3. Conducting a search
a. Before conducting a search, the principal or
designee will determine that there is a reasonable
suspicion that the search of a student or of a
student's personal property will produce evidence
that the student has violated or is violating either
the law or the rules of the School District.
b. The search shall be conducted in a manner, which
is reasonably related to the objective of the search
and is not excessively intrusive into the student's
privacy in light of the age and sex of the student
and the nature of the violation. Items considered il-
legal, illicit, disruptive to the educational process, or
evidence tending to prove a violation of law or of a
rule of the School District may be confiscated.
4. Procedures to Implement the Policies on Search and
Seizure
a. Only the building principal or specific designee shall
be responsible for determining if a search will be
conducted.
b. A written record of each search will be kept by the
principal or designee on a form provided for this
purpose; including the facts upon which a reason-
able suspicion rests, location, time, reason for the
search and/or seizure, persons present, and dispo-
sition of items.
c. A search of a student's person or personal property
shall be done as discreetly and privately as possible
without compromising safety.
d. Those items considered to be illegal, illicit, disrup-
tive, a general nuisance to the educational process,
or evidence tending to prove a violation of a law, or
a rule of the District may be seized. The storage,
return, or disposition of seized items shall be at
the discretion of the principal, subject only to legal
impoundment.
e. Repossession of school property shall not be
considered seizure.
f. The School District retains the authority to patrol
school parking lots and inspect the exteriors of auto-
mobiles or other motor vehicles on school property.
The interiors of vehicles on school property may be in-
spected and searched when the principal or specific
designee has a reasonable suspicion to believe that
materials which are illicit, illegal, or disruptive to the
education process are contained inside that vehicle.
V. Removal of Students from Class
A. Teachers have the responsibility of attempting to modify
disruptive student behavior by such means as conferring
with the student, using positive reinforcement, assigning
detention or other consequences, or contacting the stu-
dent’s parents. When such measures fail, or when the
teacher determines it is otherwise appropriate based upon
the student’s conduct, the teacher shall have the authority
to remove the student from class.
B. Grounds for removal from class shall include any of the
following:
2019-20 School Handbook
ahschools.us/policies
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
1. Willful conduct that significantly disrupts the rights of
others to an education, including conduct that inter-
feres with a teacher’s ability to teach or communicate
effectively with students in a class or with the ability of
other students to learn;
2. Willful conduct that endangers surrounding persons,
including school district employees, the student or
other students, or the property of the school;
3. Willful violation of any school rules, regulations,
policies or procedures, including the Code of Student
Conduct in this policy; or
4. Other conduct, which in the discretion of the teacher or
administration, requires removal of the student from
class.
Removal from class is the short-term exclusion of a
student from class during which the school retains custody
of the student. Students violating the code of student
conduct may be removed from class at the discretion of the
classroom teacher for the duration of the class or activity
period. If the student is to be removed for additional time,
this and the conditions for return to class will be deter-
mined at a conference between the principal and the
teacher. Students removed from class shall be the
responsibility of the principal or designee. The principal
or designee shall inform the student and the student’s
parent/guardian of the conditions for returning to class.
If a student’s total days of removal from class exceeds ten
(10) cumulative days in a school year, the principal or de-
signee shall make reasonable attempts to convene a meet-
ing with the student and the student’s parent or guardian
prior to removing the student from class. The purpose of
this meeting is to attempt to determine the pupil’s need for
assessment or other services.
Parent notification: Parents shall be notified of a violation of
the rules and of the resulting disciplinary action. Under un-
usual circumstances, principals may determine that it is not
necessary to notify the parent/guardian.
Modified Learning Program: The short-term modification of
a student's program, not to exceed five days per infraction,
during which the school district retains custody of the
student.
Out of School Suspension:
1. Suspension is the short-term exclusion, not to exceed
five days (unless the student presents a danger to
themselves or others) per infraction of the student
from school during which the school is relieved of the
custody of the child. If the suspension is longer than
five days, the suspending administrator must provide
the superintendent or designee with a reason for the
longer suspension. A suspension may not extend be-
yond fifteen days. Upon the sixth day of a suspension
an alternative form of education must be presented to
the child, i.e. supervise homework.
2. Suspensions shall be utilized in accord with the Pupil
Fair Dismissal Act and with Anoka-Hennepin School
District policy.
33