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Additional Poe Staff

SPECIALIZED SERVICES: Poe Classical has a part-time Social Worker, Psychologist, School Nurse, and Speech Pathologist, all of whom are available to work with individual students in need or to assist in Crisis Counseling if necessary. Students who need services can ask for assistance or be referred by their parents, teachers, or other concerned staff.

CADRE / SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS: Poe Classical has the right to employ day-to-day substitute teachers to cover any teaching assignment. It is a Poe expectation that students respect all substitute teachers while assigned to the school.

PARENT SUBSTITUTES: Poe welcomes all parents with Illinois State Board of Education Substitute Licenses. If you have a child enrolled at the school, you are welcome to sub at our school. However, parents may not be a substitute teacher in their child’s classroom to minimize conflicts of interest.

Daily Procedures

Student Code of Conduct

Poe Classical adheres to the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Student Code of Conduct (SCC), which supports our schools in maintaining safe, nurturing, participatory, and productive learning environments. To maximize learning time and promote positive behaviors, every school must establish multi-tiered systems of support for students’ social, emotional, and behavioral needs. This includes developing clear expectations, teaching social-emotional competencies, and fostering positive relationships among all school community members. Chicago Public Schools is committed to an instructive, corrective, and restorative approach to behavior. If behavior incidents arise that threaten student and staff safety or severely disrupt the educational process, the response should minimize the impact of the incident, repair harm, and address the underlying needs behind student behaviors. In accordance with the SCC, all disciplinary responses must be applied respectfully, fairly, and consistently and protect students’ rights to instructional time whenever possible. A safe, welcoming, and productive school requires the support of all staff, students, and families.