Student Handbooks JFK Student Handbook 2017-2018 | Page 24

k. No application of pesticide, after July 1, 2000, may be made in any building or on school grounds during, regular school hours or during planned activities at the school except an emergency application. l. If an emergency application is necessary to eliminate an immediate threat to human health, such application shall not involve a restricted use pesticide and no child may enter the area of such application until it is safe to do so according to the provisions on the pesticide label. m. In cases of an emergency application, effective July 1, 2000 prior notice is not necessary except that on or before the day the application is to take place, prior notice is given to those persons who have previously requested such notice. Adopted: June 27, 2000 Revised: February 24, 2009 ENFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT BULLYING, TEEN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION POLICY 5131.9 The Enfield Board of Education is committed to creating and maintaining an educational environment that is physically, emotionally and intellectually safe and thus free from bullying, teen dating violence, harassment and discrimination. In accordance with state law and the Board’s Safe School Climate Plan, the Board expressly prohibits any form of bullying, teen dating violence behavior on school grounds; at a school-sponsored or school-related activity, function or program, whether on or off school grounds; at a school bus stop; on a school bus or other vehicle owned, leased or used by a local or regional board of education; or through the use of an electronic device or an electronic mobile device owned, leased or used by Board of Education. The Board also prohibits any form of bullying, teen dating violence behavior outside of the school setting if such bullying, teen dating violence (i) creates a hostile environment at school for the student against whom such bullying, teen dating violence was directed, (ii) infringes on the rights of the student against whom such bullying, teen dating violence was directed at school, or (iii) substantially disrupts the education process or the orderly operation of a school. Discrimination and/or retaliation against an individual who reports or assists in the investigation of an act of bullying, teen dating violence is likewise prohibited. Students who engage in bullying, teen dating violence behavior shall be subject to school discipline, up to and including expulsion, in accordance with the Board's policies on student discipline, suspension and expulsion, and consistent with state and federal law. For purposes of this policy, “Bullying, Teen Dating Violence” means the repeated use by one or more students of a written, verbal or electronic communication, such as cyberbullying, teen dating violence directed at or referring to another student attending school in the same school district, or a physical act or gesture by one or 24