FILE:  JGFB

SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS

All personnel of the Rapides Parish School Board shall be responsible for the supervision of students during the school day and for a reasonable period of time before and after school.  Every staff member must share the responsibility of supervising students during regular class periods, while students are moving to and from classrooms during the school day, to and from restrooms and assemblies, and while on campus before and after school.

Supervision outside the classroom is necessary to protect the physical safety of the students.  Each principal shall be responsible for drawing up a list of supervisory duties and assigning staff members within the building to cover said assignments.  The duties must include specifically: lunch, recess, hall monitoring, bus duties and duties which may be specific to a particular type of building (e.g. gymnasium) or grade level (e.g., lower elementary grades).  The number of staff members required for a particular duty or set of duties shall be determined by the principal.  The principal is responsible for assigning duties in an equitable manner among staff members.

The School Board expects all students to be under assigned adult supervision at all times when they are in school, on school grounds, traveling under school auspices, or engaging in school-sponsored activities.  No administrator, teacher or other staff member shall leave his/her assigned group unsupervised except when arrangements have been made to take care of an emergency or other unforeseen occurrence.

New Policy:  May, 2014

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:416

Board minutes, 1-6-15

Rapides Parish School Board