2025-2026 WCPS Student Handbook

Wicomico County Public Schools PROCEDURE Approval Status Index Code Title: Educational Equity Procedure SFS-GEN-PR-029 First Adopted: 1/13/15 Legal Review: 12/16/24 Approved Revisions: 08/13/25 03/12/24 05/22/23 01/13/15 Effective: 09/09/25 03/13/24 05/23/23 01/14/15 Page 7 of 9 WICOMICO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION P.O. BOX 1538 2424 NORTHGATE DRIVE., SUITE 3, SALISBURY, MD 21801 Procedure SFS-GEN-PR-029 Education determines that the penalty was not appropriate to the violation, all school record shall be revised to reflect the Superintendent or designee's determination. s. If the Board of Education Determines that it will modify the recommendation of the Superintendent or designee, then all school records will be revised to reflect the Board's final decision. t. The decision of the local board is final. u. A student suspended or expelled from school shall be allowed to return to school on the day that the terms and conditions of the suspension or expulsion are met whether or not the student, parent or guardian has filed an appeal of the suspension. 6. If a student has been suspended or expelled, the principal may not return the student to the classroom without conferring with the teacher who referred the student to the principal, other teachers as appropriate, other appropriate school personnel, the student and the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) who may be invited to participate by phone. 7. If a student’s disruptive behavior results in action less than suspension, the principal shall confer with the teacher who referred the student to the principal before returning the student to that teacher’s classroom. The principal may satisfy this requirement by consulting with the teacher before returning the student to the classroom. 8. The superintendent may deny attendance to a student who is currently expelled or on extended suspension from another school system for a length of time equal to that expulsion or extended suspension. B. Minimum Education Services. In order to establish accountability and keep suspended or expelled students on track with classroom work, as is reasonably possible,: 1. Each student suspended or expelled out-of-school who is not placed in an alternative education program shall receive daily classwork and assignments from each teacher, which shall be reviewed and corrected by teachers on a weekly basis and returned to the student; and 2. Each principal shall assign a school staff person to be the liaison between the teachers and the various students on out-of-school suspension or expulsion and to communicate weekly about classwork assignments and school-related issues by phone or email with those out-of-school suspended/expelled students and their parents. C. Education Services During Short-Term Suspensions. 1. For short-term suspensions, each school shall: a. Provide all students who receive short-term suspensions with the

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