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SHEFFIELD-SHEFFIELD LAKE CSD ELEMENTARY STUDENT HANDBOOK
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT The following actions may result in suspension from school:
NOTE: Each rule in both of the following sections applies in all of the following areas and situations: in a school building, on school property, on Board of Education-owned vehicles and at Board Of Education-sponsored or supervised activities and fieldtrips.
POLICY 6.25 – STUDENT CONDUCT A. Code of Conduct
The items in this Code are applicable to misconduct by a student that occurs off the property owned or controlled by the district but that is connected to activities or incidents that have occurred on property owned or controlled by the district, and misconduct by a pupil that, regardless of where it occurs, is directed at a school district official or employee, or the property of such official or employee. The Code is also applicable to all students when properly under the authority of school personnel during a school activity, function, or event whether on property owned, rented or maintained by the Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City Board of Education or property owned, rented or maintained by another party. Additionally, the provisions of this Code shall apply to students if the prohibited act(s) takes place while on properties immediately adjacent to school property, within the line of sight of school property, on school transportation or if the act affects the operation of the schools.
This Code shall also be inclusive for the right to exercise authority, and for personal and property protection of administrators, teachers, librarians, clerks, substitute teachers, teacher aides, monitors, authorized volunteers, tutors, secretaries, cooks, custodians, bus drivers, visitors or other authorized school personnel.
Violation by a student of any or more of the following rules of conduct may result in disciplinary action(s), which may include detention, parental contact, referral to legal authorities, emergency removal, disciplinary removal, suspension and/or expulsion. A student may be suspended pending the outcome of expulsion proceedings.
B. Zero Tolerance
Students are expected to conduct themselves in such a way that they respect and consider the rights of others. Students of the District must conform their conduct/behavior to school regulations and accept directions from authorized school personnel. The Board has “zero tolerance” of violent, disruptive or inappropriate behavior by its students. In addition, the Board will not tolerate excessive truancy.
A student who fails to comply with established school rules or with any reasonable request made by school personnel on school property and/or at school-related events is subject to student discipline. The Superintendent is directed to develop student discipline procedures, which establish strategies ranging from prevention to intervention to exclusion to address student misbehavior and truancy.
Students and parents will annually receive, at the beginning of the school year or upon entering during the year, written information on the rules and regulations to which the students are subject while in school or participating in a school-related activity or event. The information will include the types of conduct which are subject to suspension or expulsion from school and other forms of disciplinary action. The Board directs the administration, through its teaching staff, to carefully review with students the Student Code of Conduct to make them aware of the Code itself and the fact that any violations of the Student Code of Conduct are punishable. The review shall take place during the first few weeks of school (or during a new student’s first few weeks of attendance).
If a student violates this policy or the Code of Conduct, school personnel and students should report the student to the appropriate building administrator. Parents may contact the appropriate building administrator if they have information related to, knowledge of or witness to a violation of this policy or the Code of Conduct. In order to reduce repeat offenses, the building principal may meet with a student returning from an out-of-school suspension in excess of five (5) days to discuss, clarify and reiterate the District’s expectations concerning the student’s conduct/behavior.
The administration cooperates with any prosecution pursuant to the criminal laws of the State of Ohio and local ordinances.
The Student Code of Conduct is made available to students and parents and is posted in a central location
within each building.
Adopted March 14, 2000
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