'Second Chance' Program, Parental Notification Discussed at Fairfax Discipline Meeting
Committee hosts outreach meetings this month in an effort to reform the county's Student Rights and Responsibilities handbook.
Parents, community members, educators and others gathered Thursday to discuss Fairfax County Public Schools' disciplinary procedures considered "second chance" programs and parental notification as some of the modifications the system could look to make as it continues its years-long process of reforming its Student Rights and Responsibilities handbook. But many of the few dozen people at the meeting, moderated by the Ad Hoc Community Committee on Student Rights and Responsibilities (SRR), said they couldn’t understand the SR&R itself, complaining it resembled a legal document — too long, and too hard to understand. Parents recommended it be simplified, or at least made more easily searchable online. They agreed a special parents night …
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