Student discipline is defined in Codes of Conduct and lives within schools' culture. School leaders and boards of education with input from school attorneys and others develop Codes of Conduct. They reveal and inform the belief system of the adults responsible for supporting appropriate conduct of the students each and every day. Discipline begins in classrooms and, if necessary, progresses outward. In most districts, the discipline buck stops in the principal's or the assistant principal's office. In larger districts it is possible for the person responsible for discipline may be further away from the leader's office. No matter where and by whom discipline is handled, the responsibility for school culture remains in the hands of the leader and those who share leadership. Read more...