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A. conform to reasonable standards of behavior;

B. respect the rights, person and property of others;

C. preserve and maintain the degree of order necessary for a
positive climate for learning; and

D. acknowledge the authority of the staff of the Hudson City
Schools and respond appropriately to that authority.

The items in this code are 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 Board of Education or
property owned, rented, or maintained by another party. The code is also
applicable to misconduct by a student that occurs off of 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 student that, regardless of where it occurs, is directed at a District official
or employee or the property of a District official or employee. This policy also
applies to any student, whether or not the student is enrolled in the District,
attending or otherwise participating in any curricular program provided in the
school or provided on any other property owner or controlled by the Board.

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
adversely affects the operation of the schools.

Violation by a student of any one or more of the following rules of conduct may
result in disciplinary action(s), which may include detention, in school
suspension, parental contact, referral to legal authorities, emergency removal,
disciplinary removal, suspension, expulsion, or permanent exclusion. A
student may be suspended pending the outcome of expulsion proceedings.

A. Any act or seriously-threatened act of physical violence
whereby the perpetrator causes, attempts to cause or threatens
to cause physical harm to another;

B. Any possession or use of a weapon including look-alike or
counterfeit weapons;

C. Any act of arson or attempted arson and related offenses;

D. Any act of theft, deliberate destruction of property or
participation in any activity at any time which results in
damage to school property or to property of others on school
property;

E. Possession, sale use, concealment, transmission or

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