DISCIPLINE

At Paulding High School, all students are required to behave in a socially and legally acceptable manner at all curricular and
extracurricular activities. Students who choose behavior which violates the rules of our school will face the consequences of their actions. In addition, students who damage property, either accidentally or purposefully, will be held responsible for paying for the damage. The Paulding Village Police and/or other law enforcement agencies may be called when a student has violated a law which governs the citizens of Paulding, Ohio. Disciplinary action(s) may include:

1. Denial of Privileges: Students have many opportunities to participate in activities in addition to the regular school curriculum. Privileges will be denied if students fail to adhere to the Code of Conduct. Students may be removed from participation in, or attendance at, extracurricular activities

2. Detention: As a correction for misconduct, the Principal, or a teacher may assign a detention to any student. The student will be required to stay after school or come before school for a designated amount of time. Lunch detentions may also be assigned; students will eat lunch in an assigned room or area. Detentions are handled by the teacher or administrator
who assigns the detention. Detentions will be a study time with no sleeping or talking. A student who skips a detention will have the punishment doubled and/or receive a Prime Time Friday assignment.

3. InSchool Detention: The Principal may assign an InSchool Detention to students. The student will be removed from class(es) and will spend the time in the office. School work will be made up. Assessments that are done in class will be made up at a time determined by the instructor.

4. Justified Removal: Emergency removal from a class will place the student temporarily in the InSchool Suspension room. The student will be unexcused from the class he or she misses.

5. Time Out: Emergency removal from class for more than one class period. The student may be unexcused from the class(es) missed.

6. Prime Time Friday: The Principal may assign astudent to additional school time on Fridays from 2:15 5:15 p.m. Students must bring materials to study, and be prompt. Nonattendance
at an assigned Prime Time Friday may result in suspension from school.

7. InSchool Suspension: This disciplinary action results in the denial of participation in the student’s regular classes, or any school activity for that day. The Principal will assign the student to a monitored room where he or she will spend the school day studying and working exclusively on school work. Credit for school work is given while the student is assigned to I.S.S. The student will also eat lunch in the InSchool Suspension room.

8. OutofSchool Suspension: This suspension results in the denial of attendance and participation of any school class or activity. A student may be suspended for one to ten (110) days at a time by the building Principal. Progressive suspensions may be given to students who habitually or continually violate our school rules. This penalty is considered very serious because days missed out of school due to a suspension are considered unexcused days. In the event that an outofschool
suspension is necessary:

a. Parents will be notified.
b. No credit will be given for schoolwork on the days of suspension.
c. The student may not attend classes or any school activity or function.

9. A.C.E.: The Principal or Assistant Principal may assign a student to the Alternative Center for Education in lieu of part or all of the duration of an Out of School Suspension. Students who are truant may also be assigned to the Alternative Center.

10. Driver License Suspension: The suspension of driving privileges for excessive absences may be imposed according to Ohio Revised Code 3321.13 and Board policy.

11. Expulsion: A student may be expelled by the Superintendent of Schools for continual or extreme breach of school policy. Expulsion is the removal from school for no more than 180 days. If expelled, students will not be allowed to make
up work (no credit), be assigned alternative placements (i.e. ACE, internet classes, etc.), or be on school property.

12. Exclusion: Expulsions may be extended if the student is convicted of a crime. State law provides for the permanent exclusion of a student, 16 years of age or older who engages in certain criminal activity. Permanently excluded students
may never be permitted to return to school anywhere in the State of Ohio. A permanent exclusion may be considered if the student is convicted or adjudicated delinquent for committing one or more of the following crimes while on the property of any Ohio school:

A. Conveying or possessing deadly weapons or carrying a concealed weapon onto school property or to a school function;
B. Trafficking in drugs onto school property or at a school function;
C. Assault or aggravated assault, murder, aggravated murder and voluntary or involuntary manslaughter on school property or at a school function
D. Rape, gross sexual imposition or felonious sexual penetration on school grounds, or at a school function, when the victim is a school employee;
E. Complicity in any of the above offenses, regardless of the location. This process is formal and may follow an expulsion
with the proper notification to the parents.