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The Student Code of Conduct includes, but is not limited to:

• Any student who engages in bullying may be subject to disciplinary action up to and including
expulsion.
• Students are expected to immediately report incidents of bullying to an appropriate adult.
• Students can rely on staff to promptly investigate each complaint of bullying in a thorough and
confidential manner.
• If the complainant student or parent of the student feels that the appropriate resolution of the
investigation or complaint has not been reached, the student or the parent of the student should
contact the Head of School. The school prohibits retaliatory behavior against any complainant or any
participant in the complaint process.

The procedures for intervening in bullying behavior include, but are not limited to the following:

• All staff, students and their parents will receive a summary of this policy prohibiting intimidation and
bullying: at the beginning of the school year, as part of the student handbook and/or information
packet, as part of new student orientation, and as part of the school notification to parents.
• The school will make reasonable efforts to keep a report of bullying and the results of investigation
confidential.
• Staff who witnesses acts of bullying shall take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so.
• People witnessing or experiencing bullying are strongly encouraged to report the incident; such
reporting will not reflect on the target or witness in any way.
Harassment Policy
Renbrook School is enriched by the diversity of its students. The school recognizes and respects individual
differences in background in regards to culture, race, ethnic origin, religion, gender, and sexual orientation.

In order to provide an environment of mutual respect, acceptance, and sensitivity, it is important that every
member of the community recognize certain guidelines for appropriate behavior. That includes unwelcomed
physical advances, unwarranted verbal remarks, derogatory statements or discriminatory comments, and can
occur between two individuals or groups of individuals.

Every individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere, which promotes equal opportunities and
prohibits discriminatory practices, including both sexual harassment and other forms of harassment.

For purposes of this policy, examples of non-sexual harassment include but are not limited to repeated
behaviors meant to humiliate, undermine, annoy or frighten one or more employees.

Harassment, whether verbal, physical, or environmental, is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Such
behavior is unacceptable not only in the workplace itself, but in other work-related settings such as school
trips and school-related social events.

Harassment of a person based on the person's race, color, religious creed, age, gender, gender identity or
expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, disability, or sexual orientation is illegal.

Sexual harassment is defined as unwelcome or unwanted conduct of a sexual nature, (verbal or physical)
when (1) submission to or rejection of this conduct by an individual is used as a factor in decisions affecting
hiring, evaluation, promotion or other aspects of employment; or (2) sexual conduct by others substantially
interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work
environment.

Examples of sexual harassment include but are not limited to the following activities when they are unwelcome
or unwanted: sexual advances, repeated sexual jokes, propositions, verbal abuse of a sexual nature, graphic

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