The Shelby County Board of Education has the responsibility and obligation to adopt and establish clearly defined discipline policies. The Board, acting through the Superintendent of schools, holds school employees responsible for supervising student behavior while students are legally under the supervision of the schools.
Students with disruptive behavior patterns should not be allowed to remain in the regular classrooms; yet when such students are suspended from school it often adds to the problems of the students, the schools, and the community. Therefore, the Board endorses the concept of in-school suspensions.
Any student who, in the opinion of the principal or assistant principal would benefit from in-school suspension may be so disciplined.