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In grades five through eight, students are scheduled into an Student conduct shall be governed by the rules and
“Enriched REACH Language Arts” class with a Gifted provisions of the Student Code of Conduct/Student
Intervention Specialist (GIS) as the teacher-of-record. Discipline Code. This Code of Conduct/Student Discipline
Code shall be reviewed annually.
For more detailed information, please contact Nyree R.C. 3313.20, 3313.534, 3313.66, 3313.661
Wilkerson, District REACH/Gifted Coordinator, via email at Adopted 8/1/09
wilkersn@hudson.edu or telephone at 330-653-1328.
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT
SCHOOL-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES
Board Policy: AG 5500
Regular school rules are in effect during school- sponsored An instructional program for all students can only be
activities which occur during the school day or outside the effective when it is offered in a wholesome and orderly
school day, on or off school property and when being environment. The Board acknowledges that effective
transported by school vehicles. Students are not learning is closely associated with conduct and behavior of
permitted on school property after school hours unless students. Students in the Hudson City Schools are expected
participating in a school-sponsored activity or to:
community recreation activity.
A. conform to reasonable standards of behavior;
SCHOOL STORE B. respect the rights, person and property of others;
C. preserve and maintain the degree of order
The Hudson Middle School Store is sponsored by the P.T.O.
and is located in the Commons. The store is open during necessary for a positive climate for learning; and,
lunch periods Monday through Friday. The store is D. acknowledge the authority of the staff of the
stocked with reasonably priced school supplies that many of
the teachers require for their classes. Locks are also Hudson City Schools and respond appropriately to
available. that authority.
Students are NOT permitted in the school store. The items in this code are applicable to all students when
properly under the authority of school personnel during a
STUDENT CONDUCT school activity, function, or event whether on property
owned, rented, or maintained by the Board of Education or
Board Policy: 5500 property owned, rented, or maintained by another party. The
Respect for law and for those persons in authority shall be code is also applicable to misconduct by a student that
expected of all students. This includes conformity to school occurs off of property owned or controlled by the District but
rules as well as general provisions of law affecting students. that is connected to activities or incidents that have occurred
Respect for the rights of others, consideration of their on property owned or controlled by the District and
privileges, and cooperative citizenship shall also be misconduct by a student that, regardless of where it occurs,
expected of all members of the school community. The is directed at a District official or employee or the property of
Board of Education has zero tolerance of violent, disruptive, a District official or employee. This policy also applies to any
or inappropriate behavior by its students. student, whether or not the student is enrolled in the District,
attending or otherwise participating in any curricular program
Respect for real and personal property; pride in one's work; provided in the school or provided on any other property
achievement within the range of one's ability; and exemplary owner or controlled by the Board.
personal standards of courtesy, decency, and honesty shall
be maintained in the schools of this District. It is the Additionally, the provisions of this code shall apply to
responsibility of students, teachers and administrators to students if the prohibited act(s) takes place while on
maintain a classroom environment that: properties immediately adjacent to school property, within
the line of sight of school property, on school transportation,
A. allows teachers to communicate effectively with all or if the act adversely affects the operation of the schools.
students in the class;
Violation by a student of any one or more of the following
B. allows all students in the class the opportunity to rules of conduct may result in disciplinary action(s), which
learn; may include detention, in school suspension, parental
contact, referral to legal authorities, emergency removal,
C. has consequences that are fair, and disciplinary removal, suspension, expulsion, or permanent
developmentally appropriate; exclusion. A student may be suspended pending the
outcome of expulsion proceedings.
D. considers the student and the circumstances of the
situation; and A. Any act or seriously-threatened act of physical
violence whereby the perpetrator causes, attempts
E. enforces the student Code of Conduct/Student to cause or threatens to cause physical harm to
Discipline Code accordingly. another.
Students may be subject to discipline for violation of the B. Any possession or use of a weapon including look-
Code of Conduct/Student Discipline Code even if that alike or counterfeit weapons.
conduct occurs on property not owned or controlled by the
Board but that is connected to activities or incidents that C. Any act of arson or attempted arson and related
have occurred on property owned or controlled by the Board, offenses.
or conduct that, regardless of where it occurs, is directed at
a Board official or employee, or the property of such official D. Any act of theft, deliberate destruction of property
or employee. or participation in any activity at any time which
results in damage to school property or to property
of others on school property.
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