The Board of Trustees recognizes that all school staff must be prepared to cope with campus disturbances and to minimize the risks they entail. Staff should be especially sensitive to conditions that foster racial conflict, student protests, or gang intimidation and confrontations.
The Superintendent or designee shall establish at each school a disturbance response plan for curbing disruptions which create disorder and may lead to riots, violence or vandalism at school or school-sponsored events.
The Superintendent or designee shall consult with law enforcement authorities to plan for police support during school disruptions. Each school's disturbance response plan shall address the role of law enforcement. When a disturbance directly threatens students or staff, the Superintendent or designee has the authority to call in law enforcement personnel for assistance and may dismiss school.
Students who participate in disturbances may be subject to disciplinary action.
(cf. 3515 - Campus Security)
(cf. 5136 - Gangs)
(cf. 5144 - Discipline)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
32210 Willful disturbance of public school or meeting
32211 Threatened disruption or interference with classes
32280-32288 School safety plans
44810 Willful interference with classroom conduct
44811 Disruption of classwork or extracurricular activities
48907 Student exercise of free expression
PENAL CODE
403-420 Crimes against the public peace, especially:
415 Fighting; noise; offensive words
415.5 Disturbance of peace of school
416 Assembly to disturb peace; refusal to disperse
626-626.10 Crimes on school grounds
627-627.7 Access to school premises
Policy LANCASTER SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: November 6, 2007 Lancaster, California