FCCPS STANDARDS OF STUDENT CONDUCT POLICY AND REGULATION

Policy JFC - Student Conduct

Regulation JFC-R - Standards of student conduct

Policy JFHA - Prohibition against harassment, retaliation, bullying - Report form

Policy IIBEA/GAB Regulation GAB-R/IIBEA-R - Acceptable uses of technology

Policy JFCD and Policy GBEC - Weapons in school

JHCD - Administering medications to students

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

At Meridian High School and consistent with the IB Learner Profile, we strive to be principled learners. In the spirit of mutual trust and intellectual honesty, we act with integrity, and with a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect for the dignity of the individual, groups and communities.  We strive to frame our discussions about academic integrity in a positive light as a way to demonstrate good character.

     The fully Academic Integrity policy can be found here.

CO-CURRICULAR AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Meridian High School recognizes the value of participation in extracurricular activities, clubs, athletics, and organizations. These activities can teach students values such as self-discipline, self-confidence, perseverance, teamwork, sacrifice, dedication, and leadership. These activities are not part of the regular school curriculum and generally take place outside of the classroom. Participation in these activities is a privilege.  Students scheduled to participate in an extracurricular activity must attend school on the day of the activity in order to participate in the activity. Further information regarding student conduct expected of Meridian athletes can be found in the Meridian Athletic Handbook. More information about athletics can be found at Meridian Athletics. 

DRESS CODE

Dress Code Link

Philosophy: At Meridian High School, the student dress code supports equitable educational access and is written in a manner that does not reinforce stereotypes. To ensure effective and equitable enforcement of this dress code, school staff shall enforce the dress code consistently and in a manner that does not reinforce or increase marginalization or oppression of any group based on race, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, cultural observance, household income, or body type/size.

Our values are:

• All students should be able to dress comfortably for school and engage in the educational environment without fear of or actual unnecessary discipline or body shaming.

• All students and staff should understand that they are responsible for managing their own personal "distractions" without regulating individual students' clothing/self-expression.

• Student dress code enforcement should not result in unnecessary barriers to school attendance.

• School staff should be trained and able to use body-positive language to explain the code and to address code violations.

• Teachers should focus on teaching without the additional and often uncomfortable burden of dress code enforcement.

• Reasons for conflict and inconsistent and/or inequitable discipline should be minimized whenever possible. 

Our student dress code is designed to accomplish several goals:

• Maintain a safe learning environment in classes where protective or supportive clothing is needed, such as chemistry/biology (eye or body protection), dance (bare feet, tights/leotards), or PE (athletic attire/shoes).

• Allow students to wear clothing of their choice that is comfortable.

• Allow students to wear clothing that expresses their self-identified gender.

• Allow students to wear religious attire without fear of discipline or discrimination.

• Prevent students from wearing clothing or accessories with offensive images or language, including profanity, hate speech, and pornography.

• Prevent students from wearing clothing or accessories that denote, suggest, display, or reference alcohol, drugs, or related paraphernalia or other illegal conduct or activities.

• Prevent students from wearing clothing or accessories that will interfere with the operation of the school, disrupt the educational process, invade the rights of others, or create a reasonably foreseeable risk of such interference or invasion of rights.

• Prevent students from wearing clothing or accessories that reasonably can be construed as being or including content that is racist, lewd, vulgar, or obscene, or that reasonably can be construed as containing fighting words, speech that incites others to imminent lawless action, defamatory speech, or threats to others.

• Ensure that all students are treated equitably regardless of race, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, cultural observance, household income, or body type/size.