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Substance Abuse Administrative Procedure
Policy #5175
If a student is found to be in possession of a controlled substance, included, but not limited to alcohol, marijuana, crack, etc. the following procedure will be used:
First offense: The incident is to be reported immediately to the building administrator, who will call the parent/guardian of the student to arrange for an immediate conference. During the conference, the parent/guardian will be notified that the student resource officer will be present. Parents will be advised that the SRO, police/sheriff may, upon investigation, arrest the
student for violation of state statutes. If necessary, the officer will use an alcohol sensor in his investigation.
a. A student who possesses, is in the presence of, distributes, attempts to distribute or sells any controlled substance may receive out of school suspension or be removed by the administration from the general population to the ISS room for a period of up to five days where the student will continue to do school work and receive counseling from the student assistance counselor. The student must be brought to school each of these days by a parent. The student may not ride the school bus during this time.
b. Students and parents must attend a reinstatement conference, which will be attended by the administration, counselor, and other staff (SRO) that may be requested to attend by administration.
c. Students will be required to complete 2-six hour Saturdays, with the first half being a Drug and Alcohol workshop with the student assistance counselor and the second half involving community service at the high school.
d. Transportation to and from the Saturday workshop shall be the responsibility of the parent.
e. The student must attend all sessions, and the parent/guardian must attend a session arranged with the student assistance counselor. Students who do not attend the workshop will be subject to out-of-school suspension for up to five days.
Second offense: the procedure for dealing with students found to be in violation of the chemical use or possession policy for a second time is:
a. The parent will be notified and requested to come to the school. The student resource officer/sheriff will also be notified of the violation; they may upon investigation, arrest the student for violation of state statutes.
b. A student who possesses, is in presence of, distributes, attempts to distribute or sells any controlled substance may receive OSS or be removed from the general population for a period of up to 10 days where the student will continue to do school work and receive counseling from the student assistance counselor. The student must be brought to school each of these days by a parent. The student may not ride a school bus during this time.
c. Students and parents must attend a reinstatement conference, which will be attended by administration, school counselor, and other staff (SRO)that may be requested by the administration to attend.
d. Students will be required to complete related school service consisting of nine hours, with transportation the responsibility of the parents.
e. The student will be required to complete an alcohol or drug assessment, This assessment will be offered by a qualified school drug counselor at no cost to the family, or, should the family desire, they may have the assessment completed by a certified counselor, at their expense. Upon completion of the assessment, the counselor, student assistant counselor, parent, SRO and the student will develop a plan to address the concerns outlined in the assessment.
Third offense: Students found in violation of the chemical use/possession policy on the third offense will appear before the next regular meeting of the
MAUHS board for possible expulsion from the school under Section112, Title 16, VSA, or whatever other remedies the Board might deem appropriate.
A student who consumes a controlled substance or comes to school under the influence of a controlled substance, will be subject to the same procedures as outlined in steps 1,2,3 above, except that the notification of the police will be at the discretion of the administration.
Extracurricular Activities: Students will sign an agreement on the code of conduct before participation in extracurricular activities. Any violation of the chemical use/possession policy will result in the following action:
First offense: The student will be suspended for one-quarter (1/4) of the club’s/team activities/games for the season. The student will be allowed to practice with the team.
Second offense: The student will be suspended from the club/team for the semester/season.
Related: Substance Abuse Policy
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