in determining the seriousness of the threat. Threatening is allowed in games in which people have agreed ahead
of time that threatening is OK in the game.
217.
You can only curse if no one in the room objects to it. You can’t curse at anyone. You can’t curse around visitors unless you
ask them and they say they don’t mind cursing.
218.
Words such as “stop," “time out--stop,” “I am not playing anymore”, or any
other words that mean stop or no more, are to be used to define contact as unacceptable
and the person being spoken to must stop what they are doing if it is
infringing upon the person who told her/him to stop. If a person is unclear if someone wants them
to stop, then they should say, “Do you really mean it?” The
stop rule only applies if you are doing something to someone else, annoying
someone else or breaking another rule.
220.
People need to wear shorts, long
pants or a bathing suit as a minimum and girls must also wear a top. That means that they should have at least
that amount of clothing on.
221.
If someone wants to be alone and wants to do something by themselves, we must
respect their wishes and leave them alone.
222. Sexual play and exploration is not allowed at
223. If there is any sexual play and/or
exploration at
224.
If you’re using something and someone else wants to use it, you have to work
out how many minutes until you can use it, except for computers (which have
their separate rule).
225.. No lying unless it is part of a game. If it is part of a game, people need to decide ahead of time if it is part of a game.
226.
No borrowing clothes unless the person with clothes gives you permission.
227.
If you want to experiment with fire, you must have a staff person present and a
pail of water next to you. Otherwise, no
making fires at school.
228.
If anyone breaks anything or sees anything broken, they must report it to the
physical plant clerk.
229.
Staff can spend half an hour each day pursuing their own interests and will be
undisturbed during this half hour with respect to student activities (except
for emergencies).
230.
No stealing.
231.
You must wash your hands with soap after going to the bathroom and also flush
the toilet if possible.
232.
No screaming or yelling downstairs; only outside or upstairs unless you’re
announcing a meeting or doing your job as town crier or unless it’s an
emergency.
233.
Everyone,
including staff, needs to sign in when they arrive and sign out when they
leave on the days they are here.
234.
If you answer the phone, you must say something similar to “Hello. This is
236.
Community
members are strictly not allowed to go past the boundaries of school
property. (The pipe tunnel is leaving
school property). Trespassing is a
serious offense that will result in suspension.
Parents may send a signed note not allowing their child or children to
go unsupervised or unaccompanied into the woods or by the brook. If students are going on an outing, they must
be accompanied by a parent or staff.
237. There will be peace and quiet in the library when somebody reading or working wants there to be. Also, there will be no loud talking or loud noise in the rest of the large room of which the library is part when someone in the library wants there to be quiet. This rule does not apply during meetings.
238. Anyone who plays
in the sandbox or with water must have extra clothes in school.
239. There will never be any chasing games or running thru the eating room.
240. To make the school a more pleasant
place for everyone it would be good if people would either
use deodorant or something natural because
our bodies start to smell as our bodies get older. Also, the school will buy a deodorant spray
to keep here and we will remind people if they forget to use it that we have
some here.
242.
In order to be a club it must have at least 2 members.
243.
All clubs must be democratic.
244. There will be two air fresheners – one for bathrooms, one for other rooms. If you want to use one in the other rooms, you must ask everyone in the room if it is OK (majority rules on this). If you don’t want it and you lose the vote, you have 10 seconds to leave the area. The air freshener must not be lavender.
245. You can save
whatever you have on the boards for only 2 days.
246. You can use bubbles inside in rooms that have no carpet or stuffed furniture.
270. Forceful Contact
271. No hurting other people on purpose.
273.
No spitting at other people or on the floor inside.
274. No hitting, no kicking, no punching, no
pushing.
275.
If you want to play a pretend fighting game you have to ask each person
if they want to participate in a pretend fighting game before you start playing
with them.
276.
No throwing hard objects including dolls.
277.
The rule for playing in the snow is similar to the play fighting rule – you
have to ask if the other person wants to play throwing snow or snowballs with
you before you start playing with someone.
278. Only all foam objects can be used for sword fighting where the sword touches a person or another sword except Sword fighting with lightsabers with contact to bodies and swords is allowed with soft and slow hits (at least 3 seconds for each hit).
279. Knives will be used for cutting in the
kitchen only or cutting one's food for lunch only. Sharp objects will only be
used for appropriate arts and crafts activities. Any knife or sharp object play
is absolutely prohibited and considered an offense meriting suspension.
280.
No throwing sand.
281.
No throwing pillows, balls or anything at anyone on the stairs.
282. You can only throw sticks, stones or
rocks anywhere outside if you are 2 wingspan arm-lengths away from others and
what you’re throwing doesn’t come closer than 2 wingspan armlengths away from
others.
283.
No playing dead or pretending to choke if someone in the room is on the list of people who
don’t want too be around this.
284. People who never want to play pretend
fighting can put their name on a list and no one can pretend fight with them.
285.
Any people play fighting have to agree to play fighting before play fighting,
or else it’s considered real fighting.
286.
No play fighting if people are angry.
287. The wrestling committee presented the
following rules which were voted and approved:
1.
No
throwing anyone on the mattress if anyone else is on the mattress.
2.
During
wrestling, tapping means stop- equal to saying stop.
3.
If
two people want to wrestle on the mattress, you can’t interfere or join in
unless both wrestlers agree.
4.
Free
for all wrestling is more dangerous than one-on-one wrestling. It is easy to get hit, kicked, or hurt by
accident in free-for-all wrestling. If
you are smaller or more prone to getting hurt, you should probably avoid free
for all wrestling.
5.
You
can’t jump on a person who is throwing someone else.
The only place in
the school that you can throw or slam people is on the mattress.
300. Property
301.
No crumpling or ripping another person’s paper unless they say it’s okay.
302.
You can’t go in someone else’s bag, drawer or cubby without getting the
person’s approval. If something falls
out, if you or someone knocks something out or if you see something fall out of
someone’s cubby, you must put it back.
303.
If someone brings in her/his own computer, anyone must get the person’s
permission before using it.
304. At least two people must take off the sandbox
cover and at least one must be certified to do so. Mark and Barbara will certify people.
305. Only 5 copies may be made at one time at the printer
or the photocopy machine unless necessary for office work. (a sign shall be posted)
306. No running, jumping or walking on any
couches, soft chairs or eating tables.
Also, no putting shoes on or climbing over the backs or arms if couches
or soft chairs. No sitting on any arms
or backs of any soft couches or eating tables.
307.
Balls can only be used or played with upstairs or outside, except for pool
balls, ping pong balls or the plastic bowling ball.
308. You can only do the following things
with balls in the gym:
1. Play with very
small soft balls.
2.
Use medium soft balls and big soft balls only for throwing, bouncing and slide
kicks.
309. - Pillows can only be thrown in the
gym.
310. No throwing beanbag chairs.
311. You have to wear goggles when using power
tools, a hammer, an ax or any tool where you can get hurt without your eyes
protected.
312.
No hammering on the floor.
313.
Tools must be kept by the workbench or returned as soon as you’re done with
them.
314.
We must be careful around the pool table so there is no jumping on it, running
on it, climbing on it, walking on it, sitting on it, no pushing it or doing
anything that might damage it.
315.
Pool table rules: no bouncing the balls,
you must get balls right away if they come off the pool table.
316.
No going behind the bookcases.
317. People can cut
rope at their own discretion but need to remember that rope is more expensive
than string and may not be replaced often.
318.
No throwing pillows, balls or anything at anyone on the stairs.
319.
Water can only be played with at the sink and must be cleaned up immediately by
people using water. Water balloons and
gloves can only be used if filled at the sink and carried outside in a plastic
container
320.
Anyone who takes a tool out of the workshop/art room has to fill out the Tool
Removal Sheet themselves for the tools they are using.
321.
322.
No climbing on the backs of chairs and couches with connected cushion backs.
323.
No one can use or handle a person’s musical instrument without that person’s
permission except to move the instrument to a safe place if it’s been left out.
324.
Closet door keys are kept in the second drawer of the first white file in the
office and can be only taken out for the time it takes to unlock the door and
put the key away.
325.
Cushions used to build a fort must be put away as soon as the builders all
leave the fort, unless new people agree to put the cushions away when they, the
new people, leave. If the builders are
going to leave the fort for 2 minutes, they can leave the cushions that long.
326.
The only closet that can be used for a fort is the closet under the stairs. Only one cushion at a time can be used in any
other closet as long as doing so won’t damage anything.
327.
No using green chairs in the office at all.
328.
Desk space, papers and files in the office need to be treated with
respect. If they aren’t, playing in the
office will be prohibited.
329. You can’t carry anything up the stairs alone
if it could result in damaging the stairs or walls –big objects like chairs,
scooters, soccer nets and other big things will usually require two people.
330. Only dead
trees can be cut down.
331. To use an axe
you need to wear goggles and be supervised by an adult.
332.
The newer pool sticks must be signed out before they are used.
333.
The soldering gun and power saws may only be used by someone who is certified
and then under supervision of a certified staff person or by a certified
adult. Mark will certify people.
334. Space will be set aside for legos and should
be evenly divided between anyone who wants to be able to save lego pieces or
lego projects. People may save legos
until the last day of school People who want to keep their legos over the
summer that have been built from scratch may do so. Animals or prebuilt structures may not be
kept over the summer. People can keep
the items mentioned above in their cubbies; those who don’t want to keep them
can put them back.
335.
No putting any toys in your mouth.
336.
People must be tested before they can use the battery and wire tester.
337. Before any student makes a phone call,
he/she must check all three phones to make sure that no one else is on the
phone.
338.
The hose can’t be used for more than 10 minutes in each hour at full force or
30 minutes with a little force.
339. If you bring
something from home and you decide you want to share it, you have to share it
with everyone who you think will be safe with it and whom you trust. You need to be respectful to the people you
decide not to share with.
1301. Camera Rules
a. Re. Video requirements for Certification
– a certified person can supervise others to use the camera & can certify
someone else to use the camera.
b. Other Video
Camera Rules
1) The video camera is to be kept in the
office in a drawer by Mark’s desk and the tripod to be kept by Mark’s desk.
2) The camera and tripod can only be signed
out by a certified community member.
They must be signed back in immediately when the person who signed them
out is not using them. They cannot be
left sitting unattended at all. If
someone else wants to use them, they must be signed back in and then out again.
3) No running or
even fast walking while using the video camera.
4) You must always
be very gentle with the video camera.
5) No roughhousing
near the video camera (within 10 feet).
6) You must always use the video camera on
the tripod unless you have special permission from the Video Committee not to,
or unless the video camera is being used in a cal
7) No sitting or
crawling under the tripod.
8) You must make requests to and get
permission from the Video Committee before using the video camera for any
special or potentially dangerous use.
9) The Video Committee reserves the
right to suspend anyone community member's right to
use the camera--this can be done at a
moment's notice by any member of the Video
Committee. (Decisions can be appealed to a Video
Committee Meeting or after that to
School Meeting.)
1302.
Whoever uses a writing utensil, must sharpen it, if it needs to be sharpened,
and put it into a proper place which will be a can in each room with a label on
it. It is the person’s responsibility to
do this.
1303.
When there are trades made with legos, both people have to agree to trade backs
or not for that transaction. If they don’t talk about trade backs or don’t
agree, then trade backs are allowed.
1304. People can
cut rope at their own discretion but need to remember that rope is more
expensive than string and may not be replaced often.
1305.
Look into getting rid of old computer and then Max will see if the scooters can fit there.
1306. If you leave your chair, you have 5
minutes during which it is still your chair.
1307. People can only use scooters,
rollerblades, and skateboards upstairs and outside.
1308. People can only use scooters,
rollerblades, and skateboards upstairs and outside.
1309. Do not use the mattress until it is
repaired.
1310. You must be 4 giant steps away from
someone if you are going to shoot them in the head with a nerf gun. If you arre not shooting a person in the
head, you may be as close as you would like to.
1311. You cannot sign out any electronic devices with
asking School Meeting.
1312. you cannot take chairs with wheels that spin outside the office.
1313. When you get up from a chair, it must
be put away. There can be 6 chairs at
the white rectangular eating table, 5 chairs at the brown eating table, and 4
stools at the round eating table.
304. Computers, TV
and Music
341.
If anyone asks that the sound be turned off on any computer, the computer
people must turn off the sound or use the headphones.
342. Ben may install Diablo on the computer.
345.
The last person to use a CD is responsible for putting it in the case and putting
it on the shelf.
346.
We will have sign-up sheets for any computers and any console used on the
TV. A person can only be signed up once
until they’re finished playing and can’t sign up for a different time while
they’re playing. Maximum sign-up time is
20 minutes.
347.
Anyone can watch G movies at
349. A person can not listen to PAEC music
unless they have a note from their parents giving permission. If you want to
listen alone, you have to use headphones.
If there is more than one person who wants to listen with notes from
home, this can be done without headphones only in the office and only when
there is nobody signed up to use the computer who does not have a note. If people are listening to PAEC music in the
office, they must put a sign on the office door saying PAEC music is being listened
to without headphones. People can only
listen to PAEC music in the office where the words can not be distinguished by
people outside the office.
350.
There is an exception to the rule about not playing M games in school. If someone has a permission slip from their
parent, they can play Diablo II in school, except during sleep-overs when this
rule follows sleep-over rules.
351. Any community member can play or watch
T games and internet fighting and killing games unless her/his parent has sent
a note saying their child cannot watch T-games and internet fighting and
killing games. T-games and internet
fighting and killing games can be played anywhere in the school, but if someone
who is not allowed to watch or play these games is there, the person has to
move the screen or go in the office to continue playing.
352.
– If
anyone asks that the sound be turned down on the stereo and synthesizer, you
have to either put on earphones or turn down the sound until the asker is
satisfied or until you get to 1 ½ on the stereo volumn dial or on the synthesizer
to the marked line (an equivalent to 1 ½ on the stereo).
355.
No files can be downloaded unless it is approved by the computer clerk and by
Mark.
356.
People have to play the drums quietly if someone else is being disturbed.
360. If the person signed up is not using the
computer or helping the person using the computer and say they do not want to
use their time, then anyone can cross out their name. Anyone who is not signed up can sign up in
the blank space.
365. Visitors
366.
Visitors have to be approved by School Meeting unless they are prospective
students or parents of prospective students. Last minute, first time visits can
be arranged by staff.
368. : Visitors have to be
approved by School Meeting unless they are prospective students, parents of prospective students or siblings of
students. Last minute, first time visits
can be arranged by staff.
370. Food
371.
Inside the school, food shall only be consumed at the eating tables. You can drink anything anywhere in the school
as long as the bottle has a screw top.
After each drink you must close the top of the bottle. This applies to all areas, except in areas
where there is rough play, and then you can only drink water. If it spills, you have to clean it up right away
with a spray and a mop and a rag.
372. People can eat at the brown eating
table only if they sit on the sides with chairs and they must clean their area
right after eating with a spray cleaner and rag.
373. Food may not be left unattended at any
eating table. If someone does leave food
unattended, anyone can throw it away or ask the person to move her/his
food. (No one can eat anyone else’s food
without that person’s permission.) Food
is considered unattended if the person who owns the food is not there except
for going to the microwave, toaster oven, garbage, sink, or bathroom. Food is not considered unattended if the
person who owns the food is doing any work for the meeting, if staff is dealing
with an emergency situation or if staff is helping another person. Also, food is not considered unattended if
someone is watching the person’s food for her/him. It is the job of someone who wants to
determine if food is unattended to ask loudly near the food if anyone is
watching it. Whoever agrees to watch
someone’s food has to stay nearby the food until s/he tells the person whose
food it is that s/he is done watching the food.
374.
Hot chocolate can be drunk in the library during a story/poem sharing time as
long as the rug is covered with plastic.
375 –Everyone needs to clean their spot at
each eating table each time they stop eating.
376.
–Any food left on any eating table can be thrown away or eaten by anyone if
it’s still there one minute after clean-up is announced.
378 No leaving food overnight in your cubby
except that which is kept in a wood or metal container, or in the large, blue ,baseball
box. This box will also be used to store
school staples in addition to everyone’s non-perishable food left in school
overnight and needs to be labeled with each person’s name.
379. Candy needs to be eaten at the eating
tables and outside only.
1380. students who are in cooking class will clean 1 item each plus kitchen surfaces. Then Kamaria will decide how many people are needed to finish cleaning of cooking items and any serving or eating dishes. Kamaria will assign cleaning to 1-3 students from the list of students who are not in cooking class. She will check them off and write the date next to their names and make sure they complete the cleaning. Every student is on the list unless s/he chooses never to eat food made by cooking class. The rule does not apply to birthdays food preparation.
1381. Paper plates may be used any time.
1382. If you are in cooking class, it is
mandatory that you cook and clean, but going to the store is optional.
1383. you can eat dry snacks on the playroom table but you have to write people up if they don’t clean up after themselves.
380. Clean-up
381.
If all the chores are taken and someone does not have a chore, any
person with a chore can pick a person without a chore to be her/his buddy. The new buddy must accept to be that person’s
buddy.
382. Any mess you
make after clean-up, you are responsible to clean up before you leave.
384.
Clean-up is at the end of the day. It is
to be announced and to start at
386.
At chore time people can’t play until they finish their chore and have been
checked off.
387.
Everyone is responsible for cleaning and putting away any pots, dishes,
silverware, plastic ware, etc. they use by the end of the day.
388.
The Chores list will be on a weekly basis and the Chores Clerk will check
people off as their jobs are thoroughly completed.
389.
Whenever you take something out to use, you have to put it away whenever you
start another activity unless it’s something you brought from home. Then, you have to put it in your cubby unless
it’s something that needs hooking up. If
it needs hooking up, you can leave it until the end of the day but you’re
responsible to put it away.
1381.
If someone had a game on the computer, that person is responsible to save it
before he/she cleans up. If that person
wants to play after they finish cleaning up, it’s like any other activity after
clean-up – they are responsible to put whatever they use away.
1382.
Everyone has to be inside once clean-up starts. When a person completes their
chore they may go outside but not into the woods.
1383. When you use the kitchen you should are
responsible to wash, dry and put away whatever you use.
1386.
At chore time people are responsible for completing their chores according to
the Chores Chart.
1387. When people finish there jobs you must tell the chores clerk that you are than and you have to wait for the chore clerk to check you off.
1388. Everyone who is
at the school must do their chore as long as there is enough time.
1389. people can choose
a chore buddy as long as all of the chores are filled.
390. Animals
391. Hurting, scaring or doing anything dangerous
to animals is prohibited.
400.
401. No one may obstruct an entrance to the
school, or any door or passageway used in the school.
402. Windows shall not be used as exits except in
an emergency (i.e., a fire).
403. When people want to go outside, they may use the library door or can go outside through the front door, but must turn immediately to the right side lot or to the left down the hill. Otherwise, the upstairs door is only to be used for car trips or to arrive or go home from school. People may also stand on the stoop ouside the front door.
404. The only balls allowed to be used in the gym
are soft balls.
405. No closing doors during chasing games.
406.
No children are allowed in and out of the kitchen except when cooking with
adult supervision, to get something from or put something in the kitchen or to
clean dishes. Also, no dividers between
the kitchen and gym are to be used unless they are to protect the kitchen from
balls, etc.
408. Only
the closet under the stairs can be used for a fort. Only one cushion at a time can be brought
into any other close as long as doing so won’t damage anything.
410.
No one can go into closets, that do not belong to the school, unless another
rule applies, which includes the Sunday School closet in the gym, the metal
cabinets in the gym, the Boy Scout cabinet on the wall in the gym, and the Boy
Scout closet in the art room.
411.
Only one person can be in any bathroom at a time with the door closed.
412.
You can’t go past markers in our creek/woods area since if you do you will be
trespassing.
413.
People doing office work can require others to turn down the sound so it is
quiet enough for the office work to be done, based on the judgement of those
doing the office work.
414.
People can use the front parking lot only if it is blocked off by cones. Anyone using that area is responsible to set
up cones and take them down immediately when they leave this area.
415. All parts of the gates and fences must
stay where they are at all times.
416. The office is to be used only for office
work whenever a clerk or staff member requests it.
417. No one can use the kitchen without adult
supervision.
418. No one can use the upstairs bathroom.
419. Signs may be put on the office or art room
doors or on the white board when classes are going on so people know they must
be quiet.
420. Whoever is in a class can decide if someone
else is allowed to be in the room of the class or in the area, i.e. in the
library.
421. Clubs are entitled to use the art room
for ½ hour a week for meetings that are only open to
its
members.
422.
Boys peeing have to pick up the toilet seat before peeing.
423. People doing office work can require others
to turn down the sound so it is quiet enough for the office work to be done,
based on the judgment of those doing the office work.
424. While the office is being used as
part of a JC consequence, others may only use the office for
office work and classes.
425. You’re allowed to lock the door to the
club house. If it’s not important,
they’re disrupting the club’s activity and they can be written up.
426.
No roughhousing in the office.
427. No doors can be slammed in the school.
428. No going up or down the stairs while wearing roller blades.
429. Clubs are entitled to hang appropriate things
on the walls in the art room. Only the
club
that hung something appropriate up can tear
it down (other than School Meeting).
1430. People must ask
430. Trips
431. On trips you must follow all the rules of any
place you go.
432. During trips all school members must be
respectful to everyone they come in contact with.
433. Students on trips must follow the directions
of staff.
434. When we go off of school grounds, students
always have to be able to see and be seen by a supervising adult unless a
supervising adult has given permission otherwise.
435. For parent’s to drive students or take
children on a field trip, we need written permission from
that
child’s parents before that child can go(on field trips with a parent).
436. Children ages 4, 5 or 6 must be seated
in booster seats unless they stand over 57 inches or weigh 100 pounds or
more. The booster seats must be used
along with a combination lap and shoulder belt when possible.
437. The person who is sitting in the front
seat gets to sit in the front for the whole trip.
438.
People must use indoor voices in the car and in public places except for playgrounds
or hikes, and all other school rules apply in the car and in public places.
439.
People must use indoor
voices in the car and in public places except for playgrounds or hikes, and all
other school rules apply.
440. If you sit in the way back on one leg
of the trip, you can initiate a switch to the 2nd row each time you
get back in the car and choose who you switch with.
441. We will make a list of everyone’s
name. Anyone who is signed up for an
activity gets to go before
people who aren’t signed up. If you don’t get to go, people put the date
by their name so the next time people who have a date by their name get to
go. When we get to the bottom of the
list, we start at the top of the list again.
442. Once people are on public
transportation going or coming to school and when children are being taken to
or from school or to transportation, all school rules apply.
443. If more than one vehicle goes on a
trip, you must ride in the same vehicle for the entire trip unless you can find
someone who wants to trade. Staff can
make changes of who sits in different vehicles if necessary.
444.
If you’re taller than 5’6”, you will have a guaranteed seat in either the front
or the middle row of Mark’s car on trips that are at least 45 minutes long
445.
There will be a list each year so that when a person gets bumped, s/he puts the
date when s/he got bumped and the people with more dates on the list will be
bumped last. The person bumping picks
who has to move unless someone volunteers to move.
446. In order to
sit in the front seat you have to be at least 100 lbs. and 5’ 2”. (These
are about the average height and weight for a 13 year old.
490. Attendance
491. Students must attend a minimum of two days per
week. If a student attends less than 2
days per week over any month without excused absences, there will be a meeting
of staff, the attendance clerk, the School Meeting chairperson, the student and
the parent to talk about whether the student is willing and able to come to the
school regularly. If they decide to
come, they will make a plan.
500.
ALL MEETINGS – POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
503.
While there’s a school or JC meeting going
on, people can only go outside if they bring a signed note from both parents.
504.
While there’s a school or JC meeting going on, people can only go upstairs if
they don’t play sports, ride something or run around, since the noise would be
disruptive to the meeting otherwise.
505.
The following meetings are mandatory:
-trials and suspension meetings;
-anytime School Meeting Chairperson thinks an issue is important
enough
to require it;
-any agenda item or entire meeting
as agreed upon by majority
vote of School
Meeting;
-annual meeting or any meeting of
the members of the
Corporation.”
506.
Longview School will hold three Family Conference Days per school year, and
that each student along with her/his parent(s) must attend at least one of
these meetings each School year (but can choose to attend more meetings if s/he
so chooses).
507. the school needs to schedule an
official Annual School Meeting.
525. SCHOOL MEETING - POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
526. The School
Meeting is the highest decision-making body of the school.
527.
The School Meeting shall consist of the members of the Staff, the Students and
Volunteers, each of whom shall have one vote when present at School Meetings.
528. All normal School Meetings are
voluntary. The school can vote to have a
mandatory School Meeting when the welfare of the school or one or more of its
members is at stake. Normal School
Meetings are held weekly.
529.
530. To vote on an issue at School Meeting, a
community member must be present from the time the issue is introduced.
531. Visitors (including parents) do not have the
right to vote in School Meeting.
532.
If a defendant objects to his/her JC sentence, he/she may appeal to
School Meeting, calling an Appeals Meeting, which takes place as soon as is
reasonable after the request is made.
The sentence shall not take effect until the Appeals Meeting decides on
the appeal. All JC procedural laws apply
during Appeals Meeting
533. Only School Meeting has the power to suspend
a student from the school. Judicial
Committee may recommend suspension to School Meeting, and if necessary, convene
a Special School Meeting to deal with a matter deemed too urgent to wait until
the next regularly scheduled School Meeting.
534. Whoever is present at the entire School Meeting, except the School
Meeting Chair Person and Secretary, don’t have to come to the after School
Meeting to hear what happened at School Meeting.
535. When the School Meeting Chairperson isn’t
present, a substitute is chosen from a list in reverse alphabetical order &
the date is put next to the person’s name who has had a turn so the person
required to run school meeting is the person with the fewest marks closest to
the end of the alphabet.
536. During probationary
meetings (part of Sc. Meeting), the person being considered can be there in the
beginning to say why they think they should be part of the
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537. During School Meetings, anyone involved in the
meetings can be standing or sitting as long as they are paying attention and
listening to what is going on. They must
be situated between the toaster shelf, the door to the playroom, the end of the
table by the white boards and the nearest seat of the loveseat. Drawing and eating are acceptable activities
during meetings as long as the person is paying attention to the meeting too
and being quiet unless called on by the School Meeting Chairperson. No food deals or playing with toys is allowed
and no playing through a room with a meeting going on is allowed. No sharing food at School Meetings.
538. Everyone sitting at
the main meeting table must vote at School Meetings.
539. You must put your name after any item on the School Meeting
Agenda that you add.
550. School Meeting Officers
552. The School Meeting Chair is the Chief
Executive Officer of the School Meeting.
The Chair presides at School Meetings and, in addition to possessing
various powers and duties assigned in specific resolutions, is charged with
overseeing the smooth functioning of the School Meeting and seeing that the
will of the School Meeting (as expressed in the School Meeting’s various
resolutions) is carried out in practice.
553. The School Meeting Secretary keeps written
minutes of every session of the School Meeting. These minutes contain an accurate report of
all actions of the School Meeting. The
Secretary certifies that the minutes are a true record by signature.
554. The School Meeting Treasurer is in charge of
overseeing all financial aspects of the school, communicating with the
accountant and chairing the Finance Committee.
600. MEDIATION/JUDICIAL COMMITTEE POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES
610. Mediation
611.
Mediation can be offered by any community member as an option after a conflict.
612.
Mediation is never mandatory and may be refused by any party involved in a
conflict.
613.
If mediation fails or if any party in a conflict does not choose mediation, one
or more community members can pursue the JC process.
620. Judicial Committee
Function
621.
The function of the Judicial Committee [JC] is to receive allegations of
violations of School Meeting rules (“complaints”), and to investigate those
which it chooses, by vote, to take up.
622.
The JC decides by vote on the basis of its investigations what (if any) charge
of a violation should be brought, and which School Meeting members should be
charged.
623.
The JC holds trials if a person charged pleads “not guilty.”
624.
The JC imposes sentences on defendants who have been found guilty, by plea or
by trial, of violating School Meeting rules.
625.
The JC may not suspend or expel a student from school, but may make a
recommendation of suspension or expulsion to the School Meeting.
626.
JC meets weekdays at
627.
When writing people up, a person must first write her/his name on a sheet of
paper that will be posted by the JC folder, to notify the person who is being
written up.
628.
The JC keeps records of every investigation, charge and sentence.
629.
All JC forms must be completely filled out.
If they aren’t, the JC clerk may return it to the person who did the
write up and they may tear it up.
1621.
During breaks of JC you can get up and be in this room or go in the
other room to get your good as long as you’re back within 5 seconds of when JC
clerk announces they’re ready to start again.
If you think you don’t need to be at the next JC meeting, the person who
wants to leave needs to get permission from the JC clerk before they leave.
630. Judicial
Committee Membership
631.
All rules and JC consequences last until the person leaves school that day
unless JC has determined a lesser consequence.
632.
No bribing people to throw away JC complaints.
633.
The JC Clerk and one staff person will prepare a list in alphabetical order of
all students and staff to serve on the JC on a monthly rotation. JC will require each person to serve on JC
for one month at a time on a rotating basis, and there will be three students
on the Committee including the JC Clerk.
634.
The JC consequence of playing alone means the person can’t do things with or
talk to other people unless there’s an emergency.
635.
If someone wants to appeal their JC consequence because they think the consequence
is unfair or unjust, the JC clerk should immediately meet with the JC Committee
again. If the JC Committee wants to
change the original consequence, they do.
If they don’t want to change it, they call everyone to a Special School
Meeting immediately which everyone must attend to make a final decision about
keeping or changing the original consequence.
640. Judicial
Committee Officers
641.
The Judicial Committee [JC] Clerk is the chief judicial officer of the school
and is responsible for overseeing the smooth functioning of the school’s
judicial system.
642.
The JC Secretary keeps written records of all JC investigations, pleas, trials
and sentences and reports the results of these to the School Meeting.
643.
The Judicial Committee Clerk’s job is to run all meetings when he/she is in
school.
650. Judicial
Committee Regulations
651.
All outstanding complaints should be dropped and all Judicial Committee
consequences should be removed except consequences for what needs to be
repaired or replaced when a person is suspended.
652. The JC Records from last year will start
fresh each year except for records involving suspensions which will be
continued.
653.
JC clerks and JC committee members must vote on all JC decisions –no
abstentions.
654.
You can not serve on a particular JC committee if you are making the complaint,
if the complaint is against you or if the rule broken was done to you.
655.
The person who is accused in a JC complaint is never allowed to offer
suggestions for their consequence either out loud or whispered.
656. Everyone on JC, the person who did the write
up and the person written up must sit at the meeting table during the entire JC
meeting.
657.
Once JC starts to discuss whether the person broke a rule or
consequences, the person who made the complaint, the person the complaint is
against & the victim are unable to participate in that part of the meeting
except to answer questions asked by the committee.
658. JC Event Description Requirement – people
have to describe what happened. It was voted on and passed that people must
describe what happened on their JC Complaint form.
700. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
702.
Except in instances specifically enumerated by School Meeting, all meetings of
any Corporation, Committee or other official group at school are open to all
School Meeting members. Any School
Meeting members present at an open meeting are, by and during their presence,
full participants in that meeting, except for the right to vote.
703.
Student files are confidential except for viewing by the student, their family,
and school staff. Families are welcome
to receive copies of their file contents.
The originals are part of the school’s permanent records.
800. CORPORATIONS
802.
In all official records, the names of the Corporations shall be followed by the
letters S.C. (School Corporation).
803.
Except where a School Meeting approved corporation charter states otherwise,
each corporation shall (1) have (a) director/directors who are elected by
corporation members; (2) allow the removal, for cause, of any director by
majority vote of the School Meeting; and (3) adopt by-laws within two weeks
after the motion to form the corporation is made; such by-laws to be adopted
and amended by majority vote of the corporation members.
804.
In order to retain a charter, a School Corporation must reaffirm its by-laws
and elect new officer(s) by the first school meeting in October of the
following school year.
805.
The director(s) is/are fully responsible for all of the corporation's financial
transactions, and for maintaining the Corporation's internal financial records,
in a manner approved by the School Meeting.
806.
The resources and activities of a School Corporation are available for use by
any individual School Meeting member according to the rules of the
corporation.
807.
All School Corporations have the right to raise funds, including concessions at
the school.
810. Movie
Corporation, S.C.
811.
All members and directors get one vote in choosing what movies we see.
812.
All Committee members can see G and PG movies.
Members can see PG-13 movies if they are 13 or older, or unless there is
a note from their parents saying they can’t.
Committee members can only see R-rated movies if they have written
parental permission.
813.
Community members can split up and see different movies in the theater.
814.
The school will pay half and students will pay half of the ticket price for
movies.
900. COMMITTEES
902.
Each committee shall be chaired by the related clerk/officer who is chosen by School
Meeting.
903.
Except where a School Meeting approved committee charter states otherwise, each
committee shall (1) have a director/directors who are elected by committee
members; (2) allow the removal, for cause, of any director by majority vote of
the School Meeting; and (3) adopt by-laws within two weeks after the motion to
form the committee is made, such by-laws to be adopted and amended by majority
vote of the committee members.
910. Admissions
Committee
911.
Members consist of the Admission Clerk(s) and volunteers who submit their names
during the first ten days of October and January.
912.
Functions:
-To
establish guidelines and procedures for dealing with prospective families.
-To
decide whether a prospective enrollee, whose name is placed before the
committee by the Admissions Clerk, may be a person whom the school cannot
handle properly in its program, and who therefore should not be enrolled.
-Any
School Meeting member who has a serious question about whether any person
should be re-enrolled at school, that person may request the Admissions Clerk
to convene a meeting of the Admissions Committee to discuss the matter. The Admissions Committee may then present
whatever recommendations for action, if any, they have to School Meeting.
913.
The Admissions Clerk chairs the Admissions Committee.
930. Pool Table Committee
931.
Create a Pool Table Committee to make rules for use of the pool table and
equipment, and to create a procedure for certification for use of this. Once that is done the School Meeting will pay
for new balls and to fix the cues.
940. Finance
Committee
941.
The Financial Committee consists of the School Treasurer and volunteers who
submit their names to the Secretary of School Meeting during the first ten days
of October and January every year.
942. Function:
-To monitor all financial transactions of
the school and manage school funds (with the exception of money raised in
individual Corporation fund-raisers).
-To transact all the bookkeeping functions
of the school: deposits, disbursements, transfers, financial reporting and
maintenance of books.
-To arrange, conduct, and establish
guidelines for all services done for the school in barter, including all
tuition exchanges.
-To negotiate
contracts for tuition payment plans.
-To help prepare
the budget report.
943.
The Treasurer chairs the Finance Committee.
950. Public
Relations Committee
951.
Membership consists of volunteers who submit their names to the Secretary
during the first ten days of October and January.
952. Function:
-To lement all
public relations policies of the Assembly and School Meeting.
-To regulimpate the
school's dealings with visitors.
-The Public
Relations Clerk chairs the Public Relations Committee.
970. Video Committee
971.
The school would pay up to $500 for a camera and related equipment.
972.
Video Camera Committee was formed.
Quinn, Rebecca and Mark are on the committee.
973.
The Video Committee would draw up a list of requirements for anyone who wants
to use the camera.
974
Whoever wants to use the camera would have to be certified to use it by at
least one member of the Committee before being allowed to use it.
975.
The video camera is not to be used until the Video Committee makes the rules
and certifies people.
980. Suspension and Re-admittance Committees
A.
Suspension Committee Rules
B. Re-admittance Committee Rules
1. Composition of
the Re-admittance Committee
JC Clerk
JC Secretary
At least one staff
person
At least a total of
two students (possibly including the JC Clerk and/or JC Secretary)
Others can be added to the Committee at the
discretion of JC Clerk, up to a total of four people.
2. When the
Re-admittance Committee Meets
The Re-admittance Committee meets only if
there is a student requesting re-admittance after the minimum required
suspension time and only if at least one of her/his parents/guardians is
present for the meeting.
3. Format for Re-admittance Committee
Meetings
The meeting is
chaired by the JC Clerk who must follow the following this procedure:
Give description
of
a. Why the meeting
is taking place;
b. The
purpose/format of the meeting (to be done by JC Clerk and staff).
Comments by student
requesting re-admission must include:
A description of
the events leading up to and resulting in the Suspension;
How the person
could/should have handled things differently;
Why the student
thinks she/he is read for re-admittance.
Questions and
comments by Committee members
Question and comments by the
parent(s)/guardian(s).
Meeting of Committee alone to decide
If re-admittance is
agreed to;
If any conditions
will be attached to this re-admittance.
Explanation of
Committee decision to the student and parent/guardian.
Acceptance or
rejection of decision and conditions.
4.
For trial/suspension/expulsion meetings, after the situation is presented to
the School Meeting and the School Meeting is making a decision, the person
whose consequence is being considered and their parent(s), if present (unless
they are staff), will have to wait in the office or outside.
985. Aesthetics and
Use Committee
Purpose: to decide about the different uses of various
spaces in the school, i.e. bulletin boards, walls, floors, rooms.
It was voted on and passed that:
1.Everyone in our school would add their
things to the following bulletin boards as follows if they want to:
Yellow bulletin
board in play room – photos
Blue
bulletin board by keyboards – music pictures or music items
Wall
with new bulletin board in art room – art
Four
blue bulletin boards by eating table –
Two top boards for poems
Two bottom boards for stories, cartoons,
etc.
Green office bulletin board – handprint
made with paint with person’s picture next to it or on it
Wall
going down front staircase – trace each student on large mural paper
2. Anyone
who wants to help clean out the space under the stairs will help so students
can have the space for themselves. It
will be called The Club and will be decorated with Christmas lights. Hopefully, we could get a reflective ball to
hang with a light shining on it.
990. Soldering Gun Committee
A committee to make up the certification requirements for using the soldering gun and to actually certify people.
Soldering Gun – Certification
1.
Where
not to touch on the solder:
a.
top
b.
all
metal
2.
When
you can use it – with certified staff or adult.
3.
Putting
it down over tin foil.
4.
Stay
with it until cool enough that a paper doesn’t burn.
5.
Dangers
of hot solder.
6.
Wear goggles.
991. School Store Committee
We will form a
committee to decide what to start the store with, setting up accounts, etc.
992. Internship Committee
To talk about different internship
possibilities.
To investigate where to do them.
To visit them to see ifthey are
appropriate.
1000. CLERKSHIPS
1001. It was voted on and passed that all
clerkships must be filled by students except JC secretary and School Meeting
secretary. If there are no volunteers,
these positions will be filled with an alphabetical list in the order these
positions appear on the clerkship list.
Those students with the least number of jobs will be chosen first.
1002. Any changes in jobs, needs to be approved by
School Meeting and needs to be based on there being a good reason for the job change there
being a volunteer for that position to replace the original person who signed
up.
1010. Admissions Clerk
1011.
Powers and Duties
-To oversee the
admissions process.
-To serve as ongoing liaison between
parents of students and the school, in particular in response to inquiries made
by parents.
-To give tours when people come to visit.
-To keep track of visiting students and
help them to meet and get involved with other
students.
- The Admission Clerk has to be certified by
a staff person & a committee both, and there has to be a test for the
person to pass. The current person needs
to pass the test by the end of next week in order to continue to be Admissions
Clerk.
1020. Physical Plant Clerk
1021.
Powers and Duties:
-To see to it that the physical plant of
the school including the building, grounds, fixtures and furnishings are
maintained and in satisfactory appearance.
-To supervise improvements of the physical
plant.
-To issue such regulations as necessary
governing use of the physical plant for the purpose of protecting the integrity
of the physical plant and the safety of all persons who come to the
school.
1030. Public Relations Clerk
1031.
Powers and Duties:
-To support the community at large and
press in obtaining an accurate understanding of the school.
1040. Law Clerk
Powers
and Duties:
-To
maintain the School’s Lawbook.
-
To read and report to meetings about what specific laws apply in given
circumstances.
1050. Mail Clerk
1051. Powers and Duties:
-To
get the school's mail once a day from our mailbox and take the occasional trip
to the post office.
1060. Office Clerk
1061.
Powers and Duties:
-To maintain and
purchase office supplies.
-To see that all
communication with the school are properly handled.
-To maintain the
school's files in good order.
1070. Supplies Clerk
1071.
Powers and Duties:
-To keep track of what supplies need
replacing.
-To refill supplies as necessary. This includes, but is not limited to,
tissues, toilet paper, soap, eating supplies.
-To be responsible for purchasing supplies
for the school. This includes, but is
not limited to, cleaning, office and medical supplies.
1080. Attendance Clerk
1081.
Powers and Duties:
-To be responsible
for keeping the official records of the attendance of all students.
1090. Library Clerk
1092.
It was voted on and approved on
1100.Judicial Clerk
1101.
Powers and Duties
-To run Judicial Committee and
Re-admittance Committee meetings, and to be in charge of making sure these
meetings run smoothly.
-To
keep track that all JC sentences are carried out.
-To take the necessary actions to make sure
the judicial processes of the school are justly carried out.
-To prepare a list
in alphabetical order of all students and staff to serve on JC on a
monthly rotation basis.
1110. Town Crier Clerk
1111.
Powers and Duties
-Includes but is not limited to reading the
agenda before the meeting, announcing clean-up, meetings, leaving for trips, or
any information that needs to be disseminated to the Longview Community in
attendance.
-If we’re talking about a new rule at
School Meeting, Town Crier will blink lights to announce this.
-In the days after a new rule is passed,
Town Crier will announce the new rule. (until all children have been in
attendance to hear the new rule.
1120. Chores Clerk
1121. Powers and Duties
- Make a chart with the list of jobs that
she/he will leave for people to choose what they want to do.
- People should volunteer for alternate for
starred jobs, but if no one volunteers for the starred job, the chores clerk
should assign someone who does not have a starred job.
-Will
check people off as their jobs are completed thoroughly.
- Filling in for chores -
When there is a starred job with no one
to do it, that must be completed by someone with an unstarred job in addition
to their regular job , as assigned by the chores clerk or staff if the chores
clerk is not there.
1122. On
1123. In the case of a vote for chores clerk the candidates will be voted for in pairs.
1130. Fire Safety Clerk
1131.
Powers and Duties
-To
help train people what to do in a fire drill.
-To
help Mark set up an actual place to go when you go outside for a fire drill.
1140. Treasurer Clerk
1141.Powers and Duties
-Work with the staff to help create the budget and keep to the budget.hhhhh
1150.
Calendar Clerk
1151.
Powers and Duties
-Adjust the daily
calendar.
-Reset the monthly
calendars.
1160. Birthday
Clerk
1161.
Powers and Duties
-A person who keeps track of when birthdays
come up so we can bake cupcakes or something
and have a little party for them.
1170. Consequence
Clerk
1171.
Powers and Duties
-The consequence
clerk will remind people to do their consequences.
-Also, it is people’s responsibility to
tell the Consequence Clerk when they complete their consequence. The clerk will then put down the date this
was completed on the sheet.