PROBATION & DISMISSAL POLICY
What the Klein Oak By-Laws say:
Grades will be checked and should you fall below
the standard, you will be placed on a one-time probation. If you have been
on probation once and again fall below the standard, you will lose your
membership permanently. A member may also be placed on probation or dismissed
if he/she fails to attend at least 50% of the scheduled meetings and donate at
least ten hours to one or more community service projects, and another ten
hours to one or more in-school activity projects during the semester. Serious
disciplinary infractions may also result in loss of membership without any
probation.
What the NHS Constitution says:
Section 1. The school principal may remove any member as a result of
serious or persistent misconduct. In this instance Section 5 below would not
apply.
Section 2. The procedure for dismissal shall be
determined by a faculty council in compliance with the rules and regulations of
the National Honor Society. A written description of the dismissal procedure
shall be available to interested parties (one of those descriptions is here).
To maintain academic eligibility a student must maintain a semester average of "A"
or its equivalent (a 4.0 on the 6.0 Klein Oak scale). The exit criteria shall
be evaluated on a semester basis. Eligibility must be maintained through the
fifth six-week grading period of the senior year.
Section 3. Members who fall below the standards which
were the basis for their selection shall be promptly warned in writing by the
chapter adviser and given a reasonable amount of time to correct the
deficiency, except that in the case of flagrant violation of school rules or
civic laws a member does not necessarily have to be warned. The appropriate
grade level administrator shall notify the National Honor Society of any
member's conduct which falls below selection standards, i.e. I.S.S.,
"U" in conduct, truancy, frequent referrals to the office.
Section 4. The faculty council shall determine when an
individual has exceeded a reasonable number of warnings.
Section 5. In all cases of impending dismissal, a
member shall have a right to a hearing before the faculty council.
Section 6. A member who has been dismissed may appeal
the decision of the faculty council under the same rules for disciplinary
appeals in the school district.
Section 7. The National Council and the NASSP shall
hear no appeals in dismissal cases.
Section 8. A member can also be dismissed if he/she
fails to be active in the organization. A member must attend at least 50% of
the schedule meetings and participate in at least one service project each
semester or turn in documentation in lieu of the service project to show ten
(10) hours of community service.