Petal High School Handbook Table of Contents Foreword
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HAZINGHazing is defined as any act that is physically or mentally abusive, degrading, or causes personal indignity to any student, faculty member, or employee. Activity of this nature is inconsistent with the educational process and the mission statement of the Petal School District, and such activities are prohibited at all times. No administrator, faculty member, or any other employee of this school shall encourage, condone, tolerate, or recklessly permit the hazing of any person. No student shall encourage or engage in the hazing of any person. If hazing or planned hazing is discovered by any administrator, faculty member, or employee, he/she will make reasonable attempts to prevent it, including but not limited to, informing involved students of the prohibition against hazing contained in this policy and requiring the students to cease all hazing immediately. ALL hazing incidents shall be reported to the principal immediately. Anyone who participates, encourages, condones, tolerates, or recklessly permits the hazing of any person may be subject to disciplinary action, and may be liable for civil and criminal penalties in accordance with Mississippi law. As defined in this policy, “hazing” includes doing any act or coercing another, including the victim, to do any act of initiation into any organization that causes or creates a substantial risk of causing mental or physical harm to any person. The negligence, consent, or assumption of the risk of any individual subjected to hazing does not lessen the prohibition contained in this policy. INTERVIEWS AND SEARCHES BY SCHOOL OFFICIALStudents in the district have the right to privacy and security against arbitrary invasion of their personal property by school officials. However, the Board must maintain an atmosphere conducive to the pursuit of its educational goals, including a limited right to search students’ personal belongings when it is in the interest of the overall welfare of other students or is necessary to preserve the good order and discipline of the school.Searches may be conducted with reasonable suspicion by not less than two members of the professional staff. Any vehicle on any campus will be subject to search with reasonable suspicion. Parents/Guardians will be notified following any student search. Any student who commits an unlawful act on school grounds, within 500 feet of school grounds, at a school sponsored activity, or a school related activity, is subject to having charges filed against him/her by the school district with the proper law enforcement officials. School administrators and teachers have the right to interview students regarding their conduct and/or the conduct of others. In regard to students’ alleged actions, except where the alleged action would constitute a criminal offense, the right against self-incrimination does not exist. SCHOOL BUS VIOLATION/DISCIPLINEParents and students are reminded that Mississippi law refers to riding a school bus as an “entitlement”, which means that public school districts are not required to provide transportation for any student who does not meet behavioral expectations. STUDENT BEHAVIOR Parents and students should understand that riding the school bus is an extension of the school day, and the bus is considered a classroom on wheels. The following behaviors are expected of each student who rides a school bus in the Petal School District. Failure to meet these expectations could result in the student’s removal from the bus. “The Basic 5”---These are the expectations that will allow a student to continue riding the bus:
OTHER EXPECTED BEHAVIORS FROM STUDENTS WHO RIDE THE SCHOOL BUS:
Continuous violation of any of the above behavioral expectations will be subject to the bus discipline ladder process as follows. (Special education laws will be applied as needed). The following misbehaviors on the school bus are subject to the same discipline as described in the school’s student handbook, as well as subject to removal from the bus.
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