Automobile Search
Policy: By entering school property, the person driving any
vehicle is deemed to consent to complete search of the vehicle, all its
compartments and contents, by school officials or law enforcement personnel,
for any reason whatsoever.This notice
applies to all vehicles of any type and is in force 24 hours a day.
Backpacks:Santa BarbaraHigh School is not responsible for lost
or stolen backpacks.Students should not
leave their backpacks unattended at any time.When going through the cafeteria lines at lunch, backpacks should be
left with a friend.Do not leave
backpacks on top of lockers.In P.E.,
make sure your backpack is locked in your long P.E. locker.It is recommended that students carry only
their notebooks, textbooks and writing implements in the backpack.Do not carry personal property such as
wallet, money, calculator or other valuables.These items should be kept in a locked book locker.
Campus Conduct:
Skateboards, bicycles, or roller blades are not permitted at any time, in any
area on campus including parking lots.A
show of overt affection will not be permitted on campus.
Gambling:School law prohibits gambling on campus.
Neighborhood Policy: It is
important to remember that courtesy and consideration for our neighbors is of
top priority in order to promote good community relations.Littering, loitering and vandalism reflect
negatively on Santa
BarbaraHigh School.Each student should be most careful to be a
good neighbor.
No Smoking: Effective
July 1, 1995, smoking and the use of tobacco products were prohibited on all
district property, including district vehicles, at all times by all persons,
including students, employees, and visitors at any school or district site or
attending any school-sponsored activities, athletic events, and meetings.This “zero tolerance” for tobacco is also in
effect during summer school.
Respect for Equipment
and Facilities: Each student is expected to assume responsibility for
care of all school property.If a
student damages or loses school property, the parent will be held responsible
for paying for the damage incurred or replacement of the property.Damage of a malicious nature will be cause
for disciplinary action.The student’s
parent will be responsible for the financial expense.
Sexual Harassment
Policy and Complaint Procedure (Policy 5145.7):
The SBSD pledges its best efforts to ensure that no student is subject to
sexual harassment or discriminated in the educational setting.
Purpose:The purpose of this policy is to establish a
strong commitment to prohibit harassment in the educational setting, to define
sexual harassment and to set forth a procedure for investigating and resolving
internal complaints of harassment.
Prohibited sexual harassment includes, but is not
limited to, unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other
verbal, visual or physical conduct of a sexual nature when: (Education Code
212.5)
1.Submission
to the conduct is explicitly or implicitly made a term or condition of an
individual’s academic status or progress.
2.Submission
to or rejection of the conduct by an individual is used as the basis for
academic decisions affecting the individual.
3.The
conduct has the purpose or effect of having a negative impact on the
individual’s academic performance, or of creating an intimidating, hostile or
offensive educational environment.
4.Submission
to or rejection of the conduct by the individual is used as the basis for any
decision affecting the individual regarding benefits and services, honors,
programs, or activities available at or through the school.
Types of conduct which are prohibited in the district
and which may constitute sexual harassment include, but are not limited to:
3.Graphic
verbal comments about an individual’s body, or overly personal conversation
4 Sexual
jokes, notes, stories, drawings, pictures or gestures
5.Spreading
sexual rumors
6.Teasing
or sexual remarks about students enrolled in a predominantly single-sex class
7.Touching
an individual’s body or clothes in a sexual way
8.Purposefully
cornering or blocking normal movements
9.Limiting
a student’s access to educational tools
10.Displaying
sexually suggestive objects
Notifications
A copy of the district’s sexual harassment policy and
regulation shall:
1.Be
included in the notifications that are sent to parents/guardians at the
beginning of each school year (Education Code 48980)
2.Be
displayed in a prominent location near the school principal’s office (Education
Code 212.6)
3.Be
provided as part of any orientation program conducted for new students at the
beginning of each quarter, semester or summer session (Education Code 212.6)
4.Appear
in any school or district publication that sets forth the schools’ or
districts’ comprehensive rules, regulations, procedures and standards of
conduct (Education Code 212.6)
5.Be
provided to employees and employee organizations
Enforcement
The Superintendent or designee shall take appropriate
actions to reinforce the district’s sexual harassment policy. As needed, these
actions may include any of the following:
1.Removing
vulgar or offending graffiti
2.Providing
staff in-service and student instruction or counseling
3.Notifying
parents/guardians
4.Notifying
child protective services
5.Taking appropriate disciplinary action. In addition,
the principal or designee may take disciplinary measures against any person who
is found to have made a complaint of sexual harassment that he/she knew was not
true.
Policy:SANTA BARBARA ELEMENTARY/HIGH SCHOOL
DISTRICTS
Adopted:March
24, 1993Santa Barbara, California
Revised:March
10, 1999; December 12, 2001
Sexual Harassment
Policy-Board Policy 5145.7
Student Use of
Parking Lots: There is an assigned area for student parking.Only cars with an approved permit may park in
the two (2) student lots.All other cars
must park on the street.Any car parked
in the student lots without a permit will be ticketed and towed away.Student cars parked in either faculty or
visitor parking areas will be ticketed or towed away.Any type of violation of the California
Vehicle Code by the student will terminate the student's right to bring a
vehicle onto campus
Grounds for Suspension and Expulsion
Following a hearing, the
school may suspend or expel a student when school policy or state education
laws have been violated.When a student
is temporarily suspended from a class or school, the parent is responsible for
control of the student during the school day.The student may not be on school grounds while on suspension.
General Information
(Ed.Code 48900): A pupil shall not be suspended from school or
recommended for expulsion unless the superintendent, principal or principal
designee of the school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that the pupil
has:
a. (1)Caused, attempted to cause, or threatened to cause physical injury to
another person
a. (2)Willfully used
force or violence upon the person of another, except in self-defense
b.Possessed, sold, otherwise furnished any
firearm, knife, explosive or other dangerous object unless (in the possession
of any such object) the pupil had obtained written permission to possess the
item from a certificated school employee, which is concurred in by the
principal or the designee of the principal
a.Unlawfully
possessed, used, sold or otherwise furnished, or been under the influence of
any controlled substance listed in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11053) of
Division 10 of the Health and Safety Code on alcoholic beverage, or an
intoxicant of any kind
b.Unlawfully offered, arranged, or negotiated to sell
any controlled substance listed in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11053) of
Division 10 of the Health and Safety Code, an alcoholic beverage or an
intoxicant of any kind and either sold, delivered or otherwise furnished to any
person another liquid, substance, or material and represented the liquid,
substance, or material as a controlled substance alcoholic beverage or
intoxicant
c.Committed or
attempted to commit robbery or extortion
d.Caused or attempted to cause damage to school property
or private property
e.Stolen or
attempted to steal school property or private property
f.Possessed or used
tobacco, or any products containing tobacco or nicotine products, including,
but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, clove cigarettes, smoke-less tobacco,
snuff, chew packets, and betel.However,
this section does not prohibit use or possession by a pupil of his or her own
prescription products when cleared through Health Office
g.Committed an obscene act or engaged in habitual
profanity or vulgarity
h.Had unlawful possession of, or unlawfully offered,
arranged, or negotiated to sell any drug paraphernalia, as defined in Section
11014.5 of the Health and Safety Code
i.Disrupted school
activities or otherwise willfully defied the valid authority of supervisors,
teachers, administrators, school officials, or other school personnel engaged
in the performance of their duties
j.Knowingly received
stolen school property or private property
k.Possessed an
imitation firearm. As used in this section, “imitation firearm” means a replica
of a firearm that is so substantially similar in physical properties to an
existing firearm as to lead a reasonable person to conclude that the replica is
a firearm
l.Committed or
attempted to commit a sexual assault as defined in Section 261, 266c, 286,
288a, or 289 of the Penal Code or committed a sexual battery as defined in
Section 243.4 of the Penal Code
m.Harassed, threatened, or intimidated a pupil who is a
complaining witness or witness in a school disciplinary proceeding for the
purpose of either preventing that pupil from being a witness or retaliating
against that pupil for being a witness, or both
n.A pupil may not be suspended or expelled for any of
the acts enumerated unless that act is related to school activity or school
attendance occurring within a school under the jurisdiction of the
superintendent or principal or occurring within any other school district. A
pupil may be suspended or expelled for acts that are enumerated in this section
and related to school activity or attendance that occur at any time, including,
but not limited to, any of the following:
(1)While on school grounds
(2)While going to or coming from school
(3)During the lunch period whether on or off the campus
(4)During, or while going to or coming from, a school
sponsored activity
q.The act of aiding or abetting the infliction
or attempted infliction of physical injury to another person as in act for which
a person may be suspended, but not expelled
Suspension for Sexual
Harassment: A student may be suspended or expelled if he/she has
committed sexual harassment as defined in Ed. Code 48900.2.The conduct as described in Section 212.5
must be considered by a reasonable person of the same gender as the victim to
be sufficiently severe or pervasive to have a negative impact upon the
individual’s academic performance or to create an intimidating, hostile, or
offensive educational environment.
Gang Behavior:Gang
attire, graffiti, hand signs and gestures, or anything else indicating
affiliation with or support of gangs is prohibited. Disciplinary consequences
can range from counseling to expulsion/arrest depending on the severity of the
infraction. Further, repeated offenses will result in escalated consequences
Hate Violence: A pupil
may be suspended Ed. Code 48900.3 from school or recommended for expulsion if
the superintendent or the principal of the school in which the pupil is
enrolled determines that the pupil has caused, attempted to cause, threatened
to cause, or participated in an act of, hate violence, as defined in
subdivision (e) of Section 33032.5.
Harassment, Threats,
or Intimidation: A pupil may be suspended Ed. Code 48900.4 from school
or recommended for expulsion if the superintendent or the principal of the
school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that the pupil has
intentionally engaged in harassment, threats, or intimidation, directed against
a pupil or group of pupils, that is sufficiently severe or pervasive to have
the actual and reasonably expected effect of materially disrupting class work,
creating substantial disorder, and invading the rights of that pupil or group
of pupils by creating an intimidating or hostile educational environment.
Hazing: In June 2003, the Legislature defined a
new offense that may result in suspension or expulsion. Hazing is defined as an
initiation into a student body or organization that causes bodily danger,
physical harm, personal degradation, or disgrace that results in physical or
mental harm. California Education Code Section 48900 has been amended to
authorize a superintendent or principal to also suspend or recommend for
expulsion any pupil that engages in, or attempts to engage in, hazing.
Terrorist threats
against school officials or school property, or both: A pupil
may be suspended Ed Code 48900.7 from school or recommended for expulsion if
the superintendent or the principal of the school in which the pupil is
enrolled determines that the pupil has made:
(a)Terrorist threats against school officials or school
property, or both.
(b)For the purpose of this section, “terrorist threat”
shall include any statement, whether written or oral, by a person who willfully
threatens to commit a crime which will result in death, great bodily injury to
another person, or property damage in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000),
with the specific intent that the statement is to be taken as a threat, even if
there is no intent to actually carrying it out, which, on its face and under
the circumstances in which it is made, to so unequivocal, unconditional,
immediate, and specific as to convey to the person threatened, a gravity of
purpose and an immediate prospect of execution of the threat, and thereby causes
that person reasonably to be in sustained fear for his or her own safety or for
his or her immediate family’s safety, or for the protection of school district
property, or the personal property of the person threatened or his or her
immediate family.