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properties immediately adjacent to school property,                  U. Participation, active or passive, in littering
within the line of sight of school property, on school                     which requires the school to clean up debris,
transportation, or if the act adversely affects the                        litter or other substances from school property;
operation of the schools.
                                                                     V. Aiding and abetting a violation of a student
Violation by a student of any one or more of the                           discipline code;
following rules of conduct may result in disciplinary
action(s), which may include detention, in school                    W. Gambling;
suspension, parental contact, referral to legal                      X. Disruption of school including the use of same
authorities, emergency removal, disciplinary removal,
suspension, expulsion, or permanent exclusion. A                           to incite others toward acts of disruption;
student may be suspended pending the outcome of                      Y. Possession use or threatened use of weapons
expulsion proceedings.
                                                                           or other dangerous instruments or any object
      A. Any act or seriously-threatened act of physical                   that might be considered a dangerous weapon
            violence whereby the perpetrator causes,                       or instrument of violence, including counterfeit
            attempts to cause or threatens to cause                        or look-alike weapons;
            physical harm to another.                                Z. Violation of Federal or State statutes or rules;
                                                                   AA. Insubordination or disobedience of school
      B. Any possession or use of a weapon including                       personnel;
            look-alike or counterfeit weapons.                     BB. Fighting;
                                                                   CC. Cheating;
      C. Any act of arson or attempted arson and                   DD. Plagiarism;
            related offenses.                                      EE. Hazing and intimidation;
                                                                   FF. Possession of a knife or firearm;
      D. Any act of theft, deliberate destruction of               GG. Immorality;
            property or participation in any activity at any       HH. Violation of school policies pertaining to dress
            time which results in damage to school                         and appearance;
            property or to property of others on school            II. Violation of policy prohibiting pocket pagers
            property.                                                      and other electronic communications devices;
                                                                   JJ. The acts or violations listed in the Board Policy
      E. Possession, sale use, concealment,                                governing permanent exclusion;
            transmission or consumption of intoxicating            KK. Any other form of behavior which is
            substances, or drugs, or counterfeit or look-                  detrimental to a proper school activity or
            alike drugs or intoxicating beverages, or                      atmosphere as prescribed by the
            attendance at school-sponsored activities                      administration and as outlined in the
            while under the influence of such substances.                  student/parent handbook for the building in
            This includes the prohibition of any                           which student is assigned;
            Prescription drug or medication which is not           LL. Other prohibited acts which may result in
            possessed by the student in accordance with                    student discipline which appear in the student
            school policy governing the possession of                      handbooks of buildings in the District and
            prescription medication on school district                     which have not been specifically stated in this
            grounds;                                                       policy are incorporated by reference into the
                                                                           code of student conduct for each building.
      F. Illegal occupation of school property;
      G. Chronic misconduct;                                      Any other acts prohibited by other Board policies but
      H. Sexual activity;                                         which are not specifically listed in this policy.
      I. Harassment on the basis of race, sex, national
                                                               Other Misconduct at the Middle School for
            origin, handicap, age, or ethnicity including      Which Any Discipline May Occur:
            verbal, physical, or mental harassment;
      J. Commission of any criminal act;                             1. Use of skateboards/roller blades on building
      K. Possession or use of tobacco products in the                      property.
            school building, school grounds, school
            property and at school functions’                        2. Solicitation for personal gain.
      L. Truancy, chronic tardiness or absenteeism;
      M. Profane, indecent, obscene, abusive or vulgar         ALCOHOL USE BY
            language;                                          STUDENTS/STUDENT DRUG ABUSE
      N. Insubordination, including intentional
            interference with the teacher's conducting of      Board Policy: 5530
            the class;
      O. Failure to accept discipline or punishment or         Overview
            similar violations of discipline;                  No student shall possess, transmit, conceal, consume,
      P. Extortion - (infringing on personal rights);          show evidence of having consumed, including
      Q. False alarms;                                         presence on breath, be under the influence of, use or
      R. Possession or use of fireworks, explosives or         offer for sale any alcoholic beverages, illegal drugs,
            other such instruments;                            unprescribed drugs, prescription drugs, or mind altering
      S. Participation, active or passive, in any activity     substance while on school grounds or facilities; at
            at any time which results in damage to school      school-sponsored events; in other situations under the
            property or to property of others on school        authority of the District or in controlled vehicles.
            property, theft of school property or property of  Included in this prohibition are any substances
            others;                                            represented as a controlled substance, nonalcoholic
      T. Assault, assault and battery or thereof;
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