Eight pages that guide discipline Discipline in Philadelphia's public schools is based on the School District's Code of Student Conduct, eight pages that list offenses and remedies. It covers everything from making noise in class to felonies. Administrators often have options for meting out discipline.
Principals ask teachers to handle disruptive students with the pupils and parents.
Under state law, students possessing a weapon must be transferred to a remedial disciplinary school. They usually are placed in alternative in-school programs. Students who continue breaking rules can be referred to counseling by a school psychologist or an outside agency. Suspension is the next step. Some principals have created in-school suspension classes rather than let kids loose.