Good

behavior is not just for students in Fayette

County schools - it's expected of their

parents and other adults as well.

new "civility policy" for adults will

be discussed Thursday morning at an 8 a.m.

meeting of the Fayette County Board of Education.

If

the policy is approved, Fayette would be the

first school district in the Atlanta area to

extend behavior guidelines beyond students to

adults.

Superintendent

Dr. John DeCotis said the proposal came out of

recommendations made by the district's safety

committee, which has been meeting for several

months.

The

proposed policy states: "District staff

should treat parents and other members of the

public with respect and expect the same in

return... It is not intended to deprive any

person of his or her right to freedom of

expression. In the interest of presenting

teachers, other employees, parents and other

adults as positive role models, the school system

encourages positive communication and discourages

volatile, hostile or aggressive actions."

Also

on the board's agenda is discussion of a junior

ROTC program. According to DeCotis, the school

district is on a waiting list for an ROTC

program.

"We'd

like to move on this," he said. "We'd

like to hire someone to come in and start setting

it up."

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