Procedures For Disruptive Youth

Disruptive youth will be:
• Verbally warned that their conduct violates Library policies.
• Given a copy of the Library’s Code of Conduct.
• Asked to contact a responsible adult to pick them up if they fail to immediately comply with the directive to cease the disruptive conduct.
• Asked to exit the premises if they fail to immediately comply with the directive to cease the disruptive conduct. Refusal to comply with such request and/or hostile or threatening responses may result in Library Staff notifying the police.

Incident Reports
Incident reports must be in writing and given to the Library Director. Copies of all reports will be kept at the Circulation Desk. A log of incidents will be used to track the names of disruptive youth, the dates and nature of the offenses, and the time period a student is banned. This log will be kept at the Information, Youth Services, and Reference Desks.

Incident reports are Library records and are governed by the rules of confidentiality.

Repeat Offenders
If the disruptive behavior continues, then the Library Director will send a certified letter, including a copy of the Library’s Code of Conduct, to the student’s parent or guardian indicating that the student will not be permitted to enter the Library until his or her parent or guardian contacts the Library Director, in writing, requesting a meeting with the Library Director and/or representatives of the Board of Trustees. At such meeting, the Library Director and/or representatives of the Board of Trustees will meet with the parent/guardian to discuss the student’s behavior and determine whether, and under what circumstances, the student will be given permission to return to the Library. The letter requesting such meeting must include the parent or guardian’s full name, address, phone number, and the name of the offending student.

Until such time as the parent or guardian requests a meeting with the Library Director and/or representatives of the Board of Trustees, the offending student will be prohibited from entering the Library premises. In the event that a student is granted readmission and then continues the disruptive behavior, then he/she may be denied access with no further possibility of reinstatement.

Policy Adopted: November 18, 2009

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