BOE FINAL DRAFT 25.26 TSD Student Code of Conduct - Flipbook - Page 13
act or violation of School District rules or policies, or d) inciting other students to act with physical
violence on any person. The term "gang" means a group of two or more persons whose purpose or
activities include the commission of illegal acts or violations of this Code of Conduct, School District
rules or policies, or whose purpose or activities cause disruption or is likely to cause disruption to
the educational process.
24.
Improper Communications
A student shall not make threatening, annoying, nuisance, vulgar, and/or obscene communications,
verbally, in writing, or by gestures, to School District employees (including substitutes and student
teachers), Board of Education members, chaperones, volunteers, or visitors to the school building.
The prohibition against such communications shall apply whether the communications are made in
a school building or on school premises or outside of a school building or off school premises, and
regardless of whether such communications are made during, before, or after school hours or
during times when school is not in session.
25.
Indecency
A student shall not engage in conduct that is contrary to commonly recognized standards of
decency and behavior, which includes obscenity, indecent exposure, or the use of language in
verbal or written form, or in pictures, or in caricatures or gestures, which are offensive to the
general standards of propriety.
26.
Look-A-Like Weapons
A student shall not possess, handle, or transmit any object or instrument that is a "look-a-like"
weapon or instrument (e.g., starter pistol, rubber knife, toy gun, etc.).
27.
Misconduct Prior to Enrollment
An otherwise eligible resident may be suspended or expelled for an act of misconduct committed
while the student was: (a) a resident of another district; (b) enrolled in another school; (c) outside of
school hours; or (d) off school premises if the misconduct would have constituted a sufficient basis
for suspension or expulsion had it occurred while the student was enrolled in the School District.
28.
Personal Protection Devices
A student shall not possess, handle, or transmit a personal protection device (e.g. pepper gas,
mace, stun gun, electric shock device, etc.) capable of inflicting bodily injury or causing physical
discomfort to another person.
29.
Recording
A student may not use any device, electronic or otherwise, to capture, record, or transmit sounds or
words (i.e. audio) or images (i.e., photographs or videos) of any person while at school or schoolrelated events, unless the student is given express consent by that person.
30.
Trespassing, Loitering
A student shall not be on school property or in a school building except to participate in the
educational process of the School District, nor shall a student loiter in building hallways,
classrooms, bathrooms, etc.
31.
Scholastic Dishonesty
A student shall not engage in academic cheating. Cheating includes, but is not limited to: the actual
giving or receiving of any unauthorized aid or assistance or the actual giving or receiving of unfair
advantage on any form of academic work. A student shall not engage in plagiarism, which includes
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