Grades 9-12 (offenses cumulative during high school years)
An administrator will use his/her discretion to determine if there
has been a violation of the physical aggression policy.
An administrator, with the approval of an associate superintendent,
may use his/her discretion to apply more appropriate consequences
when needed to provide for the safety of all students.
All federal and state rules and regulations concerning special
education students will apply to these policy procedures.
First offense:
a. five-day suspension,
b. parent conference,
c. parents and student will be notified that any further
offenses will result in a referral to the School Board for
an expulsion of up to one calendar year
d. referral to a local law enforcement agency
e. referral to Activities Director
Further offenses:
a. ten-day suspension
b. referral to the School Board for an expulsion of up to one
calendar year
c. referral to law enforcement officials.
Procedures concerning Promoting/Instigating/Aiding
physical aggression
Promoting/instigating/aiding physical aggression -- contributing
to an act of physical aggression verbally or through behavior
or by preventing the intervention of a staff member who is
attempting to stop an act of physical aggression.
An administrator will use his/her discretion to determine if there
has been a violation of the promoting/instigating
physical aggression policy.
An administrator, with the approval of an associate superintendent,
may use his/her discretion to apply more appropriate consequences
when needed to provide for the safety of all students.
All federal and state rules and regulations concerning special
education students will apply to these policy procedures
First offense:
a. possible suspension
b. conference with parents and student stressing appropriate
conflict resolution strategies.
c. Parent and student will be reminded of the consequences
directed by the district’s Promoting/Instigating/Aiding Physical
Aggression policy procedures which include expulsion
Second offense:
a. suspension
b. conference with parents and student stressing appropriate
conflict resolution strategies.
c. parent and student will be reminded of the consequences
directed by the district’s Promoting/ Instigating/Aiding Physical
Aggression policy procedures which include expulsion
Further offenses:
a. suspension
b. possible referral to the School Board for an expulsion of up
to one calendar year
Please see page 48 for explanation of Reasonable Force when
used on students.
2019-20 School Handbook
ahschools.us/policies
Policy in Practice:
Guidelines for Student Threats to Staff
Note: Discipline Policy 506.0 addresses student threats to staff. It
states: “Anoka-Hennepin School District No. 11 will take threats
of violence against persons or school property, whether physical,
verbal or written, including threats via computer, seriously.”
Discipline procedures:
1. The student will be suspended immediately upon being
identified and the parents/guardians informed. If security is an
immediate consideration, in-school suspension, or immediate
referral to the policy may be implemented.
2. The Principal or designee will investigate the incident to
determine the content of the threat, who is involved, the
circumstances under which the threat was made, and
the potential seriousness of the threat.
3. The Principal will inform the staff member of the availability of
the police liaison officer, the city police or the county sheriff as
a resource.
4. At the conclusion of the investigation the following may occur:
A. If the staff member agrees, a meeting will be held with the
student and his/her parents, the administrator and any
other appropriate staff from the building or district. The
student will be asked to explain the behavior toward
the staff member, and will be given the opportunity to apol-
ogize. The staff member will have the opportunity to speak
to the student and parents about the threat.
The outcome of this meeting will be taken into considera-
tion when the conditions for the student's return to school,
and the consequences for the behavior (listed in #5 and
#6) are determined by the principal with input from the staff
member who was threatened.
B. The student and staff member will not meet; the suspen-
sion of the student will remain in effect, the principal
will inform the parent/guardian of the outcome of the
investigation by telephone or at a meeting, and any of the
options in #5 and/or #6 may be implemented.
5. The consequences for the student may include:
A. A suspension for 1-10 days,
B. Agreed upon restitution or community service,
C. A transfer to another building within the District,
D. A recommendation for expulsion from the District,
E. Charges may be filed with the police or sheriff's department.
6. The readmission plan at the home building, or the building to
which the student is transferred, may include:
A. A psychological evaluation by an outside agency,
B. A meeting with the student, parent/guardian,
counselor/dean/SSA, prevention advisor, principal and/or
other appropriate staff,
C. A change of schedule for the student,
D. An agreement that the student join a support group or activity.
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