Directions for the post should include how/why the candidate's actions would be similar or different and an analysis and discussion of additional case law and statutes that might have been included. Seventeen-year-old Tanya is popular with her peers and frequently at odds with school rules. Tanya has been suspended on numerous occasions for disrespecting faculty, fighting, and general mischievousness. Several teachers as well as Assistant Principal Donner were convinced that Tanya significantly contributed to an increase in student disorder. During class passing time in late April social studies teacher Frank Elliot reported to Assistant Principal Donner that he had seen Tanya follow Senior Franklyn Smith into the men’s restroom. Mr. Elliot reported that Tanya was in the restroom about a minute. Surveillance cameras confirmed Mr. Elliot’s report. AP Donner confronted Tanya with the surveillance recording and stated “Tanya, did you really follow Franklyn into the men’s restroom?” Tanya admitted to following Franklyn into the restroom, but claimed that he had taken her cell phone and had dared her to follow him into the restroom to reclaim her property. School rules forbid the possession of cell phones during school hours. Students who violate the rule are assigned Saturday detention. AP Donner decided to suspend Tanya for 10 days for possession of a cell phone in school, flagrant disregard for school rules and disregard for decorum. Tanya’s parents immediately hired an attorney. Argue for or against the suspension of Tanya. Response from Classmate In the case of Tanya and her ten-day suspension from school, there are a number of things that must be considered.  These include circumstances, precipitating factors, and mitigating factors. After careful consideration of the facts fop the case and the circumstances, it is appropriate that Tanya was suspended.  However, the suspension was not handled appropriately and there are other actions that would need to take place as well to justify the suspension of Tanya.  The most important thing to consider in this case, and the reason that the suspension of Taya is justified and valid, is that she broke two clear school rules.  She had a cell phone in her possession during school hours, which is clearly a violation of school policy, and she also went into a male only restroom after the student named Franklyn Smith.  The combination of these two factors, along with the prior history of her disruptive nature at school and her previous suspensions are the reasons why this suspension is justified.  It needs to be noted that the school rules forbidding the possession of a cell phone during school hours contains in it a specification that the punishment for a violation of that rule is a Saturday detention.  Taken at face value, that would seem to suggest that the ten-day suspension of Tanya is excessive and out of order and therefore not justified.  However, when the violation of that rule is taken in.

1. Directions for the post should include how/why the candidate's
actions would be similar or different and an analysis and
discussion of additional case law and statutes that might have
been included.
Seventeen-year-old Tanya is popular with her peers and
frequently at odds with school rules. Tanya has been suspended
on numerous occasions for disrespecting faculty, fighting, and
general mischievousness. Several teachers as well as Assistant
Principal Donner were convinced that Tanya significantly
contributed to an increase in student disorder.
During class passing time in late April social studies teacher
Frank Elliot reported to Assistant Principal Donner that he had
seen Tanya follow Senior Franklyn Smith into the men’s
restroom. Mr. Elliot reported that Tanya was in the restroom
about a minute. Surveillance cameras confirmed Mr. Elliot’s
report.
AP Donner confronted Tanya with the surveillance recording
and stated “Tanya, did you really follow Franklyn into the
men’s restroom?” Tanya admitted to following Franklyn into the
restroom, but claimed that he had taken her cell phone and had
dared her to follow him into the restroom to reclaim her
property. School rules forbid the possession of cell phones
during school hours. Students who violate the rule are assigned
Saturday detention. AP Donner decided to suspend Tanya for 10
days for possession of a cell phone in school, flagrant disregard
for school rules and disregard for decorum. Tanya’s parents
immediately hired an attorney. Argue for
or
against the suspension of Tanya.
Response from Classmate

2. In the case of Tanya and her ten-day suspension from school,
there are a number of things that must be considered. These
include circumstances, precipitating factors, and mitigating
factors. After careful consideration of the facts fop the case and
the circumstances, it is appropriate that Tanya was suspended.
However, the suspension was not handled appropriately and
there are other actions that would need to take place as well to
justify the suspension of Tanya.
The most important thing to consider in this case, and the
reason that the suspension of Taya is justified and valid, is that
she broke two clear school rules. She had a cell phone in her
possession during school hours, which is clearly a violation of
school policy, and she also went into a male only restroom after
the student named Franklyn Smith. The combination of these
two factors, along with the prior history of her disruptive nature
at school and her previous suspensions are the reasons why this
suspension is justified.
It needs to be noted that the school rules forbidding the
possession of a cell phone during school hours contains in it a
specification that the punishment for a violation of that rule is a
Saturday detention. Taken at face value, that would seem to
suggest that the ten-day suspension of Tanya is excessive and
out of order and therefore not justified. However, when the
violation of that rule is taken into consideration in the context
of the other rules that have been broken and transgressions that
have occurred, then this ten-day suspension seems more
appropriate.
This is because Tanya, in addition to the breaking of the
primary rule of the cell phone possession, also entered the male
only bathroom. This is also a violation of school rules, and
while the scenario does not indicate what the punishment for it
is, it can certainly be considered as a confounding variable.
This would necessitate a punishment for the even more

3. significant than the Saturday detention. However, the other
complicating factor is Tanya’s recidivism. She has proved to be
exceptionally recalcitrant to school authority and the metered
and measured punishments the school and the district might
hand out. Since it is the responsibility of the district to provide
a safe and effective learning environment for all students, her
continued disruptions are a problem and a threat to the effective
learning and achievement of all the other students (Shalaby
2017). For this reason, also, the school board would be
justified in supporting the ten-day suspension.
However, there are two significant points that need to be
considered in counter to this position. The first is that the
student Franklyn Smith engaged in theft. Therefore, he must
be punished as per appropriate for theft of personal property.
To not do so would to be applying differential treatment and
standards to student discipline. The second thing is that the AP
has a documented dislike of Tanya. Therefore, the referral
should have been made by the AP and the suspension actually
decided by the principal, the superintendent, or the school
board.