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THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW!

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  Elevator keys will be assigned only to students who have a doctor’s excuse requesting them not to use stairs or at the discretion of the principal. Students will be required to sign for keys and will be given a receipt when they are returned.
  

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  No cups, containers, cans or bottles sealed or open bottles are to be brought into the school. All Alcoholic products are forbidden on school property. This includes non-alcoholic beer products as well.
  

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  The possession or use of tobacco products is prohibited at all times on the GCHS campus. 
  

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  No Public Display of Affection (PDA) is permitted. (Handholding is permitted)
  

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  No student(s) shall be permitted to exit the building unless they have officially checked out and are leaving the school premises with the permission of a school administrator or their designee. Due to concerns of student safety, GCHS takes this issue very seriously. Any violation of this policy will result in suspension.
  

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  No student who has officially checked out is permitted to remain on school grounds, once they exit the building they are expected to leave school property if they return to school property they must immediately check back into school.
  

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  All students shall park in student parking and enter and egress the building through the main entrance during the school day. Failure to comply will result In removal of parking privileges
  

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  Persons of the age of eighteen (18) years are of the age of majority (Kentucky Revised Statute 403.213) for all purposes in this Commonwealth except for the purchase of alcoholic beverages and for purposes of care and treatment of children with disabilities, for which twenty-one (21) years is the age of majority, all other statutes to the contrary notwithstanding.
  

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  Students who attend school on an approved basis for half day must sign in / sign out. A specified sign-in/sign out sheet for half-day students in the main office. Half day students are required to sign each day.
  

Student possession of cell phones in the Greenup County High School is allowable subject to the following rules and regulations.

Though allowed, cell phones are a distraction and may become a tempting prohibition to students, which can result in disciplinary action and may include suspension and loss of academic learning time and the opportunity to make-up missed work.

With this in mind, the administration and the Board of Education request that if parents choose to allow their students to possess cell phones at school, please establish an understanding with them that, during school hours, all cell phones must remain turned off and in lockers, book bags or in vehicles. While in the school building, students are not allowed to have cell phones/electronic devices in their possession.

Additionally, the school prohibits the use of all communication devices that, in its opinion, have limited or no educational value or their use creates learner distraction and disruption. The school reserves the right to define the educational value of any new electronic wireless communication devices that may become available to the public in the future and to prohibit their use if they have little or no educational value or if such use creates learner distraction or disruption.

Possession of a cell phone by a student is a privilege, which may be forfeited by any student not abiding by the terms of this policy. This policy statement serves as a first warning, detailing the prohibitions and discipline, associated with Greenup County High School’s cell phone use policy.

Students shall be personally and solely responsible for the security of their cell phones. The Greenup County High School shall not assume responsibility for theft, loss, or damage of a cell phone/electronic device, or unauthorized calls made on a cell phone.

USE OF CELL PHONES ON SCHOOL GROUNDS

A student may possess a cell phone on school property, at after school activities, and at school-related functions, if during school hours the cell phone remains off, concealed and secured in lockers, vehicles, or book bags during the academic day.

Camera phones are viewed as cameras, and are allowable only by the camera policy that is presently in place. The administration believes that picture phones can pose the same threats as cameras to freedoms of privacy, can exploit personal information through use, and can possibly create problems/issues in custody situations.

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

❒ Refusal to surrender your phone to a teacher or administrator when asked is defiance. Defiance can result in suspension and your parent will be contacted.

❒ First Offense ~ the device will be surrendered to the teacher and held in the main office until Friday of that week and Friday School (After school detention) will be issued.  Phone may only be picked up by a parent or the 18 year old student.

 ❒ Second Offense ~ the device will be surrendered to the teacher and the device will remain in the main office until Friday of that week, plus two Friday Schools.  Phone may only be picked up by a parent or the 18 year old student.

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  Students the age of 18 or older according to the age of majority may check themselves out and/or be tardy without parental consent, but must adhere to the school attendance policy. Students under the age of 18 (minor) must have an individual from their approved contact list on Infinite Campus must be physically present to check them out.
  
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  Check-out/Tardies will be monitored on weekly basis. Any student that exceeds 2 or more unexcused check-out/tardies will lose their driving privileges for a period of 5 school days. The second offense will result in a ten (10) school day driving suspension. The third offense will result in a suspension of driving/parking privileges for the rest of the semester. -Students regardless of age will be allowed ONE unexcused check-out per year. (Check-outs are only excused with physician’s statement or legal excuse from the court system. Parent notes will only be accepted if they are within the 5 note limit.)
  
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  ** Any vehicle parked in the student parking lot without an appropriate parking tag will be towed.