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use is sometimes necessary to maintain adequate pest control and ensure a safe, pest-free
school environment.
All pesticides used are registered for their intended use by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency and are applied only by certified pesticide applicators. Except in an
emergency, signs will be posted 48 hours before indoor application. All outdoor
applications will be posted at the time of treatment, and signs will remain until it is safe to
enter the area. Parents who have further questions or who want to be notified prior to
pesticide application inside their child’s school assignment area may contact the district’s
IPM coordinator, at (956) 716-4600.

Vandalism
The taxpayers of the community have made a sustained financial commitment for the
construction and upkeep of school facilities. To ensure that school facilities can serve those
for whom they are intended—both this year and in the coming years—littering, defacing,
or damaging school property is not tolerated. Students will be required to pay for damages
they cause and will be subject to criminal proceedings as well as disciplinary consequences
in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.

Searches
In the interest of promoting student safety and attempting to ensure that schools are safe
and drug free, district officials may from time to time conduct searches. Such searches are
conducted without a warrant and as permitted by law. Students who are off limits and or
have violated the closed campus policy may be subject to search.

Students’ Desks and Lockers

Students’ desks and lockers are school property and remain under the control and
jurisdiction of the school even when assigned to an individual student.
Students are fully responsible for the security and contents of the assigned desks and
lockers. Students must be certain that the locker is locked, and that the combination is not
available to others.
Searches of desks or lockers may be conducted at any time there is reasonable cause to
believe that they contain articles or materials prohibited by district policy, whether or not a
student is present.
The parent will be notified if any prohibited items are found in the student’s desk or locker.

Vehicles on Campus
Students are not permitted to bring vehicles. Vehicles parked on school property are under
the jurisdiction of the school. School officials may search any vehicle any time there is
reasonable cause to do so, with or without the presence of the student. A student has full
responsibility for the security of his or her vehicle and must make certain that it is locked
and that the keys are not given to others. See also the Student Code of Conduct.

Drug Detection Dogs

Since Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District participates in a Drug Free
Zone Environment, the K-9 unit can make unannounced visits at any campus to maintain
this type of environment. Any student caught with any illegal substance is punishable by