Code of Conduct

Teachers and the administration at South CTA are legally responsible for maintaining order and discipline among all students. The law provides that students who do not comply with reasonable rules may expect disciplinary action. The Board of School Trustees expects the principal to take action as necessary to protect students and school personnel from dangerous or socially unacceptable student behavior. Violation of the rules as stated in CCSD Regulation 5141.1 may result in a student being suspended, recommended for behavioral program placement, recommended for expulsion, or other disciplinary action. South CTA will not tolerate inappropriate behavior and the student's consequences, in addition to progressive discipline, may be a recommendation to an alternative site.

In order to guarantee all students at South CTA the excellent learning climate they deserve, the following expectations are being communicated:

1. No student will interfere with the instructor’s right to teach.

2. No student will interfere with another student’s learning.

3. No student will engage in any behavior that is not in his/her best interest or in the best interest of others.

When students engage in inappropriate behaviors, they will be dealt with fairly and consistently using progressive discipline. Students may be subject to school beautification, in-house suspension, required parent conference (RPC), out-of-school suspension, arrest, referral to Behavior School, and/or expulsion (as appropriate) for the following infractions:

• Arson

• Assault, battery, or physical abuse on any person

• Being in an unsupervised area (ex: halls during lunchtime, courtyard/gym after school)

• Bus Infractions

• Closed campus violation

• Academic Dishonesty violation (Cheating/Forgery/Plagiarism)

• Computer misuse

• Disregard for district, school, or classroom rules, regulations, or policies

• Disruptive/inappropriate campus, classroom, or bus behavior

• Dress code violations

• Engaging in automobile misuse

• Engaging in mock fighting and/or horse playing

• Failure to identify oneself upon request and/or failure to report to an administrator’s office when directed to do so by any school personnel

• Failure to wear a current school issued student identification badge

• Failure to dress out for PE

• Fighting

• Forging corridor passes, admission slips, absence notes, and/or providing any false information on school forms

• Inflicting harassment,bullying, or racially motivated incidents of any kind

• Leaving class without a corridor pass from the teacher

• Loitering or congregating in hallways

• Nuisance items

• Participation in gambling

• Possession of a weapon or simulated weapon

• Public display of affection (excessive)

• Smoking on campus/use of smokeless tobacco or carrying lit tobacco products, 'Vapor" or "e-cigarettes", tobacco devices, or smokeless tobacco products

• Tardiness

• Theft, extortion, vandalism, destruction of school property, gang writing, and tagging on buildings or instructional materials

• Truancy

• Use, distribution and/or possession of illegal drugs or alcohol (automatic referral to CCSD Substance Abuse Prevention Program and recommendation to behavior school/expulsion for distribution)

• Use of obscene, vulgar, profane, or disrespectful language

• Verbal confrontations

• Other behaviors that disrupt class or campus, or create a risk to student/staff safety

To review the complete CCSD Code of Conduct K-12, please click HERE