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Curriculum Review by Parents and Students Board Policy 105.1
The Board adopts this policy to ensure that parents have an opportunity to review instructional materials and have access to information about the curriculum, including academic standards to be achieved, instructional materials and assessment techniques.
Textbooks Board Policy 224
It shall be the responsibility of every student to maintain his/her textbook in the condition in which it is received.
Discipline Board Policy 218
The Board acknowledges that student conduct is closely related to learning. An effective educational program requires a safe and orderly school environment, and the effectiveness of the instructional program is, in part, reflected in the behavior of students. The Board shall require each student to adhere to Board policies and the rules and regulations promulgated by the administration and to submit to disciplinary measures appropriately assigned for infractions of those rules. For more information please review the Code of Conduct by clicking the link provided.
Dating Violence Board Policy 252
The purpose of this policy is to maintain a safe, positive learning environment for all students that is free from dating violence. Dating violence is inconsistent with the educational goals of the district and is prohibited at all times.
Bullying/Cyberbullying Board Policy 249
The Plum Borough School District is committed to providing a safe, positive learning environment for district students. We recognize that bullying creates an atmosphere of fear and intimidation, detracts from the safe environment necessary for student learning, and may lead to more serious violence. Therefore, we prohibit bullying by district students. For more information please review the Code of Conduct by clicking the link provided.
Class Cuts
The Class Cut Policy provides for cumulative accounting in each class. It does not restart with each nine-week grading period. In all cases, a zero is recorded for the class and students are not permitted to make up graded work or tests.
Disorderly Conduct
A person is guilty of disorderly conduct if, with intent to cause public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk thereof, he/she:
1. Engages in fighting or threatening, or in violent or tumultuous behavior.
2. Makes unreasonable noise.
3. Uses obscene language or makes an obscene gesture.
4. Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act which serves no legitimate
purpose of the actor.
Fighting
To convey the negative, degrading, and dangerous aspects of this behavior, those involved in a fight will receive a minimum three-day out-of-school suspension, and will be referred to authorities for charges of disorderly conduct, harassment or assault. Students experiencing problems with other students that could eventually end in physical confrontations should take steps to settle differences by seeking the assistance of a counselor, an administrator, or peer mediation.
Terrorist Acts and Threats Board Policy 218.2
For more information please review the Code of Conduct by clicking the link provided.
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