In after-school detention, children are asked to "check in with their feelings," Ms. Hopkins said.

"There are alternatives to force," said Mr. Canada, whose school system will rely on after-school detentions and other non-violent methods.

Upon reaching a C4, a student is removed from the classroom and given an after-school detention.

We were also assigned to after-school detention, one of Mrs. Barnell's classes.

A student who misbehaves once in a week receives 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.

Other discipline management techniques include after-school detention and Saturday work detail.

Failure to produce the card results in an immediate after-school detention.

Rafe's English teacher who also runs after-school detention.

Yesterday the Superintendent, William C. Liess, said that about 150 had been suspended or given after-school detention.