X9+Team8RI+Constitution+2009

Preamble St. Jude shall be individual classes but, we shall join together in our depths as one. Lead by our Principal and teachers, St. Jude School is committed to helping our students develop their spiritual, academic, and social potential for success as life long learners. We are going to establish justice! We are going to provide a well taught education for our students. Our school will teach our children good Catholic religion and spirituality.

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Our Legislative Branch is the Falcon Council, which is made up of teachers and The St. Jude Kids Club. ======

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The 20 teachers must go through difficult test courses to be able to work in our school to teach our students. The Principal will question the candidates and learn about their past and then decide if they are appropriate for the job. The school will have someone on call to fill an unexpected vacancy and later will hire a permanent replacement. The contract will be for 3 years and after the time has expired the teacher and the Principal will discuss a new contract agreement. All of the teachers will vote on who will be their leader. ======

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The St. Jude Kids Club is made up of 2 students from each grade (3rd grade and up), representing his/her class. To be apart of The St. Jude Kids Club you must have a grade point average of 3.85 or higher. If noone's GPA is high enough the club will stop until they have enough candidates to make the club. When each class decides for the representatives, all of the representatives will vote for a leader of The St. Jude Kids Club. The representatives will remain in the club for one year and the next year the classes will vote again. ======

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The St. Jude Kids Club will hold elections when a class graduates and a new class comes in. When a new member joins the staff, the school will hold elections to see who is going to lead the Falcon Council. ======

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Every class has the right to impeach either of their representatives at any given time, if they believe that another peer can perform the the duty better. In order to impeach a peer the whole class has to vote, excluding the representative they are voting to impeach. The four most worthy children of The St. Jude Kids Club will be elected to be president, vice president, secretary, and prayer leader. ======

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Anyone that is a member of The St. Jude Kids Club will be exempt from expulsion, suspension, and detention unless the Principal of the school decides otherwise. ======

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Every rule must be passed by the Falcon Council before being presented to the Principal. If he likes the idea he will approve, and if he doesn't like it he will deny it, and will send it back to the Falcon Council. If the Principal sends it back and 2/3 of the Falcon Council still vote for it, they can overrule the Principal to make it a rule. ======

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The Falcon Council will have power to collect tuition and ideas for the school to relieve debt. They can borrow resources from the diocese to enforce the rules of the school. ======

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Any student that commits a serious offense cannot be punished without a proper trial in front of the Falcon Council. Any school money spent must be approved and documented by the Falcon Council. ======

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No class shall make any rule without the consent of the Principal and the Falcon Council. Also, no alliances can be made between classes. ======

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All executive powers will be given to the Principal. The Principal will be given the power to enforce all rules and regulations in the school. The Falcon Council will interview candidates and choose which one the feel would do the best job. The candidates must have a degree in education. Every three years the Principal and the Vice Principal's candidacy shall be reviewed by the Falcon Council. ======

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The Principal decides, when neccessary, the regulations of our school to keep the students safety when the Falcon Council is out of commision. The Principal is in charge of the safety plan. He decides what we should do in different emergencies. He makes exit plans and where to meet in case of a fire. We have emergency backpacks to help us in case of an emergency. ======

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Once a month, the Principal will have to report the state and mind being of each class to the parents of the school. He wants to make sure the parents know what is going on in their child's class. He will say what the child has learned, what they are learning and what they are going to learn in the near future. ======

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Every member of the Falcon Council may be removed by 2/3 vote if other members have reason to believe that member is not performing to their ability. Every member of the Falcon Council must be active in their duty as a member. Their performance will be closely monitored to make sure they are fufilling their duty. ======

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Each member of The St. Jude Honors Society is appointed by the Principal and teachers of the school and shall have the right to retain their position for life unless removed by the Falcon Council. The Principal does not have the right to revoke his decision on appointing a member of The St. Jude Honors Society. The St. Jude Honors Society is the top court in our school. There will be 12 people on the society and they will revote every year. ======

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">The St. Jude Kids Club shall decide what problems or situations need to be tended to by the principal or The St. Jude Honors Society. The student must commit a serious offence such as seriously injuring someone or getting a grade point average lower than a 2.9. Every adolescent that causes trouble shall be convicted by their peers to be taken off of sport teams or after school activites. ======

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Due to the expulsion of a student, friends or family of the expelled student will not share guilt. For an expulsion there must be at least four witnesses and the St. Jude Honors Society gets to question the offender and the witnesses individually to see if all of the stories match. ======

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">The Falcon Council will propose a new amendement. The amendement will not become official until two-thirds of the council vote for it. It then must be approved by the Principal to be official. ======

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