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In UK schools, after-school detention can be held the same day as it is issued without parental consent, [55] and some schools make a detention room available daily, but many will require a student to return to school 1–2 hours after school ends on a specific day, e.g. "Friday Night Detention". [56]
Writing lines is a long-standing form of school discipline, having survived even as other old punishments such as school corporal punishment and dunce hats fell out of favour in the 20th century. [2] In a 1985 study, over half of respondent teachers in an English-speaking country indicated awareness of the use of writing to discipline students. [5]
After a certain number of demerits are accumulated, the student is given detention, loss of privileges (e.g., being denied field trips and participation in school events), or some other punishment [3] [4] based on the seriousness and frequency of the infraction. [5]
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A student who misbehaves once a week gets one after-school detention lasting one hour. A student who misbehaves again in the same week will receive another after-school detention and a four-hour Saturday detention. Landsberg said that by the time students become eighth-graders, "discipline is not really an issue.
17-year-old Joshua Magee was arrested in the parking lot of Malcolm High School after a school staff member, who saw the youth drinking liquor and putting on a black overcoat, called the police. A search of Magee's car produced a bolt-action rifle, 20 bombs and a note stating that he wanted to injure everyone at the school except for three friends.