Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco Use District Policy #551:

• Possession or use of any illegal substances, alcohol, vape, and tobacco.

• Possession or use of any drug related paraphernalia, matches, and lighters.

• Offering or sharing any medication

Consequences for the violation of the above infractions will be determined by the Administration and may include in-school suspension, home suspension, letter of apology, restitution, referral to the Board of trustees for expulsion from the Vallivue School District, referral to law enforcement, etc.

District Policy #549:

All gangs and gang activities, including, but not limited to, wearing, possessing, using, distributing, displaying, or selling any clothing, jewelry, emblem, badge, symbol, sign, gestures, codes, or other things which evidence membership or affiliation in any gang, are prohibited in any of the public schools in this district and at all school functions. Students who claim affiliation with or membership of a gang are issued a letter sent home stating their affiliation or membership, or a documented phone call to parents. These students will also be documented with Caldwell City Police Department and Canyon County Sheriff’s Department. These students are not allowed to wear the associated gang color in any way. Items worn to school will be confiscated and become Vallivue District property.  These students will be subject to disciplinary action.

Consequences for egregious violations may be assigned at the discretion of the administration.

● 1st Violation: Student will be issued a warning.

● 2nd Violation: A parent meeting will be held and the student will be placed on a Gang Accountability Agreement. Student may also be

suspended one (1) day out of school and other action deemed necessary by the school’s administration.

● 3rd Violation: Up to three (3) days out of school suspension.

● 4th Violation: Up to five (5) days out of school suspension. The student will be referred to the Vallivue School District Discipline Review Committee.

It is the policy of this District to maintain a safe school environment for all students while attending school, riding the school bus, and attending district-sponsored activities on school premises or at other locations. Harassment, intimidation, and/or bullying, regardless of the specific nature of the students' behavior, is disruptive to a safe school environment and will not be tolerated.

Students attending district schools are prohibited from engaging in the following behaviors:

1. Physical abuse against a student, including, but not limited to hitting, pushing, tripping, kicking, blocking, or restraining another's movement; sexual misconduct, causing damage to another's clothing or possessions; and taking another's belongings.

2. Verbal abuse against a student, including, but not limited to, name calling, threatening, sexual misconduct, taunting, and malicious teasing.

3. Psychological abuse against a student, including, but not limited to, spreading harmful or inappropriate rumors regarding another, drawing inappropriate pictures or writing inappropriate statements regarding another, and intentionally excluding another from groups, or similar activities.

4. Cyber-bullying, including, but not limited to, using any electronic communication device to convey a message in any format (audio or video, text, graphics, photographs, or any combination thereof) that intimidates, harasses, or otherwise intended to harm another individual.

5. Harassment, intimidation, and/or bullying, including any intentional gesture or any intentional written, verbal, or physical acts or threats, against another student.

6. Conspiring with another individual to commit any acts of harassment or intimidation. 

The prohibition extends not only to actions taking place on school grounds but also actions originating at a remote location and carried out via social media, or any technology where electronic communication can occur. 

DISCIPLINARY ACTION 

Students who engage in harassment, intimidation, or bullying will be disciplined as determined to be appropriate, up to and including suspension and/or expulsion and referral to law enforcement. 

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

Title IX protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities. Vallivue's Title IX policy states that: No person in the Vallivue School District shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity.  Any student who feels that he or she has been discriminated against or has been a victim of sexual harassment at school should immediately contact a school administrator and inform the administrator of the situation.

Items deemed as a disruption to the educational process may be confiscated by school administration. These items include but are not limited to the following:

1. Skateboards, rollerblades and or hoverboards (If you ride a bicycle, bicycles are to be parked in the  bike rack provided immediately upon entrance to school grounds. Please bring your own bike lock. The school is not responsible for theft or damage.)

2. Energy Drinks

3. Sharpies and/or permanent markers of any kind

4. Perfumes, body sprays, colognes

5. Beverages (only water allowed in clear water bottles) - Lunch beverages should be in unopened container

• No Squirt-top water bottles

6. Rubber-bands or liquid white-out

7. GUM: is allowed unless teachers/administration see that it is not used appropriately chewing in a distracting manner, popping it loudly, sticking it on desks, tables, chairs, floors, books etc…). Individual teachers may prohibit gum in their classrooms.