Table of contents:

000 Preamble

100 Communications

200 Councils

300 Fiscal

301 Staff: The staff may validate an expenditure up to $150 on items they
deem necessary for the school that are time-sensitive. This item does not
get deleted at the end of the year.

303 Expiry: Financial Resolutions expire in 6 months or year-end, which
ever is closer, unless it is expressly passed to carry over till the next year.

304 Bookkeeping: Anyone wanting money from SANE must either take a
Resolution to School Council or set up a Room or Activity Budget with
School Council. They must keep track of expenditures and balance on a page
designed for this purpose. To be paid, the person must take their page
from the Money Book, fill in their own name and the names of the members
present at the meeting that decided on the expenditure. They attach this
page to the SANE requisition form. The page will be returned to the Money
Book by the Treasurer when the check has been cut.

305 Grants: If someone wants to earn money from SANE, they must present a
proposal in writing with specifics as to time to be spent and end
product. This proposal must be published in the Newsletter. The money
must come from funds that are raised by the Community for the specific
purpose of funding a grant rather than from school fees that are raised for
supplies.

307 Coordinators: SANE will pay a member of our community to act as Parent
Participation Coordinator. The pay would be $15.00 per hour for a total of
up to 120 hours ($1800). This job requires that the Coordinator will put
in their regular unpaid hours as well. The Cottage Coordinator will work
under the same conditions. This position will automatically be paid by
SANE every year.

308 Fundraiser's: All fundraiser's must be consented to by School Council
and the General Meeting. They must also be advertised in the Newsletter
and discussed with the Fundraising Chairperson. All monies raised must be
accounted for and turned over to the Treasurer who will disburse it as
agreed upon. Stores cannot make personal profit except in the case of
hand-made goods.

400 Judicial System

500 Meetings

501 Committees: Minutes are to be taken at all meetings, and published in
the Newsletter.

502 Extra Meetings: Anyone calling a Special Evening Meeting must include in the notice a request for RSVP with a name and number to call. This is in case the meeting must be changed or cancelled.

503 Protocol: You may not leave a meeting to gather up supporters for
your resolution, nor may you rabble-rouse during a meeting. Friendly
amendments that stick to the subject, clarify and do not change the
original intent may be entertained by the Chair, but the owner of the
Resolution must agree to the change. There will be a Speakers' List kept
when quite a few people wish to speak. Each person may speak for as long
as they need to, but they must not repeat themselves. Once the Chair has
closed the list after the vote has been called for, then the remaining
speakers will be held to 2 minutes maximum. People who bring Resolutions
must be there to present them. Only 'For' and 'Against' votes count in the
2/3 majority. You can't vote on a resolution unless you were there for the
discussion. Adults must get three student sponsors for any Resolution they
put forward. You can only bring the same Resolution (same intent) three
times. After that you must publish it in the Newsletter before bringing it
each successive time.

504 Emergencies: Emergency Resolutions Meetings may be called if a person can get 10 signatures of people who agree that it is needed.

506 Philosophy: Any community member may call a Philosophy Meeting
whenever they see a need. It must be published in the Newsletter, and
minutes must be submitted to the Newsletter as soon as possible after the
meeting.

507 General: General Meetings are held once a month on the second
Wednesday of every month unless otherwise noted in the Newsletter. Children under 12 may use the childcare provided by SANE, and older children may attend the meeting or go alone or in a small group to a pre-arranged (with staff) place.

508 Mandatory: There will be three Mandatory Evening Meetings every
year. The first will be on the Wednesday after Labour Day (unless the
community is notified otherwise). The second will be on the second
Wednesday in January.

600 Safety

601 Supervision: Sponsors may refuse to supervise anyone at any time for any reason. They should be respectful when they refuse, and the person refused may request a conflict resolution session at a later time. If a person has been told that a sponsor does not want to supervise them, then they must leave the area at once. They may not argue, plead or cajole.

602 Play fighting: The BMR is the only room where play fighting with pillows can happen. A Licence III Sponsor is the only one who can sponsor play fighting with pillows. Anyone hitting above the waist will be asked to leave for 5 minutes. If they do it again it will be 10 minutes. If they do it again they may not return for the rest of the day. No one may actually hurt
anyone else. If you accidentally hurt someone, you must engage in Conflict
Resolution with that person or leave the BMR.

603 Wrestling: Not allowed.

605 Hockey: No high-sticking, body-checking or tripping. No put-downs.

606 Toy weapons: Toy weapons may be made and used for drama plays or as props in a Simulation Game. If they are to be used, there must be a staff
person supervising the play or game. No replica guns or cap guns purchased from a store may be used.

607 Sticks and sharp objects: You may not use sticks in play. You may sign out the black tubes for games. You may not use pencils or any other pointed objects when running around.

608 Running: The only place you may run inside the school is in the BMR.

608 Tying arms and legs: You may not tie, tape or handcuff a person's hands or feet or legs together.

609 Fire: No matches, lighters or magnifying glasses to use to burn paper
or wood.

610 Fire drills: Anyone behaving in a way that disrupts orderly evacuation
and attendance taking during fire drills may be asked to take RA I until
after a meeting with a staff person and parents.

611 Off campus: Only students who are either high school age, or have a
written permission slip from their parent may leave the WH campus. They
may leave for only 3/4 of an hour per day. They must sign out on the
board, and be back in time for 9:45 check-in or 2:45 check-in. They must
check with School Council re Complaints if they are going to be gone any
time between 12:15 and 1:15. They must behave in a manner that reflects
well on Windsor House or they will lose the privilege.

612 Skateboards: You may not skateboard in the school, on the blacktop in
the primary enclosure or on the entrance blacktop. If the wheels of your
skateboard touch the floor or blacktop in these areas you must forfeit it
for 24 hours or do an hour of cleanup before you may reclaim it.

613 Rough play Anyone engaging in rough, noisy or boisterous play anywhere (especially in the Halls) in the school, except in the BMR or the Gym, will be sent outside for 15 minutes. Examples of such behaviour include: ball playing, hockey, pushing, shoving, pushing people into wastebaskets, tag, bodychecking, running or skipping fast, or hat-grabbing.

 

700 School Equipment

800 School Facilities

801 BMR There are three levels of sponsor in the BMR.
Level I allows a parent or senior student to sponsor no fewer than 2
and no more than 5 elementary students who wish to build forts or play
fantasy games. Level II allows an adult to supervise up to 10 students who are not playing fighting or chasing games. Level III allows a staff person to supervise as many students as they deem safe, in any activity they deem safe. Helen will designate Levels.

802 Pets Pets are not allowed in the school because of phobias,
allergies and School Board regulations.

900 Personal Property

901 Gameboys: No Gameboys at school unless you are licensed by School Council

902 Theft: In the case of suspected theft, you must contact a staff
person and follow a written procedure before calling a Mandatory
Meeting. A Mandatory Meeting may decide to have a locker search.

903 Valuables: Do not bring valuable or treasured items to school. They
may get lost, stolen or broken. Windsor House does not have money to
reimburse people for valuables or money. If you must bring something
valuable to school, turn it in to the Office for safekeeping.

1000 Personal Responsibilities

1001 Attendance:

98-10-28 Everyone must sign in upon arriving at Windsor House.

94-05-15 Staff, duty parents and visitors have the same rules.

95-04-13 All visitors must be introduced to a teacher as soon as they arrive at school, and must wear a name tag while they are in
attendance. Windsor House members must contact two teachers and gain sponsorship for a school-age visitor before they bring them into the school.

01-11-23 High school age students may sign themselves out with a printed name or legible signature, and be absent from the school for 3/4 of an hour per day. They must abide by all of the school rules during that time.

1002 Licences

1100 Personal Rights

1101 Harassment: Everyone has the right to engage peaceably in lawful activities at school free of verbal or physical harassment. No one may knowingly infringe on that right.

1102 Respect: Everyone has the right to be treated with respect. Disrespectful behaviour by children or adults towards other children or adults will be dealt with at School Council. The Judicial Council may refer it to an Open Committee Meeting.

1103 Physical Violence: Everyone has the right to be free of physical violence. It will be dealt with very seriously.

1104 Bullying: Everyone has the right to be free of bullying. It will be
dealt with immediately and consistently until it is no longer a
problem. One may never threaten a person who is going to write a
complaint. If that ever happens, then the person must go to a parent or
staff person at once. The staff will ensure that they are given protection.

1105 Free expression: Everyone may express themselves freely as long as it is not offensive to someone in their vicinity. You must be careful if visitors are in the school. Swearing and offensive language are not allowed in the Cottage, front yard, entrance way, Courtyard or Cafeteria. Name-calling or abusive language is not allowed. This includes all of the 'isms' (sexism, teenism, ageism, homophobia, antisemitism, Islamaphobia, racism, ntellectism [stupid, nerd, geek, idiot] or parentism.

1106 Stop, Enough: The code words 'Stop' and 'Enough' are to be taken seriously. If someone says them, then the activity must stop. If it does not, the person is NOT to keep repeating the words, but rather they must report it to a staff person or file a complaint. Do not use these words in a joking way.
1107 Sexual harassment Everyone has the right to be free of sexual
harassment. It includes:
-unwanted comments of a sexual or romantic nature
-unwanted gestures of a sexual or romantic nature
-unwanted letters, notes or Valentines of a sexual or romantic nature
-unwanted physical contact of a sexual or romantic nature
-sexist jokes or comments
-jokes with sexual content if they make anyone within hearing
distance uncomfortable
If a person does not feel comfortable taking a complaint to JC, or
they do not feel that their case is being adequately dealt with, they may
talk in confidence to a staff person.

1200 Public Property

1201 Posting Notices Anything posted around the school or put into the
Newsletter must be dated and signed by the person posting. It cannot be
hurtful to any person or group. After something has been posted for two
weeks, anyone may take it down unless it has to do with an ongoing school
activity. Controversial posters or Newsletter items are to be vetted by
Helen who may choose to take them to School Council for a decision. The
Newsletter only publishes information that pertains to the Windsor House
Community. Any religious, ideological or political writings may be briefly
mentioned in the Newsletter and will be made available for people who ask
for them.

1300 Unfinished Business