[Team2339]

I agree with JaneYoung above. An ethics/behavior document will state your effort to fix the problem and create the image you are handling the issue internally. It also allows the administration to save face and give input to the rules, lending credibility to them. Never pass up a chance to let admin take credit for your ideas if it will keep the team in good standing.

I also agree with the above post about the second student. Even bad guys do good things, but they still need discipline applied appropriate to the infraction.

I would suggest doing whatever you can to stay with the school. Team 2339 had a serious uphill battle to gain Antelope Valley High School support, but after a few articles in the paper and an invite to the principal to see what we were doing to one of her classrooms, we are on the same page. We still watch our own members and are pretty strict about what everyone does and how they act around school. We also do not assume we are fine now, we still are looking for ways to improve.