Serious or Persistent Misbehavior

A student who engages in serious or persistent misbehavior may be placed in DAEP. A student who engages in serious or persistent misbehavior while placed in the DAEP may be expelled. The following are behaviors which the district defines as "serious misbehaviors:"

• Any offense for which expulsion is permissive, as outlined above;
• Any offense for which DAEP placement is permissive, as outlined above;
• Possession of a knife; (blade equal or less than 5.5 inches) (NOTE: Possession of some knives is an expellable offense. Possession of any knife is serious misconduct).
• Intentionally or knowingly causing physical contact with another person when the student knows or should reasonably believe that the other person will regard the contact as offensive or provocative;
• Intentionally or knowingly threatening another person with bodily injury, whether immediately or in the future;
• Engaging in an act of sexual intercourse or oral sex;
• Deliberately exposing buttocks or genitals;
• Vandalism;
• Robbery or theft
• Extortion, coercion or blackmail;
• Hazing;
• Defiance of the authority of school personnel through acts of insubordination or disrespect;
• Use of profanity, vulgar or abusive language (specifically including racial slurs) or vulgar gestures directed toward another person;
• Fighting;
• Sexual harassment of a student or staff member;
• Falsification of school related documents;
• Possession or distribution of pornographic materials;
• Leaving school grounds or school sponsored events without permission leaving campus once arriving and leaving during zero hour;
• Lying to school staff;
• Gambling;
• Use or possession of tobacco products;
• Possession of drug paraphernalia (i.e. pipes, roaches, etc.)
• Violation of district rules regarding computer usage;
• Truancy or repeated unexcused absences;
• Disobeying school rules about conduct on school buses, including dress code;
• Conduct that constitutes setting off alarms in the building or turning in false alarms that result in disruption of class;
• Possession of an aerosol product on campus;
• Engaging in bullying, harassment, and making hit lists.
• Any conduct, whether described above or not, which has caused, or can be reasonably forecast to cause, a material and substantial disruption of school related activities.

The district defines "persistent misbehavior" to be the commission of two or more of the following offenses (or commission of the same offense twice) within the same semester:

• Dissemination of unauthorized materials;
• Loitering, littering, trespassing or abusing residents on the way to and/or from school;
• Leaving the classroom without permission;
• Unauthorized parking or use of vehicle during school hours;
• Violation of bus safety regulations;
• Indecent proposition or inappropriate public display of affection;
• Selling or soliciting for sale unauthorized merchandise;
• Loitering on school property;
• Violation of the dress code;
• Bringing items to school which are prohibited on that campus;
• Misuse of automobiles;
• Possession of items prohibited at school, as named in the Code of Conduct;
• Leaving campus without signing out in office and getting authorization;
• Other matters deemed serious enough to require referral to the principal.

Disciplinary Options

Students who have engaged in Inappropriate Conduct, as set out above, are subject to discipline. Discipline options, besides expulsion and DAEP placement, are not limited to, but may result in the following options:

• A three day suspension from school (NOTE: STUDENTS MAY BE SUSPENDED ONLY IF THEY HAVE COMMITTED AN OFFENSE FOR WHICH DAEP PLACEMENT IS A POSSIBILITY. THIS INCLUDES ANY CONDUCT DEFINED AS “SERIOUS OR PERSISTENT.) Parents will be called at the number they have provided for contact during the school day. A written notice will be sent by regular mail.
• In School Suspension-(SAC-Special Assignment Class)
• Time-Out
• Corporal punishment
• Detention
• Withdrawal of privileges, such as participation in extracurricular activities, assemblies, pep rallies, break time, talent show, senior privileges, special events, class parties, field trips, use of school equipment and technology, and service as an officer or official representative of a school group
• Mandatory conference
• Parent conference
• Suspension from the bus
• Confiscation of prohibited items
• Restitution of damages
• School Service (Assignment to extra work around the school)
• Saturday School
• Principal Lunch Table
• Sentence Writing
• Behavior Management Form
• Behavior Essay

School officials have the discretion to use more than one form of discipline in response to a single incident of misbehavior.

Students or parents who wish to complain of any of the disciplinary sanctions set out above may do so in accordance with Policy FNG (Local). That Policy requires the student or parent to meet with the school principal within 10 calendar days after the date when the student or parent knew or should have known of the action complained of.

Items Prohibited on School Property, in addition to items prohibited by the Penal Code.

Students may not bring any item listed below onto school property (includes school buses) during regular school hours. If a student is found to be in possession of any prohibited item, the item will be confiscated. In addition, the principal may exercise a range of discipline options, including permanent confiscation of selected items, or an administrative fee of up to $15.00 per item, to discourage students from bringing these items on campus. Any items not claimed after 30 days will be discarded.

• Water guns
• Pets
• Chemical dispensing devices, such as pepper spray or mace
• Skate boards and roller blades
• Cellular phones or look alikes
• Stink bombs, smoke bombs
• Fireworks
• Radios, Tapes players, CD players, MP3 players or Video Player
• Paging devices or look alikes
• Laser pointers
• Lighters
• Knives of any sort
• Dominoes, dice, cards or any electronic game system
• Any other item identified by the principal as having a disruptive or unsafe effect on the educational environment, or if identified in The Code of Conduct