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  Case: Repeated Infractions with Little Consequences
A high school student has been sent to the office and in-school detention (ISD) multiple times for making sexual noises, hand-gestures, and comments during class. This has been addressed with the student's mother, administrators, the counselor, and the school social worker. The other day, this same student was caught exposing the complete right side of his rear-end to two female students at the beginning of class as everyone was filing in. He had his pants and underwear pulled down completely on the right side. The teacher immediately sent the student to the office for indecent exposure, and the student walked away with only 2 days of in-school suspension. The teacher does not feel that the infractions are receiving the appropriate consequences, and the student's behavior continues to worsen. What should the teacher do?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
Keep a level head. Do not yell or show that you are overly stressed. Getting angry will give the student more power. You may have to give the students assigned seating. Make sure that you keep documenting the behaviors. Having a line of communication with family, admin and staff will help keep people in the loop. Since this student is in high school I am guessing that he has multiple teachers. I would communicate with the students other teachers. Is the student doing this in all classes or just with certain teachers? I might have a meeting student and others in this situation.