Bullying Policy

Threatening behavior is defined as any activity, which portrays that another person, persons, or property may or will be harmed or killed. As used in the School Bullying Act, “harassment, intimidation, and bullying” means any gesture, written or verbal expression, or physical act that a reasonable person should know will harm another student, damage another student’s property, place another student or group of students in such a way as to create a climate of hostility and/or disrupt or interfere with the school’s educational mission or the education of any student. Harassment, intimidation, and bullying include, but are not limited to, a gesture or written, verbal or physical act. If discipline action is necessary the administration shall follow the policy under the disciplinary actions.

Disciplinary Actions

All students shall be treated in a fair and equitable manner. Disciplinary action will be based on a careful assessment of the circumstance surrounding each infraction. The following are some examples of these circumstances:

Whether the offense is physically or mentally injurious to other people;
Whether the incident is isolated or habitual behavior;
and any other circumstances, which may be appropriately considered.

The student’s attitude;  The seriousness of the offense;  The effect of the offense on other students; Students who become involved in areas of problem behavior (violations of the serious misconduct code included) will be subjected to certain disciplinary actions. Depending upon the seriousness of the behavior problem, one or more of the following actions may be taken by school officials.

1. INFORMAL TALK: A school official will talk with the student and try to reach an agreement regarding how the student should behave.
2. CONFERENCE: A formal conference is held between the student and one or more school officials. During this conference, the student must agree to change his/her behavior.
3.  PARENT INVOLVEMENT: A parent or legal guardian is notified by telephone, personal contact or letter. A conference may be requested or required and may be conducted between the student, his/ her legal guardian, appropriate school officials, and other individuals involved.
4. DETENTION: A student may be assigned time in detention during the lunch period in a designated area under the supervision of a faculty member.
5. WORK DETAIL: Under certain circumstances, a student may be assigned to or, with the agreement of a building administrator, be assigned by choice to serve on work detail before or after school or during the lunch period.
6. ATTENDANCE/BEHAVIOR CONTRACT: A student may be put on and held to an attendance/behavior contract at the discretion of the school administration.
7. IN SCHOOL INTERVENTION (ISI): In School Intervention (ISl) provides an alternative to some suspensions that would normally require disassociation from school. The purpose of ISI is to alter the attitudes and habits, which are detrimental to the educational process by providing an environment in which a student’s behavior may be modified. Once a student is placed in ISI, he/she must complete the number of days that he/she was assigned to ISI before being readmitted to the regular classroom. Days absent during the ISI assignment do not count as days in ISI. If a student is checked out of ISI, they will be required to complete any missing hours. Any alteration of this procedure will be at the discretion of the site administration. 
8. SHORT TERM SUSPENSION: Short term suspension means a suspension of ten (10) or fewer days. The student who is suspended out of school is also suspended from all related activities for the period of suspension. The student is informed that he/she is subject to a short suspension and may discuss his/her side of the situation with the appropriate school official. Parents will be notified of the action taken. The student may be advised of district or community alternatives. All school work will be required to be completed and ready to turn in to the teachers on the day of return to school.
9.  LONG TERM SUSPENSIONS: Long-term suspension means and suspension of more than ten (10) days, but not longer than a semester. Students receiving long term suspensions will be allowed to complete their work for credit. All student work will be available on Google classroom with the exception of block tests Whether block tests will be taken in person or online is at the teacher’s discretion.

Disciplinary Action
Any student who is found to be responsible for sexual harassment will be subject to appropriate discipline. The severity of disciplinary action will be based upon the circumstances of the infraction.