1251 - Loitering or Causing Disturbances

Community Relations 

1251 – Loitering or Causing Disturbances 

All visitors must register in the office of the school principal. Staff members should be alert to the possibility of unauthorized visitors and promptly report any concerns to the principal. Any person shall be considered loitering on school grounds when he/she loiters or remains in or about a school building or grounds without any reason or relationship involving custody of or responsibility for student(s) or any license or privilege to be there. 

An expelled student who appears on school grounds during any period of expulsion will be considered to be loitering with the exception of an expelled student who has been granted prior permission by school district administration to so appear or remain on school grounds for a specific purpose, event or activity. 

Unauthorized persons shall not be permitted in the school buildings or on school grounds. The Superintendent of Schools or his/her authorized designee or the School Resource Officer is authorized to take appropriate action to prevent such persons from entering buildings and from loitering on school grounds. Such persons will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. 

Legal References: 

Connecticut General Statutes 

53a-185 Loitering in or about school grounds; Class C misdemeanor 

Policy Adopted: April 2005 

Revised: June 2019