Each school year, every Clarke Central High School student receives a personal copy of the Clarke County School District Code of Student Conduct. The purpose of this document is to outline and emphasize the rules enforced in the CCSD, and this year, the code was revamped. “In an effort to make things as transparent as possible, (the Board of Education) went back to the Code of Conduct and looked to see if there was a way to make it more user-friendly,” CCHS Principal Marie Yuran said. “There was some rewording of and replacement of where things were, but the new version has definitely spotlighted more of some of the preventative measures that we take in certain situations, which was much needed.” Photo by Andrew Caldwell
By ANDREW CALDWELL – Print Junior Copy Editor
The Clarke County School District Code of Student Conduct was recently updated and distributed at the start of the 2016-17 school year.
In the 2016-17 Clarke Central High School year, a modified version of the Clarke County School District Code of Student Conduct was distributed amongst students during advisement.
According to CCHS Assistant Principal Reginald Thomas, this school year called for many changes, which eventually led to the revision.
“(The Code of Student Conduct) is like the Constitution. You can’t put everything that’s gonna happen or might happen in it, so that’s why you gotta adjust,” Thomas said. “This year’s conduct has more specific language, so that administrators in the building know the proper protocol when certain issues arise.”
With regard to preparation, CCHS administrators attended workshops in order to master the new policies.
“While I was not personally involved in the modification of the (Code of Student Conduct), we as the leaders of our respective schools did some training and had work sessions over the summer to get us familiar with the new wording of the policies and how we’re gonna adjust the policies,” Thomas said. “Everyone now seems to be on the same page.”
Freshman Jenifer Hernandez believes the Code of Student Conduct is essential to students as it provides insight on the policies administrators enforce at CCHS.
“If students read (the Code of Student Conduct), then they will have something tangible telling them what would happen if they don’t follow the rules,” Hernandez said. “Hopefully, the language of the code is easier to understand, so people will be able to learn it better.”
The ultimate goal is to have every student eventually graduate, and according to Thomas, the new conduct is one action being taken to achieve this objective.
“Clarke Central’s not necessarily about keeping every student at Clarke Central,” Thomas said. “It’s about helping every student to get to a place where they can be successful with their education and will get their diploma, and the new conduct will do just that.”
