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Envision is a restorative program which
assigns Spokane School District students to community service
hours to reduce suspensions and to engage students in their
community. Procedures are as follows:
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Building administrator meets with student who is
subject to suspension to assess the appropriateness of placement
in Envision Program. Students must accept responsibility for
their actions and agree to do community service. Please do not
refer students who are extremely angry or in denial. Those
students are not good candidates for working with outside
agencies and will not be open to the restorative process.
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Building administrator discusses placement with
parent/guardian. He/she tells the parent to call Mary Syme in Student Support Services at 354-7393 to
schedule an appointment with Suzanne Smith, Envision Program
Supervisor. The student must attend the meeting with the
parent/guardian.
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Building administrator e-mails Suzanne with the
following: student name, name of parent/guardian who was
contacted and the phone number, the due date for the service to
be completed, the original number of days of the suspension, and
the hours of community service requested. The current
agreement is that 4 hours of community service reduces the
suspension by one day.
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Building administrator enters number of days
suspended into SASI, for example, Disposition Code 55 and
Description Short Term Suspension. Please do not
enter Disposition 60 for community service. Mary will make
that change after CS has been completed.
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Suzanne meets with parent/guardian and student to
discuss program expectations and to complete intake
(agreements/liability) forms. Work sites are discussed and one
is chosen with consent from parent/guardian. Building
administrator is e-mailed confirmation that CS has been
assigned.
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Suzanne faxes a copy of Medical Release Form to
the work site with the name of the student and the dates and
times of community service.
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Parent/guardian arranges for transportation of
student to and from work site.
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Student performs service hours.
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We call the worksite to verify completed hours,
and the student delivers a signed Hours Verification Form to the
administrator with the number of successfully completed hours.
The building administrator will receive an e-mail from Suzanne
confirming that service has been completed. Verification may
take several days.
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Mary Syme in Student Support Services
enters a 60 (for community service) under DisUC1 and the number
of days of suspension reduced under DisUC2. When she does this,
the Disp Cd and Disp Description will be shaded gray. This will
indicate that a suspension has been reduced. We will use this
data for reporting purposes. A copy of the changed SASI form is
then sent to the administrator as an FYI.
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If a student is uncooperative at the site, the
work site will contact Suzanne or the parent/guardian. The
parent/guardian will be required to remove student from work
site.
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Students who fail to complete community service
satisfactorily will be referred to building administrator for
follow-up and reinstatement of original consequences. |
