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a. Superintendent;
b. Board Treasurer;
c. Student‘s school record (not for inclusion in the permanent record.
6. If a student leaves school property without permission immediately upon violation (or
suspected violation) of a provision of the Student Code of Conduct/Student Discipline Code or
prior to an administrator conducting an informal hearing as specified above, and the student
fails to return to school on the following school day, the principal, assist principal,
Superintendent, or any other administrator, may send the student and his/her
parent(s)/guardian(s) notice of the suspension, and offer to provide the student and/or
his/her parents an informal hearing upon request to discuss the reasons for the suspension
and to allow the student to challenge the reasons and to explain his/her actions, any time
prior to the end of the suspension period.
Appeal of Suspension
The student who is eighteen (18) or older or the student‘s parent(s) or guardian(s) may appeal the
suspension to the Superintendent. They may be represented in all such appeal proceedings. A
verbatim record will be kept of the hearing.
Notice of appeal must be filed, in writing, with the Treasurer of the Board within 14 calendar days
after the date of the notice to suspend.
If a suspension appeal is filed and a hearing is held, then notice of the decision shall be sent by the
Superintendent to the student's parent, guardian or custodian, and the Treasurer of the Board. If
the suspension is upheld in any form, such written notice shall state that the decision of the
Superintendent may be further appealed to the Board of Education by the student's parents, or
guardian before appealing to the Court of Common Pleas. The decision of the Superintendent may also
be directly appealed to the Court of Common Pleas pursuant to Ohio law. The notice should further
state that an appeal to the Treasurer of the Board must be made in writing to the Treasurer of the
Board of Education within fourteen (14) days of receiving the Superintendent's appeal decision.
B. Students subject to expulsion:
At times, the behavior of a student can be considered so serious as to justify total removal from the
educational program for a prolonged period of time. Actions meriting expulsion are set forth in the
student code of conduct. The Superintendent may expel a student. Expulsion is the removal of a
student from more than ten (10) days, but not more than one (1) year, unless the expulsion is extended
in accordance with Ohio law. An expulsion can extend beyond the end of the school year if there are
fewer school days than expulsion days remaining. The Superintendent may apply any remaining part or
all of the period of the expulsion to the following school year.
When a student is being considered for expulsion by the Superintendent:
1. The Superintendent will give the student and the parent, guardian, or custodian written
notice of the intended expulsion, including reasons for the intended expulsion.
2. The student and parent or representative have the opportunity to appear before the
Superintendent to challenge the proposed action or to otherwise explain the student‘s
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