Banning High School Student Bahavior Code
Banning High School is committed to providing a safe learning environment for all students, Teachers, Counselors, Dean and Administrators will assist students in solving problems that interfere with their opportunity to learn. Students must make every effort to maintain a prompt and regular attendance record, demonstrate effort in class, and display proper social conduct towards other students and adults.
Section A: Students will be formally suspended from school; students are subject to arrest, transfer and/or recommended for expulsion for the following violations:
- Causing serious physical injury to another person, except in self-defense.
- Assault or battery upon any school employee.
- Committing or attempting to commit a sexual assault or sexual battery.4.
- Participating in an act of hate, violence, and/or crime.
- Making terrorist threats against school officials.
- Possessing, selling, or furnishing any firearm, knife, explosive, or other dangerous objects, including, but not limited to M-80s. Fireworks, firecrackers, Baseball bats are also considered dangerous objects.
- Brandishing a knife or any other dangerous object.
- Possessing, selling, or furnishing of any controlled substance, narcotics, alcoholic beverage or intoxicant of any kind.
- Causing or attempting to cause damage to school or private property. Parents will be financially responsible for damages.
- Committing or attempting to commit robbery or extortion.
Section B: Disciplinary action will be taken in response to the following violations; discipline may include, but is not limited to, suspension or a transfer to another school:
- Engaging in harassment, hate language, threats, or intimidation against a pupil or group of pupils.
- Committing an obscene actor engaging in habitual profanity or vulgarity.
- Possessing an imitation firearm, such as a BB gun or a soft pellet air-gun.
- Being under the influence of any controlled substance (mandatory participation in a rehabilitation program will be required).
- Possessing drug paraphernalia, such a marijuana pipes, zig-zag papers, etc. (Mandatoryparticipation in a rehabilitation program will be required).
- Possessing vandalism tools, such as permanent markers, spray cans, etc.
- Gambling.
- Possessing or using tobacco, nicotine products, including, but not limited to cigarettes, lighter and chew packs (mandatory participation in a rehabilitation program will be required).
- Stealing or attempting to steal school or private property.
- Knowingly receiving stolen school property or private property.
- Throwing objects, including food or beverages.
- Making sexual and/or obscene comments that constitute sexual harassment.
- Possessing pornographic materials.14.Disrupting school activities or willfully defying valid authority.
Section C: The following student behaviors arerequired and may result in disciplinary action if not adhere to
- Dress appropriately for school. Follow the Student Dress code.
- Electronic devices, with the exception of cellphones, may only be used before and after school, during nutrition and lunch, and during passing periods. Electronics devices may not be used or be visible during instructional time, including headphones and earbuds.Such devices maybe put away upon entering a classroom, office, lab, etc. Failure to comply with this policy will result in confiscation of the device. Banning high School is not responsible for any lost or stolen devices. No classroom search will be conducted in an event that an electronicdevice becomes missing and/or stolen during class time or any other school activity.
- NO Bluetooth Speakers, small or large Boomboxes are allowed on campus.
- Cellphones may not be visible and must be turned off throughout the entire school day. Confiscated cell phones will be returned to parents of to the students after completing of disciplinary action.
- Do not have any vulgar/profane language, tagging, or gang and crew names written on any personal belonging, such a backpack, purses, notebooks, etc.
- Do not bring scissors to school or any other object that can be used as a weapon.
- Do not ride motorcycles, bikes, roller-skates/blades or skateboards, to school, please ask permission froma teacher to keep it in a classroom until the end of the school day.
- Refrain from any kindof public displays of affection.
- Carry you ID card and present it upon request. Do not reface our ID CARD.
- Always carry a HALL PASS when out of class.
- Maintain a clean campus by disposing of all trash in receptacles
- Refrain from horseplay.
- Do not bring babies, younger siblings or any other unauthorized visitors to schools.
- Do not bring pets to school.
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