Re: Private School Needs an Academic Probation Policy

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Do you still have a waiting list in these times? Can your
school afford to boot students in these times? I'm impressed.
We're starting to lose students to the times.

> I teach at a private elementary/middle school in southern
> CA, and we've always threatened an academic probation
> policy in the past, but we never followed through. The
> students continue doing miserably year after year, holding
> back the other students, and they really aren't getting the
> quality education that they deserve and could get in a
> public school with a special needs program. We've designed
> a committee to write up an academic probation policy for
> the fall that we will stick to; students not performing up
> to our standards will be dismissed from the school; this is
> one of the perks of a private school! My question is,
> would anyone be willing to share their school's academic
> probation policy? Do your parents sign a contract at the
> beginning of the year with certain steps to be followed or
> attained? Thanks so much for your time. This is my summer
> project, and I want to get it out of the way!
 

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