The Board of Education has adopted policies regarding standards of student behavior. Behaviors that the board considers inappropriate and are immediate reasons for suspension include the following:

• Physical injury to another person
• Weapons (firearms, knife, explosive or other dangerous object)
• Drugs/alcohol on school grounds Tobacco on school grounds
• Damage to school/private property
• Stealing of school/private property
• Receiving stolen school or private property
• Obscenity Disruption/defiance

Students who violate the Board of Education policies regarding discipline or established school rules and regulations may incur disciplinary action, such as one or more of the following:

• Removal from the classroom
• Suspension
• Expulsion
• Filing of civil action
• Referral for criminal prosecution

Ordinarily, reinstatement in school can occur only after a conference or contact with parents and student and a resolution of the student's behavioral problem.

Student Nondiscrimination and Sexual Harassment Policy

The district's harassment policy is available as a PDF file which requires Acrobat Reader, available free from Adobe.