Student/Parent Athletic Handbook 2017-2018 ATHLETIC HANDBOOK VERSION 2017 2018 | Page 18

Assistant Principal for Academics. The following guidelines will be used with the protocol as described above: 1) Teachers and coaches will understand that a student’s initial meeting with the teacher or coach is a necessary and vital step to this protocol. Most issues will be resolved with this meeting. 2) Email can be used to clarify an issue, but face-to-face dialogue is generally needed to resolve a conflict. 3) If issues require taking the discussion to the levels beyond the teacher or coach, then all appropriate persons to the issue will be invited to attend the meetings at the higher level. This avoids misunderstandings. 4) Administrators will typically abide by this protocol for classroom and athletic issues unless special circumstances require the administrator to deviate from the plan. 5) Communications among students, parents/guardians and staff pertaining to the issue are to remain confidential unless permission is granted to share the information with others. 6) Saint Ursula Academy staff are expected to respond to a student or parent/guardian communication within 24 hours; however, there may be circumstances that do not allow that to happen. 18