PARENTAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURE. A. When a complaint is made to the Board or any of its members or administrators concerning a unit member’s conduct or other activities that relate to the unit member’s employment duties and the concern is thought to be serious enough to become a matter of record or be reflected in the bargaining unit member’s evaluation, the unit member shall be informed of the stated concern by the appropriate administrator within five (5) days. The appropriate administrator and unit member shall attempt to resolve the party’s complaint.
B. When a principal or administrator finds it necessary to make a notation in a unit member’s file, which reflects adversely upon a unit member, the unit member will be offered an opportunity to read such notation. The unit member will acknowledge having read such notation by signature on the actual document filed, with the understanding that such signature does not indicate agreement with its contents. The unit member shall also have the right to answer such notation and said answer shall be attached to the file copy. Upon request of the unit member, notations will be destroyed after three (3) years if no disciplinary action has been taken concerning the complaint, and the notation is untimely, incomplete, inaccurate, or irrelevant.
C. Should the complaining party still not be satisfied and take the concern to the Board, the unit member shall be so informed and have the right to provide the Board information concerning the issue. In no case shall such complaint be grounds for action or reprimand or discipline against a unit member without the unit member having prior notice that would allow the unit member to attempt to resolve the concern or provide information on the issue to the administration.
PARENTAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURE. 1. When a complaint is made to the Board or any of its members or administrators by students' parents or any other members of the public concerning a teacher's conduct or other activities that relate to the teacher's employment conduct or other activities that relate to the teacher's employment duties, and the concern is thought to be serious enough to become a matter of record, the teacher shall be informed of the stated concern by the appropriate administrator and the teacher shall have an opportunity to inform the administrator of his or her version of events or to explain his or her actions. The appropriate administrator shall investigate the complaint and determine what action, if any, is appropriate. The administrator shall take the action he/she deems appropriate.
2. Should the complaining party still not be satisfied and bring the concern to the Board, the teacher shall be so informed and have the right to provide the Board information concerning the issue. Any hearing of complaints may take place in executive session. The teacher shall have the right to be present and represented at that executive session. This Division (E) (2) does not apply to the employment actions of nonrenewal or a termination proceeding.
PARENTAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURE. When a complaint is made by the parent of a student or any other member of the public concerning a staff member’s conduct, service, character, personality, or other reason, to a Board member, central office administrator, building principal, or other supervisor, without having first met with the staff member, the following procedure shall be followed:
X. If the complaint is referred to the building principal or supervisor, he/she will determine the validity and/or seriousness of the complaint. The principal or supervisor shall determine if the complaint should be disregarded or brought to the attention of the staff member at that time.
X. If the complaint is referred to the staff member, he/she will be given the identity of the complainant and the opportunity to discuss the details of the situation with his/her principal or supervisor. Together they will cooperatively decide on an appropriate response to the complainant and/or solution to the situation causing the complaint.
X. If the complaint is not referred to the staff member, then such complaint shall be disregarded and may not be used in any subsequent conference, evaluation or other assessment of the staff member involved.
D. Nothing in this procedure limits or restricts the authority of the administration or Board to investigate professional misconduct and to make determinations or take actions based on the administration’s investigation.
PARENTAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURE. A complaint by a parent of a student against any certified employee acting in the capacity of a classroom teacher shall first be handled by the employee and no action or involvement shall be taken by the District administration until a parent-conference has taken place. If the employee fails to hold such conference with the parent within five (5) school days of the request of the parent, then the complaint process shall automatically advance to the sequence of conferences shown below, beginning with Step No. 1.
1. The employee and/or parent may request the presence of the building principal or superintendent or both, at such parent-employee conference. If the parent or the employee is not satisfied with the results of this initial conference, the following sequence of conferences shall be used as needed to resolve the parent complaint.
2. The meetings regarding the complaint will be conducted privately during contracted work hours. The employee may elect to have a representative present at all meetings.
PARENTAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURE. All complaints directed toward any Employee from a student, parent, other staff member or member of the general public shall be directed to the principal who shall consult with the Employee and allow the Employee an opportunity to respond before taking any action which negatively impacts the teacher. The Board shall not take any action regarding a complaint unless the principal and superintendent have indicated that they have not resolved the matter.
PARENTAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURE. A. At such time a complaint is of such a nature that it could adversely affect the appraisal of a teacher’s performance, copies of this complaint will be forwarded to the teacher. No rule or procedure as referred to in this Article shall prohibit a teacher from legal representation, Association representation, or other remedy of law.
PARENTAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURE. 1. If a parent contacts an administrator with a complaint concerning a bargaining unit member, other than complaints concerning allegations of abuse or other similar issues, the building principal will notify the bargaining unit member of the complaint and the bargaining unit member must contact or schedule an appointment with the parent to address the problem.
2. The bargaining unit member must attempt to contact and/or schedule the meeting within two school days of notification by the building principal. The bargaining unit member must document the attempts made to contact the parent. If the bargaining unit member does not attempt to contact and/or schedule the meeting within two school days, the parent may then involve the building principal.
3. If the problem is not resolved by the building principal, Central Office Administrators may become involved. If the problem is one of a reoccurring nature, the building principal may attempt to resolve the problem with the parent without first involving the bargaining unit member.
PARENTAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURE. Any and all complaints that are made to the Board, an individual Board member, or to a management level employee shall be referred to the member’s immediate supervisor. The immediate supervisor shall make arrangements for the complainant and the member(s) to meet informally regarding the complaint. Every effort should be made to resolve the complaint at said informal conference. If the complainant is not satisfied with the results of this informal conference, he/she may file a formal complaint. The formal complaint procedure is as follows:
1. The complainant is encouraged to state his/her complaint in writing. However, whether in writing, or not, the complaint may be discussed at a conference between the complainant and the building administrator and resolved if possible.
2. If the complainant is not satisfied with the results of the conference, he/she may request and may be granted a conference with the Superintendent.
3. If the complainant is not satisfied with the results of the conference, he/she may request and may be granted a hearing with the Board in executive session.
4. In all steps of this procedure, the member shall be notified of conferences and hearings and shall have the right to be present unless the member waives the right to be present. No complaints shall be placed in the personnel file of the member unless:
1. The complaint is filed in writing and a copy is delivered to the member.
2. The involved member has the right to make written response to the complaint and the findings from any and all conferences and hearings. Any person involved in the conferences and hearings shall have the right to representation of his/her own choosing. Unwritten complaints will not be used in the evaluation procedure concerning renewal of contract, consideration for promotion, and transfers. Written complaints shall be investigated fully and completely to determine the accuracy, validity, and timeliness of the complaint. If, as a result of the investigation, it is determined that the member has violated a provision of this Agreement, a Board policy, a written administrative rule or regulation, or a provision of the Ohio Revised Code appropriate disciplinary measures may be taken. Said disciplinary measures shall be taken only with just cause.
PARENTAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURE. 8.1 When a member of the Public makes a complaint to the Board or any of its members or Administrators concerning an employee, and the concern is thought to be serious enough to become a matter of record, the appropriate Administrator shall inform the employee of the concern in a private meeting. The Administrator and employee shall attempt to resolve the party’s complaint.
8.2 An Administrator, employee and complaining party shall meet to attempt to resolve the party’s complaint unless the Administrator feels a resolution may be more obtainable by meeting with the complaining party without the employee.
8.3 Should the complaining party still not be satisfied and bring the concern to the Board, the employee shall be so informed and have the right to provide the Board information concerning the issue.
8.4 The employee may have a representative of the Association present at any level.
PARENTAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURE. 1. When a complaint is made to the Board or any of its members or administrators by a student’s parents or any other member of the public concerning a teacher’s conduct or other activities that relate to the teacher’s employment duties, and the concern is thought to be serious enough to become a matter of record, the teacher shall be informed within five (5) days of the stated concern by the appropriate administrator. The appropriate administrator and teacher shall attempt to resolve the party’s complaint.
2. Should the complaining party still not be satisfied and bring the concern to the Board, the teacher shall be so informed and have the right to provide the Board information concerning the issue. In no case shall such a complaint be grounds for action or reprimands or discipline against a teacher without the teacher having prior notice and a reasonable opportunity to provide information on the issue to the administration. Any complaint brought to the Board shall be heard only in executive session. The teacher and his/her representative shall be afforded the opportunity to be present and to be heard during that executive session.
