Student Handbook - The Taft School

RULES & CONDUCT
usually dismissed for a first offense of the Alcohol/Drug Rule as it applies to liquor or marijuana,
students found using or possessing illegal drugs or prescription drugs required to be kept in the
Health Center will be dismissed.
In considering violations of the Alcohol/Drug Rule, the headmaster, the dean of students, the
faculty advisor, and the class dean shall meet to discuss whether further penalties in addition to
those imposed by the Discipline Committee are appropriate in the case of a particular student
in light of his or her overall record at the school.
Whenever students are found in violation of the Alcohol/Drug Rule, their parents are required
to come to school to discuss the students’ overall record.
In considering violations of the Reckless Endangerment Rule, the headmaster and dean
of students will decide if the student is required to appear before the Discipline Committee.
The response to a violation of this rule may vary from a stayover to dismissal.
When students are suspended from Taft, these suspensions will be reported to the colleges
to which the students apply. In the case of seniors who are in the midst of the college process,
these suspensions will be reported promptly following their return from the suspension. In
addition, if a student’s record changes in some fundamental fashion, the school will report
these changes to colleges.
While this discretion is rarely exercised, the headmaster and the dean of students acting
together reserve the right to dismiss a student or withhold a diploma for grave failure to
maintain good standing in scholarship, effort or conduct, without resorting to the foregoing
disciplinary procedures.
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