By PAT NEWMAN
Staff Writer

Good behavior is not just for students in Fayette County schools — it's expected of their parents and other adults as well.

A 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.”