Classroom Disruption
Swearing, cursing, or using profanity in class is categorized as a Tier 1 infraction known as this.
What is Inappropriate Language?
Stealing or damaging another individual’s personal possessions falls under this major handbook behavioral infraction category.
What is bullying/harassment?
Violating the school's Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) or using tech inappropriately can result in loss of cell phone access and loss of these privileges.
What are network privileges?
Bullying includes actions that are persistent, pervasive, and chronic that intimidate or harm someone perceived as this.
What is weaker or vulnerable?
For minor Tier 1 infractions, the first response usually involves a conversation with the teacher and communication to this group.
Who are parents/guardians (or home)?
Habitually speaking over teachers or interrupting classroom instruction falls under this general Tier 1/Tier 2 behavioral category.
What is Classroom Disruption?
Under Section III, students are expected to show respect for others and preserve school property, grounds, and this.
What is equipment?
Taking unauthorized photos or videos of someone at school is classified as a Tier 2 violation of this handbook policy.
What is the Tech / Cell Phone Policy?
Name-calling, taunting, spreading cruel rumors, and maliciously doing this to peers are all listed forms of verbal bullying.
What is teasing (or putdowns)?
Serious Tier 3 infractions like fighting, assault, or severe threats may result in removal from school, known as this.
What is suspension (or expulsion)?
Refusing to follow a reasonable direction given by a teacher or staff member is defined as this behavioral infraction.
What is insubordination?
This physical behavior, defined as pushing, shoving, or wrestling, violates personal physical boundaries and constitutes a major infraction.
What is fighting (or a physical altercation)?
Disseminating embarrassing images, creating a fake profile, or posting derogatory or sexual remarks online about peers is defined under state law as this.
What is Cyber-bullying?
Any written, verbal, or physical act intended to convey an immediate desire to inflict harm on another person is classified as this Tier 3 violation.
What is a threat (or assault)?
Unexcused absence from an assigned after-school administrative penalty result in receiving two of these mandatory stay-after punishments.
What are detentions (specifically for cutting detention)?
Repeated use of inappropriate language after warnings and teacher conversations leads to an administrative referral and this typical consequence.
What is a detention (or restorative conversation)?
Following or tracking another person, or engaging in repeated unwanted physical/visual monitoring that causes fear, is categorized as this behavior under the bullying policy.
What is stalking?
The school may discipline cyber-speech that occurs outside of school hours if it causes a material disruption to the school environment or constitutes this.
What is an immediate threat of violence?
Taking action against someone because they reported bullying or assisted in an investigation is strictly prohibited under this rule.
What is the Prohibition of Retaliation?
Accumulating major behavioral infractions or escalating to Tier 2 and Tier 3 violations can result in the immediate revocation of these senior and open-campus liberties.
What is Loss of Privileges (such as campus release, or co-curricular access)?
Making derogatory jokes, gestures, or unsolicited remarks based on race, gender, religion, or disability is defined as this prohibited behavior.
What is discrimination (or harassment/hate-bias)?
When a student damages property or violates personal boundaries, school administration may require this process, which includes restorative conversations or financial restitution.
What is Restorative Practices (or Restorative Justice/Restitution)?
Sharing, possessing, or transmitting profane, violent, or sexually explicit content on school devices or over the school network is a violation of this foundational document.
What is the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)?
Under Massachusetts General Law (M.G.L. c. 71, § 37O), conduct is defined as bullying if it infringes on the victim’s rights or creates this type of setting at school.
What is a hostile environment?
If a student is involved in a disciplinary infraction, they may forfeit participation or leadership roles in these school programs.
What are extracurricular activities / athletics / student leadership?