JCHS_Student_Handbook - Geary County Schools USD 475

sion of the item(s).
• Searches may include, but are not limited to: Lockers, Hall Sections, Classrooms, Visual
Searches of Individuals, Bags, Book Bags, and Purses.
• Searches may be performed using Walk-through metal detection, Hand-held metal detection
scanners, and/or Drug-Detecting Canines.
NON-EDUCATIONAL NUISANCES
Disturbances which interrupt educational opportunities and contribute to theft problems will not be
tolerated. These disturbances may originate from items including but not limited to: radios, squirt
guns, water balloons, cellular or portable phones, laser pens, roller blades, skate boards, playing
cards and dice.
Students are encouraged not to bring non-educational paraphernalia, electronics, etc., to school.
Any ‖interuption‖ to learning, as a result of a non-educational nuisance, will result in confiscation of
the equipment and disciplinary consequences. Junction City High School will not assume responsibility
of investigating loss or theft of such articles. Non-educational nuisances to include cell
phones, IPODs, MP3/CD players, radios and similar devices, are to be kept off and out of sight
within campus buildings, in campus courtyards, and when passing from the JCHS main building to
Auto/Metals shop (Room 291/292) or Band (Room 118), between the hours of 7:40 – 2:40.
APPEARANCE/DRESS CODE
A student’s personal appearance is the responsibility of the student and his/her parents, but becomes
the responsibility of JCHS when it disrupts learning. The JCHS Administration reserves
the right to make decisions concerning the appropriateness of a student’s attire, and also reserves
the right to confiscate any item deemed inappropriate for school or to send a student home for a
change of attire. These items will then be retained in the Academy Office of that student.
Students are not allowed to wear
• Clothing that is inappropriate - exposing chest, shoulders, bare midsection and/or buttocks.
• Clothing/Garments with inappropriate messages/graphics – including but not limited to references
to alcohol, drugs, profanity, and weapons.
• Sunglasses or goggles (unless approved by the school nurse or lab instructor).
• Crowns and/or representations of crowns on clothing, jewelry, and/or accessories.
• Any attire—including jewelry and tattoos—construed to be gang-related.
• Chains longer than six (6) inches, or jewelry/accessories that could cause injury.
• Headwear
• Pajamas
Other Specifications:
• Footwear must be worn at all times (no bedroom slippers).
• Clothing must be worn in the manner that it was designed. Clothing designed as under garments
must not be worn as outer garments. Pants will be worn at or above the natural waistline
(no sagging of pants). Skirts and shorts will be an appropriate length regardless of the garment
worn underneath, ie., tights/leggings/equivalent attire. Appropriate length will be determined
by the student extending his or her arms and fingers down the side along the garments
natural seam. Shorts or skirts which do not extend to the end of the fingertips or longer are
not appropriate for wear in school. This also includes ripped pants which exposes skin and
does not comply with appropriate length.
FOOD/DRINKS
Food/drinks brought into the campus buildings must remain in a sealed container, and shall not be
consumed in any area other than the cafeteria. Any items brought into the campus buildings are
subject to search. Food/Drink in classrooms is up to the discretion of the individual classroom