GENERAL RULES FOR SATURDAY DETENTION

Receiving A Saturday Detention

Saturday detention may be issued only by an administrator who will provide a minimum of 48 hours’ notice to a student's parents.
Saturday detention will be assigned at the discretion of the Assistant Principal based on the severity of the infraction. A Saturday detention maybe assigned in place of a regular weekday detention.
Students are responsible for providing their own transportation to and from the detention.
In the event of inclement weather, cancellations to Saturday detention will be announced in the same manner as school cancellation announcements.
Saturday detentions do not eliminate previously assigned detentions, (with the exception of previously assigned missed detentions). Students will still need to serve any outstanding weekday detentions.

Attendance and Location

Saturday detention is held in the senior cafeteria in the Arts & Humanities Center.
Saturday detention is from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Tardies are not permitted to Saturday detention. Tardies will be considered a “cut” and will result in a three-day suspension.
A missed Saturday detention, without prior administrative approval or appropriate medical, dental or legal documentation, will result in a three-day suspension. Documentation must be provided no later than 7:30 a.m. on the Monday following the assigned detention.
If absent on the Friday before the assigned Saturday detention, students must contact their administrator that Friday before the end of the school day to discuss their detention if they feel they will miss Saturday detention for medical/other reasons (see above).

Rules for Detention

Appropriate dress is required. The Pinkerton Academy dress code is in effect for Saturday detentions.
- If in violation of the dress code, students will not be allowed to enter detention, which will result in a three-day suspension.
Cell phones are not permitted.
Pagers, CD players, and other personal electronic devices are not permitted. Calculators without games are permitted for academic use only.
Limited bathroom privileges are allowed at the discretion of the monitors.
There will be a ten-minute stretch/restroom break at 10:00 a.m.
No food is allowed. Water is allowed only in clear bottles.
Students must bring schoolwork to the detention.
Sleeping, or appearing to sleep, is prohibited.
Talking is prohibited.
Students will sit as assigned by the detention monitors.
A limited resource library will be provided. For example, it may contain a dictionary, appropriate grade-level reading assignments for English courses, and so on. However, there is no guarantee as to what resources will be available on a particular Saturday. Students may not share resources with other students except during the five-minute break.
Students who are asked to leave due to non-compliance will receive a three-day suspension.