AR 5131.4
Students
Campus
Disturbances
All
school staff shall respond to campus disturbances in accordance with the
school's response plan. Response plans shall describe:
1. The means which will be used to signal
an emergency situation and maintain communication among staff and with the
Superintendent or designee.
2. Each staff member's specific duties
during a disturbance.
3. Procedures for ensuring the safety of
students and staff.
4. Conditions, as prearranged with law
enforcement authorities, under which the principal or designee shall:
a. Inform
the police.
b. Secure
police assistance.
c. Give
the police responsibility for a specific crisis situation.
5. Procedures for the orderly dismissal of school
when authorized by the principal or designee.
All
media inquiries during crisis situations shall be routed to the Superintendent
or designee.
Extension
of Class Period
During
any disturbance in which additional students might become involved while
changing classes, the principal or designee may notify all staff that the
present class period will be extended until further notice. Upon receiving this
notification:
1. Teachers shall ensure that all students
in their charge remain in one location under
their supervision.
2. Teachers shall ask any students who are
not in their classrooms to return to
their classes at once.
PROHIBITED
ACTIVITIES
1. Disturbing the Peace
It is a misdemeanor to intentionally
cause or attempt to cause a riot by engaging in conduct which urges a riot or
urges others to act forcefully or
violently, or to burn or destroy property under circumstances which produce a
clear, present, and immediate danger of such acts
occurring. (Penal Code 404.6)
Anyone who, in a public place,
fights, challenges another to fight, or uses offensive words likely to provoke
a fight is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Penal Code 415)
2. Disruption of School Operations
Students shall be subject to
disciplinary action for any exercise of free expression which so incites
students as to create a clear and present
danger of the commission of unlawful acts on school premises or the violation
of lawful school regulations, or the substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the school, such as
may occur when students:
a. Organize
or participate in unauthorized assemblies on school premises.
b. Participate
in sit-ins or stand-ins which deny students or employees normal access to
school premises.
3. Refusal to Disperse
Persons who assemble for the purpose
of disturbing the public peace or committing any unlawful act are severally
guilty of a misdemeanor if they do
not disperse when desired or commanded to do so by a public officer. (Penal
Code 416)
Persons who remain present at the
place of any riot, rout or unlawful assembly after being lawfully warned to
disperse are guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Penal Code 409)
4. Boycotts
Students participating in any
protest that involves nonattendance at school or at a school activity where
attendance is required shall be identified
as truant, regardless of any parental approval of their act.
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