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discover evidence of a violation of the law or other
school rules. Any search will be conducted in
accordance with Policy 5771 – Search and Seizure. If
multiple offenses occur, a student may lose his/her
privilege to bring a PCD to school for a designated
length of time or on a permanent basis.
A person who discovers a student using a PCD in
violation of this policy is required to report the violation prohibitions contained in this policy and shall be
to the building principal.
Students are personally and solely responsible for the
care and security of their PCDs. The Board assumes
no responsibility for theft, loss, or damage to, or misuse
or unauthorized use of, PCDs brought onto its property.
Adopted 05/09/13
Policy on Cheating
To act dishonestly in the form of cheating or plagiarism
will result in receiving a "0" on that particular
assignment, quiz, or test. The teacher will notify
parents.
Plagiarism is defined as using a source
without giving credit to the author (i.e.: books,
magazines, internet, newspaper, etc.).
Cheating is defined as acting dishonestly:
1. Copying another student's work (test, homework,
class work, etc.)
2. Allowing another student to copy your work.
3. Using unallowed materials for test (cheat sheets).
4. Handing in someone else's work as your own.
Policy on Computer Use
Students are to abide by the rules and regulations that
the school district has set forth in school policy
(7540.03) regarding the appropriate use of technology.
In addition to this, students are not to engage in any act
of harassment toward another person, including
harassment through the medium of technology (“cyber-
bullying”). Consequences for the misuse of computers
and the internet will be determined on an individual
basis. Students who vandalize any computer
equipment and/or software, or who use the internet or
e-mail for unethical purposes will be suspended from
school or have other appropriate disciplinary
consequences.
HAZING:
Board Policy: 5516
Hazing activities of any type are inconsistent with and
disruptive to the educational process, and prohibited at
any time in school facilities, on school property, and/or
off school property if the misconduct is connected to
activities or incidents that have occurred on school
property. No administrator, faculty member, or other
Board of Education employee shall encourage, permit,
authorize, condone, or tolerate any hazing activities. No
student shall plan, encourage, or engage in any hazing.
Hazing is defined as performing any act or coercing
another, including the victim, to perform any act of
initiation into any class, team, or organization that
causes or creates a substantial risk of causing mental
or physical harm. Permission, consent, or assumption
of risk by an individual subjected to hazing shall not
lessen the prohibitions contained in this policy.
Administrators, faculty members, and other employees
of the Board shall be alerted to possible situations,
circumstances, or events that might include hazing. If
hazing or planned hazing is discovered, the students
involved shall be informed by the discoverer of the
ordered to end all hazing activities or planned activities
immediately. All hazing incidents shall be reported
immediately to the Superintendent. Students,
administrators, faculty members, and other employees
who fail to abide by this policy may be subject to
disciplinary action and may be held personally liable for
civil and criminal penalties in accordance with law.
The Superintendent shall distribute this policy to all
students and Board employees, and shall incorporate it
into building, staff, and student handbooks. It shall also
be the subject of discussion at employee staff meetings
or in-service programs.
Administrators, staff members and volunteers shall not
intentionally remain ignorant of hazing or potential
hazing activities.
R.C. 2307.44, 2903.31, 3313.661
Adopted 8/1/09
REMOVAL, SUSPENSION,
EXPULSION, AND PERMANENT
EXCLUSION OF STUDENTS
Refer to Board Policy: 5610
The Board of Education recognizes that exclusion from
the educational program of the schools, whether by
emergency removal, out-of-school suspension,
expulsion, or permanent exclusion, is the most severe
sanction that can be imposed on a student in this
District, and one that cannot be imposed without due
process. However, the Board has zero tolerance of
violent, disruptive or inappropriate behavior by its
students.
No student is to be removed, suspended out-of-school,
expelled and/or permanently excluded unless his/her
behavior represents misconduct as specified in the
Student Code of Conduct/Student Discipline Code
approved by the Board. The Code shall also specify the
procedures to be followed by school officials when
implementing such discipline. In addition to the
procedural safeguards and definitions set forth in this
policy and the student/parent handbook, additional
procedures and considerations shall apply to students
identified as disabled under the IDEA, ADA, and/or
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. (See
Policy 5605 "Suspension/Expulsion of Disabled
Students.")
Students may be subject to discipline for violation of the
Student Code of Conduct/Student Discipline Code even
if that conduct occurs on property not owned or
controlled by the Board but where such conduct is
connected to activities or incidents that have occurred
on property owned or controlled by the Board, or
conduct that, regardless of where it occurs, is directed
at a District official or employee, or the property of such
official or employee.
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