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with matches or lighters in their possession will receive a double detention. If it is determined that a tobacco product, e-cigarette or vaporizer was used in conjunction with an illegal drug, it will fall under the drug policy.
Student Threats
A threat has occurred whenever an individual believes that his or her personal safety has been put in jeopardy or challenged. More specifically defined as menacing in the Ohio Revised Code, ORC 2903.22, menacing occurs “when an individual knowingly causes another to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to the person or property of that person or a member of his/her immediate family”.
Any and all student threats to inflict harm to self or others should be taken seriously and reported immediately to the Assistant Principals, Administration or Principal by anyone who hears a threat. In such cases the report will be investigated and appropriate actions will be taken, which may include any or all of the following:
• removal of the student from class;
• the signing of a no-contact agreement by the parties involved;
• schedule changes to provide for no-contact agreement when feasible;
• notification of the parent or guardian of the student who has made the threat;
• notification of the parent or guardian of the person or persons threatened;
• suspension of the student pending a psychiatric evaluation and the receipt by the school of a
written statement from a qualified professional that the student is not/does not pose a threat to self
or others (see ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL: Therapeutic Absence, p. 9)
• the requirement of follow-up counseling if recommended in the evaluation;
• further discipline actions, including detention, suspension, or dismissal; and
• notification of the police.
Suspension
When a student receives a total of ten detentions in one school year, that student is suspended and placed on disciplinary probation. The suspension will be entered into the student's disciplinary record. The penalty for suspension is to spend four hours in school on the first suspension Saturday following the suspension notification. Students are to report to the suspension room by 9:00 a.m. Tardiness will not be tolerated. Students are to dress according to the dress code and are to bring writing instruments and paper. A total of three (3) suspensions in one school year can be grounds for dismissal.
If a student fails to serve a suspension, the student may be suspended until the parents meet with the Assistant Principal of Young Men or Young Women. Failure to serve suspensions may result in dismissal.
Should the situation warrant it, a student might be required to serve more than one Saturday suspension or he/she may be kept out of school for one or more days. A student who is suspended out of school is responsible for all the material covered in classes, and may be allowed to receive credit for homework, missed tests or quizzes.
A student who is suspended out of school is not allowed to participate in any athletic practice or games or other school sponsored activities on the day(s) of suspension, nor on non-school days during the suspension period, including weekends.
Any suspended student who leaves the suspension room without permission of the suspension room proctor or who participates in an athletic event or practice or other school sponsored activity during the hours of a Saturday suspension or on the day of suspension will be suspended out of school. The parents
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