Students and parents are hereby informed that the staff, faculty, and administration will not tolerate behavior or situations that might compromise the safety or well-being of any student. The community at JFKHS is committed to maintaining a safe and appropriate educational climate on our campus – an environment conducive to teaching and learning that is free from unnecessary disturbances and outside influences that are inconsistent with our school’s mission.

Students should be aware that the staff, faculty, and administration function as their parents/guardians (in loco parentis) while the students are on campus or attending school-sponsored activities. This legal concept assigns the school the authority and the responsibility to require students to adhere to a specific code of conduct and to apply interventions and consequences when students are found to be in non-compliance with expectations. School policies are created and applied in order to provide a safe, respectful, and effective learning environment.