PROBATION, RETENTION & TRANSFER
A student may be placed on probation for academic and/or behavior reasons. When placed on probation, the probation form MUST BE SIGNED and returned to school the following day. A child will not be allowed to return to class until the form is signed. Once a student has been placed on probation, it is possible that he/she may not participate in extracurricular activities and field trips. Such is at the discretion of the teacher(s) and principal, based on the student’s class performance, behavior, and previous record.
ACADEMIC PROBATION
Any student with a G.P.A. below 2.0 at the end of a trimester and/or any student receiving two or more “F’s” within a trimester will be placed on Academic Probation. Students who receive two or more trimester grades of “F” in a single year may be asked to withdraw from Maria Regina School. Students who are placed on Academic Probation (less than 2.0) for all three trimesters of the school year may be asked to withdraw or attend MRS summer school.
Any student receiving a “D” or “F” in Behavior and Work Habits at the end of a trimester will be placed on Behavioral Probation and/or will be asked to withdraw from Maria Regina School.
ACADEMIC & BEHAVIORIAL PROBATION
Academic Probation and Behavioral Probation may, at the discretion of the principal and teacher, be extended into the upcoming school year. In addition, if a student accumulates four (4) Academic Probations within a two-year period, that student will be asked to leave the school.
REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS ON ACADEMIC PROBATION & BEHAVIORAL PROBATION
- Tutoring participation Monday through Thursday as scheduled.
- Meet with the teachers for additional assistance in subjects.
- Make up all trimester failed grades prior to the beginning of the next school year.
- Acquire a private tutor at home. Parents must provide proof to the office. Failure to comply with this requirement will lead to having the student being asked to leave MRS.
- Behavioral Probation students must receive counseling.
- Mandatory Summer School.
- Special Contract.
- Any student who is placed on probation may not participate in school activities and or extra-curricular activities functions.
When a student is placed on probation, he or she agrees to make the necessary changes in behavior, grades, effort, and attitude to be a successful student at Maria Regina School (MRS). Both the parent and student must submit a written statement to withdraw the child from the school if the terms of probation are not met accordingly. If a child receives three or more pink slips after being placed on probation, it will be cause for withdrawal or expulsion from Maria Regina School. Likewise, intentional vandalizing of the school will result in immediate withdrawal from the school.
ACADEMIC PROBATION FOR 8TH GRADERS
An 8th grade student with a G.P.A below 2.0 at the end of each grading period will be placed on academic probation and/or may be asked to withdraw from Maria Regina School. An 8th grade student, who is placed on Academic Probation for the first and second trimesters of their last year, may be asked to withdraw from the school. The teacher and principal will make the final determination.
INDIVIDUALIZED PROBATION CONTRACTS
Students who need special help in maintaining school or classroom rules, doing their schoolwork or homework in an acceptable manner, or improving their attitude will receive a special probation contract. This contract will contain specific expectations for improvement and exact consequences in case the improvement does not occur as quickly or consistently as expected. The contract will be discussed with the student by the principal and the student, parents, teacher(s) and principal will be required to sign it.
RETENTION
Retentions of students are under the discretion of the teacher and the administration in accordance with archdiocesan policy. If there is a possibility of a student being retained, a meeting will take place between the parent, teacher, and principal.
RECOMMENDED TRANSFER
Every parent, guardian, or other person who upbraids, insults, or abuses any faculty, staff, principal or student of the school, in the presence or hearing of a pupil, is guilty of a misdemeanor (Educational code 4481).
If any staff member or student is “insulted or abused” by any person in the presence of other school personnel on school premises, on public ways adjacent to the school, or at any place where assigned, that person is also guilty of a misdemeanor (Educational Code 44812).
Under normal circumstances, a student is not to be deprived of a Catholic Education on grounds relating to the attitude of parents; nevertheless, it is recognized that a situation could arise in which uncooperative or destructive parents might so undermine the goals, values, philosophy, and mission of the school. The regulations governing recommended transfer would then be applicable.
STUDENT TRANSFERS, WITHDRAWALS & GRADUATION
Whenever a pupil transfers from one school to another, a copy of the Cumulative Student Report and the original Health Record will be transferred by the former school upon a request from the school where the pupil intends to enroll and a release from the parent or guardian. The original Cumulative Student Report remains at the school. Also, upon transfer to another school, the student health records are forwarded with the student’s transcript to the receiving school.
A record of the transfer, the reason for the transfer, and the name of the school to which the student is transferring or entering after graduation should be entered on the original copy of the Cumulative Student Report and in the Student Attendance Register.
Official transcripts are not given to students or parents. The school grants full credit for all work a student accomplishes up to the time of transfer.
Principals may be required by the County Board of Education to report the severance of attendance by any student.
