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Norwich School Ramps Up Discipline Policies: Report
The school is banning cell phones and reinstating detention in response to student misbehavior, according to a report.
NORWICH, CT — District officials have begun an administrative take-over of the Teachers' Memorial Global Studies Magnet Middle School in Norwich to crack down on student behavior issues, according to The New London Day.
Superintendent Kristen Stringfellow sent a three-page letter to parents and staff over the weekend outlining the wide-ranging changes, including a ban on cell phone use during school, reinstatement of after-school detentions, and in-school and out-of-school suspensions.
Since Aug. 30, police have been called to the school 50 times for service and made two student arrests.
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Stringfellow presented a plan to the Board of Education last week to reinstate school resource officers at Global Studies and Kelly STEAM Magnet Middle School.
Read the full story in The New London Day.
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