KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL: Expect new procedures in the school this year

Kennedy High School parents and students should note some changes in standard operating procedures under new Principal Tommie Saylor when they report for their first day of school next Tuesday.

Within a handbook Saylor is passing out to teachers today will be found not only many of the same procedures previously implemented at Kennedy, but a few new procedures that have been time tested and well demonstrated to be very effective in other buildings in which Saylor has served.  

Some of these procedures include:

Academic In-School Suspension – If a student is well behind in their assignments, teachers have the authority to send a student to ISS until such time as the work is completed.

Black Board Configuration – A set of BBCs will be posted in every classroom for every class taught.

Student Fines – If a student owes the district money, they will be placed on a “no privilege list.”  Those on this list will not be allowed to attend dances, homecoming, prom, walk during graduation, will be marked ineligible to play in athletic contests, will not be allowed to purchase a parking permit, etc.

Hall Sweeps – Sweeps will be done every hour, every day. Anyone found in the halls after the tardy bell sounds will be assigned into ISS for the remainder of the class period.  

Identification Cards – All students will be required to wear their ID cards on a lanyard around their neck at all times during school hours (exceptions will be made for students in the gym).  Failure to comply will earn the student a trip to ISS.

Parent Contact – All instructors will be highly encouraged to make at least one parent contact per month.  Email, phone calls, letters sent directly home, notes signed by the parents and brought back to the teacher for verification, tweeting and such are all acceptable methods of communication.

Syllabus – Every teacher for every class must provide every student a syllabus. Though the format of this syllabus is up to the instructor, would like to see the most basic items included such as grading procedures, contact information, a general course outline, etc.

The above listed items are not the only new procedures at the high school, but are probably the biggest changes and/or adjustments in operating procedures at Kennedy under Saylor’s direction. More detail will be available over the next few weeks.