Student Parent Handbook - Mount Mansfield Union High School

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“Sexual Harassment” is a form of harassment which means conduct that includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical contact of a sexual nature when one or both of the following occur: • Submission to that conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of that person’s position. • Submission to or rejection of such conduct by a person is used as a component of the basis for decisions affecting that person. Racial harassment, which means conduct directed at the characteristics of a student’s or a student’s family member’s actual or perceived race or color, and includes the use of epithets, stereotypes, racial slurs, comments, insults, derogatory remarks, gestures, threats, graffiti, display, or circulation of written or visual material, and taunts on manner of speech and negative references to racial customs. Harassment of members of other protected categories, which means conduct directed at the characteristics of a student’s or a student’s family member’s actual or perceived creed, national origin, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, or disability and includes the use of epithets, stereotypes, slurs, comments, insults, derogatory remarks, gestures, threats, graffiti, display, or circulation of written or visual material, taunts on manner of speech, and negative references to customs related to any of these protected categories. Any student or employee who observes, overhears, witnesses, or is the victim of harassment shall take immediate and appropriate action to stop that harassment and to prevent its reoccurrence. The student or staff member shall report the incident to: Jennifer Botzojorns, Principal, 858-1760 or Adrienne Capone, Assistant Principal, 858-1645 or Michael Weston, Associate Principal, 858-1761 If the building principal is the accused, the superintendent must be the designated employee. It is violation of this policy for any person to retaliate, intimidate, harass or interfere with the person who has filed a grievance regarding harassment or assisted with an investigation. It is also a violation of this policy to file intentionally a false grievance regarding harassment. 22
Procedures for Reporting Harassing Behavior: Student to Student and Student to Adult: Step I: Any student or adult should report a student who exhibits harassing behavior. (Please refer to the report form available in the Main Office.) This report can be initiated with any employee of the Mt. Mansfield Union School District #17. The Principal, Associate Principal or Assistant Principal should be notified immediately about the incident(s). Within three (3) school days, the accused and accuser will meet with the Principal or Assistant Principal. Parents will be notified during this time period. It may be possible to resolve the situation through a conversation between the accused and accuser and the designated employee. Through this conversation, the accused may acknowledge that his/her actions or words were inappropriate or objectionable; or the accuser may understand that he/she misconstrued the situation. If all parties feel that resolution has been achieved, then the conversation may remain confidential and no further action will be taken, except that a note of the accusation will be placed in the student’s file. This note will include the accusation, the findings, and the resolution which was agreed to by all the parties and will be filed within five (5) school days of the incident being reported. Step II: If the accuser or the designated employee feel(s) that the Step I procedure has been inadequate or has been unsuccessful, the administrator will follow the due process steps for discipline which are outlined in this Student/Parent handbook. Records of student discipline are kept on the computer. DCF may be notified at this step when the complaint has been sexual harassment. Adult to Student: Step I: Students and/or parents are encouraged to notify the designated employee when they feel that an employee has or may have violated the harassment policy. Students may also notify any employee with whom they feel more comfortable; however, it is the responsibility of that employee to report the issue to a designated employee immediately. The superintendent and the accuser’s parents will be notified, and an investigation will start immediately. Within 3 school days of the student report, the designated employee will meet with the accuser, accused, and parent, to determine if the situation can be resolved. Resolution at Step I will result in no further action except that a note of the accusation will be placed in the personnel file. This note will include the accusation, the findings, and the resolution which was agreed to by all the parties. a. Any school personnel who has “reasonable cause to believe” a student has been sexually abused, must make a report to DCF within twenty-four hours. Sexual abuse is an act involving sexual molestation or exploitation of the student; included within this definition is “lewd and lascivious conduct 23
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