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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT-

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DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL L.I.F.E. CLUB; )

STEPHEN GRABOWSKI, by and through his )

parents, Edmund and Mary Etta Grabowski;

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TIMOTHY SOUZA and DANIEL SOUZA by and )

through their parents, Ralph and Diane Souza; )

SHARON SITLER and PAUL SITLER, by and )

through their parents, William and Denise Sitler; )

and DUSTIN COOPER, by and through his parents,)

Brian and Amy Turner-Cooper,

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Plaintiffs,

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WESTFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS; DR. THOMAS)

Y. McDOWELL, Individually and in his official )

capacity as Superintendent of Westfield Public )

Schools; and THOMAS W. DALEY, Individually )

and in his official capacity as Principal of Westfield)

High School,

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Defendants.

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VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR PRELIMINARY AND PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, DECLARATORY RELIEF AND DAMAGES

COMES NOW the Plaintiffs, WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL L.I.F.E. CLUB, STEPHEN

GRABOWSKI, by and through his parents, Edmund and Mary Etta Grabowski, TIMOTHY SOUZA

and DANIEL SOUZA, by and through their parents, Ralph and Diane Souza, SHARON SITLER

and PAUL SITLER, by and through their parents, William and Denise Sitler, and DUSTIN

COOPER, by and through his parents Brain and Amy Cooper, by and through their undersigned

counsel, and respectfully requests this Court to issue Declaratory Judgment, Preliminary and

Permanent Injunctive Relief and Damages. In support thereof, Plaintiffs show unto the Court as

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follows: 1. This is a civil action whereby Plaintiffs seeks Declaratory Judgment, Preliminary and
Permanent Injunctive Relief enjoining Defendants, the WESTFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DR. THOMAS Y. McDOWELL, Individually and in his official capacity as Superintendent of the Westfield Public Schools, and THOMAS W. DALEY, Individually and in his official capacity as Principal ofWestfield High School, (hereafter collectively referred to as "Defendants"), their agents, servants and employees and those acting in active concert and with actual notice thereof, from prohibiting Plaintiffs from distributing religious literature to fellow students during non-instructional time during the school day, from enforcing any discriminatory policy against Plaintiffs prohibiting them from distributing religious literature during the school day to fellow students, from disciplining Plaintiffs for distributing religious literature to fellow students during the school day, and from acting in such a manner as to violate the Plaintiffs' rights to Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Assembly, Free Exercise ofReligion and Equal Protection, guaranteed under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and from violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Plaintiffs also prays for Declaratory Judgment to determine the constitutionality of Defendants' Literature Distribution Policy (hereafter "Policy") and of the Defendants' actions in denying Plaintiffs the opportunity to exercise their rights and for disciplining Plaintiffs for exercising their constitutional rights, and to declare Defendants' Policy, both on its face and as applied, unconstitutional as a direct violation of Plaintiffs' rights and a violation of the freedoms protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and for an award ofsuch damages as are directly and proximately caused by the Defendants' violations of the Plaintiffs'
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rights. An actual controversy exists between the parties involving substantial constitutional issues,
, in that the Defendants' Policy is unconstitutional on its face and as applied, violates Plaintiffs' rights to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, equal protection and free exercise of religion of Plaintiffs guaranteed under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and also violates the Establishment Clause ofthe First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Plaintiffs have also been disciplined pursuant to the Policy. JURISDICTION AND VENUE 2. This action arises under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United Constitution, 42 U.S.C. §1983. 3. This Court has jurisdiction of this claim under, and by virtue of, 28 U.S.c. §§ 1331, 2201-02. 4. Venue is proper under 28 U.S.c. §1391(b). Each and all of the acts alleged herein were done by Defendants, and each ofthem, not as individuals, but under the color and pretense of the statutes, ordinances, regulations, practices, customs, and uses of the Westfield Public Schools. 5. This Court is authorized to grant Declaratory Judgment under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201-02 implemented through Rule 57 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and to issue the Preliminary and Permanent Injunctive Relief requested by Plaintiffs under Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Procedure. 6. This Court is authorized to grant Plaintiffs' prayer for reliefregarding costs, including a reasonable attorney's fee, under 42 U.S.C. §1988. 7. This Court has supplemental jurisdiction over any and all claims arising under state
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law by virtue of28 U.S.c. §1367. PARTIES
8. Plaintiff, WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL L.I.F.E. CLUB, is and was at all times relevant herein, a non-curriculum related, student initiated, student led religious club existing within Westfield High School pursuant to the authority of the Westfield Public Schools.
9. Plaintiff STEPHEN GRABOWSKI, a minor, is and was at all times relevant herein, a resident ofWestfield, Massachusetts, and is currently a Junior at Westfield High School, under the jurisdiction of the Westfield Public Schools.
to. EDMUND and MARY ETTA GRABOWSKI, are and were at all times relevant
herein, the parents of Stephen Grabowski. 11. Plaintiff TIMOTHY SOUZA, a minor, is and was at all times relevant herein, a
resident of Westfield, Massachusetts, and is currently a Freshman at Westfield High School, under the jurisdiction of the Westfield Public Schools.
12. PlaintiffDANIEL SOUZA, a minor, is and was at all times relevant herein, a resident of Westfield, Massachusetts, and is currently a Junior at Westfield High School, under the jurisdiction of the Westfield Public Schools.
13. RALPH and DIANE SOUZA, are and were at all times relevant herein, the parents of Timothy and Daniel Souza.
14. Plaintiff SHARON SITLER, a minor, is and was at all times relevant herein, a resident of Westfield, Massachusetts, and is currently a Senior at Westfield High School, under the jurisdiction of the Westfield Public Schools.
15. Plaintiff PAUL SITLER, a minor, is and was at all times relevant herein, a resident
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of Westfield, Massachusetts, and is currently a Freshman at Westfield High School, under the jurisdiction of the Westfield Public Schools.
16. WILLIAM and DENISE SITLER, are and were at all times relevant herein, the parents of Sharon and Paul Sitler.
17. Plaintiff DUSTIN COOPER, a minor, is and was at all times relevant herein, a resident of Westfield, Massachusetts, and is currently a Junior at Westfield High School, under the jurisdiction of the Westfield Public Schools.
18. BRIAN and AMY COOPER, are and were at all times relevant herein, the parents of Dustin Cooper.
19. Defendant, WESTFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS, is a public body corporate and politic established, organized, and authorized under and pursuant to the laws of Massachusetts, with the authority to sue and be sued, and was at all times relevant herein, operating within the course and scope of its authority and under color of state law.
20. Defendant, DR. THOMAS Y. McDOWELL, is and was at all times relevant herein, the Superintendent of the Westfield Public Schools and acted within the course and scope of his authority as Superintendent.
21. Defendant, THOMAS W. DALEY, is and was at all times relevant herein, the Principal of Westfield High School, and acted within the course and scope of his authority as Principal.
STATEMENT OF FACTS 22. The L.I.F.E. Club (hereafter "Club" or "Bible Club"), is a non-curriculum related student-initiated and student led Christian club at Westfield High School.
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23. Plaintiffs Stephen Grabowski, Sharon and Paul Sitler, Timothy and Daniel Souza and
Dustin Cooper are all members of the L.I.F.E. Club.
24. The Club meets every first and third Monday of every month.
25. The acronym L.I.F.E. stands for Love and Insight For Eternity.
26. The Club's activities include meeting together for Bible study discussion, prayer and
participating or planning service projects such as assisting in local soup kitchens, clothing drives and
food drives.
27. In December, 2002, the members ofthe Club decided to pass out Candy Canes with
an attachment as a way of celebrating Christmas and of spreading the Gospel.
28. The distribution ofthe Candy Canes with the attachment was a function ofthe Bible
Club.
29. The Club referred to the distribution of the Candy Canes and the attachment as
"Operation Candy Cane" or "OCC".
30. The attachment to the Candy Canes was a folded card that contained the story of the
Candy Cane as well as Bible verses. See Attachment to Candy Cane attached hereto as Exhibit "A".
31. The outside of the attachment said "Merry Christmas".
32. The back side ofthe attachment stated as follows:
LIFE Bible Club Every first and third Monday of every month 2:00 - 3:00 in Room 330 Love and Insight For Eternity ''And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth ofinsight, so that you may be able to discern

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what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with thefruit ofrighteousness that comes through Jesus Christto the glory and praise ofGod. " Philippians 1:9-11
See Exhibit "A".
33. The inside of the attachment contained the story of the Candy Cane as well as a
Salvation prayer, which was as follows:
According to legend there was a candy maker who wanted to invent a candy that was a witness to Christ. The result was the candy cane. First of all, he used a hard candy because Christ is the Rock ofAges. This hard candy was shaped so that it would resemble a "J" for Jesus or a shepherd"s staff. He made it white to represent the purity of Christ. Finally, a red stripe was added to represent the blood ofChrist that was shed for the sins ofthe world and three thinner red stripes for the stripes he received on our behalf when the Roman soldiers whipped him. The flavor ofthe candy is peppermint, which is similar to hyssop. Hyssop is in the mint family and was used in the Old Testament for purification and sacrifice. Jesus is the pure Lamb of God, who came to be a sacrifice for the sins of the world. Too often the true meaning ofChristmas is lost in commercialism and the stress of the holiday season. One thing that we can be thankful for is the salvation that God has given us through Jesus Christ, instead of worrying about what presents we are going to get. The gift of salvation is the greatest gift anyone could ever give us. It is better than getting a new car, and it is better than a gift certificate to the mall. And it's free! Remember: It is not a prayer that saves you. It is trusting. Jesus Christ that saves you. Prayer is simply how you tell God what you are doing. Ifyou want to receive this awesome gift just be real with God and ask Him for it! Dear God, I know I am a sinner, and I know I should be punished. I believe that Christ diedfor me and took the punishmentfor my sins, and then rose from the dead three days after he died. I trust Jesus Christ alone as my savior. Thank you for yourforgiveness and everlasting life that I know I now have. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Now your whole life is new!
See Exhibit "A".
34. The distribution of the Candy Canes with the attachment was to take place during
non-instructional time on or about Thursday, December 19, 2002, which was one day prior to the
last day of school before the Winter Break.
35. The Westfield Public Schools Policy regarding literature distribution is contained
within the Parent-Student Handbook. See Parent-Student Handbook attached hereto as Exhibit "B".
36. The Handbook contains a Policy entitled, "Freedom of Speech, Assembly or
Congregation" (hereafter "Free Speech Policy") which states, in relevant part:
The freedoms of speech and the right to assemble are two principles upon which this country is based. These freedoms are subject to the limits of obscenity, defamation, fighting words, incitement or disruption as defined by the Massachusetts Department ofEducation. Responsible speech will be allowed in the proper location at the proper time, so as not to stop other people from entering classrooms, distributing literature during classes, or hold a demonstration, so that it interferes with classes or homerooms in session. The use of symbolic expressions ofpublishingldistributing ofmaterial is subject to the same limitations as listed for freedom of speech.
See Exhibit "B" at pg. 23.
37. The phrase "Responsible speech" is nowhere defined in the Policies ofthe Westfield
Pubic Schools.
38. The Handbook also contains a Policy entitled, "Posting of Information and
Distribution of Materials" (hereafter "Distribution Policy") which states, in relevant part:
Handbills or any other printed matter may not be distributed or circulated in school or on the school grounds without proper authority. Arrangements should be made with an administrator or his designee.
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See Exhibit "B" at pg. 27. 39. Neither the Free Speech Policy nor the Distribution Policy (hereafter collectively referred to as "Policies") contain standards to govern the exercise ofdiscretion by the administrator or his designee. 40. The Policies contain no time limits during which a decision must be made concerning allowing distribution of literature. 41. The Policies contain no right of appeal should a student be aggrieved by the administrator's decision regarding distribution of literature. 42. The Policies allow for the exercise ofunfettered discretion by the administrator or his designee concerning a request to distribute literature. 43. Two academic years ago, during the 2000-2001 school year, the members ofthe Bible Club asked for permission to distribute candy canes with an attachment that contained the candy cane story, Bible verses and a salvation prayer. 44. Both the Free Speech Policy and the Distribution Policy were in effect during the 2000-2001 school year. 45. Defendant Timothy McDowell was not the Superintendent of Westfield Public Schools during the time in the 2000-2001 school year when the members ofthe Bible Club requested permission to distribute candy canes with an attachment. 46. The members ofthe Bible Club were granted permission to distribute the candy canes with the attachment that contained the candy cane story, Bible verses and a salvation prayer. 47. One academic year ago, during the 2001-2002 school year, the members ofthe Bible Club requested permission to again distribute candy canes with an attachment.
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48. Both the Free Speech Policy and the Distribution Policy were in effect during the 2001-2002 school year.
49. Defendant Timothy McDowell was Superintendent during the time period in the 2001-2002 school year when the members ofthe Bible Club requested permission to distribute candy canes with an attachment.
50. Principal Daley reviewed the content ofthe attachment to the candy canes the Bible Club wished to distribute.
51. Principal Daley told the members ofthe Bible Club that the content ofthe attachment to the candy cane was "offensive" and that they would not be able to distribute it to fellow students.
52. Principal Daley told the members of the Bible Club that they could have a nonoffensive message on the attachment to the candy cane that said something like "Seasons Greetings" or "Happy Holidays and that advertised the meeting times of the Club.
53. The members of the Bible Club agreed to change the message of the attachment to the candy cane so that it said "Happy Holidays from the Bible Club."
54. The members ofthe Bible Club distributed the candy canes with the attachment that stated, "Happy Holidays from the Bible Club."
55. This academic year, on or about December 12,2002, Plaintiff Stephen Grabowski, on behalf of the Bible Club, approached Thomas Daley, Principal of Westfield High School, to request permission to distribute Candy Canes with the attachment that contained the story of the candy cane, a salvation prayer, Scripture verses and the meeting times ofthe Bible Club as described above.
56. Both the Free Speech Policy and the Distribution Policy were in effect during the
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2002-2003 school year. 57. Plaintiff Grabowski gave Principal Daley a copy of the attachment to the Candy
Canes to review. 58. After reviewing the attachment to the Candy Cane, Principal Daley told Plaintiff
Grabowski that the attachment to the Candy Canes was "offensive" and that he would have Superintendent McDowell review the attachment to the candy cane and would get back with them.
59. On or about Monday, December 16, 2002, Plaintiff Stephen Grabowski, on behalf ofthe Bible Club, contacted Principal Daley to ascertain whether they would be allowed to distribute the attachment to the candy cane.
60. Principal Daley communicated to PlaintiffGrabowski that Superintendent McDowell had denied the request to distribute the attachment because the attachment was offensive and that other students had a right not to be exposed to an offensive piece of literature.
61. That same day PlaintiffGrabowski telephoned Superintendent McDowell to request permission to distribute the Candy Canes.
62. Superintendent McDowell communicated to PlaintiffGrabowski his decision that the Bible Club could not distribute the candy canes with the attachment because the attachment was offensive.
63. Superintendent McDowell also stated that allowing the distribution ofthe Candy Cane with the attachment would violate the rights of other students in the school not to be exposed to material they may find offensive.
64. The members of the Bible Club were unwilling to censor the message of the attachment to the candy canes as Principal Daley requested the previous year.
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65. Superintendent McDowell told Plaintiff Grabowski that he would get back to him regarding whether the Bible Club could distribute the attachment along with the candy canes.
66. On or about Tuesday, December 17, 2002, Plaintiff Grabowski contacted Principal Daley to ascertain whether they would be allowed to distribute the attachment to the candy canes.
67. Principal Daley communicated to PlaintiffGrabowski that Superintendent McDowell would not allow them to distribute the attachment to the candy canes.
68. On or about Tuesday, December 17, 2002, Plaintiff Grabowski contacted Liberty Counsel to request assistance regarding the distribution of the Candy Canes with the attachment.
69. On or about Wednesday, December 18, 2002, Liberty Counsel faxed a letter to Superintendent McDowell requesting that he allow the students to distribute the Candy Canes with the attachments and requesting a response the same day, as the distribution was scheduled for Thursday, December 19,2002. See Letter attached hereto as Exhibit "C".
70. The letter was copied to Principal Daley and to Mayor Richard K. Sullivan who is Chairman of the Westfield Public School Committee. See Exhibit "C".
71. On or about Wednesday, December 18, 2002, Superintendent McDowell faxed a letter to Liberty Counsel denying the request to allow the students to distribute the Candy Canes with the attachment. See Letter attached hereto as Exhibit "D".
72. Dr. McDowell's letter stated: We do not allow students to distribute non-school curriculum or activity related literature of any kind directly to other students on school grounds. We do not single out students based upon the content of their message, in this or any other instance. Should a student or group of students simply wish to distribute candy canes with no message, it would be treated in the same manner, as would a handout advertising a sale at a local store.
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See Exhibit "D". 73. On or about the morning of Thursday, December 19, 2002, Dr. McDowell and Principal Daley met with the members ofthe Bible Club. 74. During the meeting, Superintendent McDowell showed the members of the Bible Club the letter he had received from Liberty Counsel as well as the responsive letter he transmitted to Liberty Counsel. 75. During the meeting, Superintendent McDowell repeated his earlier denial to the students of their request to distribute Candy Canes with the attachment. 76. The members ofthe Bible Club felt so strongly that they had a constitutional right to pass out their message with the candy canes that they made the decision to pass them out despite Dr. McDowell's denial of their request. 77. The decision to distribute the candy canes and the attachment was made based upon the student's sincere religious belief that they were obeying God's command to them to share the Gospel with their fellow students. 78. The members ofthe Bible Club made the decision to distribute the candy canes with the attachments knowing that there might be disciplinary proceedings instituted against them. However, each ofthe members ofthe Bible Club felt they were being obedient to God as their higher authority. 79. The members of the Bible Club felt that they had no choice but to be obedient to God's command to them, even ifthat command conflicted with the school district's decision to deny their request. 80. On or about Thursday, December 19, 2002, the members ofthe Bible Club distributed
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approximately 450 candy canes with the attachment to fellow students.

81. The distribution occurred during the school day.

82. The distribution occurred only during the non-instructional times ofbetween classes

and during lunch.

83. The distribution of the candy canes with the attachment did not stop other people

from entering classes.

84. The distribution ofthe candy canes with the attachment did not interfere with classes

or homerooms in session.

85. The content of the attachment to the candy canes was not obscene or defaming and

did not constitute fighting words

86. The content ofthe attachment to the candy canes did not incite violence or disruption.

87. The distribution of the candy canes with the attachment did not materially or

substantially disrupt the educational environment of Westfield High School.

88. The content ofthe candy cane attachment would not have led a school official to fear

disruption of the educational environment by its distribution to students.

89. On or about January 2,2003, the Winter Break ended and the members of the Bible

Club returned to school.

90. During the first period of classes on January 2,2003, the Plaintiff members of the

Bible Club were summoned to the Principal's office.

91. Principal Daley told the members of the Bible Club they would each have to serve

a one-day in-school suspension for distributing the candy canes with the attachment. See Notice of

Suspension attached hereto as Exhibit "E".

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92. On or about the afternoon of January 2, 2003, Mary Etta Grabowski, Stephen Grabowski's mother, and Denise Sitler, Sharon and Paul Sitler's mother, delivered a letter to Superintendent McDowell asking that the suspensions be stayed until the School Board could have a hearing on the matter.
93. That same afternoon, Mrs. Sitler and Mrs. Grabowski received a telephone call from the Superintendent's office stating that the internal suspensions would be stayed pending an appeal to the School Committee.
94. Superintendent McDowell's office sent a Revised Notice ofSuspension to the parents ofthe Bible Club members. See Revised Notice of Suspension attached hereto as Exhibit "F".
95. The Revised Notice of Suspension stated that the parents may appeal the decision to the Superintendent's office within 10 days. See Exhibit "F".
96. The parents of the students have appealed to the Superintendent's office. 97. As ofthe time of filing this Complaint, no decision had been rendered regarding the appeal. 98. Several students face serious consequences from the school's decision to punish them for distributing the candy canes with the attachments. 99. Plaintiff Sharon Sitler is a member ofthe National Honor Society. 100. If Plaintiff Sharon Sitler were to receive a suspension on her record, she would be removed from the National Honor Society. 101. PlaintiffSharon Sitler is a Senior and is in the process ofapplying to several colleges and universities for admission and scholarships. 102. Should Sharon Sitler be removed from the National Honor Society because of the
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school's discipline of her, she would face a severe disadvantage in competing for admission and scholarships to college.
103. Plaintiff Paul Sitler is currently a Freshman at Westfield High school and has aspirations to attend the United States Air Force Academy upon graduation from high school.
104. Should PlaintiffPaul Sitler receive a suspension or other discipline on his academic record, it would severely disadvantage him in his chances of competing for enrollment to the Air Force Academy.
105. All the Plaintiffs face serious and severe consequences of the school's discipline of them regarding their distribution of the candy canes with the attachment.
106. Both the Free Speech Policy and the Distribution Policy grant unfettered discretion to the Principal and the Superintendent to deny speech.
107. The Policies are an unconstitutional prior restraint on speech. 108. Both Principal Daley and Superintendent McDowell exercised their designated authority under the Policies to ban the Plaintiffs' speech. 109. In implementing their written Policies, their practice and custom ofbanning speech during non-instructional times, the Defendants have caused irreparable harm to the Plaintiffs' Constitutional rights. 110. The Plaintiffs desire in the future to exercise their constitutional rights by distributing literature to their fellow students during non-instructional time. 111. The Bible Club desires in the future, as an activity of the Bible Club, to distribute literature and to distribute candy canes with attachments.

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COUNT I - VIOLATION OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
112. Plaintiffhereby reincorporates and adopts each and every allegation in the preceding paragraphs numbered 1 through 111.
113. Defendants violated Plaintiffs First Amendment right to freedom of speech by preventing Plaintiffs from distributing religious literature and by disciplining Plaintiffs for distributing religious literature to fellow students during non-instructional time.
114. Defendants' Policies and actions are a prior restraint on Plaintiffs speech. 115. Defendants' Policies and actions leave unfettered discretion to deny literature distribution in the hands of the Defendants. 116. Defendants' Policies and actions are vague. 117. Defendants' Policies and actions are content-based restrictions on Plaintiffs' speech. 118. Defendants have denied Plaintiff the right to freedom of speech by discriminating against Plaintiffs on the basis of the content of their message. 119. Defendants' Policies and actions are viewpoint-based restrictions on Plaintiffs' speech. 120. Defendants have denied Plaintiff the right to freedom of speech by discriminating against Plaintiffs on the basis of the religious viewpoint of their speech. 121. Defendants' Policies and actions are not the least restrictive means to accomplish any permissible government purpose sought to be served by the actions. 122. Defendants' Policies and actions do not leave open ample alternative channels of communication for Plaintiffs.
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123. Defendants' Policies and actions are irrational and unreasonable, and impose unjustifiable restrictions on constitutionally-protected speech.
124. Defendants' Policies and actions unconstitutionally chill and abridge the right of Plaintiffs to freely speak and meet with other people.
125. Defendants' violation ofPlaintiffs, right offree speech has caused, and will continue to cause, the Plaintiffs to suffer undue and actual hardship and irreparable injury.
126. Plaintiffs have no adequate remedy at law to correct the continuing deprivations of their most cherished constitutional liberties.
127. As a direct and proximate result of the Defendants' continuing violations of the Plaintiffs' rights, the Plaintiffs have in the past and will continue to suffer in the future direct and consequential damages, including but not limited to, the loss of their ability to exercise their constitutional rights, the loss of reputation, embarrassment, and humiliation.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfullypray that the Court grant the declaratory and injunctive relief set forth herein and award such damages to the Plaintiffs as are reasonable, just and necessary.
COUNT II - VIOLATION OF MASS. GEN. L. CH. 71, §82 - RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS 128. Plaintiffs hereby reiterate and adopt each and every allegation in the preceding paragraphs numbered 1 - 111. 129. Plaintiffs' right to freedom of expression is protected by Mass. Gen. L. Ch. 71, §82 (West 2002), which states, in relevant part, as follows:
The right of students to freedom of expression in the public schools ofthe commonwealth shall not be abridged, provided that such right shall not cause any disruption or disorder within the school. Freedom of expression shall include without limitation, the rights and responsibilities of students, collectively and individually, (a) to
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express their views through speech and symbols, (b) to write, publish and disseminate their views, (c) to assemble peaceably on school property for the purpose of expressing their opinions. 130. Plaintiffs' actions are in distributing literature are a protected form of expression under state law. 131. Defendants' Policies and actions are a violation of Plaintiffs' right to freedom of expression protected under state law. 132. Defendants' Policies and actions curtail and infringe Plaintiffs' rights to freedom of expression even when Plaintiffs' expression does not cause any disruption or disorder in the school. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully pray that the Court grant the declaratory and injunctive reliefset forth herein and award such damages to Plaintiffs as are reasonable, just and necessary. COUNT III - VIOLATION OF THE EQUAL ACCESS ACT 133. Plaintiffhereby incorporates and adopts each and every allegation in the proceeding paragraphs numbered 1 through 111. 134. Defendant has created a "limited open forum" within the meaning of the Equal Access Act, 20 U.S.c. § 4071, et seq., in Westfield High School by permitting one or more noncurriculum-related student groups to meet on school premises. 135. Plaintiffs right to equal access on the same terms and conditions to all of the privileges of other non-curriculum clubs is protected by the Equal Access Act, 20 U.S.C. § 4071, et seq. 136. Membership in the Bible Club is voluntary and open to all students within Westfield High School.
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137. The Bible Club is a student-initiated and student-led club. 138. The Bible Club does not materially and/or substantially interfere with the orderly conduct of educational activity with Westfield High School or any other secondary school within Defendant's jurisdiction. 139. Defendants have denied Plaintiff the right to equal access and a fair opportunity to exercise their rights and privileges at Westfield High school and are discriminating against Plaintiffs on the basis of the religious content of the Bible Club. 140. Defendants' Policies and actions ofdenying Plaintiffs equal access violate Plaintiffs' rights under the Equal Access Act. 141. Defendants' Policies and actions are unconstitutional abridgements of Plaintiffs' affirmative right to equal access protected under the Equal Access Act because they operate as a content-based restriction in a public school forum. 142. As a direct result ofDefendants' prohibition ofPlaintiffs' rights, Defendants continue to abridge and violate Plaintiffs' rights in violation ofthe Equal Access Act 20 U.S.c. §§ 4071-4074. 143. As a direct and proximate result of the Defendants' continuing violations of the Plaintiffs' rights, the Plaintiffs have in the past and will continue to suffer in the future direct and consequential damages, including but not limited to, the loss of the ability to exercise their constitutional and statutory rights, loss of reputation, embarrassment, and humiliation. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully pray that the Court grant the declaratory and injunctive relief set forth herein and award such damages to the Plaintiffs as are reasonable, just and necessary under the circumstances.
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COUNT IV - VIOLATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
144. Plaintiffs hereby incorporate and adopt each and every allegation in the preceding paragraphs numbered 1 through 111.
145. The First Amendment's Establishment Clause, incorporated and made applicable to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibits the establishment of any religion and/or excessive government entanglement with religion.
146. The Defendants' Policies and actions constitute a violation of the Establishment Clause because they are devoid of a secular purpose.
147. The Defendants' Policies and actions constitute a violation of the Establishment Clause because they are not neutral, but are invidious and hostile, toward religion.
148. The Defendants' Policies and actions discriminate against Plaintiffs and treat Plaintiffs less favorably than secular literature that is permitted to be distributed.
149. The Defendants' Policies and actions constitute a violation of the Establishment Clause because they create an excessive entanglement with religion.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully pray that the Court grant the declaratory and injunctive relief set forth herein and award such damages to the Plaintiffs as are reasonable, just and necessary under the circumstances.
COUNT V - VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO EQUAL PROTECTION 150. Plaintiffs hereby reiterate and adopt each and every allegation in the preceding paragraphs numbered 1 - 111. 94. Plaintiffs' right to equal protection under the laws is protected by the Equal
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Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

9S. Defendants' Policies and actions are unconstitutional abridgements ofPlaintiffs'

affirmative right to equal protection ofthe laws, are not facially neutral, and specifically target

Plaintiffs' religious viewpoints and speech.

96. Defendants' Policies and actions are unconstitutional because they treat religious

literature differently than they treat secular literature.

97. Defendants' Policies and actions are unconstitutional abridgements ofPlaintiffs'

right to equal protection of the law because Defendants treats Plaintiffs differently from other

similarly situated individuals and groups on the basis ofPlaintiffs' religious content, viewpoint

and expression.

98. Defendants' Policies and actions are not supported by a compelling governmental

interest sufficient to justify its enactment or enforcement against Plaintiffs.

99. Defendants' Policies and actions are not the least restrictive means to accomplish

any permissible government purpose sought to be served by the actions.

100. Defendants' Policies and actions do not serve a significant government interest.

101. Defendants' Policies and actions do not leave open ample alternative channels of

communication.

102. Defendants' Policies and actions are irrational and unreasonable, and impose

irrational and unjustifiable restrictions on constitutionally protected speech.

103. Defendants, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause, have caused, and will

continue to cause, Plaintiffs to suffer undue and actual hardship and irreparable injury.

Plaintiffs have no adequate remedy at law to correct the continuing deprivations of Plaintiffs'

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most cherished constitutional liberties. 104. As a direct and proximate result of Defendants continuing violations of Plaintiffs'
rights, Plaintiffs have in the past and will continue to suffer in the future direct and consequential damages, including but not limited to, the loss of the ability to exercise their constitutional rights.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully pray that the Court grant the declaratory and injunctive reliefset forth herein and award such damages to Plaintiffs as are reasonable,just and necessary.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray for judgment as follows: A. That this Court immediately issue a Preliminary Injunction enjoining Defendants' Policy entitled "Freedom of Speech, Assembly or Congregation" and Defendants' Policy entitled "Posting of Infonnation and Distribution of Materials" and enjoining Defendants, Defendants' agents, employees, and all persons in active concert or participation with them, from violating Plaintiffs' constitutional and statutory rights so that:
(1) Defendants shall not prohibit Plaintiffs from distributing literature to fellow students during non-instructional time based on the content or viewpoint of the literature;
(2) Defendants shall not impose a prior restraint upon Plaintiffs' right to distribute literature to fellow students during noninstructional time;
(3) Defendants shall not punish Plaintiffs in any way for distributing literature to fellow students during noninstructional time;
(4) Defendants' Policies shall not be used in any other manner to
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infringe upon Plaintiffs' statutory and Constitutional rights;
B. That this Court issue a Pennanent Injunction to enjoin Defendants' Policy entitled
"Freedom of Speech, Assembly or Congregation" and Defendants' Policy entitled "Posting of
Infonnation and Distribution of Materials" and enjoining Defendants, Defendants' agents,
employees, and all persons in active concert or participation with them, from violating Plaintiffs'
constitutional and statutory rights so that:
(1) Defendants shall not prohibit Plaintiffs from distributing literature to fellow students during non-instructional time based on the content or viewpoint of the literature;
(2) Defendants shall not impose a prior restraint upon Plaintiffs' right to distribute literature to fellow students during noninstructional time;
(3) Defendants shall not punish Plaintiffs in any way for distributing literature to fellow students during noninstructional time;
(4) Defendants' Policies shall not be used in any other manner to infringe upon Plaintiffs' statutory and Constitutional rights;
C. That this Court render a Declaratory Judgment:
(1) Declaring Defendants' Policy entitled "Freedom of Speech, Assembly or Congregation" and Defendants' Policy entitled "Posting of Infonnation and Distribution of Materials" and Defendants' actions in denying Plaintiffs' request to distribute religious literature to be invalid under the First and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and under state law;
(2) Declaring that Defendants, Defendants' officers, agents, employees and other persons acting in active concert with them, unlawfully obstructed Plaintiffs from exercIsmg Plaintiffs' constitutionally protected rights by:
(a) Subjecting Plaintiffs to an unconstitutional pnor
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restraint on literature distribution;

(b) Preventing Plaintiffs from distributing religious literature to fellow students during non-instructional time based on the content or viewpoint of the literature;

(c) Treating Plaintiffs' literature unequally with secular or nonreligious literature;

(d) Prohibiting Plaintiffs from distributing literature to fellow students at any time or place during the school day.

D. That this Court award to Plaintiffs such damages as are reasonable and just under the

circumstances as a direct and proximate result of the Defendants' violations of Plaintiffs'

constitutional and statutory rights.

E. That this Court adjudge, decree, and declare the rights and other legal relations with the

subject matter here in controversy, in order that such declaration shall have the force and effect of

final judgment;

F. That this Court retain jurisdiction ofthis matter for the purpose ofenforcing this Court's

order;

G. That this Court award Plaintiffs the reasonable costs and expenses of this action,

including attorney's fees, in accordance with 42 U.S.c. §1988.

H. That this Court grant such other and further relief as this Court deems equitable and just

under the circumstances.

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All the above statements are true to the best ofmy knowledge. I understand that a false statement in this Verified Complaint may subject me to penalties of perjury.

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owski, Parent of Stephen Grabowski

tlt/M' S~P/hJe;nbGrza~owski, Plaintiff
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Mary Etfa Grabowski, parent of Stephen Grabowski

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS COUNTY OF HAMPDEN

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this I 'z... day of January, 2003,
by Stephen, Edmund and Mary Etta Grabowski, who are personally known to me or who have
produced identification and who took an oath/affirmed.

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My Commission expires:
Subscribed to and swom before me
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All the above statements are true to the best ofmy lrnowledge. I understand that a false statement in this Verified Complaint may subject me to penalties ofpeIjury.

~£k· illiam Sitler, Parent of Sharon and Paul Sitler

P~ul SItler, Plaintiff
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Demse SItler, parent of Sharon and Paul Sitler

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
COUNTY OF HAMPDEN
z.. The foregoing instrument was aclrnowledged before me this J day of January, 2003,
by Sharon, Paul, William and Denise Sitler, who are personally lrnown to me or who have produced identification and who took an oath/affirmed.

My Commission expires:
Subscribed to and sworn before me
this_ day 01_ _ _- ' . _ , Richard W. Utzinger, Notary Pub/Ic My comrnlSslQrl expires Aug. 8, 2008

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All the above statements are true to the best ofmy knowledge. I understand that a false statement in this Verified Complaint may subject me to penalties ofperjury.

Timothy and Daniel Souza

Daniel Souza, Plaint!
C;;;L~ j h-Diane Souza, parent of . Timothy and Daniel Souza

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS COUNTY OF HAMPDEN

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this /2- day of January, 2003,
by Timothy, Daniel, Ralph and Diane Souza, who are personally known to me or who have produced identification and who took an oath/affirmed.

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Notary Public

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My Commission expires:

Subscribed to and sworn before me this_ day of_ _ _.... _
Richard W. Utzinger, Notary Public My commission expires Aug. 8, 2008

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All the above statements are true to the best of my knowledge. I understand that a false statement in this Verified Complaint may subject me to penalties of perjury.

Brian Cooper, Pent of Dustin Cooper

Dustin Cooper, Plam Iff
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<-A!llYllrner-Cooper;par~ Dustin Cooper

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
COUNTY OF HAMPDEN
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this J'Z- day of January, 2003,
by Dustin, Brian and Amy Turner-Cooper, who are personally known to me or who have produced identification and who took an oath/affirmed.
1ZLLw~··· Notary Public My Commission expIres:
- - - -- Subscribed to and sworn before me
thiS_day of
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Richard ~. Utzinger. Notary PUblic
My comO'liaslon expires Aug. 8. 2008

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\~ Fii?BOO 154200---------P.O. Box 890218 Weymouth, MA 02189 (781) 682-2336 Local Counsel for Plaintiffs
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On the outside it said "Merry Christmas" on one side, and on the other side was:
LIFE Bible Club
Every first and third Monday of every month
2:00 ~ 3:00 in Room 330
Love and
Insight
For
E temity
"And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight/ so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day ofChrist/filled with thefruit ofrighteousness that comes through Jesus Christ - to the glory and praise ofGod. "
Philippians 1:9-11
And on the inside it said:
According to legend there was a candy maker who wanted to invent a candy that was a witness to Christ. The result was the candy cane. First of all, he used a hard candy because Christ is the Rock of Ages. This hard candy was shaped so that it would resemble a ""J"" for Jesus or a shepherd"s staff. He made it white to represent the purity of Christ. Finally, a red stripe was added to represent the blood of Christ that was shed for the sins of the world and three thinner red stripes for the stripes he received on our behalf when the Roman soldiers whipped him. The flavor of the candy is peppermint, which is similar to hyssop. Hyssop is in the mint family and was used in the Old Testament for purification and sacrifice. Jesus is the pure Lamb of God, who came to be a sacrifice for the sins of the world. Too often the true meaning of Christmas is lost in commercialism and the stress of the holiday season. One thing that we can be thankful for is the salvation that God has given us through Jesus Christ, instead of worrying about what presents we are going to get. The gift of salvation is the greatest gift anyone could ever give us. It is better than getting a new car, and it is better than a gift certificate to the mall. And it"s free!
Remember: It is not a prayer that saves you. It is trusting Jesus Christ that saves you. Prayer is simply how you tell God what you are doing. If you want to receive this awesome gift just be real with God and ask Him for it!
Dear God.
I know I am a sinner, and I know I should be punished. I believe that Christ died for me and took the punishment for my sins, and then rose from the dead three days after he died. I trust Jesus Christ alone as my savior. Thank you for yourforgiveness and everlasting life that I know I now have.
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Academics .......................................................................................7 Attendance Policy .....................................................................16-18 Beepers, Cellphones.......................................................................18 Absences ................................................................................... 16-17 Breath Analyzers............................................................................27 Bullying .........................................................................................30 Bus Conduct...................................................................................18 ~ Bus Transportation .........................................................................18 Cancellation of School...................................................................19 Care of School Property ................................................................19 Change of Address/Tel.No.............................................................19 Class Cut Policy ............................................................................. 18 Class Dues......................................................................................19 Clubs/Organizations/Activities .................................................33-35 Code White ....................................................................................23 Complaints/Grievances & Appeals ................................................21 Computer /Acceptable Us!: Policy ........................................... 19-20 Conduct.. ...................................................................................20-21 Course of Study ...............................................................................7 Credit/promotion Implication ........................................................17 Crisis Hot Lines .............................................................................37 Daily Bell Schedule .........................................................................7 Daily Schedule of Classes ...............................................................7 Delayed Opening ........................................................................... 19 Destruction of Student Records .......................................................7 Detention/Saturday Detention ..................................................31-32 Directory Information Notice ..........................................................7 Directed Study Periods ..................................................................31 Discipline .......................................................................................22 Discipline Chart ....................................................................... .32-33 Disciplint: Policy for Special Needs Students ...............................31 Diseases .......................................................................................... 24 Dismissal From School .................................................................. 17 Distribution of Student Info To Parents.......................................... .4 Dress and Grooming ......................................................................22 Drug & Alcohol Use By Students ........................................... 11-12 Drug & Alcohol Offenses .............................................................. 11 Dual Enrollment ...............................................................................8 Due Process Rights ........................................................................23 Emergency Cards ...........................................................................24 Equal Education Opportunities ....................................................... .4 Equal Opportunity/Tit!e I;X ..............................................................3 Examinations ....................................................................... '........... 10 Expulsion of Students........................................................:......13-14 External Suspension .......................................................................21 Facilities for the Handicapped .......................................................23 Faculty Mailboxes..........................................................................23 Fin: Drills/Emergency Evacuation.................................................23 Food Services/Food Beverages......................................................23 Forgery, Misrepresentation/Altering Documents ..........................23 Freedom of Speech/Assembly or Congregation ............................23 Gambling ........................................................................................ 23 ;, Grade Point Average ........................................................................9 .,. Grading and Grading Periods ..........................................................9 Graduation Requirements ................................................................8 Guidance Department ....................................................................23 rI Harassment/HazingiIntimidation ...................................................24 Health Office..................................................................................24 Honor Roll .......................................................................................9
IAES ...............................................................................................13
Identification Card .........................................................................25 Illness or Injury ..............................................................................24 Illegal and/or Disruptive Devices ..................................................26 Immunizations................................................................................24 Incendiary Devices, Bomb Threats/Fires ......................................25 Interrogations/Searches/Arrests .................................................... 14

Insubordination .............................................................................25 Interscholastic Athletics............................................................25-26 Internal Suspcnsion ........................................................................31 Letter from Mr. Daley ......................................................................2 Library .............................................................................................2 6 Library Passes ................................................................................26 Lockers...........................................................................................27 Lost and Found ..............................................................................27 Loyalty Song..................................................................................36 Lunch Period ..................................................................................27 Lunch Schedule................................................................................7 Make-up of Class Work..............................................................9-10 Medications ..............................................................................24-25 Miscellaneous ...........................................................................35-36 Non-Discrimination .........................................................................3 Obligations and Responsibilities ..................................................27 Parental Notification Law ................................................................7 Parking Rules and Regulations ......................................................32 Passes .............................................................................................27 Personal Conduct ...........................................................................27 Physical Education...........................................................................8 Physical Examinations ...................................................................25 Plagiarism/Cheating/Willful Deceit or Misrepresentations...........27 Posting of Information/Distribution of Material ...........................27 Profanity Obscene Language .........................................................27 Programs/Functions/Social Activities (School Sponsored) ...........27 Propelling of/or Throwing Objects ................................................27 Rank In Class ...................................................................................9 Recreational Radios/Tape Recorders/ Musical Instruments/personal Possessions ....................................28 Renaissance Program ................................................................ l0-11 Report Cards .................................................................................. 10 Resources .......................................................................................37 School Accreditation ........................................................................2 School Calendar ...............................................................................6 Section 504 ......................................................................................5 Sexual Harassment Policy ........................................................28-30 Smoking and Tobacco Products.....................................................12 Special Education ......................................................................... 31 Special Help Class ......................................................................... 10 Statement of Purpose .......................................................................2 Statement of Objectives ...................................................................2 Student Assistance Team ..............................................................24 Student Record Regulations ........................................................... .3 Student Surveys .............................................................................31 Summary of WPS Safety Policies ........................................... 14-15 Summer School ..............................................................................10 Suspension of Students.............................................................12-13 Suspension Homework Policy .......................................................31 Tardiness ...................................................................................17-18 Tests/Survey/Questionnaires ..........................................................31 Telephone Messages ......................................................................32 Tobacco Use By Students ..............................................................32 Transcripts ...................................................................................... 10 Transferring Student Records ..........................................................4 Truancy .......................................................................................... 18 Tutors .............................................................................................32 Vandalism/TheftlDestruction of Property ......................................32 Visitors ...........................................................................................32 Warning Notices...............................................................................9 Warnings ........................................................................................32 Weapons ......................................................................................... 32 Withdrawal or Transfer ..................................................................32 Withdrawing From a Course .........................................................10 WHS Core Values ............................................................................ 2 WHS Faculty ................................................................................5-6

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Dear Parent/Guardian/Student:
This handbook has been prepared to tell you about our school. You will find in it the rules, regulations and other important information about our school that make it possible for all of us to live, learn and work together. It will tell you exactly what it is we expect from our school. Read this thoroughly and carefully now. Don't wait. Be sure you and your children understand everything in it. If you have any questions about the information in the handbook please contact the building principal.

Dr. Thomas Y. McDowell Superintendent of Schools
Thank you for reading this handbook. Please sign below. This page must be returned to your homeroom teacher within 10 days of receipt.

Parent/Guardian Signature Parent/Guardian Signature Student Signature

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WESTFIELD SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Mayor Richard K. Sullivan, Jr., Chairman Mr. Timothy O'Connor, Vice Chairman
Mrs. Maryann Cleland, Secretary Dr. David Doe
Mrs. Sharon Merlo-Gosselin Mr. Robt!rt Kapinos Mrs. Heather Sullivan
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Dr. Thomas Y. McDowell, Superintendent
WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
Thomas W. Daley - Principal Mitchell 1. Hunnish - Assistant Principal John K. Dougherty. Assistant Principal Kathleen Hogan-Friguglictti. Assistant Principal
COORDINATORS/SUPERVISORS
Family IConsumer Science/Health - Donna Gosselin Languagt.' Arts - Chris Tolpa
Foreign Language - Susan Fournier Guidanct.' - Kathryn Milligan Mathematics - Patricia Turne::r Scicncc - Catherine:: Le::vesque
Social Studies· Thomas B,lbinski Special EduC,ltion - Dimitra Cook Supt.'rvisor of Art/Music - Phyllis Vincent Director of I'hys.Ed. Athli.:tics & Intramurals - Alan Nummy
Lihrarian - Maddint: Warner Senior Custodian - Alher! Roselli Managt.'f. School Lunch Program - Mary Jane Carey Educational Technology-Laurene Belisle
WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL COUNCIL
Tholll,l~ W. Daky. Principal. Co~chair Norma Ott - Co Ch.\irman
Connie LaBrecque - Tt.'<lcht.'r RqJresentativc Dunna I'an:nt - Tcachcr R~rrcscntativc
Madeline Nicoletti - P,lrcnt Repn:scntative Connie Pattcn - I'art.'nt Representative I\lary M,ldru - Part.'nt R~prcsentative Nod Stella - Parent Rt.'prcsentative
Michael Zuhn - Busin~ss Representative Brenna Houlihan - Student Representative Christina Seihold - Stud~nt Representative
Wt:~tfie::ld High School 177 Montgomery Road Wt.'stfidd. MA OlOR5
(413)-572-6463
Mdin Offict.' Hours: 7:0() A.M. - 3:30 P.M. Pay Stillion Tcls:phone Numher
Athktic Offict.' l~lhhy: (413) 562·5967 Gymna~illm. Front Lohhy: (413) 562-5928
www.ci.w~stfkld.ma.us

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'On behalf of the school committee, administration, faculty, and staff, I extend a warm and sincere welcome to Westfield High School.

This handbook has been prepared to provide information about our school. The sections about general information, academics, attendance, student conduct, discipline codes and school activities should be read and understood. This information is important for all students and parents.

Our school offers many activities, programs, cultural and artistic events, as well as a variety of social functions for the school population. Parents are also invited to attend advisory council meetings, conferences and school programs. Please call 572-6463 for any information on programs or activities.

School can be a pleasant place to be even though it involves hard work. I encourage you to be actively involved in all your academic and extra curricular activities as well as our athletic and social functions. Keep in mind that Westfield High School will be the kind of school you would like it to be in proportion to the contribution that you and every other student are willing to make.

Educational experiences are not limited to the classroom. Some of the most satisfying and useful experiences may be found in the activities of the co-curricular programs described in the handbook. Hopefully, you will participate in one of these school activities.

Good luck and best wishes for a happy and productive year at Westfield High School.

Sincerely,

Thomas W. Daley, Principal Westfield High School

SCHOOL ACCREDITATION
Westfield High School is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., a non-governmental, nationally recognized organization whose affiliated institutions include elementary schools through collegiate institutions offering post-graduate instruction. Accreditation of an institution by the NEI,\SC indicates that it meets or exceeds criteria for the assessment of institutional quality periodically applied through a peer group process. An accredited school or college is one which has appropriate educational programs, is substantially doing so, and gives reasonable evidence that it will continue to do so in the foreseeable future. Institutional integrity is also addressed through accreditation.
Accreditation by the NEASC is not partial but applies to the institution as a whole. As such, it is not a guarantee of the quality of every course or program offered, or the competence of individual graduates. Rather, it provides reasonable assurance about the quality of opportunities available to students who attend the institution. Inquiries regarding the status of Westfield High School's accreditation should be directed to the administrative staff of the school.

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL CORE VALUES
1. Acquisition of knowledge and skills 2. Respect for person and property 3. Parent and school partnerships 4. Self-esteem
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission statement of Westfield High School is to provide students with experiences that contribute to a solid foundation of knowledge, skills, and attitudes on which students can build responsible, fulfilling, self-directed lives.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Accordingly, the school will recognize individual differences and provide comprehensive programs that address and encourage independent and creative responses to our changing world. In conjunction with the home, the school will seek to instill that fundamental sense of confidence on which powerful learning and lifetime relationships are based. School acts as a model community. Respect for others' opinions and beliefs is essential. Westfield High School must operate with the understanding that social skills, as well as academic skills, are important to students as responsible family members and members of the local and the world community. Additionally, to be effective members of the work once, students must learn to work cooperatively. Knowledge is power; therefore, Westfield High School encourages students to approach the world with wonder and curiosity. All students will be given every opportunity to learn at high levels. Acquisition of knowledge is important, but students should also be prepared to apply this knowledge in real-life situations. Education should stimulate intellectual curiosity and provide each learner access to his or her cultural heritage. Students will be provided with academic challenges, exposed to varying philosophies, and instructed in the skills for life-long learning. Student achievement and academic progress will be measured regularly. (Revised 1997) t
STATEMENT OF OB.JECIIVES
• Foster the development of positive self-esteem through a realistic perception of personal capabilities and potentials, to encourage individualism and personal growth.
• Promote career education, including career awareness activities; and provide career counseling and information services. • Provide the opportunity for counseling to all students for assistance in school and/or personal problems. • Stimulate a positive attitude toward lifelong learning. • Provide the means for students to develop positive interpersonal and family relationships in a changing society. • Assist students to become involved and responsible citizens and recognize their responsibilities to a democratic society, as well as the
privileges it grants. • Aid students to identify personal, leisure and recreational needs and determine positive alternatives to fulfill them. • Foster an atmosphere that values the dignity and respect of each human being. • Encourage the development of leadership qualities.
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• Provide the opportunity for students to achieve success and satisfaction in a variety of school activities.

- Facilitate course selection and scheduling procedures, so that students' programs fit their interests and abilities.

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• Increase students' awareness of the environment and the impact of technology.

- Promote health, safety and physical fitness, contributing to physical and emotional well-being.

• Encourage cooperation among faculty, school, and community for better school spirit.

• Ensure a continuing assessment of Westfield High School's role in our changing, technological society.

NON -DISCRIMINATION
The Westfield Public Schools is committed to ensuring equal educational opportunities for all students, and does not discriminate based on students' disability, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, genetic testing and information, or sexual orientation.

EOUAL OPPORTUNITY GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE TJTLE IX- CHAPTER 662
Westfield High School conforms to the provisions of Chapter 622 of the Acts of 1971 and Title IX which provides that all activities and courses of study shall be open and available to all students without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, genetic testing and information or sexual orientation. Any suspected failure to abide by the provisions is to be reported to the principal. Any student or employee of the Westfield School Department who believes he/she has been discriminated against, denied a benefit or excluded from participation in any district education program or activity on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, genetic testing and information or sexual orientation in violation of this policy, may file a written complaint. A local complaint procedure has been established and any such complaint should be addressed to: Chapter 622{fitle IX District Coordinator, 22 Ashley Street, Westfield, MA Gl085, Telephone 413-572-6403.
The compliance administrator shall cause a review of the written complaint within ten working days after receipt of the written complaint. If the complainant is not satisfied with such response, he/she may submit a written appeal to the School Committee indicating with specifics the nature of the disagreement, stating his/her reasons for such disagreement. A copy of the written complaint shall then be provided to each member of the School Committee. The School Committee shall consider the appeal, which will be listed for action by the School Committee on the next regularly scheduled School Committee agenda. The School Committee shall permit the complainant to address the School Committee in public or in closed session, as appropriate and lawful. Any individual has the right at any time to address inquiries regarding their civil rights to the Office of Civil Rights, Boston, MA

STUDENT RECORD REGULATIONS
The Massachusetts Board of Education has adopted Student Records Regulations under the authority of Chapters 71, 71B, and 76 of the Central Laws. 603 CMR 23.00 is promulgated by the Board of Education to insure parents' and students' rights of confidentiality, inspection, amendment and destruction of student record~ and to assist local school systems in adhering to the law. Under these regulations, custodial parents/lt:gal guardians and students 14 years of age or older may view the student's records. Access to student records by non-custodial parents is governed by Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 71, §34H. See discussion under Distribution of Student Information to Parents on page 7.

A student and/or parent/guardian may not require a school to remove reports of disciplinary incidents involving suspension or violation of the

school's Code of Conduct, including criminal acts with which the student was charged or conduct for which the student was suspended, pursuant to

the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 71, §37H and 37H~. Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 37L, any student transferring into

the Westfield Public Schools must provide the district with a complete school record including, but not limited to, any incidents involving suspen-

sion, expUlsion or violation of the Code of Conduct, or criminal acts or any incident reports in which such student was charged with any suspend-

able act. The responsibility under M,lssachusetts General Laws Chapter 37L rests with the student who is transferring: the student may either get

the n:cords from the former school and present them to Westfield, or may request that the former school send the records directly to Wcstfit;ld.

Additionally, under §37H(e), when a student has been expelled for possession of a dangerous weapon or a controlled substance or assault on school

staff, and the student applies for admission to another school, Westfield will notify the Superintendent of the receiving school of the reasons for the

student's expUlsion. '

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Pur~uant to 603 CMR 23.07(g), notice is hereby given to parents and eligible students that the Westfield Public Schools forwards the complete school records of a transferring student to schools in which the student seeks or intends to enroll. Such transfer of records takes place without the consent of the parent or eligible student. The student's record is also available to school personnel who are involved directly in teaching, evaluation, supervising or otherwise providing services to the student. These individuals do not need written permission by the student and/or parent/guardian to see the student's records.

Pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), students and/or parents/guardians have the following rights: (1) the right to inspect and review the education records maintained by the school that the student is presently attending or has attended; (2) the right to challenge any portion of the education records that are inaccurate, misleading or otherwise in violation of the student's privacy right; (3) the right to require the school to obtain written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information, except in those instances specifically noted in the statute. More complete guidelines and copies of the regulations arc available at the individual schools if more information is desired.

DIRECTORY INFORMATION NOTICE
Tht: Westfidd Public Schools has designated certain information contained in the education records of its students as Directory Information for purposes of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the student records regulations at 603 CMR 23.00 et. seq.. The following information regarding students is considered Directory Information: (1) name, (2) address, (3) telephone number, (4) date and place of birth, (5) major field of study, (6) participation in officially recognized activities and sports, (7) weight and height of members of athletic teams, (8) dates of attendance, (9) degrees, honors and awards received, and (10) post high school plans of the student.

Directory Information may be disclosed for any purpose in the discretion of the school system, without the consent of the parent of a student or an eligible student. Parents of students and eligible students have the right, however, to refuse to permit the designation of any and all of the above information as Director Information. In that case, this information will not be disclosed except with the consent of the parent or student or as otherwise allowed by FERPA and 603 CMR 23.00 et. seq..

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,51 Eff~ctive January 8, 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 ("the Act") requires public schools which receive federal funding to provide

To access to secondary school students' names, address, and telephone listings (published only) upon request by military recruiters or institutions of

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higher education. The Act further requires that Westfield notify parents of their right to oppose release of this information to military recruiters. Any parent or student opposing release of this information to military recruiters and/or refusing to have any and all of the designated directory

Th information disclosed, must file written notification to this effect with the principal on or before the 15th day of each September. Unless Westfield

COl receives documentation of a parent's refusal by September 15th, Westfield will release the requested information to military recruiters.

au ACCESS TO STUDENT WORK

are During the course of the school year, personally identifiable student work may be seen and reviewed by third parties. For example. personally act identifiable student work may be displayed on bulletin boards, at fairs, shows, during open house and parent/teacher conferences. via \'ideotape and

Sci audio tape and, thus, may be seen and/or heard by many different people. In addition, students may be asked to edit, grade, review and or comment

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on another student's work as an instructional technique. All of this activity is part of a regular education process and we believe serves to benefit

to I students. Any parent or student refusing to have personalJy identifiable student work displayed or seen by third parties as described above must

give written notification 1to0 this effect with the principal on or before the 15th day of each September.

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DESTRUCTION OF STUDENT RECORDS

Go The following notice is directed to graduating students and students who leave the system at other times. Eligible students or parents may obtain copies of their records hy notifying the appropriate school prior to leaving the system. Temporary records will be destroyed within five years after
Sir the student leaves the school system. Tcemporary records may include standardized test results; class rank; school-sponsored extracurricular activi-

ties; and evaluations and comments by tceachers, counselors, and other persons as well as other similar information. The transcript is not a tempo-

rary record and includes only the minimum information necessary to reflect the student's educational progress. This information includes name,

address, course titles, grades, credits, and grade level completed. The transcript is kept by the school system for at least sixty years after the student

leaves the systt:m. Situations where the school will maintain records of a student's temporary record for more than five years after the student has

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left the school system are any records that are the subject of an audit investigation which are kept until the investigation is complete. R~porting and

org Documentation Requirements Regulations requires that each local school district maintain school registers, pupil census, IEPs, and other documen-

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tation to support data report to the Department of Education on the annual End-of-Year Pupil and Financial Report for seven years af!\l;:r its submis-

apr sion. In addition, where school health personnel administer immunizations to students, the health records of such students should be maintained in

am accordance with applicable medical record requirements. The records of students enrolled before February 1975 are not subject to the regulations.

In keeping with the intent of 603CMR 23.06, however, the time limit for destruction of the record should probably be not less than sixty years for a

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transcript and not more than five years for the temporary record.

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DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENT INFORMATION TO PARENTS

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Parents shall be eligible for the receipt of the following information in a timely and appropriate manner if the parent is otherwise deemed eligible

for receipt of student information: report cards and progress reports; results of intelligence and achievement tests; notification of enrollment in a

transitional bilingual program; notification of absences; notification of illnesses; notification of detention, suspension or expUlsion; and notification

of permanent withdrawal from school.

Any parent who doecs not have physical custody of a child shall be eligible for the above information provided the following procedures arc fol-

lowed unless the parcent has been denied legal custody based on a threat to the safety of the child or the custodial parent, or who has been denied

visitation, or who has been ordered supervised visitation, or whose access to the child or custodial parent, has been restricted by a temporary or per-

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manent protective order unless such order specifically allows access to the information.

anc A non-custodial parent eligible for such information shall submit a written request to the school principal annually. The initial request shall

include: a certified copy of the probate court's order of judgment relative to custody of the child indicated that the requesting parent has not sought

and been denied shared legal custody based upon a threat and is entitled to unsupervised visitation with his or her child, or a certified copy of an

Ac,. order by a probate judge specifically ordering that this information be made available to the requesting parent, which certifies that the provision of

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the requested information has not been determined to pose a safety risk for the custodial parent or any child in the custodial parent's custody. The

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parent must also submit an affidavit certifying that the judgment or order remains in effect. Upon receipt of the request the custodial parent will be

Set notified in writing. The information will be provided twenty one days after the notice unless the custodial parent produces a contrary order. All

ing address and telephone number information will be deleted prior to turning over the records.

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TRANSFERRING STUDENT RECORDS

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When a student transfers to another school district or to a private or parochial school, authorized school personnel of the school to which a student

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transfers shall have access to the student transfer card mandated by M.G.L. c.76. s 13, without the consent of the eligible student or parent. Such

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authorized school personnel shall also have access to the transferring student's transcript, health record, and, if the student has been evaluated under

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Chapter 766, the educational plan and assessments pertinent to it. A release of information form for these records wiIJ be sent to the eligible stu-

dent or parent. These records will be transferred unless the eligible student or parent, within 10 week days, responds requesting that Some or all of

these records not be transferred. Other parts of the student records may be released to the school to which a student transfers only with the consent

of the eligible student or parent in accordance with 603 CMR. 23.07(4).

EOUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES In recognition of the diversified characteristics and needs of our students and with the keen desire to be responsive to them, the school committee will make every effort to protect the dignity of the students as individuals. It also will offer careful consideration and sympathetic understanding of their personal feelings, particularly with reference to their race, creed, sex, religion, nationality, and physical and intellectual differences.
To accomplish this, the committee and its staff will make every effort to comply with the letter and the spirit of the Massachusetts equal educational opportunities law (known as Chapter 622 of the Acts of 1971), which prohibits discrimination in public school admissions and programs. The law reads as follows: No child shall be excluded from or discriminated against in admission to a public school of any town, or in obtaining the advantage, privileges and course of study of such public school on account of race, color, sex, religion, national origin or sexual orientation. This will mean that every student will be given equal opportunity in school admission, admissions to courses, course content, guidance, and extracurricular and athletic activities.
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SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973
Section 504 of the CReahasbeilit3at:io0n3A-cctvo-f31097030is8a-FbrHoadFciviDl roigchtus mlawetnhatt 1proteFctislethde h0a1nd/i1ca3p/p0ed3or dPisaabgleed 4in0divoidfu7als9in programs that receive
federal funds. Under this Act. a qualified disabled person is "one who has had a physical or mental episode which substantially limits a major life activity or, has a record of such or is regarded as disabled by others." Major life activities include the ability to care for one self, performing manual tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and working. The student's disability must substantially impair or limit a major life activity for an individual to be eligible. These disabilities might include students with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADtHD), students with AIDS. heart conditions, and other physical disabilities such as severe asthma, juvenile diabetes, severe arthritis, cerebral palSY, etc. Services given to students under section 504 are considered the responsibility of all of a section 504 eligible student's teachers regardless of the subject.
Many of the specific regulations found in Chapter 766 or IDEA do not apply to Section 504. However, the due process rights of students and parents or guardians are protected and a specific grievance procedure must be in place including the right to mediation or an impartial hearing and the right to be represented by an attorney. If students are thought to have a disability under Section 504, they have a right to an evaluation. It is the responsibility of the student/parent to document the existence of a disability under Section 504 with a report from a qualified expert. If a student is eligible, the district will develop a written Accommodation Plan documenting the presence of a disability which substantially limits a major life function and a statement of the accommodations that will be made to the student's program.

POLICIES a,"fD PROCEDURE SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 A. Stqtement Q,(lntent
It is the policy of Westfield Public Schools to comply with all the relevant and applicable provisions of Section ,504. Westfield Public Schools will not discriminate against its personnel or students because of a person's physical or mental disability. Any student, parent or guardian who believes that he or she has be.m discriminated against on the basis of disability should immediately bring the problem to the attention of the school district officials in writing. A written complaint should be directed to the attention of the District 504 Coordinator, where the complaint will be investigated expeditiously.

No student. parent or guardian will be subject to coercion, intimidation, interference or retaliation for registering a complaint or for registering a complaint or for assisting in an investigation of any alleged violation of laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability. Westfield Public Schools also will make reasonable adjustments wherever nc:cessary for all employees or applicants with disabilities and students provided that any adjustments made do not require significant difficulty or expense. The Westfield Public Schools policy of nondiscrimination applies to all personnel and employment practices (See ADA policies and practices) and all public preschool, elementary and secondary programs and activities.

B, dcress to Programs and Sen'ice:
The Westfield Public Schools will revit:w all procedures used to identify and evaluate a student's eligibility under Section 504, and access to appropriate educational services. The 504 Coordinator is n:sponsible for Section 504 for the Westfield Public Schools and has the complete support of management in the implementation of this program. Any person having inquiries concerning the Westfield Public Schools compliance with Section 504 is directed to contact; Director of Curriculum and Instruction or Special Director. Westfield Public Schools, 22 Ashley Street, Westfield. MA 01085. (413) 562-2298. Wc:stfield Public Schools will make every c;:ffort to ensure that all interested parties are informed about and assist in the implementation of Section 504.
WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOLFACULU

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Diane Nlen Karen Bauer Donna Drewnowski
Family/Consumer Science Barbara Pretola
Geraldine Monnier Margaret Toomey Karen Whitaker
BILINGUAL AI Dashevsky Paula Parsky Diana Miller Linda Whitaker

Cheryl Popovich Joanne Santos Mary Shea Raymond Talbot
GL'IlMNCE Tara Bean
Sharon Ensign Alison Kelly Phyllis Levenson Kathryn Milligan Megan Sanford
HEALTH
Kim Baitler Janet Gagnon

Judy Smith Chris Tolpa
MAIHEMATTCS Lisa Goodwin
Patricia Eidinger Sandra Gogal Joanne Hynds Ann Mundy Aldo Orlandi
Joanne Osowski Mary Osowski
Gail Picchi Craig Spooner Patricia Turner Brian Williams

BUSlNESS Patricia Barnes Dianne DeMarco Irene Flahive Jeanne Ryan
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Alison Benoist Carole Crean Susan Fournier Kathleen Gallogly Connie LaBrecque Diana Miller Khalil Rivera

UNGL'AGEARTS Eileen Doherty Gina Fasoli Christine Hagan Bess Kapetanis Jill Keenan Patricia LeClair Aimee Monette Lisa Ramage Lynn Roberts Kathryn Swope Julie Schlobolun
Martha Sienkiewicz
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Korey Bruno Patrick Kennedy
PHYSICAL eEDDUUCCATION Stefanie Biza Lance Byron
Richard Discenza Karen Gomez Maureen Parker
Michael Popovich Chris Rogers
Gregory Strycharz

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Ann Marcantonio

Karen Bousquet

Eleanor Larrabee

SClENCE.

Matthew Collins

Deborah Aldrich

Dimitra Cook

504 TUTOR

Renne Coombs

Sherry Elander

Teresa Gihon

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Antonio Farina

Paula Figella

Deborah Fiore

Maureen Flaheny

PSYCHOLOGIST

Catherine Levesque

Roben Komorowski

Andrew Butler

Helen Gage Sandra Gil Roben Kelly Lydia LaPennas

Donna Kotowski Roben Slack
Eleanor Trautweiler Ted Tudryn

DBUGIAC.COHOL CDUNSELOB. Gaetana Aliotla

Donna Parent David Roberts Joseph Stella Orlando Valle

Corey Wilson
TECRED Diane Gauthier
Leo Stasky

SCHOOL B.ESOUBC/? OFFlCfB. Terry Manos

S.QClAL S.TL"[2lf5.

Susanne Willey

James Angell

Tom Babinski

liBRARIAN

William Daley

Madeline Warner

Peter Dargan

Paul Domaingue

<1DTUSTMfNT

Andrea Guilbault

COUNSELQBS

Alice Hagopian

Carrie Hildreth-Fiordalice

Joseph Hynds

Robert Coe

James Jachym

Robert Piper

SCHQOL NURSE

Richard Shepardson

Sharon Gustafson

Jill Wrobleski

Karyn Chaoush

SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 2002-2003

Aug. 26 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 Sept. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. l~ Nov. 11 Nov. 27,28,29 Dec. 23 - Jan. 1
Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Feb. 17-21 March 11 March 19 April 18 April 21-25 May 26 June 6 June 23

In-service for New Teachers Only. In-service Day for All Teachers In-service Day for All Teachers Schools Open. Grades K-12 Labor Day No school for students (In-service & Evening PIT conferences) Columbus Day (no school) Veteran's Day (no school) Thanksgiving recess (no school) Christmas Recess (no school) schools close end of day Dec. 20 and reopen Jan. 2, 2003 Manin Luther King Day (no school) Kindergarten Changeover Midwinter Recess 1/2 day for students. evening parent conferences In-service Day for all Teachers, No school for students Good Friday Spring Recess Memorial Day Graduation Last Day of school (June 17 if no days used) 112 day for students; full day for teachers

·'Includes 4 days for emergency closing. For every day not used, a day will be deducted from the calendar. For each day used over the 4, a day will be added. Dismissal Schedule for Parentffeacher Conference/Curriculum Development Days on: March 11 (High School - 10:58) Breakfast and Lunch will be served at all schools

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7:20 7:23 - 7:27 7:30 - 8:18 8:22 - 9:10 9:14 - 10:02 10:06 - 10:54

Warning Bell Homeroom A Period B Period C Period D Period

llAlLY BELL SCHEDULE
10: 58 - 11:22 E Period-1st Lunch 11:24 - 11:46 E Period-2nd Lunch 11:48 - 12:12 E Period-3rd Lunch 12:16 - 1:04 F Period 1:08 - 1:56 G period 2:10 - 3:00 Detention (Mon. Tues.Wed.Thurs)

There is a four minute passing period between classes. Students not in their room when classes are scheduled to begin, are tardy to.class. Students not in their homeroom by 7;23 a.m. are tardy to school.

FIRST LUNCH - 10:58-11:22

LUNCH SCHEDULE

SECOND LUNCH - 11:24 - 11:46

THIRD LUNCH - 11:48 - 12:12

nRST LUNCH
Rooms assigned will be on a quarterly basis by the administration

SECQNll LUNCH All study halls will report to second lunch, regardless of what floor they are on for your 5th (E) period class. Other rooms assigned will b~
announced on a quarterly basis by the administration. Students going to Second Lunch will have a "split" period. This means that students will
report to their 5th (E) period at 10:58, to lunch at 11:24, return to class at 11:46 for the remainder of the period at 12:12.

TUIRDLUNCH
All physical education classes and students using the library during (E) period will report to lunch. Other rooms assigned will be announct:d on a quarterly basis by the administration.

ACADEMICS
The administration and staff of Westfield High School have as their prime responsibility the provision of a quality education for all students. To accomplish this, academic and attendance standards have been established. All parents and students should read the following information carefully. Questions concerning any of the material in this section should be addressed to the Guidance Office, Health Office, or an administrator.

COURSE QF STUDY
Each Yl!ar the high school publishes a Cuurse of Studies bookkt, specifically describing each program and class that a student may wish to schedule. Parents should contact t~c appropriate school guidance counselor to be sure a schedule is built to meet the student's personal goals and objec-
tives. This booklet is usually available during the month of March.

PARENTAL NOTI[ICATIQN LAW
The Wt:stfield Public Schools will ensure that parents and/or guardians are afforded the flexibility to exempt their children from any portion of the human sexual education or human sexuality issues curriculum that is taught within the K-12 grade levels. Parents and/or guardians who wish to avail themselves of this flexibility shall do so through written notification to their child's school principal. No child so exempted shall be penalized
by reason of such exemption. To the extent practicable, program instruction materials for this curriculum shall be made reasonably accessible to parents, guardians, educators, school administrators, and others for inspection and review. This policy will be distributed to all building principals, prior to September 1, each y~ar. Upon receipt of said policy building principals are responsible for notification to parents of their rights. Parents will be notified of this policy on an annual basis. LEGAL REF: M.G.L 71:32A
The Westfield School District continues to teach Comprehensive Health Education tv all students in our schools from grades K-12. The curriculum is continually reviewed and revised and has been approved by the Westfield School Committee and the Administration. Information regarding Environmental and Community Health, Disease Prevention, Family Life, Emotional and Social Health, Nutrition, Personal Health, Personal Safety and Drug Awareness is given to the students. Portions of this curriculum may deal with human sexual education and human sexuality issues. All of this information is age and grade appropriat~. We strongly recommend that all students participate in the lessons. The curriculum is available for review at each school. If for some reason you do not want your child to participate in these classes, you do have the right to remove him/her from the class. This request must be submitted in writing to the School Principal. Thank you for your continuing interest in this important educa-
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GRADUATION REOUIREMENTS

It iJ the responsibility 6f each student to see that he/she fulfills all of the requirements for graduation. The Westfield School Committee has .~ppHlHd the following requirements for graduation for grades 10·12. The class of 2003 has a graduation requirement of 22 credits, one of which

must be in the fine arts.

SUB lEer

CREDITS

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SOCIAL STUDIES

3.0

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ENGLISH

4.0

NOTE 1

SCIE~CT (2). MATH (2)/BUSINESS

4.0

NOTE 2

HEALTH 8..: PHYSICAL EDUCATION

2.5

NOTE 1

PERSONAL FINANCE

0.5

NOTE 3

ELECTIVES

6.5

NOTES 4 & 5

TOTAL !'-:EEDED TO GRADUATE:

20.5

.VOTES:

Must include the internal requirements of the department.

Two (2) cr~dits must be taken in Science.

Two (21 cn.:dits must be taken in Math or Business. (Business Math, Record Keeping, and Accounting) May be satisfied by Contemporary Family

Life as lung as such course is not used to meet other distribution requirements. Unks,> ~' ~tudent is in the High School Scholars Program, a total of one full credit per year may be applied to diploma requirements from specified
"off campus" courses, which have been arranged by a department and will be under their supervision. This option may be taken only in junior

and/or s(niar year. No mort thl:n 0.5 credit of independent study may be applied to total requirements

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Physical education is required of all students. Each student must have a change of clothes. Sweats, wind pants, athletic shorts, T~shirts, sweatshirts, and ~n<:akns are the only acceptable attire. No offensive print or design will be allowed. Failure to be prepared will result in a loss of credit for that day. To he (:xcused from participation requires written certification of a physician. Provisions can be made for an adaptive program for the
handicap qudent, within limits, prescribed by a physician as defined in an Individual Educational Plan.

DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM WESTFIELD STATE COLLEGE/WESTFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS PURPOSE:
To provide 4ualified Junior and Senior year students in the Westfield Public Schools an opportunity to participate in an accelerated program at Westfield Stilte college which will allow students to earn dual credit at both the secondary and college level.
The aim of the partnership hetween the College and the High School is to provide unique educational opportunities and an accelerated program for students nhibiting the highest scholastic aptitude and exceptional academic performance. This program will also provide talented students with a col kg.: kvcl transcript, which may be used toward a haccalaureate program at other colleges and universities. Students may participate in the Dual Enrollment Program (High School Honors Program) at a State College or Community College for Westfield High School graduation credit or transfer credit at the college level. Students may take course for Westfield High School credit at a private college. A three credit college course will be the c4uivalcnt of one (1) credit at Westfield High School. There is no limit to the number of credits earned under Dual Enrollment. No enrichment grades will be calculated into class rank. Permission of principal/designee is required.

ELIGIBILITY;
To be eligible a student must: Be a Junior or Senior in good standing in the Westfield Public Schools Have demonstrated the ability to do college level work Have a 3.75 GPA and/or the recommendation of the High School Principal or his designee Meet the course prerequisites at WSC Have an interview with WHS and/or WSC personnel Have written parental approval Earn a "B" or better to continue in the program "C" w(luld require recommendation of WSC instructor "D" or "F" would exclude student from participation during the following semester,

PROGRAM;
Eligillie students may seek enrollment in a course(s) in the "Common Core of Studies" or "Division of Continuing Education" pending available seating. Pending adequate student interest at WHS, courses may be offered at the high school an:! taught by WSC faculty. Students may take up to eighteen (18) credits over a two (2) year period. Special approval by the High School Principal would be needed to exceed this number. All library and student support services at WSC will be available to enrolled WHS students. WHS students may receive credit toward WHS graduation. College transcripts will be generated for each student

COST;
The cost of tuition and fees will be borne by The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Transportation costs and expenses incurred for textbooks, labs, and other instructional materials shall be borne by the student.

PROCEDURE;
Interested students should begin the application process by consulting with a guidance counselor at WHS during the semester prior to enrollment.
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All teachers will distribute a course description at the beginning of each course with an explanation of how grades are determined. The Westfield

High School grading system is based on a numeric system:

90 - 100 Excellent 60 - 69 Poor

80 - 89 Skilled Mastery
a -59 Failing

70 - 79 Average I - Incomplete

CONDUCT AND EFFORT
Conduct and effort assessments by teachers are noted on the report card. These comments are: Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, Needs Improvement, and Parent Conference Requested. In addition, Excessive Absences, Inconsistent Effort and Missing Assignments will also be considered in effort.
GRAWNG PERIODS (May be Subject to Change) FIRST TERM ...............AUG 29 - Nov. 4 45 days SECOND TERM ...........NOV. 5- JAN. 23 45 days THIRD TERM ............. .JAN.. 24- APR.7 45 days THIRD TERM ..............JAN 24 - APRIL 1 (SENIORS) FOURTH TERM ...........APRIL 8 - JUNE 17 FOURTH TERM ...........APRIL 2- MAY 23 (SENIORS)

HALF TERM WARNING NOTICES

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Half term notices are for the purpose of notifying parents of a failing student or one seriously in danger of failing. Students bring home to his/her

parent or guardian for a signature. The notice is to be returned to the teacher within 2 days of issuance.

FIRST TERM.................SEPTEMBER 27

SECOND TERM ...........DECEMBER 6

THIRD TERM ...............FEBRUARY 28

THIRD TERM ...............FEBRUARY 25(SENIORS)

FOURTH TERM ............MAY 15

FOURTH TERM ............ MAY 2 (SENIORS)

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
Westfield High School will publish an academic honor roll for students receiving a quality point average equal to 4.3 G.P.A. as a first honor~ student. Westfield High School will publish an academic honor roll for students receiving a quality point average equal to 3.3 G.P.A. as a ~<:cond
honors student. This recognition will be given at the completion of each term and published as soon as possible.

CALCULATION OF GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPAl

Wcstfidd High School's grade point average is based on a five (5) point scale.

The level weight of a course is determined in the following manner:

{fl'f{weigh, I

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level weight 3

(advanced placement) (other courses)

(remedial courses)

advanced/honor course

90" 100" 6 80 - iN" 5

90 - 100" 5 80 - 89", 4

90 - 100", 4 80 - 89", 3

7() - 79 '" 4
60 - 69 =3
0" 59", 0

70 - 79",-,
60 - 69", 2
0- 59 =0

70 - 79", 2
60 - 69", 1
() - 59 '" a

Formula:

GPA" Sum of (grade / 100 level weight x credit) / sum of credits

Example: Grades: Calculation:

95 in a level weight I course, 1.0 credits

95/100", 0.95 x 6 x 1.0 = 5.70

90 in a l~vel weight 2 cours\:, O.S credits

90/100 '" 0.95 x 5 x 0.5 = 2.25

80 in a level weight 2 cours\:. 0.5 credits

801100", 0.80 x 4 x 0.5 '" 1.60

85 in a level weight 3 course, 1.0 credits

851100 '" 0.85 x 3 x 1.0 ::: 2.55

_75 _in aXlevel weight 2 course, 1.0 credits

751100", 0.75 x 3 x 1.0", 2.25

4.0 I·U5

OPA =14.35/4.0 = 3.507

RANK-IN-CLASS

Rank-in-class is determint:d by calculating a quality point average. Each grade and level is assigned a numerical weight depending on gradts of 100

through 60. Level 1 courses are rated highest.

A transfer student must be in attendance at Wc:stfield High School for his junior and senior year in order to be accurately ranked. Determination \\ill l'l.: based in such casc~ on final grade averages from previous schoolls attended as well as Westfield grades. If a student attends Wt;:stfieU High
School for only his/her senior year, any class rank bsued will be only approximate and consequently the student is not eligible for Top IlomH',

Term grades given in all courses designated as Honor courses will have points added to their weight, for grade-point average and rank-in-class purpost:s. the value of 2.0 points because of the greater expectations for student performance and the increased depth and volume of material c(l\'~red.
This added weight will not be reflected in term grades issued by the teacher for report card purposes.

MAKE-UP OF CLASS WORK
Students are responsible for pwmptly arranging to make up work missed due to absence from class. Teachers are not obliged to take the initiative. Teachers are authorized to give failing grades for failure to make up work satisfactorily within a reasonable period. The safest plan for the student
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is If) urrange for making up work within a reasonable period designated by the teacher. 1. Students who are tnfant or who intentionally miss an assigned period will forfeit all privileges to make up work. °2. Students on External Suspension ure entitled to receive homework'" assignments. 3. Students on Internal Suspension are entitled to receive homework" assignments. 4. Students absent for illness, or other approved reasons, such as a school-sponsored activity, may make up class work. ... Failure (0 do homework ma)' result in no academic credit,

WESTFIELD SUMMER SCHOOLIMAKING UP LOST CREDIT
The Westfield School Committee provides the opportunity for students who fail a course in the regular school year, for any reason, to make up that course during the summer school session. Students who will need summer school will be contacted by the Guidance Office. Students who fail a course. but are not notified, should contact the Guidance Office as soon as possible to be enrolled in the summer school session. Students with a failing grade of 50-59 are eligible for summer school. Students with an average of 49 or below must have written approval of the teacher or department head for that SUbject. Students who pass a course may retake it in summer school for a grade, but not for credit. Students may also make up credits by taking an equivalent course in another accredited secondary school summer or evening school program. The credit received will be equal to the credit failed. A maximum of four (4) summer/evening school credits will be accepted. Ihis may jnclude two (2) credits taken off campus in the junior and senior years. Grades will not be included in class rank. Permission of the Principal/designee is required.

EXAMINATIONS
SEMESTER (MID-TERM) AND FINAL EXAMINATIONS
Studt:nts without Renaissance exemptions are expected to take both mid term and final exams. Failure to take a mid term or final will result in the grad\: of zero for the exam grade and will be calculated using the following formula: Full Yegr COllrses Seml:ster ~xaminations constitute 101lt of the final grade; Final examinations constitute 10% of the final grade One Semf5fer COllues Semester <!xaminations constitute 20% of the final grade. It is the final examination in a half-year course. Students who are absent from an exam must turn in an excusable absence note.
Examillatioll Schedules Schedules for semester and final examinations will be announced.

REPORT CARDS
Report cards will be distributed shortly after each grading period ends at a date to be announced.

SPECIAL HELP CLASS
Any stulknt receiving a failure notice, or whose achievement is poor (grade of 60-69) is expected to report to after school help class/classes. All teachers an; available at least one afternoon each week, and/or by appointment for extra help in their subject area.

WITHDRAWING FROM A COURSE
To withdraw from a course, the student must obtain a recommendation from their guidance counselor, subject teacher, the consent of the principal or his/her designee, as well as parental approval. Permission to drop a subject is granted to a student for the following reasons; 1. To mect an ability level change (Usually not later than the close of first term for full year course, and within four weeks for semester courses.) 2. To reduce an academic load requirement, upon a physician's certification of illness or disability 3. To meet college admission requirements. 4. To participate in a work-study program which is part of the school curriculum. 5. Special education changes resulting from an I.E.P. or a recommendation of the Supervisor of Special Education for the secondary level. 6. Changes that are made, as a result of a pre-referral conference, as required by law. 7. Recommendation of the principal or assistant principal based on the disciplinary code or attendance policy. Parent input, or hearings, should be
vital in this type of course change. 8. Recommendations of the school psychologist or school adjustment counselor will be considered for course changes. The principal or vice-prin-
cipal will grant approval, if appropriate. 9. When changing an ability level course the previously earned grades will be transferred to the new course and used at the discretion of the
receiving teacher. These grades will be calculated into class rank. 10. If a student receives special permission to withdraw, he or she will receive a Won his/her transcript and the numerical average earned up to
the point of withdrawing will be entered as the grade for class rank. 11. A student may "audit" a course with permission of the teacher. No record will be kept.
TRANSCRIPTS
All re:qquueests for transcripts should be addressed to the Guidance Office. Under the Privacy of Information Act all requests for information must be accompanied by written permission from the student to release the information also specifying the person, schOOl, or organization which the transcript is being sent.
RENAISSANCE; A PROGRAM TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE
Thc purpose of Renaissance Program at WHS is to motivate all students to strive for academic excellence and good attendance at school. The Renaiissssaannccee: program has been established to recognize these students with positive, tangible incentives to encourage them to work harder to achieve this goal.
GENERAL RENAISSANCE CARD POLICY
STANDARD FOR BENIASSA.\'CE GOLD AND SILYER CARD HOLDERS No cxtcrn~1 or internal suspension, or Saturday detention No more than SIX detention hours when Renaissance list is reviewed. TEN tarddikes for the school year will result in loss of card.
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A certificate of recognition A free ice cream from the cafeteria, which can be received by presenting the card to a cafeteria staff member, who will in tum punch your card. Free admission to any athletic event held at home. The student must surrender the card, which can be picked up the following day in the Athletic Office. Discounts from all participating businesses.

RENAISSANCE CARD IIOLDER GUlDELWES
Card and Student J.D. must be presented to obtain benefits Any suspensions may result in an immediate loss of card. Misuse of card or any disciplinary problems may result in loss of card. Only ONE card is issued per term. Lost cards WILL NOT be replaced.

SPECIFIC RENAISSANCE CARD STANDARDS AND PRIYILEGES GOI.DCARD
A grade point average of 4.0 for a minimum course load of 5 1/2 credits per year with no withdraw/failures

PRIVTLEGES: 1st term gold card holder will be exempt from TWO (2)MID-YEAR exams, provided that the student maintains a 90 average in those courses. 3rd term gold card holder will be exempt from TWO END OF THE YEAR exams which cannot be the same course where an exemption has been taken at mid-tenn. The student must also maintain a 90 average in those courses.

SILYERCARD A grade point average of 3.0 for a minimum course load of 5 112 credits per year with no withdraw/failures.

PRIVILEGES: 1st term silver card holder will be exempt from ONE (1) MID-YEAR exam. provided that the student maintains a 90 average in those courses. 3rd term silver card holder will be exempt from ONE (1) END OF THE YEAR exam which cannot be the same course where an exemption has been taken at mid-term. The student must also maintain a 90 average in those courses. NOTE: Only the student receiving a gold or silver card will be eligible for the exemption from the mid-year and final exams. Seniors with A averages arc not exempt from exams unless they hold a gold or silver card.

RED STRIVE CARD This is a n:cognition of and a reward for academic improvement for students whose GPA is less than 3.0. To earn this card a student must show a computcr generated .5 overall improvement in his/her grades for the usual course load of 5 1/2 credits and no withdraw/failures. This will be tahuIated term by term.

WHlTEATIENDAI'lCE CARD This is n:cognition for perfect attendance for an entire marking tenn. Students with perfect attendance will not receive recognition if they have any tardks.

I. DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE BY STUDENTS
The Westfield Puhlic School System believes controlled substance use is a community issue, necessitating the commitment of a broad rangc of individuals. organizations, departments and the business sector to a collaborative effort at education. assistance and interdiction. Our district is committed to playing a significant role in meaningful endeavors to address substance usc issues. The School System also believes that a stucknt·s involvemcnt with drugs or alcohol constitutes a family, individual and school problem. Given that position, we commit our support and assistance to ~tudt.:nt~ and families whcncv<.:f possibk. Wt.: expect parents/guardians to cooperate with our efforts and, should a problem arise, act appropri<lkIy in a mutual d"fort to secure resolutiol\ that wiII ensure the well-being of tht> student.
The Westfield Public School Systl;!m is dedicated to providing a tobacco, alcohol and drug free educational environment. To that end: I. The district will not tolerate any tobacco, alcohol, or other drug related offense in school buildings. on school grounds. on school trans portation or at school related events. All legal means will be utilized, as appropriate, to identify and discipline offenders. 2. The district believes that prevention is a kt:y to ensuring substance free attitudes and behaviors. Education therefore plays a critical rok in establishing life long health habits for its students. Major goals of the district include a comprehensive K-12 curriculum emphasizing the effect~ and dangers of drug and alcohol use, annual parent awareness seminars, and periodic in-service training for staff ill idl.!ntifying symptoms and implementing district policies and procedures. 3. The district will attempt to assist students in accessing appropriate treatment as needed. The district will also encourage and support efforts within the community to provid~ healthy and legal alternatives to substance use.

II. ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG RELATED OFFENSES

Certain behaviors are considered violations of district policy when they involve alcohol, chemical or substance, licit or illicit, when may alter an

individual;· physical. ,-,motional or mental state, or any substance-related contraband or paraphernalia. Such behaviors include, but are not limited

to:

• Consuming or having consuml:d

• Under the influence of

• Usc • Having domain ovn

• Possession • Transfer

• Sak

• Intent to sell

• Distribution

• Growing or manufacturing

• Misuse of prescription drugs or violation of the

• Possessing paraphernalia

• district's medication policy

• Any violation of state or federal law relating to alcohol or other drugs

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III. GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR STUDENT ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE
1. the secondary schMI principals will hold assemblies for students during the fall of each school year. Presentations will include comprehensive ., overviews of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug and Student Discipline policies. 2. All school principals will provide students and families with information regarding educational and assistance efforts available through their
school. Each building will maintain, or have access to, a substance related resource guide inclusive of early warning signs and community resources. 3. Staff ar<: reyuired to report any ~uspect~d violations of the Alcohol and Drug policy to the principal or designee. The principal or designee will investig3te the suspicions/allegations.
To do ,0, he/she may interview any potential witnesses, conduct seilrches and utilize any other investigative measures allowable by law. If the principal or designee determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that a violation has occurred:
a. The student will be informed. h. The parent/guardian will be contacted, if possible. c. The police will be notified. d. Counseling, medical or support staff may be informed as needed. e. Tht: student will be subject to diSCiplinary action and/or referral to alcohol, tobacco and other drug use education program. f. The principal or designee will notify the superintendent who will inform the school committee.
4. Tht: superintendent will establish an intcrnal alcohol and drug team of staff to document and n:port on substance related activity within the system. act as consultants to other school staff on substance use issues, meet quarterly with the Westfield Police Department for purposes of joint planning, work with the Westfield District Court regarding commission of substance related felonies, develop or secure a resource director, and provid..: the !;uperintendent with information and recommendations regarding on-going issues related to substance use.
IV. ALCOHOL OR OTHER DRUG SALE. INTENT TO SELL. OR DISTRIBUTION OF DRUGS AND/OR NARCOTIC DEVICES
The P()sscs~ion, use, sale, intent to scll. dispensing, having domain over, growing, or distributing of alcohol, drugs and/or narcotic devices or other controlled ~ubstances is prohibi'ted in school buildings, on school grounds, at any school sponsored activity, at school bus stops, on school buses, and at other locations within 1000 feet of a school. Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 227 says in summary that "a conviction of selling drugs wit hin l()()O fed of school property in Massachusetts will result in a minimum mandatory two-year jail sentence plus a fine of up to $10,000.
V. CQNSEOUENCES FOR ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG OFFENSES
Possession or use of alcohol or orher drugs, narcotic device or any other controlled substance will result in the following:
First offcllse in school year: Suspension of up to ten days but no less than five days. Police notified. Parent/guardian contacted. Referral to alco-
hol ,md other drug use education program. Consideration for exclusion.
Sccolld IIl1li subscquent offcllses ill school yetlr: Suspension up to 45 days. but no less than ten days. Police notified. Parent/guardian contacted,
inf()rm~'d of right to a hearing. Referral to alcohol and other drug usc ..:dueation program. Recommendation for exclusion.
Drug sah:. intent to sell, or distribution of drugs and/or narcotic devices will result in the following:
First offellse: Suspension of up to ten days but no less than five days. Letter to parent/guardian. Police notified. Referral to alcohol and drug use
education program. Recommendation for exclusion.
Secolld IIllli subsequent offenses: Su~pcnsion up to 45 days, but no less than ten days. Letter to parent/guardian. Police notified. Referral to alco-
hol and drug usc education program, Recommendation for expulsion
VI SMOKING/TOBACCO PRODUCTS
Smoking in school, on buses, on school grounds or during activities under school supervision is prohibited. School grounds are defined as the area between the street, including the sidewalk and tree belt, and the area enclosed by the chain link fence, including the parking lot and the school's field. Efft:ctive in September of 1989, all students are prohibited from smoking in schools as determined by state law. Possession or use of tobacco products is prohibited. Tobacco products will be considered contraband and will be confiscated and destroyed. On January 1, 1991, Westfield Schools hecame smoke-free schools.
The use of tobacco is prohibited within school buildings or school facilities or on school grounds or on school buses by any individual, including pupils and school personnel. This policy is also further limited by City Ordinance, Chapter 9, Section 20. Lighted cigarettes made in whole or part of tolX1CCO are prohibited to persons under the age of sixteen and lighters are prohibited to any person under the age of eighteen. Possession or use of tobacco products is prohibited. Tobacco products will be considered contraband and will be confiscated and destroyed.
VII. CONSEOUENCES FOR SMOKING/TOBACCO PRODUCTS:
First Off<:nse: 1 day suspension Parent/guardian notified. Second Offense: 3 days suspension. Parent/guardian notified. Third Offense: 5 days suspension Parent/guardian notified.
VIII. SUSPENSION OF STUDENTS
Suspension is the removal of a student from his/her educational program for a specifit:d period of time. Building principals or their designees may opt to suspend students when behaviors of an acute or chronic nature cause disruption, destruction or pose a threat to the health or safety of others. Suspension may also be utilized when other methods of progressive discipline have proven unsuccessful in resolving behaviors detrimental to the student or the general welfare of the school.
A, SHORr TERAt SUSPENSION
A principal or designee may suspend a student from school (external suspcnsion) and require the student to remain off school grounds or he/she may suspend the student from attending classes (internal suspension) and r~quire the student to report and remain at an assigned location in a particular school building.
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Students under internal or external suspension remain responsible for completion of all school work and will be given credit accordingly. All sus-

pended students shall have the opportunity to take and receive a grade for tests and examinations, which were given during the period of suspen-

sion. It is the students' responsibility to take the tests and examinations within five school days after return from suspension unless an extended

period is approved hy the school principal. Students who are suspended from school for disciplinary reasons who miss labs may be given readings

as a substitute for the learning related to the labs. Work that is unique to the classroom experience and cannot be replicated in another form cannot

be made up. While students are on suspension teachers are under no obligation to provide extra help other than listing assignments to be completed

and stating the date(s) when assignments are due. Students in need of further assistance may attend help classes upon their return to school.

At the determination of the principal or designee a parent conference may be convened. The student, parent and a representative of the administration will be in attendance. In some cases of suspension, the student may not be allowed to return to school until the conference has been held. The conference will be held at the mutual convenience of the parent/guardian and the school. In situations involving suspension, the principal or designee shall be responsible for determining whether a referral under Chapter 766 should be initiated.

Individual schools may establish programs, such as after-school service, in which students have the opportunity to voluntarily participate in activities as an alternative to short term suspension except in situations involving offenses of an illegal or injurious nature.

C. LONG TERM SUSPENSION Long term suspension is the removal of a student from his/her educational program for more than ten (10) consecutive school days. School principals are authorized to effect long-term suspensions in situations, which include, but are not be limited to the following:
possession, use or distribution of illegal or controlled substances; possession, use or distribution of alcohol; use, possession of, or domain over, a dangerous weapon; assault of a staff member; when continued presence in school represents a danger to the physical safety of others, or when conduct constitutes a continual, material and substantial disruption of the educational process and all other appropriate disciplinary alternatives have bt:en tried and deemed unworkable.

Students under long term suspension continue to be responsible for completion of school work as stated in situations involving short term suspension. Depending upon the individual circumstances, a principal may opt to suspend with services, in which case a tutor or other approved program alternative would be implemented. Return of a student from long term suspension must be preceded by a parent conference. The student, parent/guardian, representative of the administration and other relevant staff will be present. Every effort will be made to schedule the conference at the mutual convenience of the parent/guardian and the school. Reasonable conditions for a student's return from long term suspension may be imposed by the building principal. Llilurc of a student to meet such conditions may be grounds for a decision to effect expulsion proceedings. In situations involving long term susp<.:nsion, the principal shall be responsible for determining whether a referral under Chapter 766 should be initiated.

D. PROCEDURES FOR LONG TERM SUSPENSIONANDIOR EXPULSION

The building principal is n:sponsihle for providing the student/parent:

1. writtc:n notice. in the dominant language of the home, of the charges and the right to a formal hearing before tht: principal

prior to

effecting suspension or expUlsion and the right to be represented by counselor other advocatt: of choice (at the student's expense;

2. adequate time to prepare for tht;: hearing;

3.access to documented evidence before the hearing;

4. the right to present evidence and/or witnesses;

5. the right to question the district's witnesses except when there is information indicating that doing so may put said witnesses at risk of harm; and

6. a prompt decision, written in the dominant language of home, including specific grounds for the decision and any reasonable conditions

which must be met to ensure the student's ft:turn. Tht: letter will include the student's right to appear to the Supnintendent within tcn (10)

days from the date of receipt of the notification of thc suspension or expulsion.

The principal will notify the superintendent in writing. The superintendent will in turn inform the school committce. without identifying the student, of the facts and circumstances surrounding the suspension or expulsion.
E, INTERIMALTER.YtTlVE EDUCATIONAL SE1TING rIAES) On occasion. a student mav be assigned to the Internal Alternative Educational Setting (I.A.E.s.) for disciplinary reasons. This would be in lieu of t:xternal suspension
e APPEAL TO SUPERl'VTENOENT
Upon receiving written notice of a request fOf an appeal within ten (10) days of the notification of suspension, the Superintendent shall schedule a hearing at which time the student may be represented by counsel (at the studt;:nt's expense) and present oral and written testimony on his/her behalf. The subject matter of the appeal shall not be limited solely to a factual determination of whether the student has violated any provisions of this section. The superintendent may modify the suspension of a student on a case-by-case basis. The superintendt:nt shall render a written decision in the dominant language of the home. Such ruling will be the final decision of the school district.

IX, EXPULSION OF STUDENTS
Expulsion is tht: t:Xclusion of a student from school either permanently or for the remainder of the school year. School principals arc authorized to expel students in certain ~ituations occurring with the jurisdiction of the school. These situations include but may not be limited to:
• Possession. use of dbtribution of illegal or controlled substances; • Possession, use Of distribution of alcohol; • Usc, possession of. or domain over, a dangerous weapon; • Assault of a staff member:
When continued presence in school represents a danger to the physical safety of others; • When conduct constitutes a continual, material and substantial disruption of the educational process and all other appropriate disciplinary
alternatives have bl'<;:n tried and deemed unworkable.

B, APPEAL TO SUPERlVTENDENT Upon receiving written notice of a request for an appeal within tcn (10) days of the notification of the expulsion, the Superintendent shall schedule

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a hraring at which time the student may be represented by counsel (at the student's expense) and present oral and written testimony of his/her behalf. The subject ma1ter of the appeal shall not be limited solely to a factual determination of whether the student has violated any provisions of "':'his section. The superintendent may modify the expulsion of a student on a case-by-case basis, The superintendent shall render a written decision in the (jominant language of the home, Such ruling will be the final decision of the school district.
C. OTHER ExeULSWN SITUAUQNS Upon the recommendation of the building principal and the superintendent, the ~cho()l committee may also act to expel students for other behaviors. Prior to making a recommendation for expUlsion, the principal shall assess whether a referral for Chapter 766 should be initiated,
D, ADMISSION OF EXPELLED STUDENTS Wh~n a student is expelled under the provisions of these sections, no ~chool or school district within the commonwealth shall be required to admit such student or to provide educational services to said student. If said student does apply for admission to another school or school district, the superinkndent of school district to which the application is made may request and shall receive from the superintendent of the school expelling said student a written statement of the reasons for said expUlsion,

X. SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION RELATED TO FELONY OR FELONY DELINOUENCY PROCEEDING
Upon the issuance of a criminal complaint charging a student with a felony or the issuance of a felony delinquency complaint, a principal may suspend the student for a period of time determined by the principal, based upon the principal's judgment that the continued presence of the student would have a substantial detrimental effect on the general welfare of the schooL Prior to such action by the principal, the student shall receive written notification of the charges and the reasons for such contemplated suspension. The student shall also receive written notification of right to appeal hefore the superintendent of ~chools; however. such appeal does not stay the suspension from going into effect.

Upon a ,tudent being convicted of a felony or upon an adjudication or admission in court of guilt with respect to such felony or felony delinquency,

the principal may expel the student if the principal determines that the student's continued presence in school would have substantial detrimental

dfeet on the general welfare of the schooL The student shall receive written notification of the charges and reasons for such expulsion prior to

such l:xpulsion taking effect. The student shall also receive written notification of right to appeal before the superintendent of schools; however,

such appeal does not stay the. expulsion from going into effect.

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The studl:nt ,hall have the right to appeal any suspension or expulsion under this section to the superintendent of schools. The student shall notify the superintendent in writing of his request for hearing no later than ten (10) calendar days following the effective date of the action, At the hearing the student shall have the right to present oral and written testimony on his behalf, and shall have the right to counsel. The superintendent shall have the right to overturn or alter the decision of the principal, including recommending an alternate education program for the student. Upon expUlsion of such student, the school district shall not be required to provide educational services to the student.

XI. STUDENT INTERROGATIONS, SEARCHES AND ARRESTS A. SI;,t\RCHES
The storage, on one's person, in one's belongings or in school property, of contraband such as, but not limited to, illegal substances or articles or any items prohibited by district policy or building rules, is strictly forbidden, Violations will result in confiscation of such materials, The student in violation will be subject to disciplinary action.
School Property Lockers, desks, computers, books and other items issued to students by the district for the temporary use, remain the property of the school. As such, studt!nts should have no expectation of privacy as it relates to their use, School property may be randomly inspected without notice by school administrators or designees to insure cleanliness, safety and adherence to federal, state and local laws and regulations, School property may also be searched when an administrator or designee has reason to believe contraband, as described above, may be stored within. Trained dogs, accompanied by experienced handlers may be used in conducting periodic searches of the campus, including parking areas and lockers,
Person/Personal Pm,sessions When an administrator or designee has reason to believe that contraband as described above is being stored on one's person or in ones' possessions, he/she may conduct a personal search appropriate to the nature of the potential violation. Book bags MUST be opened for inspection by any administrator, teacher, or other educational employee on request.
B. INTERROGATIONS. INVESnGATJQNSANDARRESTS It is the policy of the Westfield Public Schools to cooperate with law endorsement and social service agencies in the best interest of the larger welfare of all citizens, At the same time, schools have responsibility to parents/guardians for the welfare of the students while they are in the care of the schooL To carry out this responsibility school officials shall observe the following: 1. A student in school may not be interrogated by authorities without permission of the superintendent or his/her designee. 2. Any interrogation by authorities must be one in private and a official school representative present. 3. A student may not be n:leased to the custody of persons other than the parent/legal guardian or legal authority. The district is obligated by law
to release students to the custody of law enforcement officials when placed under arrest and to the custody of DSS when presented with a court order or when informed that the agency is acting upon its powers of presumptive custody, 4. When a student is removed from the school by legal authority, school officials should make every reasonable attempt to notify parents as soon as possible.
SJJMMARY OF WESTFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAFETY POLICIES Studellf Discipline and ExpulsiQn: The purpose of the public schools is to enable students to become educated to their potential and to prepare
them to become contributing and responsihle members of their community, Rules that govern the behavioral limits of a student body and authorize teachl:rs and administrators to enforce these rules are a necessary component of a system intent on accomplishing these goals. Policy File Code: JlC, JICDA, JK, IKE
Idelltification oj Students and Staff: An effective picture identification system enhances the control and management of the school system. Intt!rnal Procedures,
Access to Building: Continuing efforts should be made to minimize the numher of school entrance and exit points used daily, Internal Procedures.

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themselves on the bus in a manner consistent with established standards for classroom behavior. Policy File Code: EEAC-R, EEACC-R. EEAC-

R-l, JICC

Criminal offender Registration: The Office of Human Resources processes all required information in this area. The CORI will be utilizl:d only for employment purposes and not disseminated to any other party. Contact Director of Human ResourceS: Internal Procedures.

Sex Offender Registration: The Sex Offender Registry Law (M.G.Lc.6-178C through 0) requires that all convicted sex offenders in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts n:gister with the Police Department in the cities or towns where they live and work. Policy File Code: JM

Locker and Student Search: Lockers issued to students by the school system for their temporary use remains the property of the schooL The storage, on one's person, in one's belongings or in school property, or contraband such as, but not limited to, illegal substances or articles or any item prohibited by district policy or building rules, is strictly forbidden. Police File Code: JIH

Visitors to Buildings: The school committee encourages visits to schools by members of the community and other interested persons to view the educational program and facilities. For security purposes it is requested that all visitors report to the principal's office upon entering and leaving the building. Policy File Code:KKA

Drug Education: The Westfield Public School system will not tolerate any substance related offense in school buildings, on school grounds. on school transportation or at school related events. All legal means will be utilized, as appropriate, to identify and diScipline offenders. Policy File Code: GBCC, JICH

Student Interrogatioll: It is the policy of the Westfi.cld Public Schools to cooperate with law enforcement and social service agencies in the interest of the larger welfare of all citizens. At the same time, schools have responsibility to parents for the welfare of the students while they arl: in the care of the school. Policy File Code: lIH

Reporting Requirements to Law Enforcement: Cooperation with law enforcement agencies is essential for the protection of students, for maintaining a safl: environmt.:nt in the schools, and for safeguarding all school property. The Westfield Public Schools will comply with all Federal, State and Local mandates with respect to reporting requirements. Policy File Code: JICH-R, JIH

Reporting Reqllirements to DSS: Section 51A of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chapt!;:r 119, Child Welfare Statu~, requires that certain identified professionals, among them school personnel, report suspected instances of child abuse/neglect, including st:xual abuse and domestic violence, to th!;: appropriate staff of tht;: Massachusetts Department of Social Services. Policy File Code: JHG-E-2,lLF, JLF-R

Weapolls Policy: The carrying, possession, having domain over or us!;: of a gun, knife or any other object or facsimile which may be considered a weapon is prohibited ori ~chool grounds, school buses and at ~chool related events. Policy File Code: JlCI

Sexual Harassme"t: It is the policy of the Westfield School Committl:e to maintain and promotl: a working environment and an educational environmt.:nt free from all form~ of sexual harassment. Policy File Code: ACAC

Emergency Procedures: Advance planning for emergencies and disasters is essential to provide for the safety of students and staff. Thc sch()ol sysll:m must be prepared to respond immediately and n:sponsibly to any combination of events, which thrl:aten t() result in an emergency anti/or disaster. Policy File Code: EBC, EBC-R, EBCB-R Fire Safety: Building principals will meet all requirements for conducting fire drills to give students practice in moving with orderly dispatch to designated areas under emcrgtmcy conditions. Policy File Code: EBC, EBC-R, EBCB-R

Bomb Threats: The threat of potential danger from a "bomb" (bomb scare) is prohibited. Internal Procedures.

Weapons "'iolations: Students in violation of the Weapons Policy will be subject to disciplinary action. School Handbooks: Westfield Iligh School, Wt:~tfield V()cational Technical High School, Westfield Middle School, Elementary, Early Childhood.

Assaults: Any studt:nt who assaults a principal, assistant principal. teacher. teacher's aide, or other cducatiomtl staff, or any student may b~ suhject
to expulsion from the sch()ol or sch()()1 district hy the principal. Policy Fik Code: nc, lKD, JKE

Trespass Procedures: Trespilss n()tices are issues via the statutory authority of Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 266, Section 120. Internal Procedures.

Chemical Safety Program: In accordance with state guidelines the Superintendent shall provide for the regular removal and disposal of potentially hazardous chemicals whose shelf life has expired. Internal Procedures.

Illjury Reports: All injuries must be rl:ported to the classroom teacher/school nurse as soon as possible. the injury report is filled out on tht' appropriate form. School Handbooks: Westfield High School, Westfield Vocational Technical High School. Westfield Middle School, Elementary. Early Childhood

Inspections (Playgrounds, Buildillgs, Buses, Etc.): Regular inspection of buildings. grounds, facilities, equipment and buses to uncover h<lzards and/or dangerous conditions in an ongoing effort to address any safety concerns. Internal Procedures

Safety Trailling: Accidents are undesirahle, unplanned occurrences that can result in bodily harm, loss of school time, property damage. legal action, and even fatality. The school committee will guard against such occurrences by taking every possible precaution to protect thl: safety of all students, employees. visitors and others present on school property at school-sponsored events. Policy fik Code: EB

Athletics Safety: Contact Supervisor of Athletics. Internal Procedures.

Memorandum of Understallding between Law Ellforcement alld School Officials: the Westfield Police Department and the Westfield Publk Schools are committed to safe schools. The panies agree to meet to collaborate on the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding and establish lines of communication to support a safe, secure school and community. Internal Procedures.

ElwironmeTltal Programs: Regulations on file - contact Business I-.!an'lger. Internal Procedures

Mediatioll and Alternate Dispute Resolution: Unified Life Curriculum - contact Director of Instruction &; Curriculum. Internal Procedl.lr,·<,.

Additional information regarding any of the information outlined in this book may be obtained by contacting the office of the Superintendent of Schools, 22 Ashley Street, Westfield and/or any building principal at their respective school.

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ATTENDANCE POLICY

~ WESTFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS· SCHOOLAITENDANCE POLICY (l{·121

4he Westfield Public School System is committed to providing a quality educational experience for all of its students. We believe there is a direct

correlation between school achievement and regular school attendance. With this in mind, the Westfield Public School System encourages daily

attendance of all students. We encourage parent groups, business groups, teacher associations, parent-teacher groups, churches and other communi-

ty and civic organizations to promote the importance of good attendance in school through their association with parents/guardians and students. It

should also be recognized that:

• Not all the learning that goes on in a classroom is reflected in makeup work. Many of the experiences, working situations and group activi-

ties cannot be made up outside the classroom.

• As one of the purposes of education is to prepare students for future employment, it is important that good attendance habits be instilled

early. Emphasis on regular attendance serves to te;:ach a valuable life skill as it reinforces values critical to the work place.

Responsibility for regular attendance and adherence to district expectations rests with students and their parents. The law requires that

parent/guardians of mandatory school age children (ages six through fifteen inclusive) ensure attendance of their children in accordance with

district policy.

• Parents/guardians are advised to contact schools at least ten (10) days in advance of any planned absences for proper guidelines.

ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL
The Westfield Public School System recognizes that excessive absenteeism from school is potentially detrime;:ntal to students' ability to perform successfullY in school. It is expected that students should be absent from school only when conditions or circumstances render them otherwise unable to attend. In the event a student is absent in excess of 10% of the membership days official written verification, documenting the need for absence, must be submitted. Students who have undocumented absences in excess of 10% may be subject to denial of course credit or promotion. The following are legitimate reasons for absence: 1. Illness: Medical excuse, a signed doctor's note is required. Appointment cards will not be accepted. Doctor's appointments should be made
outside of the school day. 2. Bereavement 3. Family or catastrophic emergency 4. Observation of major religious holidays or participation in required religious instruction 5. Ne;:cessary court appearance: a signed court document is required 6. DYE confinement 7. DSS commitment 8. Suspension 9. Weather related conditions so serious as to pose a threat to health or safety 10. Approval of the Superintendent of Schools
Students in attendance at school sponsored activities (field trips) or in attendance in approved alternative educational programs (tutoring) arc considered present at their school of enrollme;:nt. Students who arc absent from school may not participate in any school related activity without securing permission from an administrator. The Westfield schools encourage;: open channels of communication between the home and school as the key to understanding and resolving problems that may occur regarding attendance. NOTE: Family TripsNacatiolls are NOT excused absences.

PROCEPURES FOR ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL
1. When a student returns from an absence, the parent/guardian must provide the school with a signed, written excuse citing the date (s) and reason (s) for absence. This written excuse must be submitted even if prior notification of intended absence was provided. Parents arc requested to notify the school in advance of planned absence and to make phone contact on the morning of an illness or other reason for absence.
2. Following an absence of three consecutive days without notification from home, or anytime a questionable situation or pattern of absenteeism occurs the principal or designee may contact the parent / guardian informing him/her of the student's absence. Parents/guardians are required by law to provide the school with a phone number at which they can be contacted Of accessed during school hours.
3. Written professional and/or verifiable documentation will be required whenever a student's absenteeism exceeds 10% of the membership days. For example, in case of illness, a physician's statement will be mandated, noting that absence was medically necessary for the dates the student was out; diagnostic information need not be provided at the discretion of the parent/student. For all other absences, written verification such as a court summons, letter from DOSS or official documentation of catastrophic event will be required. When a student reaches 10% absenteeism, no reasons for absence beyond those previously listed as legitimate will be considered acceptable.
4. Parents and/or guardians of Students whose absenteeism exceeds 10% will be notified in writing of the need to supply appropriate documentation. Such documentation will continue to be mandated for all absences until the rate of absenteeism falls below 10%.
5. Should the parent/guardian fail to provide the necessary verifications or should the student subsequently be absent fOf a reason not listed as legitimate, the principal or designee will contact the parent/guardian to address the situation. When deemed necessary by school personnel, a parent/guardian will be notified of the need for a conference to discuss, and mutually plan for, the resolution of an attendance problem. Upon notification, it is expected that a parent/guardian will appear for the appointed conference or contact the school to reschedule. It must be under stood that participation in such conferences is viewed as a parent/guardian's responsibility. While the district will make every reasonable effort to accommodate the needs of parents who are working or facing other difficulties, we will expect parents to play an active role in problem solving both to benefit the student and to comply with the law regarding parental responsibility for regular school attendance.
6. If the problem remains unresolved, a referral will be made to the supervisor of attendance who will assess the situation and decide on the need for formal inte;:rvention and on-going attendance related services.
7. In situations in which non-compliance continues, the attendance supervisor will make a determination regarding agency or court action. 8. Court action may include truancy proceedings against a willfully absent student or the filing of charges against a parent/guardian for failure to
provide for the educational needs of his / her child. 9. Referrals to the supervisor of attendance will also be made when any acute or chronic absenteeism involving students of mandatory school age
cannot be resolved at the building level. The supervisor of attendance will assess each referral and implement appropriate intervention efforts which could include court or DOSS action in situations involving lack of cooperation or compliance.
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CREDIT/PROMOTION IMPLICATION
The school may act to deny credit or promotion: a. When a decision to deny credit or promotion is made, the school will notify the parents of the intended action. b. The parent/guardian and/or student have the right to appeal loss of credit/promotion decisions. The appeal must be in writing and submitteu to
the school within the timeframe noted on the loss of credit notification. c. A hearing by the school's rt:view committee will be scheduled. at which point the parent and/or student will have the opportunity to proviue
documentation for the absences under discussion or to explain extraordinary circumstances. d. A letter stating the decision of the review committee will be sent to the parent/guardian within 5 school days of the review committee meeting. e. The parent/guardian and/or student may appeal the decision to the superintendent. The appeal must be in writing and sent within 5 school days
of receipt of the review committee letter. A hearing will be conducted by the superintendent or his/her designee and a written decision provided. The decision of the superintendent will be the final decision of the district.
SUPERVISOR OFAUENDANCE The supervisor of attendance will be responsible for enforcing compulsory attendance laws, developing and employing practices and programs to address truancy and parent supported absences. developing and implementing procedures to en~ure effective systemic tracking, monitoring anu intervention in serious absentee situations and seeking the assistance of the court and community agencies in dealing with chronic non-compliance on the part of students or parents/guardians.
WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM ATTENDANCE POLICY (9-12)
What happens in the classroom is essential to the educational process. Time lost from the class can never be really regained. This is especially true as it relates to teacher explanations and the interaction among students and between teacher and student. Surely, those subjects calling for lahoratory expt:riences, subjects such as science, business, industrial arts, and home economics demand student presence. Consequently, classroom ,Itt!;:n· dance is considered to be an integral part of the student's achievement. Since the classroom is the primary area of learning, it is apparent that attendance is a valid, reasonable requirement. It is the purpo~e of this policy to promott: more positive stuuent and community attitude toward tht euucational opportunities offered to our students.
Absences from class in excess of 5 days per term must be followed by written professional documentation citing the need for the absence from class. If no documentation is provided then a student who is not failing a course will receive a grad\; of 59. If the student exceeds the attendance limits each term of the course, then credit will be denied for that course. Health officials estimate that a normal abscntee rate should not he over 7 to 9 days for any student in a school year. In addition to the district's list of acceptable absence excuses (listed on p. 23). Westfield High Schuol adds the following to its class absence policy: 1. School related function or field trip: students arc alloweu thrcl;: (3) per semester. This includes collt:ge visitations, with verification. 2. School rl;!lated meetings/conferences, i.e.: Guidance meetings, Adjustment counselor meetings, Special Education evaluations.
COLLEGE VISITATIONS Arrangements for college visitations will be made in advance with the student's guidance counselor. A signed confirmation of the visit by th~ col· lege admissions office is required upon return.
RELEASE TlME FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Absences may be permitted for religious education at such times as the school committee may establish, provided that such time shall hl: no lllOTe than one hour per week and provided that no public funds be utilized for such education or related transportation.
EXCUSES FOR THE J8 YEAR OLD
It is the policy of the school to expect a written eXCuse for absence from tht: parent or guaruian of a student regardless of age. This is consish:nt with what the school considers an obligation to parents n:lativc to their son/uaught<:r's attendance. The stuuent who has reached the age of majority (IS) has the right, proviueu by statute, to assume this responsibility. Th..: stuuent so doing should sign a form obtained from the principal's offie.:. Til, principal or his designe!;: will notify the parent of the student's intent. If a student is not living with parent or guardian, the written excuse (.,>ign<:u hy the student stating name, address, date of absence, reason for absence) will be routed by the homeroom teacher to the appropriate principal.
RIGHT OF APPEAL The parent/guardian of the student. or the stuuent him/herself, has the right to appeal all cases to the school's Attendance Committee. The app<.:ul must be in written form and submitted no later than the uate indicated on the letter the parent / guardian / student has received. A request for an appeal must be sent to the: Attendance Committee
Westfield High SchOol 177 Montgomery Road Westfield. MA 01085
An appointment will be schedult:d by the committee. If a hearing is not requested in writing by the specified date. the matter will be close,]
DISMISSAL FROM SCHOOL
When a dismissal is necessary and is known in advance: 1. Request for dismissal must be brought to the main office before 7:23 am 2. The request must state stuUi:nt's name, grade, reason for uismissal, and time to be dismissed. 3. Dismissals for dental or uoctor's appointments must be confirmed by an appointment card.
Whenevt;:r possible the appointment card/doctor"s note is to be brought to the office the following day. (Failure to do this will be considw:u <ltl unexcused absence.) If the stud":nI is aware of a scheduled appointment before the date and may arrive late to school, notification should be givt;:n to the office immediately.
TARDINESS TO SCHOOL
All stuuents should be in their homeroom class by 7:23. Missing the bus, or oversleeping are not consiuered acceptablt: excuses. Since all ,tudents
arc either within walking distancl;! or on a bus route, "car trouble'· is not acceptt:J as an excuse. Students are to report to the tardy station imme-
diately upon arrival to school to sign in. Anyone not signing in will receive Saturday detention.
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Homeroom begins at 7:23. All students are to report to homeroom on time. Students who report to school later than 7:28 must sign in at the tardy

sta'tion before attending classes. Students arriving late to school will be given an attendance correction form. It will be the student's responsibility to

_vave each teacher sign to indicate the student's presence in class. The time of the student's arrival in school will be stamped on the attendance cor-

rection sheet. The last period teacher will collect the form when presented for signature, sign it, and turn it into the office at the end of the day.

TARDINESS TO CLASS
Students must be in their classroom when the bell marking the end of the passing period stops ringing, so that the teacher may start work immediately, otherwise, they wjll be marked as tardy. They are also expected to be on time for all classes, assemblies and programs during the regular school day, and detention class after school. Three tardies to class per Quarter will eQual one absence to class.

CLASS CUT POLICY
A stud;;:nt's most important responsibility is to attend all scheduled classes during the school day. Cutting a class is an absence. Teachers will be notified of any unexcused absence due to a class cut and will be instructed to give a grade of ZERO (0) for that day. Students will not be allowed to makeup any work due to a class eut. Periods E and G will be considered a double cut and will receive four hours of detention. Howewr, students may clear a cut slip with an acceptable pass from a teacher, counselor or principal. Parents of any student idc:ntified as having cut a scheduled class may be notified and asked to meet with the appropriate assistant principal and guidance counselor.

TRUANCY
Unnecessary absence, due either to a student's willful decision or a parent's inability or unwillingness to ensure attendance, is a violation of law and district policy. Students truant from school may be denied credit and will be subject to disciplinary measures. Parents who support or enable a chronic pattern of unnecessary absence may be subject to agency or court action.

Cutting classes and/or leaving school grounds without permission is considered by this district to be truant behavior and subject to diSciplinary

measures as relate to truancy from school. Students age 16 and above who demonstrate perSistent patterns of truancy may be referred by the build-

ing principal to the school committee for possible expulsion.

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Unexcused absences are subject to detentions, suspensions or other discipline measures. Students absent from school or class without a parental

excu~c will be denied credit for all class work missed and teachers will be notified of the truancy.

BEEPERS. CELLPHONES
The possession, carrying or use of headphones, beepers, cellular phones or any other electronic communication devices in school, on school grounds or at school related activities is prohibited. Students violating this section will be subject to disciplinary measures. Exceptions for unusual circumstances such as medical considerations must be approved at the superintendent level.

BUS TRANSPORTATION
The Westfield School Committee provides free bus transportation for all high school students in grades 9-12 who live more than two miles from their assigned school. The authority of the school begins and ends at the bus stops, both in the motning and in the afternoon. As such all school rules apply to student activity during these times. Students who violate school rules may have their privilege to ride the school bus revoked in addition to any standard disciplinary action. If a student is suspended from riding the bus, it becomes the responsibility of the student and his/her parents to provide transportation to and from school. Additional rules which apply specifically to riding the school bus are:
1. Abusive language is prohibited on school buses. 2. No smoking will be permitted on a school bus. 3. No use or transport of alcohol or drugs will be permitted on a school bus. 4. Horseplay of any kind will not be allowed on the bus regardless of whether the bus is standing or moving. This means that all students:
• will not kneel on bus seats and talk to persons on seats behind them; " will not tamper with the bus and its equipment, especially the windows. " under no circumstances will students be allowed to put arms, legs, head or any part of their body out of the window; • shall not move around or change seats in the bus once it is in motion. 5. No throwing of objects, regardless of whether the bus is standing still or moving. 6. No rough or disorderly physical misbehavior will be permitted on the bus. 7. Chewing gum, eating food or drinking beverages is not allowed on the bus. 8. No items may be carried on the bus except materials that will be held by the student or placed directly on the floor under the seat directly in • front of the student. 9. The emergency doors of school buses are for emergency use only. 10. Students, when getting on and off the bus, shall cross in front of the bus and only upon the receiving of a signal to cross from the bus driver.
Students being transported are under the authority of the bus driver. The bus driver is required to report rule violations. Continued disorderly conduct ur refusal to submit to the authority of the bus driver is sufficient cause for a student to be refused transportation on school buses. A pupil may be suspended from bus transportation upon the principal's receipt of the pupil's third Bus Condllct Report and the receipt of any subsequent Bus Conduct Report could result in a subsequent suspension. BUS CONDuer REPORTS and recommendations made with respect to students for the last day of the school year will be implemented in the following school year. Unfulfilled disciplinary assignments will be carried forward and continued in September of the following school year.
Alternate buses; 1. No bus will be rerouted to provide transportation for any individual or group without directions from the transportation office. 2. Buses will only stop to discharge students at regularly scheduled stops. No additional stops will be scheduled without directions from the Transportation Office. 3. The principal should receive a written request from the parent for any alternative transportation. If, in the principal's judgment, the request is valid and there is adequate room on the bus, and items 1 and 2 above are observed, the principal has the authority to grant this request.

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Schools may be closed because of inclement weather and/or hazardous traveling conditions. Announcements regarding such closing will be made on radio stations WINS, WAS, WHY, and television stations WHELP TV (CHANNEL 22) and WGGS (Channel 40), as well as Cable ChannelS. During periods of potential and actual storms, the school administration is in regular contact with the Westfield Highway Dept., the Westfield Police Dept. and government airfield weather stations. A decision to close or not to close school is made about 6:00 a.m. to cancel all school transportation and lunch programs and to notify the media, tuition-sending districts, traffic, and school personnel.

DELAYED OPENING
On occasion, it may be wiser to have two hour delayed opening of school instead of closing for the entire day. When this happens, the effective starting time for Westfield High School will be 9:23 a.m., bus students will board buses two hours later than the normal schedule. Dismissal will be at the normal time. However, if schools are not closed, parents must make the final decision about school attendance because they know the degree of hazard in their own local neighborhood. Under extenuating circumstances, delayed openings may be longer than one hour.
CARE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY BY STUDENIS
It is the responsibility of students to ensure that books and materials belonging to the Westfield Public Schools are returned in acceptable condition. Lost, damaged or defaced property must be paid for by the n:sponsible student. Non-payment may result in the withholding of official school documents. Any student deemed responsible for the willful destruction of school property will be subject to the financial cost of repair or replacement and may also be subjt:ct to suspension or expulsion from the school system and potential. criminal action.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER
To contact parents in the case of an emergency, up-to-date records must be kept in the office. Please notify the office of any change in your address of record, or telephone number Changes, both home and place of employment. Also, if you change doctors or hospitals, or anything that would change medical records, please notify the medical office and the main office.

CLASS DUES
Class dues will be collected during the school year. Class dues defray the cost of class activities, flowers in cases of bereavement, etc. Participation in the senior class banquet and after-banquet party requires that the student's dues be paid in full for all four years.

COMPUTERS/ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
Students are responsible for good behavior on school computer networks just as they arc in a classroom or a school hallway. Communications on th, ndwork are often public in nature. General school rules for behavior and communications apply. The network is provided for students to conduct research and communicate with others. Accl::ss to network services will be provided to studt:nts who agree to act in a considerate and responsible manner. The usc of the City of Westfield's Wide Area Network is a privilege, not a right. Student use of telecommunications and electronic information resources will be permitted upon submission of permission forms and agreement forms by students and by parents/guardians of minor students (under 18 years of age).
Students may have access to the Internet and the City of W(!stficld's Wide Area Network (WAN) while working on staff assigned or approved projects in a supervised setting. This includes computers in media centers, classrooms and computer lab facilities. The student and parent must read the policy and compktc the User Agreement Form to the Internet.' Students must follow all rules contained within this policy at all times when lIsing the WAN or the Internet. The usc of the City of Westfield's Wide Area Network is a privilege, not a right. Inappropriate use will result in limitation or cancdlation of user privileges and possible disciplinary actions. Students must also follow the directions of faculty and staff mt.:mbers supervising any an:u when: nc!worked resources can be acces:;ed.

SECURITY AND SAFETY
Students will demonstrate personal responsibility lly agrct;ing never to meet with someone they contact on-line without first checking with parents and teachers.
• Students will accept the responsibility for keeping from entering the school via the Internet all pornographic material, gambling material, files, material dang\!rous to the health and safety of students and staff, or files dangerous to the integrity of the wide area network.
• Students will demonstrate responsibility by not transmitting any material in violation of United States, Massachusetts, or Westfield Public Schools regulations. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, threatening, harassing, or obscene material, pornographic material. or material protected by trade secret.

If a student identifies a security problem on the Internet or thl:: City of Westfield's Wide Area Network; he/she is responsible to notify the tcacher in charge or administrator. Students should not demonstrate the problem to other students. Students should not use another individ ual's account as security on any computer system especially when the system involves many students. Students have the responsibility to use computer resources for academic purposes only. Playing games or using networked resources for nonacademic purposes is not permitted. Students may not conduct commercial activities for profit, advertise products, or conduct political lobby ing on the nt:lwork. Student-generated files can only be put on the network by the network administrator after approval by the teacher and building principal. Files placed on the network will not contain student names or pictures without parental permission.

PROPERTY

• Students must respect others' privacy and intellectual property. Any traffic from this network that traverses another network is also subject to

that network's acceptable use policy (AUP).

• Students are responsible for citing Sources and giving credit to authors during the research process. All communication and information acce-

sibk vb the network should be assumed to be private property.

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.' Classroom projects may involve the sending and rcceiving of e·mail to a class account. Responsibility for content lies with the student who

dth.;r sends or receives e-mail.

• Students may come across web sites which ask for comments or a reply. Certain communications and e-mail behaviors have gained accep

lance on the network, some because they save misunderstanding and maintain privacy, others because they help students avoid wasting time

or help conserve system resources. Since many students have e-mail accounts at home, this set of guidelines will be helpful for home use

aho. As students join the on-line community, they should practice these accepted behaviors:

• Include your first name, last initial and school at the bottom of e-mail messages, but never give your home address or phone number.

Do not post photos, addresses or phone numbers of yourself or other students.

• B<: c:.lreful when you use sarcasm and humor; without face-to-fac.: communications, your joke may he misinterpreted or viewed as criticism.

• Do not he vulgar, offensive, or swear.

• Do not publicly criticize or anger others.

• \....hCll quoting in a message, attribute the quotation to its author or source.

• Usc ,1I1 capitals only to highlight a word; if you use them for an entire message, people will think you are shouting.

BEHAVIORS AND CONSEOlJENCES
Appwpriat<! Codes of Conduct and Disciplinary Measures are outlined in school handbooks and the Westfield Schoo! District Policy Manual. Any violation of the policy may result in a cancellation of network privileges and/or disciplinary action. The network administrators may d~ny ,Kcess at any time as required. The administration, faculty and staff of the Westfield Public Schools may request the network adminis trators to deny, revoke, or suspend specific student privileges. Any student identified as a security risk or having a history of problems with (Ithn computer systems may be denied access to the Westfield Wide Area Network/Internet. Tampering with computer security systems and/or applications and/or documents will be considered vandalism, destruction, and defacement of ,chool property (see schOOl handbooks). Financial and legal consequences of such actions are the responsibility of the student and Pdfclltiguardian. Vandalism will result jn cancellation of privileges and disciplinary action. Vandali~m is defined as any malicious attempt to harm or destroy dat.l of another user, the Internet, or other networks. :This includes, but is not limited to, the uploading or creation of computer viruses, or lklil)iCratcly making changes which prevent suhsequent users from heing able to access programs or the network. L~ch ,tudent has an account on the servcrs for purposes of saving documents. Student accounts are designat.;d only for the use of the student tu \\ hom it is assigned. Passwords arc to be kept confidential. Stud.:nts arc not to permit other students to access or share their accounts for ;\IlY n:ason, and no student is to attempt to gain access to the account of another. Th.; Westfield Public Schools makes no warranties of any kind, whether expressed or implied, for the services it is providing. The Westfield Puhlic Schools will not be responsible for any damages suffered
This incitH.ks loss of data n:sulting from delays, non-deliveries, mis-deliveries. or service interruptions caused by the individual school's own neglig(;nct.: or the user's errors or omissions. Usc of any information obtain(;d via the Westfield Public Schools is at the user's own risk. The Westfield Public Sdl()ols specifically denies any responsibility for the accuracy or qu,dity of information through its services.
The ruks fur lise of the comput(;r facilitit.:s apply to all computers located throughout th(; building, whct/wr in tilt; Labs, the Library, or individual cla~sroot11s. Penalties for breaking the rules range from I-day suspensions to complete loss of privileges for rcpeat offenders.

CONDUCT
Each student will be responsible for providing a positive and healthy environment for others by maintaining order, self-discipline, and having considerati(ln for the rights and property of others. Each student will hear the responsibility for his or her own conduct. Expectations relating to student conduct and potential disciplinary measures apply whenever students arc:
• in school buildings • on school property • ,I( school sponsored events, including athletic games • on school buses or other school sponsored transportation • charged or convicted of a felony for conduct which would present a danger or health hazard within the school setting.
Restriction~ on student behavior shall be concerned with speech or action which disrupts the work of the school or interferes with the rights or safety of others. Students and parents/guardians have a responsibility to know and respect the rules and regulations of the district and individual schoob within the district. Accordingly, students shall have the right to receive annually at the opening of school, a publication listing the rules and regulations to which they are subject.
Teachers are responsible for establishing and communicating standards of conduct within the classroom. Teachers have the authority to enforce rules in order to promote a productive learning environment, to maintain order and to ensure safety. Issues warranting attention beyond the options open to individual teachers shall be referred promptly to the building administration. Expectations for student behavior in the Westfield Public Schools are based on a belief in self-discipline and the need for respect and consideration for the rights and safety of oneself and others. To that end, e,lch student will:
• Re~pect students, teachers, administrators, and other school personnel and visitors as human beings and fellow citizens of the school community. Individual differences, perceived by a student in others, will be treated with respect and not made the subject of teasing, horseplay or harassment.
• B~ n:sponsible for appropriateness and cleanliness of personal attire and hygiene. • R~~p~ct the personal property of others and refrain from causing damage or unnecessary wear and tear to books, facilities, school materials,
school huildings and furnishings, and the personal property of others. • B~ responsible for using the learning environment appropriately and refrain from cheating, plagiarism, habitual tardiness, cutting classes, or
ulH:xcused absences. • Rdrain from excessive noisiness, rudeness, using profanity or foul language, creating disturbances, denying others the use of school facilities
or huildings, engaging in gambling, extortion, theft, or any other activity which is disruptive, unsafe, in violation of district policy, or illegal under state or federal law.
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'. Refrain from fighting, assault, intentionally injuring another person or acting in such a manner as to expose others to risk or danger of harm

or injury. A student will not use threats, intimidation or harassment against any other person. A student will not coerce another student or

other individual into any disruptive or illegal activity. A student will not use or be in possession of any weapon.

• Respect the health and safety of oneself and others and will refrain from using tobacco; or using, possessing, transmitting, selling or being

under the influence of any alcoholic beverage, narcotic substance, illegal or prohibited drug or substance.

• Respect the educational process and learning environment by refraining from intentional or habitual activities which diminish the rights of,

and the opportunity for, students to receive an education and obtain the maximum benefit from a public education.

COMPLAINTS. GRIEYANCES & APPEALS PROCEDURES
A student who wishes to appeal a decision of a school staff member should proceed through the chain of command, i.e.: teacher, department head, assistant principal and principal.
PROCEDURES
A. Applicabilitt
The procedures herein apply only to those situations not otherwise specifically provided by other district policy or procedure. B. Rights ora Student Nothing in these procedures shall be construed as limiting the rights of any student having a complaint to discuss the matter with an appropriate school administrator. No reprisals of any kind shall be taken by anyone against any student as a result of a complaint or appeal. UJgf[
Contractual and collective bargaining provisions and procedures will not be superseded by these procedures or any process to effect them.
D. Local School Lerei
In implementing the policy statement at the local school level, the principal is responsible for; 1. Ensuring that procedures for considering student problems and processing complaints and appeals are cooperatively developed by students, faculty, school council and building administrators. 2. Determining that the procedures are precise and clearly stated, afford due process and include provisions for appeal. 3. Forwarding an informational copy of the procedures to the superintendent. 4. Making such procedures available to each student.
5. Performing an annual review and revision, if appropriate, of the procedures at the local school level. E. Appeql p(tbe Decision Pfth, Principql
If a student is dissatisfied with the decision rendered at the local school level, he/she may appeal the decision to the superintendent. 1. Submitting an Appeal
If the student is requesting an appeal, he/she must do so in writing within ten (10) school days to the superintendent. The statement should include all pertinent factual information, the remedy requested, and a requt:st for either (a) an informal review of the principal's decision by the superinten. dent or (b) a hearing before the superintendent. 2. Informal Review of an Appeal
Upon receipt of a request for a review, the superintendent acknowledges n:ceipt of the request and makes a decision based on the information submitted by the student, school administration and other relevant sources. Within ten (10) school days of the date the appeal is received, the superintendent notifies the student and principal, in writing, of the decision concerning the appeal. 3. Hearing Before the Superintendent
Upon receipt of a request for a hearing, tht: superintendent, (1) schl;!duks a hearing date which must be within ten (10) school days from the date the rt:quest was received, (2) informs all individuals concernt:d, in writing, of the time, date, and place of the hearing, and (3) notifies the student of his right to prl;!sent information, evidence, and to have witnes~cs. The ~upt:rintendent or de signet: is responsible for conducting the hearing, questioning parties to thl: hearing. and providing an opportunity for the student to question parties to the hearing (note; a student's opportunity to question witnesses may ne negated in situations in which a potential threat tll health or safety is deemed to exist). Within five (5) school days after the hearing, the superintendent reviews all data and information presented at the hearing, renders a decision I and notifies the student and principal, in writing. of the finding. This is th~ final decision of the school district.

DETENTION/TEACHER DETENTION
Due to viulations of district policy or school practice, students may be required to remain in, or be at, school outside of normal school hours. When given detention, students must appear at the designated time and place. unless specifically excused by the building principal or staff person having assigned the detention. Employment Of other scheduled activities do not constitute legitimate reasons for missing detention.

TEACHER DETENTION
Teacher detention is aSSigned by an individual teacher. The time spent after school will be with that teacher. Teacher detention has priority over any other after school activities, including office dt:tentiun. Any teacher or administrator has the authority to assign detention.
OFFICE DETENTION
For a prescribed period of time after school, the student is required to be academically occupied under the supervision of a staff member.
RULES OF DETENTION;
1. Ddentilln begins at 2;00 p.m. 2. Detention ends at 2:50 p.m.
3. Credit will be grantt:d for the timt: spent in detention onlv if the student met:ls all of tht: following requirements. ALL STCDENTS ASSIGNED DETENTIOS "dUST;
a. Be seakd and remain in their seat. b. Be quiet. c. Do school work while in detention.

SPECIAL HELP;
If a student is to reet:ive special help after sehoul hdshe must report to the office detention teacher first, with a pass from the_teacher in the Hdp Class. and return the pass to the office dett:ntion administrator before the end of the detention period.
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ALTERNATIYE OPTIONS;

Indi'l-idual schools may establish programs, such as after school service, in which students may have the opportunity to voluntarily participate in

.1Slivities as an alternative to detention.

SATURDAY DETENTION:
1. Saturday detention begins at 9:00 a.m. 2. Saturday detention ends at 12:00 p.m. 3. Rtgular detention rules are in effect (see above) ~. If Saturday detention is cut, the student will be suspended.

E,\.-1P1.0Y.HE,VT IS .vOT AN A CCEPTABLE EXCUSE FOR .MlSSING DETESUQN.

DISCIPLINE
Disciplin.ny action will be taken for violation of student's civil rights, including but not limited to violence, harassment or abuse directed at stujents haste! upon their race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability or sexual orientation. The purpose of the public schools is to enable stuJents to hecome educated to their potential and to prepare them to become contributing and responsible members of their community. Rules that govern ttle behavioral limits of a student body and authorize teachers and administrators to enforce these rules an: a necessary component of a system int<:nt on accomplishing these goals. The Westfield Public Schools is committed to a system of discipline that is fair and demonstrates respect for the individual needs of students. The district expects students to demonstrate age appropriate self control and regards effective discipline as a function that results from a cooperative partnership between the individual student, the student's parent/guardian and the school.
While it i~ the goal of the Westfield Public Schools to employ methods of progressive and positive discipline, the district supports the need to suspend ;lIld/or expd students when behaviors of an acute or chronic nature cause disruption, destruction or pose a threat to the safety of others. Principals, in consultation with their staff and school councils, will establish specific practices relative to the needs of their buildings. These praclices will \"I,; r(;viewed annually by the school committee to ensure compliance with overall district policy.

DISCIPLINARY MEASURES
Thc following is a list of possible disciplinary measures that the school may apply to those individuals who disobey the school's Code of Conduct. The slulknt should be reminded that not all cases will merit the use of these measures. Students whose violation becomes subject to penalties of the Cou\: of Conduct may receive:
I) v!;rbal reprimands 2) written reprimands 3) u(;t<;ntions 4) parental conference or letter :'\) loss of privileges 6) Saturday detention 7) internal suspension X) exh.:rnal suspension 9) school exclusion 10) contact and assistance from police and/or other community social agency 11) legal action through courts 12) referral to school attendance office 13) rderral to superintendent 14) enforcement of Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Code 15) loss of team or club membership or activity revocation Hi) restitution ] 7) work details ] H) referrals to counseling or assistance programs ] 9) rderral to peer mediation 20) 20 sent home for conference or change of clothes in compliance with school rules 21) loss of automobile privileges and/or towing

DRESS AND GROOMING
Students arc encouraged to view school in a businesslike manner, supporting that which contributes to a positive educational atmosphere, "The school has the right to ban any and all offensive, obscene, etc. clothing including any clothing that indicates any criminal act or affiliation, or breaks school policy," It is largely the responsibility of the student, with the guidance of parents, to determine what is appropriate dress for school or school related activities, however, the Westfield Public School System reserves the right to prohibit clothing or manner of dress which constitutes a health or safety concern or is so unusual as to be disruptive or distracting to the educational process. This includes, but is nO! limited to, clothing that:
• Has wording, pictures or designs of a graphic sexual nature. • Is vulgar or plainly offensive. • Displays, advertises, or promotes the use of tobacco products, alcoholic beverages or illegal substances. • Displays, promotes or encourages overt violence or other illegal activity. • Sec-through clothing, bare backs or midriffs, short shorts or skirts, exceptionally soiled or torn clothing, bandanas. If such clothing is worn to school, students will be required to change or cover the clothing before returning to class or school activity. Hats, visors, bandanas, headbands or similar head covering may not be worn or visibly displayed in school upon entering the building, throughout the ,chool day, and until the students exit the building.

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DUE PROCESS RIGHTS

In situations involving discipline or other consequential action, the Westfield Public School district acknowledges its responsibility to afford stu~

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dents due process and timely resolution to proceedings. as mandated by state and federal statute and the regulations of the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts. For all actions, students have the right to be informed of the charges or issues, to be given an opportunity to respond and to be

apprised of the outcome and any applicable appeal procedun:s. The specific responsibility of the district regarding due process is dependent upon

the action under consideration by the district in any given situation. Procedures to address specific mandates are outlined accordingly throughout

Section J. In addition to procedures specifically stated, the district support the efforts of students and parents/guardians in directing student specific,

programmatic or procedural concerns to appropriate staff throughout the system

FACILITIES FOR THE HANDICAPPED/ELEVATOR
Use of the elevator is only for students with a disability. Such students will be issued an elevator key by the secretary. The key will be turned in to
the secretary each Friday, whether or not the student will still need it. It may be signed out again the next school day, if still needed. Unauthorized use of the elevator may result in disciplinary measures being taken. A lost key will result in a charge of $5.00. Handicapped access lavatories afe
located on each floor of the building and are so labeled. Handicapped parking spaces are available in the rear of the building. Handicapped students will be informed of the emergency procedur~~ applicablt: to them on the first day they are in the building or sooner. DO NOT USE THE ELEVATOR IN CASE OF fiRE. FIRE DRILL OR EMERGENCY EVA CUA UON.
FACULTY MAILBOXES
Faculty mailboxes are private and und~r no circumstancl:s is any student to remove anything or put 'anything in a faculty mailbox without the expressed authorization of a teacher or memb~r of the office staff.

FIRE DRILLS AND EMERGENCY EYACUATIONS
Detailed instructions for fire drills will be cxplain;.:d by t~achcrs. Directions for leaving thl;! building are posted in every classroom. If in doubt, ask individual teachers to show you where the dir~ctions arl! and to explain the evacuation route from thilt room. Students on the second floor should exit on the inside (left) of the stairwells. Studt:nts on th.: third floor should exit on the outside (right) of the stairwells. All students and personnel should exit as quickly and as qui<:tly as possibk. Studcnh an: not allowed to ust: the elevator during fire drills or emergency evacuations.
Provisions have been made for physically handicapped students. All students needing special consideration during fire drills should notify the school nurse or the administration. Handicapped stud~nts should follow the prOCl;!dun:s set forth in their IEP.

CODE WHITE
Detailt:d instructions for a p\l~sihk intruder on school grounds will bl: explained by teacher.

FOOD SERVICES/FOOD AND BEVERAGES Westfield High School providl:s breakfast and lunch programs for all students. BrealrJast is served: 7:00 ~ 7:18. Lunch is served: 10:53 ~ 12:07.
Students may be eligible for reduced or free meals. Applications for fr~e or reduced meals may be obtained from the student's homeroom teilch..:r. Milk will be available for those who prefer to bring lunch.
All study halls will report to second lunch, regardlt:s5 of which floor they are on. Studl:nts in the Library during E period will report to third lunch. Lunch periods for each floor or specified rooms will be administratively assigned each semester. Food and beverages will be consumed in the cafeteria only, and shall not be taken out of the cafdcria. The ~ak or dispensing of food or beverages for the purposes of fund raising may be allowed under certain conditions but these may not he sold or con~llmed in competition with the school lunch program as required by state law.

FORGERY, MISREPRESENTATION AND AlTERING DOClJMENTS
Altt!ring of school records or uocumenh b gfl)lInd~ for di~ciplinary action as is forging parents' or staffs' signature on passes or notes.
, FREEDOM OF SPEECH. ASSEMBLY OR CONGREGAIION
Th..: freedoms of speech and the right tll ,Is~cmhk an.: two principks upon which this country is based. These freedoms are subject to the limits of obscenity. defamation, fighting words. incitement Of disruptioll as ddined by thl: Massachu~etts Department of Education. Responsible speech will be allowed in the proper location at the proper time, ~" ,I, not to stop otht:r people from entering classes. distributing literature during classes. or hold a demonstration, so that it interft:res with class..:s or homerooms in session. The use of symbolic expressions of publishing/distributing of materiill is subject to the same limitations a, lbted for fn:cdum of speeCh.
Permission to assemble cannot be allowed. ,0 as to violate ~tate and local laws. Permission to assemble must be requested in writing from the prin~ cipal or his designe\!. The request mu,t he maJe two (21 day~ prior to the dt:sired time and should include the following: time, place. purpose and supervision provisions which will state th~ pn.,IHl or group who will be in charge and responsible.

GAMBLING
Any form of gambling: such as playing cards for mont:y. flipping or matching coin~, or any other form of gambling will not be permitted. School officials will confiscate any money or matcrbl and will rdcr stlld~nts involved to the principal for disciplinary action. Recreational card gamt!~ are not allowed.

GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT

Students and parenh are invitt:d to uSt! tht! ,erviccs offered by tile high school Guiclilnc<.: Dt.:pMtm~nt located on the first floor, next to the main

offiCI:. Each student is alphabetically assign~J a coun~el(}r who will serw as hb/hn guidanct.! counselor throughout th..: four years of high school. The assignment list which is posted in hom~r,'oms th~ fir,t day of ~chool is also listed in tht.: introduction to this handbook directly under the facul~

ty and staff list. Students who wish to set: thoir guidancc counselor should comt.: into ttw Guidance Office before school and make an appuintcl1\:nt

through the guidance secn:tary. The high school guidance counsdor who is directly responsible for academic advisement as well as college and

career planning coordinates a variety of other serviccs which an: available to students such as school adjustment counseling, tutoring and testing programs. In addition the guidance coun,dur serves a~ a liaison hctween the student. teacher, parent, administration and community. Every effort is made to maximize each SlUd~nt t:nclluraging them til heconu; increasingly respomible for their academic and social well being. Visit the guid-

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STUDENT ASSISTANCE TEAM

Westfield High School has established a Student Assistance Team made up of guidance counselors, adjustment counselors, administrators, nurses,

lrt'endance officer, substance abuse counselor and support personnel that review students who may be in a personal or academic crisis. Any parent,

.;tudent, or staff member should refer individuals to the guidance office if they have a concern regarding a student.

HARASSMENT/HAZING/INTIMIDATION
Any organized or individual acts of intimidation or hazing by students are prohibited. Extortion, coercion, or intimidation will not be tolerated, and will re;;ult in immediate referral to the office for disciplinary action. Chapter 536 of the Massachusetts General Laws now reads in part: "The term "hazing" ,h:.I1 mean any conduct or method of initiation into any student organization, whether on public or private property, which willfully or reckk,:-Iy endangers the physical or mental health of any student or other person."

HEALTH OFFICE
The Westfkld High School Health Department staff is on duty every day. The Health Office is located near the Guidance Office and is open during school hours to students who need medical aid or information. A regi'>ter~d nurse is available to students with passes or for medical emergencies. Students having health problems should make the particulars of their health condition known to the nurse.
DISEASES
Any ~tud~nt who may have an illness or disease, such as bacterial conjunctivitis, strep throat, impetigo, pediculosis, ringworm, unknown rashes, etc. m,ly h~ ~xcluded from school until diagnosed and treated accordingly.

EMERGENCY CARDS
At the beginning of the school year, "Emergency Cards" are distributed to each student. It is extremely important that the information requested on this card he filled out accurately and kept up to date. There must be a way of reaching parents, guardians, or alternates promptly should illness or accident occur.
ILLNEss OR INJURY
Studcnh mu;t report all accidents or emergencies to the nurse's office. Students must not leave the building because of illness without authorization. If the nurse is not available, the student will report to the main office. Any injury should be reported to the teacher on duty, although it does not uprear to call for the attention of the school nurse. Any injury calling for medical attention must be reported to the nurse or to the school office. School insurance requires such notification.

IMMUNIZATIONS
To prot<.:ct tho.: health of all students, Massachusetts law requires immunizations against diptheria-tetanus+pertussis (D.P.T.), measles, mumps, rubella, and polio. unless exempted for medical or religious reasons. Lacking proof of such immunizations from the family physician or public health clinic will prohibit the student from enrolling in school or will result in exclusion from school.

MEDICATIONS AND FIRST AID IN SCHOOL

MEDICINES;

It is the policy of the Westfield Public Schools that all children's medication be administered by a parent at home. Under exceptional circum- \

stances, medication may be administered by school personnel under appropriate administrative regulations.

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Oml Medication in Schools

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If under exceptional circumstances a child is required to take oral medication during school hours, and the parent cannot be at the school to admin~

ister the medication, only the school nurse will administer the medication in compliance with the regulations that follow:

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1. Written instructions signed by the parent and licensed prescriber will be required and will include:

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a. child's name

b. name of medication

c. purpose of medication

d. time to be administered

e. dosage f. possible side effects

g. termination date for administering the medication

h. emergency phone number for the parent and the licensed prescriber 2. Medication must be kept in a locked cabinet.

3. The parents of the child must assume responsibility for informing the school of any change in the child's health or change in medication. 4. A copy of this regulation will be provided to parents upon their request for administration of medication in the schools.

ANt' SUBSTANCE IN PILL. CAPSULE, OR POWDER FORM WILL BE SUH1ECT TO THE SAME
BEG liL4UONS AS ORAL MEDlCAUON.

Injectable Insect Sting Kits
It shull be the responsibility of either parent or the child, or persons who have legal custody of such child, to supply the Westfield Public Schools

with a Epipcn insect sting kit at the school, and it shall be the responsibility of the school department to safely keep said Epipen and administer the

same according to the provisions mentioned herewith:

1. The licensed prescriber must submit a written statement to the effect that, in their opinion, no other alternative medication would be effect at

this time. 2. The licensed prescriber must submit written authorization and specific instructions for the administration of such medication within the
sc hool setting. 3. The parent must submit written permission for its use, releasing the school from all responsibility involved in its administration.
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4. The school doctor will review the request with the licensed prescriber

5. Following the completion of the above steps, the school doctor will countersign the licensed prescriber orders and the school doctor will

review the case with the school nurse for proper administration of the medication.

ONLY THE SCHOOL NURSE WILL ADMINISTER THIS MEDICATION.

THE SCHOOL SYSTEM RETAINS THE DISCRETION TO REJECT REQUESTS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION.
In accordance with standard nursing practice, the school may refuse to administer or allow to be administered any prescription medication which, based on her/his individual assessment and professional judgement, has the potential to be harmful, dangerous or inappropriate. In these cases, the parent/guardian and licensed prescriber shall be notified immediately by the school nurse. Parents/Guardians may appeal this decision in writing to the Principal of the school. A meeting will be held with the Appeals Team and the Parent/Guardian to review this decision.
THE SCHOOL SllALLADMINISTER THROUGU THE SCHOOL NURSE ONLY THOSE SUBSTANCES APPROyED BY THE FDA.
Adopted: November 17, 1997
FIRSTA/D; First Aid is defined as the immediate, temporary care given in case of accident or sudden illness. Any care beyond first aid will not be given by the school and will be the responsibility of the parents. STUDENTS MUST REPORT ALL ACCIDENTS OR EMERGENCIES TO THE PRINCIPALS OFFICE.

PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS
The school nurses are responsible for scheduling mandated physical examinations, height and weight, and vision, and hearing screening during sophomore year. This is also mandated for transf<;:r stud..:nts. All sophomores are required to have a physical exam by either the family physician or school physician. Forms for the student's family physician to complete may be ohtained from the school nurse. The forms must be returned to the nurse. We encourage studcnts to have their own family physician do the n:quin:d physical \:xamination. It is advisable to have all private physicals done by the end of October. School physicals will bl;! scheduled once a month by homeroom. An athletic physical is required each school year for each athlete. The athletic departm\:nt schedules physical exams before each season of competition. No student will be able to participate without a physical. The sophomore physical can be used in place of the athletic physical as long as this dual purpose is stated by the doctor.

IDENTIFICATION CARD
All students of Westfield High School must have a photO-identification (10) card. PhotographS for these cards will be taken at dates and times to be announced. Students are required to show their ID for admission to all school dances and functions. This card is also required to charge out library books. On request, it will establish thc fact that you ar~ a member of Westfield High School. ID's may also be required to be shown before hoarding school buses. There will be a charge of $2.00 for a replacement card.

INCENDL4.RY DEVICES. BOMB THREATS. FIRES
The possession and/or use of explosive materials and ohjects, including firecrackers and smoke "hombs" arc prohibited. The threat of potential Llangcr from a "bomb" (bomh scare) is also prohibited. The setting of any fire is a most serious offense and is prohibited, and will be prosecuted by the law.

INSUBORDINATION
Students are expected to follow the reasonahk directions and authority of school officials. Insubordination is the direct refusal to follow the normal, customary and reasonable r..:quest of a school iluthority.
INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS MASSACHl 1SETTS INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ELIGIBILITY RULES REFERENCE: BLUE BOOK RULES OF ELIGIBIUH (BBREj REFERENCE: BLUE BOOK GENERAL RCLES (BllGR)
The violation of any eligibility rule may result in forfeiture of a game Wall or the elimination of a player from participation for one year. A mistake could spoil a season. If there is any doubt concerning eligihility. consult your principal or athletic director. The rules apply to all teams (Le .. varsity, junior varsity. and freshman). to all grades, and to hoth girls" and hOys' sports. A STUDENT IS NOT ELIGIBLE WHO;
1. Was not a member of some secondary school for a minimum of two (2) months, exclusive of summer vacation months, who has not received a report card preceding the contest. (REF.RULE #60) Transferred from any school to a MIAA member ,;chool (REF.RULE #61)
3. Has not secured during the last marking perioJ rr~ccding the contest (e.g. second quarter marks and not semester grades determine third quarter eligibility) passing grades in the equivaknt of four major subjects. To satisfy this requirement, a student must have passed sufficient courses to he earning for that marking period credits totaling the equivalent of FOUR 1 YEAR MAJOR ENGLISH COURSES. A student cannot at any time represent a school unkss that student is taking courses which would provide credit equivalent to FOUR 1 YEAR MAJOR ENGLISH COURSES. To be cligihk flH the fall marking period, studt:nts are required to have earned credits for the previous academic year equivaknt to FOUR 1 YEAR MAJOR E:\GLlSH COl)RSES. The academic eligibility of all students shall be considered as official anLi dt:termining only on the date when th~ r~rort cards for that ranking period have been issued to the parents of all students. Incompktc (REF. RULE #62) grades may not h~ counted tuward eligibility.
.J. After first entering grad..: y, 12 cons~cuti\"c athktic ,easons have passed, regardkss of participation. (REF.RULE #63) 5. Becomes 19 years of age before September 1. (BBRE #6.\) 6. Has graduated from any secondary school. (REF.RULE #65) 7. Was "persuaded" or influenced to transfer to present high school by a coach, athletic director, principal or other person connected to tht:
school. (REF.RULE #52) S. Practices or plays man: than once in any day with a school team and a non-school team. (REF.RULE #56)
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9, Is put' out of a game for fighting or flagrant unsportsmanlike conduct and is not eligible to play in the next scheduled game, This includes,

~ but is not limited .to, the use of threatening, abusive or obscene language. If it is the second time during the same season, then you are dis

lJualified from any further participation in that sport season for one full year. (REF.RULE #76-78)

10. Physically assaults an official, is ineligible in all sports for one full year. (REERULE #59)

11. In the judgment of the game official, willfully, flagrantly or maliciously attempts to injure an opponent, in any sport, will be immediately

ncluded from participation in that sport season for One year, (REERULE #59)

12. During the season of practice or play uses, consumes, possesses, buys/sells or gives away any beverage containing alcohol, any tobacco prod-

uct, steroids, marijuana or any controlled substanceqREFRULE #66)

13. Only awards of no intrinsic value and approved by The MIAA may be accepted by a high school student-athlete as a result of participation in

<;cho()1 or non-school competition in a sport recognizcd by that Slate association. (REF RULE #58)

1-1. A ,tudent is not eligible for tournament participation unless hc/she is regularly present at and actively participates in all high school team

practices and competitions. (REERULE #92)

The M.I.A.A. has established a procedure which provides a full and multifaceted review of all requests to set aside an eligibility requirement for an individuJJ high school student.(BBGR #87). The M.I.A.A. waiver process is published in the M.I.A.A. Blue Book. (Ref: Blue Book Student Eligibility Waiver ~ The Process #87) There are many other important rules and regulations that must be adhe;:red to. Those listed above are most common and must be understood. Ct'nwlt your principal or athletic director if there is any doubt. There are some exceptions or variations to this ruk. Consult your principal or athletic director if there is any possible doubt.

Chemical Health Rule (MlAA) During th~ season of practice or play, a student shall not, regardkss of the quantity, use or consume, possess, buy/sell or give away any beverage containing alcohol, any tobacco product, marijuana, steroids or any controlled substance. It is not a violation for a student to be in possession of a legally defined drug specifically prescribed for the student's own use hy his/her doctor. The MIAA Chemical Health Rules minimum penalties are: Firsl "iv/oaon; When t Ill: principal confirms, following an opportunity for the student to be heard, that a violation occurred, the student shall lose eligibility for the next twn (2) consecutive interscholastic events, or two (2) weeks of a season in which the student is a participant, whichever is greater. No exceptinn i~ pl:rmitttd for a student who becomes a participant in a treatmt:nt program, although such participation is recommended. It is expected that th~ ~tudutt he allowed to remain at practice, for the purpose of rehabilitation.
Second "iv/olio" i When th..: principal confirms, following an opportunity for the student to be heard, that a second or subsequent violation occurred, the student shall lose digihility for the next twelve (12) consecutive interscholastic events or twelve (12) consecutive weeks, whichever is greater, in which the student is a participant. If, after the second or subsequent violation the student of his/her own volition becomes a participant in an approved chemical dcpmdcllcy program or treatment program, the student may bt: certificd for reinstatement in the MIAA activities after a minimum period of six (6) weeks. Such certification must be issued by the doctor or a counselor of a chemical treatment center. Pen,llti~s ~hall be cumulative each academic year, but a penalty period will extend into the next academic year.

LIBRARY The H. W. Kittredge Memorial Library is open from 7:15 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Monday's, Wednesday, and Fridays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays,
the lihrary remains open until 4:00 p.m. It is closed during the third lunch period, Students may borrow library materials, using the library cards which ;Irc assigned as the student enters Westfield High School. Books are borrowed for two weeks, while all other items are due in one week. A fint' of five cents a day per item is charged for overdue items, and no further materials may be borrowed if the accrued fines total more than one dollar. The library has networked computers providing access to electronic sources. Students may come to the library using passes issued by the assigning tcacher and countersigned by the study hall teacher. Honor Society students may use the library by signing in at the front desk. Library materials ,ITC protected by a security system which requires that the students enter and leave by the appropriate door. All materials should be charged out and desensitized before leaving the;: library to avoid setting off the alarm.

LIBRARY PASSES
Students may obtain passes to the library from their study hall teachers at the beginning of the periOd and will remain in the library for the entire period. No more than four of these passes will be issued from each study hall. Students having assignments which call for the use of library resources may request a subject pass from the teacher who gave the assignment. This pass is then presented to the study hall teacher at the beginning of the period for a countersignature. Students making use of these subject passes will be asked to work individually, in separate carrels, so that they may most efficiently complete their assignments. To assure library access to the most students, only one pass per day should be given to any one student. Students will leave their passes at the front desk when they enter to be stamped with the time of arrival, and the passes will be returned to the study hall teacher's mail box by the end of the day. Certain sections of the library are reserved for silent study, while conversation, kept to a level at which it is not audible beyond the table where it takes place, is permitted in other areas. Disruptive noise or behavior will result in a denial of library privileges.
LIBRARY SECIJRITY SYSTEM
A book detection system has been installed to better serve you by discouraging thefts and book losses. Observing the following procedures will eliminate any inconveniences or delay:
1. Students should enter or depart only through the designated entrance and exit gate. 2. Always remember to charge out your library materials before leaving. 3. Do not wait until the end of the period to charge out materials. 4. You may bring charged out materials back into and out of the library without stopping at the desk. 5. If the chime sounds and the gate locks, please return to the circulation desk. The person on duty will resolve the situation.

ILLEGALANDIOR DISRIJPTIYE DEVICES
Lasers, Lighter/ Matches Cigarettes, Cell Phones, Beepers, Walkmans & other devices illegal or disruptive to school procedure are prohibited in Westfit:ld High School, They may be considered contraband and may be confiscated.
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BREATH ANALYZERS

"When there is a reason to suspect that a student has been consuming alcohol, a breathalyzer test may be ordered. The student's failure to comply

is insubordination and may be treated as such. The refusal also raises the inference that the student is hiding something and further action may be

taken.

LOCKERS
Physical Education lockers arc to be used only during a stud~nt's physical education class. Each student is responsible for providing a lock and
securing all clothing and other valuahles.

LOST AND FOUND
The lost and found is in the main office. Students should write their name, homeroom number and the date issued on the book label to help the return of the book.
LUNCH PERIOD
Students will eat their lunches in the cafeteria. All food must be consumed in the cafeteria. None will be carried into the corridors or classrooms. When finished, students are expected to clean up after themselves and then to stay within bounds until the end of the lunch period.

Area limits duriT/g IIlT/ch periods:

1. WITHIN THE BUILDING: a) Students will confine themselves to the rear first floor corridor following lunch. b) Students are not allowed on

the 2nd and 3rd floors during lunch. They should pick up their books for their 5th period class before going to lunch, or during the passing period

after their lunch. c) "Roughhousing" in the corridor, or making unnecessary noise is prohibited.

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2. OUTSIDE THE BUILDING: Students are restricted up to the sidewalk area immediately in the rear of the building b,y the Student Council room.

ENTERING THE PARKING LOT OR ANY OTHER AREA IS PROHIBITED.

OBLIGATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Part of the maturation and growth of a student is to be responsible for all school materials available for their use. Damage or loss of these materials may require compensation by the student. Students who do not fulfill all school obligations (financial and disciplinary) by graduation will receive an obligation notice in thdr diploma case instl;:ad of a diploma As of graduation no transcripts or recommendations or diploma will be released until the obligations are met.
PASSES
Students must have a signed pass when kaving the classroom. This means every time a student is outside the classroom except during passing time, tht:Y should have a pass. Only one student at a time will be allowed to leave the room to go to the lavatories. Students may not loiter while out on a pass and should go directly to their destin'ltions. Students leaving classrooms with a pass must use the sign out sheet. Students are not to be at their lockers during their class period, therefore, they sholtld not be given locker passt:s.

PERSONAL CONDUCT
Students arc expected to conduct thcmst.:lvl:s in a socially acccptabk manner, Displays of affection between friends should be appropriate on school grounds and at school programs and activities. Please demonstrate respect for yoursdf and others by conducting yourself in a manner appropriate for a public place. Pkasl;: limit displays of affection to hand holding and avoid thl;: practice of having arms around one another, sitting on each other's laps, or various other degrees of affection. School authorities may request students to refrain from inappropriate affectionate behavior.

PLAGIARISM. CHEATING. WILLFUL DECEIT OR MISREPRESENTATION
The students of Westfield High School should exemplify truth. honesty and decency. Intentionally plagiarizing material, cheating on school work or t~sts. omitting to give proper information for the purpo\cs of personal gain and/or dishonesty arc subject to school diSCipline.

POSTING OF INFORMATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF MATE&IALS
The daiiy bulletin is posted each day on the bulletin hoard outside the main office. Driver Education lists are also posted there when classes ar,c being formed. The Guidance Office has bulktin boards that post information that may be pertinent to all students. These bulletin boards should bc chcckcd from time to time for items of intert:st. Posh;r~. displays and kaflt:ts arc subject to approval by the Student Council and administration. Unauthorized use of bulletin boards, displays or posting of leaflets may cause the material to be removed and the person or persons who displayed or posted the materials to bl: subjected to disciplinary nll.:asurcs. Post~rs should not be hung on smooth painted areas, nor in windows of corridor doors obscuring vision up or down the corridor. All offending posters will be removed and destroyed. All posters must come down the next school day after the event. Handbills or any other printed mattl:r may not be distributed or circulated in school or on the school grounds without proper authority. Arrangements should be made with an administrator or his designee.

PROFANITY. OBSCENE LANGUAGE. DEFMlATION. FIGHTING WORDS. INCITEFlJL OR DISRUPTIYE STATEMENTS FlGHIING OR USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE
To conduct a safe, orderly and sound educational system the high school does not accept or allow the use of obscene, profane, defamatory. insightful or educationally disruptive statemt:nts or expressions. Students ar~ expected to uphold high levels of self-esteem, decorum and moral values. Fighting or using physical force is not allowed at Westfield High School Students are expected to be mature, respectful and in responsibk control of their actions.
PROGRAMS. FlTl'.'CTIONS OR SOCL-\LACTIYITIES (SCHOOL SPONSORED>
Specific school functions or events may have cnl<lin requirement~ or limits. Failure to follow these requirements may restrict a person from participation. Examples are:
1. Not having a proper uniform for athletic event,. 2. Failure to present a school 10 when entering a dance. 3. Failure to attend school on day of the function.
PROPEI.LING OF/OR THROWING OBJECTS
The propelling or throwing of Objects has proven to be vcry dangerous. Students arc expected to use good judgment and not .participate in this type of action.

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Radios. tape recorders (i!lcluding "walkman" type), or other musical instruments. or other personal possessions of value may not be used at anytime d,,!!ring the school day. Students are not allowed to have beepers or cellular telephones in school. They will be taken away until the close of school in Junc. Possession of personal video or audio recorders by students is prohibited unless expressly permitted by school administration for an education purpose. Video or audio taping of individuals without their knowledge or express consent is prohibited. Such conduct, in addition to a violation of school rules. may constitute a violation of privacy and/or violation of federal and state wire tapping laws, resulting in referral to law enforcement officials.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY
STl.iDES7S It is th..: policy of the Westfkld Public School Committee to maintain and promote a working environment and an educational environment free from all forms of sexual harassment. This policy is effective immediately and shall apply to all persons associated with this school system including. but Ilot nLOcessarily limited to the School Committee, the administration, the staff, and the students. All employees of the Westfield Public Schools haVe: the right to work in an environment free from sexual harassment. All students of the Westfield Public Schools have the right to par-
,iO ticipate in t'ducational environment free from sexual harassment. Any person who engages in sexual harassment while acting as a member of
the ~ch\)(ll community will be in violation of this policy.
In addition. the Westfield Public School Committee affirms its commitment to maintain a work free environment free from all forms of harassment and discrimination based on race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, sex or disability. All members of the school community are expected to conduct themselves in an appropriate manner with COllTtt:sy and respect for others. Any harassment on the basis of a person's race, color, religion. sexual orientation. national origin, age, sex or disability will not be tolerated.
WHAT IS SEXUAL HARASSMENT?
A. Sn\ual harassment is a form of sex discrimination. Sexual harassment in the workplace or education environment and retaliation for report ing or cooperating with a sexual harassment investigation are unlawful under both state and federal law and will not be tolerated.
B. III Massachusetts, the legal definition for sexual harassment is this: "sexual harassment" means sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and verhal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when: 1. Submission to or rejection of such advances, requests or conduct is made eith,er explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of employm~nt or education or a basis for employment or educational decisions; or 2. Such ad\'ances, requests or conduct have the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work or educational performance by creating an intimidating, hostile, humiliating or sexually offensive environment. Under these definitions, direct or implied requests by a supe:visor for sexual favors in exchange for actual or promised job benefits such as favorable reviews, salary increases, promotions, increased benefits, or continued employment constitute sexual harassment. Likewise, direct or implied requests by an employee of the Westfield Public Schools for sexual favors in exchange for actual or promised educational benefits such as favorable grades, recommendation letters for college, and the like constitute sexual harassment. .'. Sexual harassment is not limited to conduct by a male towards a female. The victim of sexual harassment may be either male or female. Likewise, a harasser may be male or female.
Sexual h;lTa~smcnt is not, by definition, limited to prohibited conduct hy a supervisor or administrator towards an employee. It can also involve conduct by one employee towards a co-worker or, in some circumstances, it may even involve a non-t:mployce as the harasser or the victim of haras~ml.:nt. Sexual harassm~nt can take place in the educational setting as well as the workplace. All such harassment is hereby prohibited.
EXAMPLES OF TYPES OF CONDUCT WHICH MAY CONSTITUTE SEXUAL HARASSMENT
The kg,11 ddinilion of sexual harassment is broad and in addition to these examples, other sexually oriented conduct, whether it is intended or not, Ihat is unwelcome and has the effect of creating an environment that is hostile, offensive, intimidating, or humiliating to male or female workers, students or other mcmb~rs of the school community may also constitute sexual harassment.
Be advi~ed that our policy prohibits conduct or behavior of an offensive or sexual nature that may go beyond what is prohibited by law. While it is not possible to list all those additional circumstances that may constitute sexual harassment, the following are some examples of conduct which violate our policy and may also constitute sexual harassment under the law, depending upon the totality of the circumstances including the severity of the conduct and its pervasiveness.
o Supnvisor indicates to a subordinate that the subordinate's performance review will be affected by whether or not the subordinate is willing to date the supervisor.
o Supervisor .teJls an employee that he/she could be promoted if he/she grants certain sexual favors to the supervisor. o Administrator demotes an employee because the employee refuses to share a bed with the administrator during an out of town conference. o An employee is subjected to sexual remarks and/or whistles upon each visit to a partiCl1lar work department. Over a period of time, the
employee becomes reluctant to enter that department making it difficult for the employee to properly perform his/her duties. o Teacher indicates to a student that the student's grades will be affected by whether or not the student is willing to date the teacher. o Unwelcome sexual advances - whether they involve physical touch or not; o Sexual epithets, jokes, written or oral references to sexual conduct, gossip regarding one's sex life; comment on an individual'S body, comment
about an individual's sexual activity, deficiencies, or prowess; • Displaying sexual suggeslive objects or materials, including photographs, drawings, cartoons, post cards, calendars, tapes, etc.; o Leering. whistling, brushing against the body, sexual gestures, suggestive or insulting comments; o Inquiries into one's sexual experiences; o Discussion of one's sexual activities; o Making ~exual gestures or body motions; o Transmitting or accessing sexually explicit materials by computerized or other means; o making sexual comments or telling sexual jokes or stories; o TOllching, pinching, groping, kissing or patting the body of another person; o Repeatedly asking a person for a date or to socialize outside of work after being informed such conduct is unwelcome; o Exerting pressure on another person for sex or a romantic relationship; or o Following, "shadowing" or stalking a person.
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All,employees and sCtudaesntes s3ho:0ul3d -tackve-s3pe0c0ial0n8ot-eFthHatF, as sDtaotedcuabmovee,nretta1liatioFnilaegadins0t 1an/1in3di/v0id3ual Pwhaogheas 6co4mpolafin7e9d about sexual harass~

ment, and retaliation against individuals for cooperating with an investigation of a sexual harassment complaint is unlawful and will not be tolerated.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF ALL EMPLOYEES AND PARTICIPANTS IN THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY
Each employee and each participant in the educational community is personally responsible for ensuring that his/her conduct does not in any way sexually harass any other person he/she has contact with in the performance of his/her duties or studies while acting as a member of the school community. Each student, employee, supervisor, administrator and member of the school community is required to fully cooperate in any investigation of alleged sexual harassment. Further, supervisors and administrators are obligated to intervene and stop any sexual harassment they witness and to immediately report to their supervisor, in writing, any sexual harassment that is reported to them or they otherwise learn of. Each employee is obligated to immediately report, in writing, to his/her supervisor any sexual harassment of a student which the employee witnesses or learns about. Any employee who receives a report of, or otherwise has knowledge of conduct prohibited by this policy is required to report the conduct or incident immediately.

PROCEDURE FOR REPORTING SEXUAL COMPLAINTS

The following sexual harassment complaint procedure has been established to ensure prompt and effective investigation into allegations of sexual harassment. A, If an individual believes that he or she is heing sexually harassed or subjected to inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature, the individual should immediately:
1. Firmly confront'the harasser(s); 2. State the conduct which he/she objects to; 3. 3.Indicate that he/she finds such conduct offensive, intimidating and/or embarrassing; 4. Insist that the person(s) engaging in the conduct stop the conduct immediately; and 5. Report the harassment immediately in writing to one or more of the persons listed below:

Director of Human Resources

Leslie Clark

Your Building Principal

22 Ashley Street

Franklin Avenue School

Westfield, MA 01085

Westfield, MA 01085

If the individual is not comfortable with confronting the alleged harasser(s), the individual should immediately report the situation to one or more

of the persons identified below:

Director of Human Resources Leslit: Clark Your Building Principal

H. After reporting the situation to one or more of the persons identified, the individual should immediately submit a written statement detailing: 1. the specific conduct objected to, 2. tht: date(s) and the time(s) such conduct took place, 3. the name(s) of the alleged harasser(s), 4. the location(s) where the conduct occurred, 5. the name(s) of any witness(es), and 6. any other details or information requested by the investigator
The individual should provide the investigator with any documentation (cards, notes, pictures, etc.) or other corroboration of the harassment which the individual may have.

'EMPLOYEES OR STUDENTS WHO HAVE A COMPLAINT OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OR WHO WISH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SUBJECT MAY CONTACT ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONS:

Director 0f Human Resources 22 Ashley Street Westfield. MA 01085 572-6550

Leslie Clark Franklin Avt:nue School Westfield, MA 01085 572-6424

INYESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS
An individual who encounters sexual harassment as defined in the policy statement of the Westfield Public Schools should file a complaint in accordance with the Procedure for Reporting Sexual Complaints. Complaints of sexual harassment will be investigated promptly and acted upon in a timely manner. The investigator will inform the alleged harasser(s) of the complaint, will interview the alleged harasser too and require the alleged harasser to submit a detailed written response to each and every allegation of harassment. The investigator will also endeavor to promptly intervkw and obtain detailed written statemcnb from potential witnesses. If the investigator concludes that sexual harassment has occurred. tht matter shall be immediately n:femd to the Supnintendent of Schools or, when appropriate under the Education Reform Act, to the School Committee for appropriate disciplinary action and action will be taken promptly to eliminate the offending conduct.

PROCEDURE FOR REPORTING SEXUAL COMPLAINTS
LEVEL ONE; An employee and/or student who bdit:ves that he/she has been the subject of so:xual harassment should report the alleged charge immediately to the principal of the building or. if the principal is the subject of the alleged charge, to the superintendent or his/her designee. If the superintendent is the subject of the alleged charge the complaint will be filed at Level Three. All complaints will be reduced to writing following an informal discussion of the allegation in order for the matter to proct:ed further. The principal (or superintendent) will investigate and render a decision regarding the complaint and any action or recommended action to be taken within ten (10) calendar days. LEYEL TWO: If the employee and/or student wishes to carry rhe complaint beyond the decision reached at Level One, he/she may within five (5) days file his/ht:r complaint with tht: superintendent. (If the sup~rintendent has been addressed at Level One, the employee and/or student may carry the complaint to Level Three.) Th~ superintendent will evaluate the evidence and render his/h.:r decision within (10) days after receiving the !!ppeal.
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LEl{.EL THREE; The emploYl:c and/or stlldcnt may carry the complaint heyond Level Two by filing his/her complaint with the school committee within five (5) days
;mer thl: Level Two decision has been rcached. Upon receiving the complaint, the matter will be placed under executive session of the agenda for the next regular school committee meeting and the final determination will be made within ten (10) days of said m(:(:ting. Employees and/or students will he given the opportunity to be present and heard at each of the three (3) levels. Decisions at each level will be in writing and will include supporting reasons. Copies of all decisions and recommendations will be furnished promptly to all parties. A complaint may be withdrawn

by tht employee and/or studcnt at ,IllY le\·el.

CONFIDENTIALITY

~ Investigations of sexual harassment complaints shall be conducted in such a manner as to disclose information only to those with a need to know or

thos~ who may have information pertinent to the investig'!lltlll.

The \\·.;qfkld Public Schools shall cndea\'or to keep such information as confidential as it can without compromising the thoroughness of the

investigdtion.

NO RETALIATION FOR FILING A COMPLNNT OR COOPERATING WITH AN INVESTIGATION

No empl(J\'l:c or student shall be retaliated or discrimin,lIed against in any way for making a complaint of sexual harassment or for cooperating in the in\'e~tigation of such a complaint.

CONSEQ!;E~CES OF VlQLATING POLICY - DISCIPLINE & DISCHARGE
Any employee who violates this policy will hI;! subject to dbciplinary action which may range from reprimand, suspension without pay, demotion, up to <lnd induding immediate discharge. In appropriate circumstances, tht: Administration may also refn the matter to law cnforcement officials for po"ihll: prosecution. Any stud~nt who violates this policy will hI! subject to disciplinary action, which may range from detention, suspension from s!;huub, lip to and inclllding"expulsion from the Westfield Puhlic Schools. In appropriatc circumstances, tht: Administration may also reft:r the
matter 10 law enforcement officials for po,sibk prosecution.

IDENTITY OF STATE AND FEDERAL AUIHORITIES
:Thc Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) enforces the state law prohibiting sexual harassment. The MCAD can be reached as follow .... it you wish to file :I formal cum plaint with them:

M<lssachusetts Commission Against Discrimination -136 Dwight Strt:l:l, Suite 22() Springfield. MA 01 103 'Rll:phonl! (413) 739-21-15

Mass<lchusctts Commission Against Discrimination One Ashhurton Placc, Room 601 Boston, MA 02108-1532 Telephone (617) 727-3990

The Equal Opportunity Commbsion (EEOC) enforces the fedcrallaw prohibiting sexu,t1 harassment. The EEOC can be reached as follows, if you wish to file a formal complaint with them:

Fqual Employment Opportunity Commission One Congress Stred l3oston, MA 0211-1 Tckphone (617) 565-3200

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission II\U\ L St. N.W. Room IOU1 Washington, DC 20507 Telephone (202) 663-4900

Adoptcd: h:bruary 3, 1997

BULLYING

Bullying ,IIld harassment arl! major distractions from learning. The grades of the victims can suffer. Fear can lead to chronic absenteeism, truancy,

or cvcn dropping out of school. Bystanders fed iloth guilty and hl;!lplcss for not standing up to the bully. As a rule, bullying hehavior starts in elemClltiJry ~chool and peaks in the middle school years. However, it attracts morc attention from adults when it appears in high school. There the

studl:llts arc older and physically largl:r and the b.;havior is recognized as being less tolerable and more inappropriate. Also, sexual harassment is,

in fact. often a form of bullying. Most hullying of any type has no place in the school setting. The Westfield Public Schools will endeavor to main-

tain a karning and working t:nvironmcnt free of bullying.

Bullying is defined as the act of one or more individuals intimidating one or more persons through vcrbal, physical, mental or written interactions. Bullying can take many forms and can occur in virtually any setting. It can create unnecessary and unwarranted anxiety that will affect attending' 'School, walking in corridors, eating in cafeterias, playing in the school yard or recreation areas, participating in or attending special and extra-curricular activities, or riding on the bus to and from school each day. Examples of bullying include but are not exclusive to:
1. Intimidation, either physical or psychological. 2. Threats of any kind, stated or implied. 3. Ass:lUlts on students, including those that art: verbal, physical, psychological and emotional.
4. Attacks on student property. The school committee expects administrators and supervisors to make clear to students and staff that bullying in the school building, on school grounds on the hus or school sanctioned transportation, or at school-sponsored functions will not be tolerated and will be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including suspension and expulsion for students, and termination for c:mployees. The district will promptly and reasonably investi· gate allegations of harassment, including bullying. The principal of each building will be responsible for handling all complaints by students alleging harassment, including bullying. The superintendent will develop administrative guidelines and procedures for the implementation of this policy,

Legal Ref: Cron' Ref:

Title VII, Section 703, Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended

Federal Regulation 7-1676 issued by EEO Commission

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

Board of Education 603 CMR 26:00

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Nondiscrimination

ACAC Sexuill Harassment

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The Westfield Public Schools recognizes its responsibility to educate all special education eligible students from the ages of 3 through 21. Any par~

ent or student who believes he/she has a special need should contact a counselor, principal, or administrator of special education for an evaluation.

All students are expected to meet the requirements for behavior as set forth in this handbook and to abide by Westfield's Code of Conduct. Chapter

71B of the Massachusetts General Laws and 20 U.S.c. § 1415 et. seq. require that certain due process discipline procedures be implemented for

students who have been identified as having special needs. Westfield wiI! adhere to and implement the various provisions of state and federal law

regarding the disciplining of students who have been identified as having special needs. Under certain circumstances, disciplinary actions for spe-

cial needs students may include suspension, expUlsion, placement in an alternative interim setting, and notification to law enforcement officials.

The student's special education team may be reconvened, a Behavioral Intervention Plan may be developed or revised, a Functional Behavioral

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Analysis may be conducted, and a Manifestation Determination hearing may be scheduled.

Additional provisions are made for students who are in a special education program as defined by of M.G.L., known as Chapter 766. Students who have special needs and have a program described in an Individual Educational Plan (I.E.P.) may have additional requirements or modifications to regular code of discipline.
1. All modifications will be descrihed in the I.E.P.
2. The principal or a designee will notify the Special Education Office of any offense that requires a suspension and keep a record of such notices.
3. When the suspensions of a special education student accumulate to 10 days in a full year or 5 days in a half year, a review of the I.E.P., as provided in section 333 of Chapter 766 Regulations, will be held to determine the appropriate placement or program. The I.E.P. Team will make a finding regarding the relationship of tht: misconduct and the handicapping condition and either: a. design a modified program for the student or
b. write an amendment to provide for the delivery of special education services during the suspension, and any needed modification of the I.E.P. relative to discipline code cxpt:ctation.

The Department of Education will be notified as wquired by law and the procedures promulgated by the Department of Education for requesting approval of the alternative plan will be followed.

STUDENT SURVEYS
On occasion, students may be asked to complete a risk behavior survey. These anonymous surveys provide the Westfield Public Schools with the information necessary to adjust our health curriculum to meet the needs of the students. Any survey will have the approval of the superintendent of schools prior to its administration. Parents should contact the building principal if they wish to exempt their student from such surveys.
DIRECTED STUDY PERIODS
Under the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993, all students must be present and remain in directed study halls. Students reporting to their assigned study periods will come prcpan:d with homework, or other academically worthwhile material to keep them occupied for the full pl;:riod. Passes tll othl:r areas of the building must be presented to tlw teacher supervising the study at the beginning of the period. Only authorized passes will be honored.
INTERNAL SUSPENSION:
1. Internal suspension is to be served in the room set aside for that purpose. 2. Mid-term and final examinations will bc administered. 3. The student assigned to internal suspension will not participate in any extra-curricular school activities. 4. A parent contact will take place. S. All class work will be assigned and compit;tcd hy the student, while in the internal suspension class. 6. Credit will be given for all work completed. Failure to complctc assigned work may cause problems with the attendance policy of W. H. S. 7. NOTE: Absence fnlm school does not l'educe the period of suspension.

EXTERNAL SUSPENSION:
I. Parcnt/gu,lfdian will be notifit:d of decision to suspend 2. the offense and the duration of suspension hy administration. 3. The student may not be on school property. 4. Final or mid-term examinations may be taken upon return. 5. The student may not participate in any extra-curricular activitit:s.

SI JSPENSION AND HOMEWORK POLICY
Students suspended from school for disciplinary reasons will be given the opportunity to make-up all announced academic work, such as papers, tests. quizzes, readings. Students who arc suspended from school for disciplinary reasons who miss labs may be given readings as a substitute for the learning related to the labs. Work that is unique tll the classroom experience and cannot bl: replicated in another form cannot be made up. Tcachers are under no obligation to provide: extra help other than listing assignments to be completed and stating the date (s) when assignments are due.

The principal of the school or his designee shall be responsible for determining whether a referral under Chapter 766 should be made, prior t0
excluding such a student. Upon the issu,\nce of a criminal complaint charging a student with a felony or the issuance of a felony delinquency com-
plaint, a principal may suspend the student for a periud of time determined by the principal, based upon the principal's judgment that the continued
presence of the student would haw a substantiJi ddrimental <:Ekct on the general welfare of the school. Prior to such action by the principal. tho.:
student shall receivc written notific<ltion of the charges and the reasons for such contemplated suspension. The student shall also receive writt\!n notification of right to appeal before tht: superintcnJ~nt of schools; howl;:ver, ~uch appeal does not stay the suspension from going into eff~ct. Students who know they are going to be ahst:nt for more than on~ day may call the guidance department and request that assignm.:nts from their
teachers be sent to the guidance office. A 2.. hour notice: to receive assignments is necessary. Parents/Students must make arrangements to havt tht work picked up in the guidance office.

TESTS. SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES
On occasion, class or school-wide approved kst>. survevs or questionnaires may be requested of all students. Parents will be informed as much as possible and information will be given bcfor.: each activity. Pan;:nts wishing to have students withhold information should notify the principal or designet: of the specific information to be withhdd.

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TELEPHONE MESSAGES Td~phone messages usnally cannot he delivered to a student without interrupting a teacher and the class. So, except in emergencies such as illness

~t home. telephone messages cannot be accepted. If a student works after school. his/her employer should be informed of this rule, so that other

arrangements can be made to notify the student of changes in work assignments.

TOBACCO USE BY STUDENTS
The use of any tobacco product is prohibited on ~chool property, school buses or at school sponsored events. Violations by students will be subject 10 discirlinary measures inclusive of, but not limited to, suspension. Tobacco products found in the possession of students on school property, school huses or at school sponsored events will he confiscated.
TUTORS
If a parl:nt or a student is considering engaging a tutor, he/she should contact the student's guidance counselor, so that the subject teacher may work co-operatively with the tutor. The National Honor Society provides a tutoring system. More information is available from the advisor to the National Honor Society, or any member of th,1I organization. There is no charg~ for this service.

VANDALISM. THEFfAND/OR DESTRI!CTION OF PROPERTY
Each ~tudent is expected to respect the person and property of another person. This respect should be practiced and help make Westfield High School a showcase of a safe, healthy environment, and an excellent example of school pride.

PARKING RilLES AND REGULATIONS
Parking on school property is a privilegt: and not a right. Therefore, the following rules and regulations are intended to help monitor student traffic and enforc\:! campus policy. The school reserves the right to suspend driving privilegl:s for infractions of ruks and to remove, at the owner's expense, any vehicle violating the traffic or parking regulations of W~stfkld High School.
1. Each 'lUdent who wishes to park on campus mu~t regbln the car in the career,center and obtain a parking pass. 2. Thl: parking pass must be displayt:d clearly on the rearvicw mirror. 3. Studt;:l1ts can park ONLY in the student parking lot. Spact!s are available on a first come first served basis. 4. DRIVER MUST:
• Adhere to the speed limit of 15 mph anywhere on school grounds • Drive within the designatcd lines, not through the parking lot. • NOT drive in front of the busses during loading, unloading, and exiting the parking area. 5. All automobiles on school grounds are suhject to search by school personnel, with or without the student present, if deemed necessary. 6. Administration may removt: parking priviJt:ges for violating school policies

VISITORS
The ,chonl policy is to accept those visitors who have legitimate busilll:ss at the school. Visitors and guests must register in the school office immedi,ltcly upon entering the building. All visitors and guests must display, at all times, an appropriate identification badge assigned by the school office. Upon completion of their business all visitors and guests must sign out in the school office, return their badge and promptly leave the building. Students wishing to bring a guest to school must obtain approval from the office prior to the day they wish to bring the guest. Students are requested not to ask to bring visitors during the first two, or the last two weeks of school, nor during the weeks of midtenn or final examinations. All visitors are expected to leave promptly when their business is completed. Administration will make the final detennination regarding visitors. Students wishing to take a visitor to a school function such as a dance, must register the guest by name in order to get pennission for a particular gUl:st 10 attend.
WARNINGS
Warnings may be verbal and/or written. It should be primarily a matter between staff and students only. In cases of continued inappropriate behavior, where patterns seem to be developing, or in the case of a serious incident, warnings will also be documented and notification sent to the main office or home.

WEAPONS
The carrying, possession, having domain over or use of a gun, knife or any other object or facsimile which may be considered a weapon is prohibited on school grounds, school buses and at school related events. Students in violation of this section will be subject, to disciplinary action up to and including permanent expulsion.

WITHDRAWAL OR TRANSFER
Any student who plans to withdraw from school or transfer to another school must foHow the following procedure: 1. Inform their counselor 2. Have a discharge slip (guidance office) signed by: a. all teachers b. the librarian c. the school nurse d. Assistant Principal and Principal 3. Return all books, and other materials issued for their use. 4. Turn in completed form to guidance office.
5. If transferring to another school, obtain a transfer card from the guidance office and provide authorization for forwarding transcript.
DISCIPLINE CHART
The principal or his/her designee reserve the right to modify the disciplinary measure as he or she deems appropriate, on a case by case basis, given the factual circumstances of each particular incident.
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Profanity, obscene language

Parent/Guardian contact,

defamation, fighting words

detention, Saturday detention,

inciteful or disruptive statements

suspension

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Cutting Saturday detention

Parent/Guardian contact Suspension

Fighting or use of physical force

Meeting with parents/guardians and student Police contact if deemed necessary Dismissal from school on the day of the event Five days suspension Expulsion

Possession of or use of any weapons
Foul language directed at staff, insubordination, rudeness, disrespectfulness

Same as above
Parent/Guardian contact Detention Saturday detention Suspension

Alcohol: Possession or consumption

5 days minimum suspension - plus other administrative action

Drugs Possession or Consumption

5 days minimum suspension - plus other Administrative action

Class Cuts

2 hours detention plus zero for each class.

Cutting E - G periods

double the penalty

Leaving School Grounds during the school day (AWOL)

2 day~ minimum suspension

Out-of-bounds within the building/grounds

1 day minimum suspension

Smoking

1st offense - 1 day suspension 2nd offense - 3 days suspension 3rd offense - 5 days suspension.

Tardy to Class

Teacher detl!ntion, Chronically - office detention

Tardy to Homeroom,
Tardy to School
Excessive accumulation of detention (more than 12) Truancy
Violation of Civil Rights and Sexual Harassment

1st three times homeroom detention 4th time plus • office detention exces!Siv~ tardies - suspension
1 hour detention for signing in tardy during 1st period 2 hours detention for each class missed Anyone not signing in will receive Saturday detention
1st offense - 1 day external, suspensions (erases hours) 2nd offense plus - 2 days, suspensions (erases hours)
1st offense - 3 days suspension
2nd offense - 5 days suspension
3rd offense - 5 days suspension possible recommendation for further administrative action
detention. Saturday detention suspension

Disruptive, insubordinate while in internal suspension

1 day extra suspension, possible dismissal from school

CLUBS, ORGA.l'HZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Students at Westfield High an: offered many opportunities to participat~ in extra~curricular activities. Students are encouraged to enhance their lives

with participation in one of the clubs, organizations, or activities that are listed here.

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Announcements will be made over the public address system and on posters concerning the following extra-curricular offerings. Further detaib

may be secured from the adviser, your homeroom teacher or guidanci: counselor. Clubs or organizations must be sanctioned or organized by the

school and open to general membership.

AS SCHOOLS MATCH WITS
Participation in this group gives students thl': opportunity to represent Westfield High School on WWLP'S "As Schools Match Wits." If you can think on your feet, enjoy trivial pursuit and want to acquire an encyclopedia knowledge of some specialized areas, such as I!lusic and art, literature and history, weather or science, you will find this an enjoyable chalknge. Additional academic team contest may be involved also.
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ATHLETICS

The athletic program includes baseball, basketball, cross country. fkld hockey. football. golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, skiing, soccer, softball,

-"'wimming, tennis, track, and wrestling. By action of the ~chool commiltee. a fee for participation will be charged of $50.00 per sport, per student.

The fce is not refundable after the first game. Eligibility regulations will be posted in each homeroom. The rules and regulations of the MIAA and

policies of the Westfield School Committee shall govern interscholastic athletics.

Athktic Director: Alan R. Nummy Athktic Trainer: James Daino Team Physicians: Family Medicine A~sociates

INIERSCHO IASTIC ATHLETICS

B a s d1 all Golf Softball

Basketball Gymnastics Swimming

Cheerleaders Ice Hockey Tennis

Cross Country Lacrosse Track

Field Hockey Skiing Volleyball

Football Soccer Wrestling

M1Sl!
Ml:mh~r~hip in the band is open to all who play an instrument. It includes the Marching Band, which appears at all football games and parades; the
Conc~rt Band, which performs in the Winter Concert, Pops Conctrt. Spring C()ncert ilnd at graduation ceremonies.

BAND M:\.JQRS AND MAJORETTES
The m~mbers of these organizations are selected through competitive auditions including marching, a twirling routine and general appearance. They appear with the band at all football games, parades, and the Pops Concert. TrY(luts are held at the end of the school year. Judges include the advisn. graduates, and the outgoing captain.
CLASS ORGA,\,IZAIION
Each class elects a president, vice-presidt:nt, secretary. treasurer and historian annually. These officers are in charge of the various class meetings and activitks. The selection of a class color, motto, and mascot is supervised by the class officers and faculty sponsor.

BAKE CUlB
The Cooking/Bake club is open to any student interested in preparing meals and desserts. The cooking club meets once a week after school.

COUNCIL ON PEER EDUCATION (COPE)
The Council on Peer Education is a voluntary group of students, primarily juniors and seniors who have become involved in an alcohol abuse prevention program in co-operation with LIFEWAYS, a Health Promotion Resource Center for Western Massachusetts.

DEBBAATIE CLUB If you enjoy researching and debating pertinent issues of the day, debating is for you. Participation in dehates with neighboring schools for several
wC<.:ks Juring the school year highlight this c1uhs activity.

DRAMA SOCIETY
The Drama Socidy is for those students who are interested in any a~pcct of ttwater productions. We need actors, make-up artists, stage managers. and gellCTal enthusiasm. If you have ,In intere~t, we have a ~pot for you, so join us.

DRILLIEAM
The Drill Team is a part of the marching band and participates in all football half-time performances and parades. They perform precision flag routines. The team includes a color guard and a rifle squad. It is open to all students. Tryouts are held in early fall and spring.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLUB
The Fon:ign Language Club is open to all foreign language students. Students will develop an appreciation for other cultures through presentations by guest speakers. Club members will have the opportunity to teach languages to elementary school students.

GAMMADION

Thh~e Gammadion, the school's yearbook, gives photo-journalism students an opportunity to use their creative skills. Students are actively involved

in layout, design, writing copy and captions, taking photos, and many other areas involved in publishing an annual account of life at our school.

The staff is recruited from all classes interested students may sign up in the Main Office.

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HERALD

The Herald, the school newspaper, offers the student journalist the opportunity to interview people, write and edit stories, take pictures, learn layout

skills and meet deadlines.

HOMEROOM ORGANIZATlQr!

A C<lptain and co-captain are elected each year for the year. The captain presides over all homeroom meetings and elections. They read and post all

notices applying to the homeroom, attend all class meetings where their presence is called for. Co-captains help the captain, and substitute when the

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captain is absent to collect class dues, distribute materials for their homeroom, etc.

KEY CLUB

The Key Club is a student organization that strives to better the community through volunteer services. The key club is based on caring. Th\!ir

work in the home, school, and community is rivaled by no other. With this concept as the foundation of the organization, Key Club will continue

to be an effective and contributing organization in our school and community.

LIBRARY CLUB
Students who are interested in working in the library are encouraged to done one study period a day or homeroom period to do so. Aides will perform the many library duties necessary to the operation of the Herbert W. Kittredge Memorial Library. Such duties include stamping passes, shelving books, magazines and other materials, and helping other students with research. Library aides find working here a rewarding and enjoyable expt:rience.
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MATH LEAGUE

Math League participates as a member of the Western Massachusetts League of Mathematics, which has eighteen member schools. Five meets per

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year are held at area schools. Students compete in the ar~as of Arithmetic and Number Th~ory, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Trig and Complex

Numbers, and Analytic Geometry. Students accumulate points both individually and as a team.

MOCK TRIAL TEAM
Each year Westfield High School participates in the State wide Mock Trial Tournament sponsored by the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA). This program allows students to gain hands on experience in dealing with the American judicial system by acting as attorneys and witnesses in a case that is chosen by MBA.
MODEL CONGRESS
Each year students research and prepare legislation to be presented to the representatives at American International College's Model Congress.

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
The Westfield Chapter of this national organization confers honor upon its members while they are in school and at their graduation. Members are selected by a Faculty Council on the basis of four qualifications: scholarship, character, leadership, and service. Membership is not automatically conveyed simply because a student has achieved a specified \t:vel of academic performance. Selection of Members:
1. The selection of members will be done by a vote of the NHS Faculty Council, consisting of five members chosen by the principal, and NHS Faculty Advisor. The selection of members will take place in November and march. (Seniors are not eligible for selection in March).
2. To be eligibh: for membership the candidate must be a member in good standing of the junior or senior class and must have a cumulative point average of at least 4.0. Candidates must hav~ been in attendance at the school the equivalent of two full marking periods.
3. Students who have met the NHS requirements will he cont<lcted <lnd required to fill out an activity information form concerning service, cocurricular, and leadership activities, This survey is not an application and a revkw of this document docs not guarantee selection.
4. Deadlines for submitting this survey will be estahlislH.:d by the faculty council and must be met by all candidates. 5. National Honor Society council members will revio:w the academic profiit: and activity information forms. Members will be selected based
on outstanding schol<lrship, character, leadership, and service. 6. The selection of members to the chapter shall be a majority vote of the faculty council.

Non-selection 1. Schools are not obliged to shilre with piHenb and students information concerning non-selection of specific students. According to NASSI' legal counsel, no constitutional due process n:quirements apply in non-selection cases. 2. Once sekcted, the student will be notified in writing and asked to attend an informational mt:eting. 3. Students not selected will bt;! considered <It thl; next ~elcction review, providt;!d they continue to meet academic and other requirements_

However, seniors will not be eligibk in Milfch.

SPONSOR: Student COl/neil

ONE ACT PLAY CQMPETITION

Every year students in each class put on a one-act play in competition with one another.

REGIONAL ADYISORY COMMITTEE (RACl
The student body elects a dekgate and an alternate to the Springfield Regional Advisory Council of the State Department of Education. They also serve on the Studt:nt Council.
SCIENCE LEAGUE
The Science League is a club th,lt COll1pctt:s against other schools in Western Massachusetts in affluent science events. The events range from physical scicm;e experiment> to biology lahoratory procc,,~s to physic tower structures. The events are both educational and fun. The cluh mc(;ts one day a month at different schools to compet~. It is vny exciting and a great way to learn outside the classroom environment.

STAGE CR4.Ff CLUB
Tht Stage Craft Cluh scrws as the training ground for the technical side of play production. Members will bt: involved in set design and construc-
tion, light design and operation. audio. costume design and production ,md makeup, using their skills as technicians for school productions and assemblies as n..:ed~d. In addition, a pool of qualified students will be available for a fee to outside groups who use the school facilities.

STUDENT ADYISORY COMMITTEE (SAC)
Students arc elected from th~ student hody at large to serve as student advisors to the School Committee. Along with representatives from the Vocational-Technical High School. they mc..:t periodically with thc school committee. SAC members: To be elected in September.

STUDENT COUNCIL
The Student Council is the link b~tween the student body. the faculty. and administration and the Westfield School Committee. Specific aim~ of this
representative body include development of student responsibility, kadership. initiative, promotion of citizenship training, provision for pupil expression, and democratic procedure in government. Th~ Student Council consists of 37 members with equal representation from each class and 4 students ekctcd at-large. 2 to servt: as members of the Student Advisllry Committee to the Westfield School Committee and 2 to serve as repre."~n­
tatives to the Regional Advisory Committee of the State Board of Education. Class Presidents are also included in all Council activities.
A Student Council member who has been suspended from school. may be considered for removal from membership on Student Council.

MISCELLANEOUS
These art! recommended steps and may not n~ccssarily tak\: plac..: in th~ order listt!d, nor is the list all inclusive. It serves to indicate the various
proct:dures that an administrator/teacher may fy!lllW in dt!aling with any studcnt or groups of students who have committed any of the offl;!ns~s list-
ed. Although not specifically enumerated iii i~,rocedures as outlined above, the services of the Special Services Department may be called upon
at any time to assist in problem resolution. Teachers and staff members may use verbal reprimands, contact with th<: parents. counselors and social agencies, including requesting assi~tance
from the appropriate administrator. It may be nec(!ssary to summon polic.: or fire department assistance in cases of extreme disruption, dangerous or uncontrolled situations, or other behavior which violate tht.: law~ of Massachusetts including such situations as trespassing, tfireatening, arson, theft,

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). A change in schedule. 2. Referrals to: -
a. counselor, advocate or social worker. b. Adjustment counselor and psychologist. c. Special services. d. Attendance officer. e. Alternative schools. f. Summer school. g. Social agency, or work or skilJ program. h. Take General Education Development (GED) examination.

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·'Due Process" procedures must be afforded to all students subject to discipline, and may include the following procedures: 1. Notification of charges. 2. Opportunity to respond to charges. 3. Right to know determination. 4. Right to appeal.

In cases of serious offenses, or punishments of more than ten (10) days, other due process procedures may apply. They include:

1. Right to present witnesses, if necessary.

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2. Right to counselor advocate.

3. Right to cross examination.

4. Notification of all evidence.

LOYALTY SONG To the Westfield High teams,
Loyal are we. Our team is fighting. We must back their play. RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH! To the black and red teams,
True we must be. Cheer, Cheer for Westfield High
And victory. RAH! RAH! RAH! RAH!

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CRISIS HOT LINES IN SCHOOL HELP: Contact the Student Assistance Team through your guidance counselor.
WESTFIELD CRISIS TEAM: 568-6386 (24 hour service) Crisis service in cases of psychological stress such as suicidal behavior. ALCHOHOLISM: 24 Hour Helpline 1-800-252-6465 Locally 562-3652
AI-Anon Family & Ala teen of Greater Springfield 734-5570
WATCH NEWSPAPERS FOR MEETING SITES AND EXACf TIMES
CHILD ABUSE/BA'ITERING ARCH WEST; 562-5739 (Weekdays) 562-1920 (24 hours) Shelter and counseling for battered women and their children HEGIRA, INC.; 568-0966 Shelter, transportation, information advocacy for battered women, boys under 12 and all girls, Spanish spoken (no alcohol, drugs or violent behavior).
HOTLINES 1-800- COCAINE 1-800- ALCOHOL AIDS 1-800- 235-2331 PLANNED PARENTHOOD; 1-800-492-0777 MISSING CHILDREN; 1-800-843-5678 RUNAWAY; 1-800-231-6946 CHILD AT ruSK HOT LINE; 1-800-792-5200 CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT: (9 AM - 5 PM weekdays) 536-4762 Call to report (anonymously) incidents of child abuse or neglect.
DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT COUNSELING CENTERS OF W. MASS: 568-3368 (formerly Youth and Family Services)
COMMUNITY SERVICES WEST: Crisis 413-568-6386 GREATER WESTFIELD AREA COUNCIL FOR CHILDREN; 562·5014
Drug Counseling: 732-2533 Family Planning: 733-6639 or 733-6630 HELP FOR CHILDREN; 568-3341 Advocacy, information and referral for any children's service.
OTHER AGENCIES MASS. SOCIETY FOR TIlE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN; 734-4978 or 734-3169
PARENTAL STRESS LINE; 1-800-632-8188 PARENTS ANONYMOUS: 1-800-882-1250 (Nalionaf) 1-800-632-8188 (Massachusetts)
RAPE CRISIS HOT LINE: 733-7100 or 733-2561 RUNAWAY ADOLESCENT PROGRAM; 731-9737 SEXUAL ABUSE: Spfld. Child Guidance Clinic 732-7419 Individual & family treatment - will counsel incest offender and house an adolescent incest group PARENTS UNITED; 734-4978 Suspected sexual misuse clinic 787-5075 or 5067 (Wesson Hospital)
VD CLINIC: 787-2599 or 787-3794
SMOKING AND TOBACCO USE American Cancer Society: 734-6000 Massachusetts Smoker's QuitIine; 800-879-8678 American Lung Association: 737-3506
RESOURCES Alcohol and other drug abuse information hotlines; National Clearinghouse for Alcohol/Drug Information (NCADI): 1-800-729-6686 National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA): 1-800-843-4971 National Aids Information Clearinghouse (NAIC); 1-800-458-5231
Prevention One: 413-584-3880, 533-3580 Regional Alcohol and Drug Awareness Resource (RADAR) - MA: 1-800-327-5050
Resource directories for local human services may be obtained on a limited basis from:

First Call For Help 184 Main Street Springfield, MA 01105, 737-2712 (10.00) Providence Hospital

Drug & Alcohol Abuse Where to find help in the Greater Westfield Area Westfield Counseling Center 141 Church St. Westfield. MA 01085 (Free)

Hilltown Health 568-3368 Resource Directory Human Services Department Risa Silverman (413) 667-2757 or Gateway School District Gail Briere (413) 667-8711 (Fret)

Programs that help people in Western Massachusetts Northeast Utilities Community Relations Dept. 781-4300

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Post Office Box 540774 Orlando, Florida 32854 (407) 875·2100 Telephone
December 18, 2002
Via Facsimile Only (413) 572-6346
Dr. Thomas Y. McDowell Superintendent Westfield Public Schools 22 Ashley St Westfield, MA 01085
Re: Religious Literature Distribution

http://www.lc.org Iiberty@lc.org
(407) 875·0770 Fax

Dear Dr. McDowell:
Liberty Counsel is a civil liberties legal defense and education organization. Our office was recently contacted by Steven Grabowski, a student at Westfield High School. Steven and the members of the Bible Club at Westfield High want to pass out candy canes with an attachment that contains the story of the candy cane and some Bible verses to fellow students. When they requested permission to pass out the candy canes with the attachment, they were told that they could not do so because the information was offensive to those around them and would violate their right not to be exposed to offensive materials. Steven contacted our office for assistance in resolving this issue.
As I am sure you are aware, the Supreme Court has held that students retain their rights to freedom of speech and expression in the public schools. See Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Sch. Dist., 393 U.S. 503 (1969). The First Amendment does not allow for restrictions on free speech that are based on the content or viewpoint of the speech. To tell Steven and the Bible Club that they cannot pass out the candy canes with the religious attachment singles out their speech for disfavored treatment based on the content or the viewpoint they are attempting to express. Such an action is unconstitutional.
This matter is most urgent as the students are quickly approaching winter break and desire to pass out the candy canes tomorrow before Christmas. Therefore, I am requesting that you respond to me today with a decision whether the school will allow the distribution of the candy canes with attachments. I can be reached by phone at (800) 6711776, or by email at: erik@lc.org. I can also be reached by fax at (407) 875-0770.

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I am awaiting a response before the close of business today so that we can resolve this issue and allow the students to peacefully exercise their right to free speech. I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible today.
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Erik W. Stanley
cc: Mayor Richard K. Sullivan (Chairman, School Committee) - Via Fax Only Principal Thomas W. Daley (Principal, Westfield High School) - Via Fax Only

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Superintendent of Schools
22 Ashley Street Westfield, MA 01085 Telephone (413)-572-6403 Fax (413)-572-6518 e-mail: suptsofc@mail.ci.westfield.ma.us

Dr. Thomas Y. McDowell
SuperintendentofSchoo~

December 18, 2002
Erik W. Stanley Liberty Counsel P. O. Box 540774 Orlando, Florida 32854
Dear Mr. Stanley,
Thank you for your letter dated December 18, 2002, regarding Stephen Grabowski, a student at Westfield High School, who has proposed to distribute candy canes, with an attachment of Bible verses, tomorrow at Westfield High School.
As Superintendent of Schools, I understand the rights of students with respect to speech and assembly on school premises. As you would acknowledge, we have allowed the Bible study group to meet on our premises after school hours with the same caveats as any other group who requests to use our facilities, thus allowing equal access to school grounds.
We do not allow students to distribute non-school curriculum or activity related literature of any kind directly to other students on school grounds. We do not single out students based upon the content of their message, in this or any other instance. Should a student or group of students simply wish to distribute candy canes with no message, it would be treated in the same manner, as would a handout advertising a sale at a local store.
Be assured we are committed to affording students the rights and responsibilities granted them by the Constitution of the United States in a
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2 non-discriminatory manner. However, we have chosen to apply a reasonable restriction, as is our right as school officials, to the distribution of nonschool related literature on school premises. I hope this clarifies the position of the school district.
Sincerely,
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Thoma ~. McDowell, Ed. D.
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WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL

THOMAS W. DALEY PRINCIPAL
ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS MITCHELL BANNISH JOHN K. DOUGHERTY KATHLEEN HOGAN-FRJGUGLIETII

177 MONTOOM RY ROAD WESTFJEL MA 0 I OH5
TEL. 4 -572-M-t'l3 FAX 4 -572-6346
January 3, 2003 Date

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Students on suspension are required to complete assigned schoolwork during this time. in compliance with school committee attendance policy. Please call to confirm receipt of this
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Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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"THOMAS W. DALEY
PRINCIPAL
ASSISTANT PRINCIPALI) MITCHELL BANNISH JOHN K. DOUGHERTY KATHLEEN HOGAN-FRIGUGLIETII

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You may appeal this decision to the Superintendent's Office within 10 days.
Students on suspension are required to complete assigned schoolwork during this time. in compliance with school committee attendance policy. Please call to confirm receipt of this lettef, and if you have any questions or concerns, I will be happy to discuss them with you.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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177 MONTGOMERY ROAD WESTFIELD. MA 0 I OMS TEL. 413-572-6463 FAX 413-57:2-6346

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To the parent(s)/guardian(s) of:

January 2. 2003

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You may appeal this decision to the Superintendent's Office within 10 days.
Students on suspension are required to complete assigned schoolwork during this time, in
compliance with school committee attendance policy. Please call to confirm receipt of this
letter. and if you have any questions or concerns, I will be happy to discuss them with you.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely,
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DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL L.I.F.E. CLUB,)

SCANNED

STEPHEN GRABOWSKI, by and through )

his parents, Edmund and Mary Etta )

Grabowski,

)

TIMOTHY SOUZA and DANIEL SOUZA, by )

and through their parents, Ralph )

and Diane Souza,

)

SHARON SITLER and PAUL SITLER, by )

and through their parents, William)

and Denise Sitler, and

)

DUSTIN COOPER, by and through his )

parents Brian and Amy

)

Turner-Cooper,

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Plaintiffs

)

)

v.

) CIVIL ACTION NO. 03-30008-FHF

)

CITY OF WESTFIELD,

)

THOMAS Y. MCDOWELL, Individually and)

in his official capacity as

)

Superintendent of Westfield Public)

Schools, and

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THOMAS W. DALEY, Individually and in)

his official capacity as Principal)

of Westfield High School,

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Defendants

)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

March 17, 2003

FREEDMAN, S.J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Before the Court is the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary

injunction. The plaintiffs request the Court enjoin the

defendants from enforcing allegedly unconstitutional school

speech policies, from imposing in-school suspensions on the

plaintiffs, and from prohibiting the plaintiffs from distributing

religious literature to other students during non-instructional

time. See Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc.

No.7). The defendants oppose the motion. See Defendants'

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opposition (Doc. No. 26). II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
The following facts derive from the pleadings and various affidavits and exhibits filed in support of, and in opposition to, the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction. A. The Parties
The plaintiffs are present and former Westfield High School ("Westfield High" or "school") students who are or were members of the Westfield High School Life and Insight For Eternity Club ("LIFE Club" or "Club"), the students' parents, and the LIFE Club itself. The defendants are the City of Westfield,l Dr. Thomas Y. McDowell, the superintendent of the Westfield Public Schools ("Superintendent McDowell"), and Thomas W. Daley, the principal of Westfield High ("Principal Daley") (collectively, the "defendants") .
The United States of America ("United States") and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts ("ACLU") have filed briefs as amici curiae. See United States Amicus Curiae Brief (Doc. No. 28); ACLU Amicus Curiae Brief (Doc. No. 36). B. The LIFE Club
Sometime during the 2000-2001 school year, a group of students at Westfield High approached Principal Daley about organizing a Bible club on school premises. Principal Daley was
1 At oral argument, plaintiffs' counsel moved to substitute the "City of Westfield" in place of "Westfield Public Schools" as the properly named defendant in this case. The Court granted the motion pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a), (c) (3).
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amenable to the idea, provided that the group secure an adult
sponsor to be present at the Club's activities. The school
required all student organizations to have adult sponsors. The
LIFE Club began when Craig Spooner, a teacher at Westfield High,
volunteered to serve as the Club's adult sponsor.
The LIFE Club meets in Mr. Spooner's classroom after school.
Principal Daley attests that such an arrangement is "standard
practice" for student organizations at the school. 2 In addition
to accommodating meetings, the school permits the LIFE Club to
announce its after-school activities in the daily school
bulletin, subject to the same pre-approval process required of
all other student organizations. The school also allows the Club
to put up posters announcing meetings and activities on approved
locations within the school. If the Club wishes to use the
school auditorium, its members must complete a building use form
2 Westfield High's policy regarding "Clubs, Organizations and Activities" (IISchool Organization Policyll) reads:
Students at Westfield High are offered many opportunities to participate in extra-curricular activities. Students are encouraged to enhance their lives with participation in one of the clubs, organizations, or activities that are listed here.
Announcements will be made over the public address system and on posters concerning the following extracurricular offerings. Further details may be secured from the adviser, your homeroom teacher or guidance counselor. Clubs or organizations must be sanctioned or organized by the school and open to general membership.
Verified Complaint (Doc. No.1), Exhibit B, at 33 (Westfield Public Schools Parent-Student Handbook for Westfield High School 2002 -2 003) (emphasis added) .

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and submit it to the administration in the same way as all other student organizations. The school also permits the Club to meet at the flagpole on school grounds before the start of each school day to conduct a morning prayer.
As the plaintiffs describe it, the LIFE Club is a studentinitiated, student-led Christian club that is unrelated to the school's curriculum. 3 The LIFE Club's members, all students at Westfield High, congregate together the first and third Monday of every month, where they engage in Bible study discussion, prayer, and plan various service projects. Club members participate in service projects by assisting local soup kitchens, clothing drives, and food drives. Presumably, participation in these service activities occurs outside school grounds. C. School Speech Policies
Every year, the Westfield Public Schools distribute to students a parent-student handbook containing, among other things, school policies. See Verified Complaint (Doc. No.1), Exhibit B, at 23 (Westfield Public Schools Parent-Student Handbook for Westfield High School 2002-2003) ("Student Handbook"). During all times relevant to this lawsuit, the following policies were in effect. 4

3 As will become apparent, the LIFE Club's relationship to the school is a contentious issue in this litigation, since that relationship governs the level of censorship the school may have over the group's speech activities.

4 Curiously, in their answers to the plaintiffs' verified

complaint, the defendants "neither admit nor deny the allegations

[that the speech policies were in effect during all times

relevant to this lawsuit]

. but call upon the Plaintiffs to

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The policy regarding "Freedom of Speech, Assembly or

Congregation" ("Free Speech Policy") reads:

The freedoms of speech and the right to assemble are two principles upon which this country is based. These freedoms are subject to the limits of obscenity, defamation, fighting words, incitement, or disruption as defined by the Massachusetts Department of Education. Responsible speech will be allowed in the
proper location at the proper time, so as not to stop other people from entering classes, distributing literature during classes, or hold a demonstration, so that it interferes with classes or homerooms in session. The use of symbolic expressions of publishing/distributing of material is subject to the same limitations as listed for freedom of speech.

Permission to assemble cannot be allowed so as to violate state and local laws. Permission to assemble must be requested in writing from the principal or his designee. The request must be made two (2) days prior to the desired time and should include the following: time, place, purpose and supervision provisions which will state the person or group who will be in charge and responsible.

Verified Complaint (Doc. No.1), Exhibit B, at 23 (emphasis

added). As the plaintiffs point out, the phrase "responsible

speech" is defined nowhere in the Student Handbook or elsewhere.

The policy regarding the "Posting of Information and

Distribution of Materials" ("Distribution Policy") reads:

The daily bulletin is posted each day on the bulletin board outside the main office. Driver Education lists are also posted there when classes are being formed.

prove the same." See School's and Superintendent's Answer (Doc. No. 22), at ~~ 44, 48, 56; Principal's Answer (Doc. No. 24) I at ~~ 44, 48, 56. Such averments are impermissible under the rules of responsive pleading. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(b) (a party shall "admit or deny" or state that the party is "without knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as the truth of an averment"). Thus, the Court will treat the defendants' failures to deny the plaintiffs' averments as admissions. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(d).
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The Guidance Office has bulletin boards that post information that may be pertinent to all students. These bulletin boards should be checked from time to time for items of interest. Posters, displays and leaflets are subject to approval by the Student Council and administration. Unauthorized use of bulletin boards, displays or posting of leaflets may cause the material to be removed and the person or persons who displayed or posted the materials to be subjected to disciplinary measures. Posters should not be hung on smooth painted areas, nor in windows of corridor doors obscuring vision up or down the corridor. All offending posters will be removed and destroyed. All posters must come down the next school day after the event. Handbills or any other printed matter may not be distributed or circulated in school or on the school grounds without proper authority. Arrangements should be made with an administrator or his designee.
Id. at 27. For simplicity, the Court will refer to these written
policies included in the Student Handbook collectively as the
"speech policies."
Although the plaintiffs maintain that no appeal process
exists by which an aggrieved student may challenge an
administrator'S refusal to grant permission to distribute
literature, the Court notes the school's policy regarding "Due
Process Rights" ("Due Process Policy") which reads:
In situations involving discipline or other consequential action, the Westfield Public School district acknowledges its responsibility to afford students due process and timely resolution to proceedings, as mandated by state and federal statutes and the regulations of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. For all actions, students have the right to be informed of the charges or issues, to be given an opportunity to respond and to be apprised of the outcome and any applicable appeal procedures. The specific responsibility of the district regarding due process is dependant upon the action under consideration by the district in any given situation. Procedures to address specific mandates are outlined
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accordingly throughout Section J. 5 In addition to procedures specifically stated, the district supports the efforts of students and parents/guardians in directing student specific programmatic or procedural concerns to appropriate staff throughout the system.
Id. at 23.
In addition to the policies explicitly mentioned in the
Student Handbook, the school appears to have a speech policy
governing the distribution of literature unrelated to school
curriculum ("Distribution Policy Regarding Literature Unrelated
to Curriculum") . In a letter faxed to plaintiffs' counsel,
Superintendent McDowell stated the following as definitive school
policy: 6
. we have allowed the Bible study group to meet on our premises after school hours with the same caveats as any other group who requests to use our facilities, thus allowing equal access to school grounds.
We do not allow students to distribute non-school curriculum or activity related literature of any kind directly to other students on school grounds. We do not single out students based upon the content of their message, in this or any other instance. Should a student or group of students simply wish to distribute candy canes with no message, it would be treated in the same manner, as would a handout advertising a sale at a local store.
Verified Complaint (Doc. No.1), Exhibit D, at 1 (Letter from
Superintendent McDowell to Plaintiffs' Attorney) (emphasis
added) .
5 It is unclear as to what "Section JII refers.
6 There is no indication of when and in what manner the school implemented this policy. Nowhere is the policy mentioned in the Student Handbook. From all indications, Superintendent McDowell's letter appears to be the first announcement of this policy.
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with all of these policies in mind, the Court will proceed

to recount the events most germane to this litigation, which

involve LIFE Club members distributing religious messages

attached to candy canes to other students at Westfield High.

D. Candy Canes

The plaintiffs maintain that they first asked for and were

granted permission to distribute the candy canes with religious

messages just before the Winter Break of 2000. During oral

argument, however, defendants' counsel stated that the school was

"unaware" of this first candy cane distribution. 7

The second incident occurred one academic year ago, just

before Winter Break of 2001. LIFE Club members asked Principal

Daley for permission to distribute candy cases with a religious

message attached. The front of the message read "Merry

Christmas" in large lettering on the left side, and the right

side contained information about LIFE Club meetings and a Bible

passage:

LIFE Bible Club Every first and third Monday of every month
2:00 - 3:00 in Room 330 Love and Insight F or Eternity

7 The Court held a non-evidentiary hearing on the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction. While the parties may genuinely dispute whether this first distribution occurred, an evidentiary hearing on this particular factual issue is unnecessary at this time, since the Court believes it can resolve the legal issue of the plaintiffs' likelihood of success on the merits without having to consider this first candy cane distribution.
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"And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruits of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ - to the glory and praise of God." Philippians 1:9-11

Defendants' Mem. in Opp'n (Doc. No. 26), Exhibit A, at 1 (message

attached to candy canes) . The insi~e of the same message contained the story behind

the creation of the candy cane and a prayer:

According to legend there was a candy maker who wanted to invent a candy that was a witness to Christ. The result was the candy cane. First of all, he used a hard candy because Christ is the Rock of Ages. This hard candy was shaped so that it would resemble a "J" for Jesus or a shepherd's staff. He made it white to represent the purity of Christ. Finally, a red stripe was added to represent the blood of Christ that was shed for the sins of the world and three thinner red stripes for the stripes he received on our behalf when the Roman soldiers whipped him. The flavor of the candy is peppermint, which is similar to hyssop. Hyssop is in the mint family and was used in the Old Testament for purification and sacrifice. Jesus is the pure Lamb of God, who came to be a sacrifice for the sins of the world. Too often the true meaning of Christmas is lost in commercialism and the stress of the holiday season. One thing that we can be thankful for is the salvation that God has given us through Jesus Christ, instead of worrying about what present we are going to get. The gift of salvation is the greatest gift anyone could ever give us. It is better than getting a new car, and it is better than a gift certificate to the mall. And it's free!

Remember: It is not a prayer that saves you. It is trusting Jesus Christ that saves you. Prayer is simply how you tell God what you are doing. If you want to receive this awesome gift just be real with God and ask
Him for it!

Dear God,

I know I am a sinner, and I know I should be punished. I believe that Christ died for me and took the punishment for my sins, and then rose from the dead three days after he died. I trust Jesus Christ alone

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as my savior. Thank you for your forgiveness and everlasting life that I know I now have. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Now your whole life is new!
Id. at 2, 3. Another version of the message also included the
quotation:
"For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, so that all who believe in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
Id. at 3. The Court will refer to this entire message as the
"religious message."
The plaintiffs allege that Principal Daley reviewed the
content of the religious message and told LIFE Club members that
they could not distribute the message because he considered it
"offensive." Principal Daley, however, offered the members
permission to distribute the candy canes if they changed the
message to something non-offensive, such as "Seasons Greetings"
or "Happy Holidays" (" secular message") . 8 Members agreed to
change the wording in the message to read "Happy Holidays from
the Bible Club" and distributed candy canes with the secular
message to their classmates.
The third and final incident occurred just before Winter
Break of 2002. Over the course of a week, Plaintiff Stephen
8 Principal Daley states in his answer that he "neither admits nor denies the allegation[ that he told the Club it could distribute a non-offensive message like "Happy Holidays" or "Season's Greetings"] but calls upon the Plaintiffs to prove the same." See Principal's Answer (Doc. No. 24), at ~ 51. As mentioned before, this failure to deny facts averred in the plaintiffs' verified complaint constitutes an admission of such facts. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(d).
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Grabowski repeatedly asked Principal Daley, and eventually

Superintendent McDowell, for permission to distribute the candy

canes with the religious message. Principal Daley and

Superintendent McDowell repeatedly denied the request. The

parties disagree over whether Grabowski asked for permission to

distribute during only non-instructional time.

In his affidavit, Principal Daley justifies his denial by

referring to a 1998 directive from former Superintendent of

Schools, James F. Shea, and the American Association of School

Administrators. See Defendants' Opposition (Doc. No. 26),

Exhibit B, at 1-2 (Daley Aff.), 3 (Shea Directive), 4-7 (pamphlet

entitled "Religious Holidays in the Public Schools - Questions

and Answers"). The Shea Directive announces: "While recognizing

the holiday season, none of the school activities should have the

purpose of promoting or inhibiting religion." Defendants'

Opposition (Doc. No. 26), Exhibit B, at 3 (Shea Directive) .

Principal Daley attests that he believes his actions conform with

the policy in the Shea Directive.

In a letter faxed to plaintiffs' counsel, however,

Superintendent McDowell states a different reason:

We do not allow students to distribute non-school curriculum or activity related literature of any kind directly to other students on school grounds. We do not single out students based upon the content of their message, in this or any other instance. Should a student or group of students simply wish to distribute candy canes with no message, it would be treated in the same manner, as would a handout advertising a sale at a
local store.

Verified Complaint, Exhibit D, at 1 (Letter of Superintendent

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McDowell to Plaintiffs' Counsel).9

Despite the school's denials of permission, LIFE Club

members decided to distribute the candy canes anyway. The

plaintiffs admit to distributing approximately 450 candy canes to

fellow students during the school day and during non-

instructional time between classes and during lunch.

E. School Imposed Discipline

When the plaintiffs returned to school after Winter Break on

January 2, 2003, members were immediately summoned to Principal

Daley's office. Principal Daley informed the members that each

would have to serve a one-day in-school suspension for

insubordination, defined by the Student Handbook as "the direct

refusal to follow the normal, customary and reasonable request of

a school authority," verified Complaint (Doc. No.1), Exhibit B,

at 25, for distributing the candy canes with the religious

message after the Club was denied permission to do so.

Later that afternoon, Mary Etta Grabowski and Denise Sitler,

mothers of three of the plaintiffs, delivered a letter to

Superintendent McDowell requesting the suspensions be stayed

until the school board held a hearing on the matter. Soon

thereafter, the Superintendent's Office responded, indicating

9 In response to Superintendent McDowell's letter stating the Distribution Policy Regarding Literature Unrelated to Curriculum, three of the plaintiffs have submitted affidavits indicating that they distributed numerous Valentine's Day cards with cookies to friends and acquaintances at the school during the school day on February 14, 2003. See Sharon Sitler Aff. (Doc. No. 33), Daniel and Timothy Souza Aff. (Doc. No. 34). The purpose of this submission appears to be a showing that this policy is unenforced.
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that the suspensions would be stayed pending an appeal to the School Committee. The Superintendent's Office also sent a Revised Notice of Suspension to all parents of LIFE Club members;10 the notice stated that parents had a ten day time period in which to appeal the decision. Since the parents' appeal to the Superintendent's Office, no further action has been has been taken. F. In-Class Distribution Revealed
The defendants submitted the transcript of a WFCR news interview occurring on January 29, 2003, in which one of the plaintiffs, Stephen Grabowski, acknowledged distributing candy canes to fellow students in class. The defendants also present the affidavit of teacher Khalil Rivera, dated February 10, 2003, which, the defendants believe, also indicates that distribution occurred during the beginning of class periods as well. See Defendant's Mem. in Opp'n (Doc. No. 26), Exhibit D (Rivera Aff.). Mr. Rivera recalls one of the plaintiffs, Sharon Sitler, asking him permission to distribute candy canes at the beginning of Spanish class as he was taking attendance. Mr. Rivera granted her permission, unaware that Principal Daley prohibited the Club from doing so. Plaintiff Sitler never showed Mr. Rivera what was attached to the candy cane nor did she give him one.
Later that same day, another plaintiff, Stephen Grabowski,
10 The only perceivable difference between the notice and the revised notice is that the notice cites page 60 as grounds for suspension and the revised notice cites pages 60-61. The parties have not provided the Court with the sources to which these page numbers refer.
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made the same request of Mr. Rivera after the bell had rung signaling the beginning of class. As Grabowski passed out the candy canes, Mr. Rivera recalls hearing Grabowski say that he could get suspended for distributing the candy canes. Upon hearing this, Mr. Rivera asked to see what was attached to the candy cane. Mr. Rivera read the message, and his affidavit mentions nothing further about the class.
Looking at all evidence before the Court, there appears to be no indication that Principal Daley knew about the in-class distributions at the time the student plaintiffs were first told of their suspensions; and there appears to be no indication that Principal Daley justified the suspensions of all six student plaintiffs on these particular in-class incidents, which involved only two of the student plaintiffs. G. The Harms Alleged
The plaintiffs complain that the school's policies deny them their statutory and constitutional rights to free speech. The plaintiffs also identify several other harms stemming from enforcement of the school's speech policies. For instance, they allege that a suspension would result in Plaintiff Sharon Sitler being removed from the National Honor Society, which would disadvantage her in the college admissions process. They further allege that Plaintiff Paul Sitler would also be disadvantaged when he eventually applies for admission to the Air Force Academy.
III. LEGAL STANDARDS The Court may order a preliminary injunction if the
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plaintiffs can demonstrate that (1) they have a substantial
likelihood of prevailing on the merits, (2) they face a
significant potential of suffering irreparable harm in the
absence of immediate relief, (3) issuing an injunction will
burden the defendants less than denying an injunction would
burden the plaintiffs, and (4) issuing an injunction will promote
or, at least not impair, the public interest. See McGuire v.
Reilly, 260 F.3d 36, 42 (1st Cir. 2001).
IV. DISCUSSION
The plaintiffs seek to preliminarily enjoin the defendants
from engaging in numerous actions. Specifically, the plaintiffs
seek an order that enjoins enforcement of the allegedly
unconstitutional policies which also states that:
(1) Defendants shall not prohibit Plaintiffs from distributing literature to fellow students during non-instructional time based on the content or viewpoint of the literature;
(2) Defendants shall not impose a prior restraint upon Plaintiffs' right to distribute literature to fellow students during non-instructional time;
(3) Defendants shall not punish Plaintiffs in any way for distributing literature to fellow students during non-instructional time;
(4) Defendants' Policies shall not be used in any other manner to infringe upon Plaintiffs' statutory and Constitutional rights.
verified Complaint (Doc. No.1), at 23-24.
A. Preliminary Issues
1. Legal Standing
The defendants argue that the LIFE Club is not a legal
entity and lacks capacity to bring suit in its own name.
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Consequently, the defendants request this Court to dismiss the LIFE Club as a named plaintiff in this lawsuit.
To resolve this question, the Court refers to the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure, which provide, in relevant part,
that:
[C]apacity to sue or be sued shall be determined by the law of the state in which the district court is held, except. . that a partnership or other unincorporated association, which has no such capacity by the law of such state, may sue or be sued in its common name for the purpose of enforcing for or against it a substantive right existing under the Constitution or laws of the United States. Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(b). Massachusetts law allows an unincorporated association to sue on its own behalf through named
representatives, provided that the representatives "will fairly
and adequately protect the interests of the association and its members. II Mass. R. Civ. P. 23.2. The named student plaintiffs
in this suit have interests that parallel the interests of the LIFE Club; their attorney has argued the issues pertinent to both the members and the Club. Thus, the Court finds that the named
plaintiffs, as representatives of the Club, can fairly and
adequately protect the interests of the Club and its members. Moreover, the LIFE Club, as represented by the named student
plaintiffs, appears keenly and exclusively suited to protecting the interests of its future members, who hope to participate in the Club's candy cane and other distribution activities long after the individually-named student plaintiffs have graduated Westfield High School. See Patriot Party of Allegheny County v.
Allegheny County Dept. of Elections, 95 F.3d 253 (3d Cir. 1996)
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(finding freedom of association under First and Fourteenth Amendments to extend to partisan political party and holding that party had legal standing to challenge state regulations allegedly infringing on that right).
The Court finds the LIFE Club to be a properly named plaintiff and will deny the defendants' request to dismiss the Club from this lawsuit. The Court grants the plaintiffs leave to amend the verified complaint to reflect that the LIFE Club is represented by and through its members, the named student plaintiffs.
2. Ripeness The defendants also argue that the plaintiffs' claims are unripe for adjudication. First, the school argues that no harm has occurred, since the students ignored the school's decision and handed out their messages anyway. Thus, their speech was not suppressed. Secondly, the school notes that Superintendent McDowell has stayed the plaintiffs' suspensions and has yet to decide whether to impose the suspensions. Thus, the school maintains, any harm occurring to the plaintiffs is, as yet, speculative. The school ignores that policies prohibiting free speech create immediate harms. As the Supreme Court has declared in no uncertain terms: "The loss of First Amendment freedoms, for even minimal periods of time, unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury." Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 373 (1976). It simply does not matter that the school has yet to impose the penalties
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for violation of speech policies; these plaintiffs are harmed to

the extent the policies in effect suppress their free speech.

See id. (threatening or impairing First Amendment interests at

time relief is sought is sufficient injury). Because the

plaintiffs allege an actual harm, these plaintiffs need not await

Superintendent McDowell's perpetually-impending decision.

3. Exhaustion of Administrative Procedures

The defendants present one additional argument for

preventing the plaintiffs from arguing the merits of this case,

positing that the plaintiffs have failed to exhaust the

administrative procedures provided by the Westfield Public

Schools in the Student Handbook. If this lawsuit involved the

simple matter of "discretionary school discipline," then the

Court would be profoundly inclined to "defer to the 'expertise'

of the school authorities and remand the plaintiff[s] to [their]

administrative remedies within the school hierarchy." Quarterman

v. Byrd, 453 F.2d 54, 56 (4th Cir. 1971). This lawsuit, however,

involves significant questions of statutory and constitutional

law, the answers to which this Court is inherently entrusted with

deciding. See id. Accordingly, the Court will deny the

defendants' request to dismiss the case on these grounds.

B. Preliminary Injunction

1. Likelihood of Success on the Merits

To obtain a preliminary injunction, the plaintiffs must

demonstrate that they have a substantial likelihood of prevailing

on the merits of their claims. See McGuire, 260 F.3d at 42. The

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plaintiffs assert four legal grounds which they believe demonstrate their substantial likelihood of success on the merits. See id. The plaintiffs argue that the school's speech policies are unconstitutional prior restraints on speech. See Riseman v. Sch. Comm. of the City of Quincy, 439 F.2d 148, at 149-50 (1st Cir. 1971) (invalidating school policies that failed to provide substantive criteria and procedural constraints to minimize the effects of prior restraint on student speech). The plaintiffs also assert that the school's speech policies are unconstitutional content-based restrictions, ~ Lamb's Chapel v. Ctr. Moriches Union Free Sch. Dist., 508 U.S. 384 (1993) i Good News Club v. Milford Cent. Sch., 533 U.S. 98 (2001), are unconstitutionally vague, see Connally v. Gen. Constr. Co., 269 U.S. 385, 391 (1926), and violate the Massachusetts Students' Freedom of Expression Law, see Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 82. Each of these legal grounds implicate, in one way or another, the principles articulated in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503, where the Supreme Court struck down a school policy because the school failed to demonstrate that the student expression forbidden by the policy "would materially and substantially interfere with the requirements of appropriate discipline in the operation of the school." Tinker v. Des Moines Indep. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 393 U.S. 503, 509 (1969) (internal quotations omitted) .
The defendants take the opposite position, arguing that the school has extensive authority to regulate the manner of student
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expression because the LIFE Club is a school-sponsored
organization. See Hazelwood Sch. Dist. v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S.
260, 271-73 (1988) ("educators do not offend the First Amendment
by exercising editorial control over the style and content of
student speech in school-sponsored expressive activities so long
as their actions are reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical
concerns.") (emphasis added).
The Court first turns to the plaintiff's state law
arguments. See Gulf Oil Co. v. Bernard, 452 U.S. 89, 99 (1981).
a. Massachusetts Students' Freedom of Expression Law
The plaintiffs argue that the school applied its policies in
violation of the Massachusetts Students' Freedom of Expression
Law ("Act"). See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 82.
i. The Act
In its entirety, the Act provides:
The right of students to freedom of expression in the public schools of the commonwealth shall not be abridged, provided that such right shall not cause any disruption or disorder within the school. Freedom of expression shall include without limitation, the rights and responsibilities of students, collectively and individually, (a) to express their views through speech and symbols, (b) to write, publish and disseminate their views, (c) to assemble peaceably on school property for the purpose of expressing their opinions. Any assembly planned by students during regularly scheduled school hours shall be held only at a time and place approved in advance by the school principal or his designee.
No expression made by students in the exercise of such rights shall be deemed to be an expression of school policy and no school officials shall be held responsible in any civil or criminal action for any
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expression made or published by the students. For the purposes of this section and sections eighty-three to eighty-five, inclusive, the word student shall mean any person attending a public secondary school in the commonwealth. The word school official shall mean any member or employee of the local school committee. Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 82 (emphasis added). The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ("SJC") has held that the Act's "clear and unambiguous language protects the rights of secondary school students limited only by the requirement that any expression be non-disruptive within the school." Pyle v. Sch. Comm. of S. Hadley, 667 N.E. 2d 869, 872 (1996) ("There is no room in the statute to construe an exception for arguably . . offensive language absent a showing of disruption within the school."). The plaintiffs cite Pyle for the proposition that Massachusetts law enshrines the Tinker "substantial disruption" test. See id. In Pyle, the SJC stated that the parties agreed that the drafters of the Act intended to codify Tinker, but the SJC did not explicitly endorse that argument. See id. What the SJC did emphasize explicitly, however, was that the Act is "unambiguous and must be construed as written." rd. Turning to the plain language of the statute, free speech is permitted to the extent it does not cause "any disruption or disorder within
the school." See Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 82 (emphasis added) On the other hand, Tinker permits free speech to the extent it does not cause material disruption or substantial disorder or
invasion of the rights of others. See Tinker, 393 U.S. at 513. No Massachusetts state court decision has yet explored factually
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what constitutes "any disruption or disorder" within a school.

The obvious purpose of the statute, to protect student speech, would be completely undermined, however, if "any disruption or disorder" extended to include trivial or merely negative reactions to an unpopular viewpoint.ll
A reasonable construction of the Act would also interpret the adjective "any" to include "prospective" disruption or disorder. A school administrator does not have to wait until disorder or disruption actually ensues; in certain circumstances, a school administrator must be able to prevent disorder or disruption. Thus, a school administrator may, under the Act, deny a student permission to distribute literature before such distribution occurs, but only if the administrator, considering all circumstances known at the time of his or her decision, reasonably forecasts that "any disruption or disorder" will ensue within the school because of the distribution.
ii. Disruption and Disorder From the evidence before the Court, it appears unlikely that

11 In analyzing the plaintiffs' likelihood of success on their state law claim, the Court will assume without deciding that the Act's "any disruption or disorder" standard is easier for the defendants to show than Tinker's "substantial disruption or material interference" standard, keeping in mind, however, that Tinker provides students with a constitutional floor with regard to private speech. Even under this more school-favorable standard, the defendants cannot prevail, given the facts of this case.
This mode of analysis considers "potentially dispositive state-law challenges" before reaching "ultimate constitutional questions." City of Chicago v. Int'l College of Surgeons, 522 U.S. 156, 188 (1997) (Ginsberg, J., dissenting).
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Principal Daley and Superintendent McDowell reasonably forecasted

that any disruption or disorder would result within the school

because of the candy cane distribution. The previous

distribution of candy canes with the secular message in December

2001 apparently resulted in no disruption or complaints.

,

I'

Furthermore, there is no evidence before the Court to suggest

that there are tensions within Westfield High that might be

incited by the distribution of this religious material. At oral

argument, defendants' counsel suggested that Principal Daley

could not trust a student's word not to pass things out in class,

and therefore, reasonably forecasted that the distribution would

result in disruption or disorder. The Court is disinclined to

accept this gross stereotype as an valid justification, since

Principal Daley could have made his conditions clear (i.e., allow

distribution only during non-instructional time) rather than deny

permission altogether. Furthermore, such an excuse would justify

suppression of nearly all student speech for the simple reason

that, if the speech was to occur in the classroom during

instructional time, it would most likely be disruptive because it

would draw attention away from instruction.

At oral argument, defendants' counsel also suggested that

when the plaintiffs approached principal Daley, he had no idea

that they were requesting permission to distribute during non-

instructional time. The plaintiffs' failure to suggest

reasonable accommodations, however, is immaterial, since it is

the school administrator who, although deciding whether to grant

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a student permission to distribute, must not abridge the "right of students to freedom of expression in public schools," Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 82, and is, therefore, the one responsible for suggesting reasonable accommodations. A students' free speech rights should not hinge upon how he or she words the question ("Can I pass out candy canes?" versus "Can I pass out candy canes during non-instructional time in a manner that will not cause any disruption or disorder within the school?"), especially when it is the school administrator who is more likely to possess a working knowledge of school policies and the law. On this evidence, it appears the defendants did not make a reasonable forecast of any disruption or disorder.
The defendants argue that the in-class distributions actually caused disruption and disorder. At oral argument, counsel pointed to plaintiff Stephen Grabowski's in-class distribution during which he said, he "could get suspended for this," as clear evidence of his intent to incite a disruption in Mr. Rivera's Spanish class and to direct the students' attention from Spanish to his particular religious cause. The plaintiffs view this incident differently. Most notably, they point out that Mr. Rivera mentions no disruption occurring due to the distribution in his affidavit. The in-class distributions were made prior to the actual start of teaching and with the express, though uninformed, permission of the presiding teacher. It is also apparent, the plaintiffs maintain, that only a small proportion of the 450 total candy canes distributed were actually
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distributed in-class, and then again, only by two of the six student plaintiffs, and once more, during non-instructional time. This, the plaintiffs contend, suffices to show the plaintiffs did not disrupt that class.
While the proportion of incidents of disruption to candy canes distributed is an irrelevant calculation, at this point, the Court is initially inclined to agree that no actual disruption or disorder occurred as a result of the in-class distribution. While the plaintiffs have the ultimate burden of persuasion in this motion for a preliminary injunction, nothing in the evidence currently before the Court supports the defendants' claim that those classes were disrupted.
There is nothing in the evidence before the Court to suggest that other students were not free to decline the candy canes, that the student plaintiffs coerced others into accept their message, that the student plaintiffs invaded the rights of others not to receive literature by, for example, stuffing lockers, or that the student plaintiffs blocked other students from entering class, actions which could constitute even substantial interference and justify restricting distribution to a more reasonable time, manner, and place. Cf. 8lotterback v. Interboro 8ch. Dist., 766 F. Supp. 280, 297-98 (finding genuine issue of material fact whether school officials had reason to anticipate substantial interference with school work where students
distributed literature during class and in a manner that blocked access to class which made others late, where other students read
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the literature during classroom instruction, and where students littered hallways with the material in a way suggesting they were not merely discarded but intended to litter). Instead, the uncontroverted evidence shows that those students finding the LIFE Club's religious messages disagreeable merely set the messages aside and enjoyed a minty treat for their troubles.
Especially telling, however, is the notable absence in Mr. Rivera's affidavit of a statement that his instruction or the students' study was interrupted by the distribution. One student's isolated statement that he might get suspended for his actions may be evidence of defiance, but without more, is not evidence of the type of disruption or disorder that the Act contemplates. As such, the Court believes that the plaintiffs are substantially likely to succeed on their state law claim that the school applied its speech policies in violation of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 82, because it appears that the defendants prohibited student speech without a reasonable forecast of any disruption or disorder and it seems that no disruption or disorder actually occurred.
iii. Constitutional Defenses The defendants read Hazelwood as giving a school the right, and as imposing an obligation onto the school, to supervise the dissemination of student-originated but school-sponsored works. See Hazelwood, 484 U.S. at 271 ("Educators are entitled to exercise greater control" over school-sponsored forms of student expression.). Thus, the argument goes, while the Act makes no
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distinction between school~tolerated and school~sponsored speech, Hazelwood forecloses the possibility that the Act strips away from the school this right to supervise school~sponsored expressive activities. 12
The defendants also question the Act's constitutionality under the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution. The defendants urge that, if the Court were to find the plaintiffs' expressive activities to constitute school~sponsored speech under Hazelwood rather than school~tolerated speech under Tinker, then the school's actions would likely violate the Establishment Clause. See Rusk v. Crestview Local Schs., 220 F. Supp. 2d 854 (N.D. Ohio 2002) (finding elementary school policy allowing non~profit groups to submit and have school officials disseminate flyers advertising, inter alia, church events and religious activities to students to violate Establishment Clause) .
The defendants further question whether the Act's provision granting schools immunity from liability for students' expressive conduct would continue to offer Westfield High true solace in the face of future lawsuits. The Act's promise of absolute immunity is illusory, as the Supremacy Clause prevents Massachusetts from limiting remedies provided by federal law as, for instance, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of the Establishment Clause. Cf.
12 While the Court need not reach the merits of this argument, it is worth noting that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts certainly has the power and ability, through legislation, to surrender voluntarily any right a public high school may have to censor student speech.
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Kimes v. Stone, 84 F.3d 1121, 1127 (9th Cir. 1996) (Supremacy
Clause prevents application of state litigation immunity laws to Section 1983 claim); Yeo v. Town of Lexington, 131 F.3d 241, 249 n.3 (1st Cir. 1997) (Massachusetts Students' Freedom of
Expression Law provision not determinative of constitutional
question of what constitutes "state action") .
Because the Establishment Clause applies only to government and not private action, see U.S. Const., Arndt. 1; Rivera v. East Otero Sch. Dist., 721 F. Supp. 1189, 1195 (D. Colo. 1989), this
Court must decide whether the LIFE Club's distribution activities
concern private, school-tolerated speech, which is entitled to
greater First Amendment protections, ~ Tinker, 393 U.S. 503, or
school-sponsored speech that, because it is related to curriculum
and may reasonably be perceived as bearing the imprimatur of the school, is subject to the school's reasonable restrictions, ~
Hazelwood, 484 U.S. 260, and may, in some circumstances, violate
the Establishment Clause. Thus, the Court finds it appropriate to decide which framework, Tinker or Hazelwood, provides the overarching principles that guide the resolution of this case.13
13 The hierarchy of speech in school settings can be delineated into three tiers, built up from the most restrictable to the least: The bottom tier consists of government speech (i.e., a principal speaking at a school assembly) over which the government may exercise unfettered control over content; the middle tier consists of school-sponsored speech (i.e., a teacher editing a curriculum-based newspaper that is a part of a journalism class) over which the school may exercise control over content because the speech might reasonably be perceived as bearing the imprimatur of the school and because it involves pedagogical interests; the top tier consists of private, school-
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b. Private Speech Versus School-Sponsored Speech It is now textbook law that when Sharon Sitler walked onto the grounds of Westfield High School the day she shared candy canes and religious messages with her fellow students, she carried constitutional rights to free speech and expression with her. See Tinker, 393 U.S. at 506. Undoubtedly, the First Amendment protects the peaceful distribution of literature. 14 See United States v. Grace, 461 U.S. 171, 176 (1983) (leafletting is an expressive activity involving "speech" protected by the First Amendment); Martin v. City of Struthers, 319 U.S. 141, 143 (1943) (First Amendment encompasses the right to distribute and receive literature). First Amendment protections also extend to religious speech. See Widmar v. Vincent, 454 U.S. 263, 269 (1981). The scope of Sharon's constitutionals rights on school grounds, however, is not coterminus with the constitutional rights of adults in other settings. See,~, Bethel Sch. Dist. No. 403 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675, 682 (1986) (upholding school's punishment of student who delivered speech laden with sexual innuendo at high school assembly) i Hazelwood, 484 U.S. at 266. The Supreme Court "has repeatedly emphasized the need for
tolerated speech (i.e., student speaking to another during lunch break) which may be controlled to the extent it substantially disrupts or materially interferes with the school's disciplinary concerns. See Fleming v. Jefferson County Sch. Dist. R-1, 298 F.3d 918, 923-24 (lOth Cir. 2002). The parties argue that this case falls somewhere between the top two levels.
14 The First Amendment applies to states by operation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. See Liguormart, Inc. v. Rhode Island, 517 U.S. 484, 489 n.1 (1996).
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affirming the comprehensive authority of the States and of school

officials, consistent with fundamental constitutional safeguards,

to prescribe and control conduct in the schools." Tinker, 393

u.s. at 507. Thus, the Court must demarcate the scope of Sharon

Sitler1s constitutional rights "in light of the special

characteristics" of the Westfield High School environment. rd.

at 506.

The school defends its speech policies on the premise that

the LIFE Club is "school-sponsored," a status which would require

this Court to conduct forum analysis and apply the appropriate

level of scrutiny relevant to the particular forum. See

Hazelwood, 484 U.S. at 273 (finding school-sponsored newspaper to

be limited public forum, thus allowing school to regulate

contents of newspaper in ways "reasonably related to pedagogical

concerns"). Compare,~, Rivera, 721 F. Supp. at 1193 ("The

holding in Tinker did not depend upon a finding that the school

was a public forum."). Any student group meeting on school

premises may arguably be characterized as school-sponsored, but

the Court must look beyond carelessly strewn labels and examine

the substance of the relationship between the LIFE Club1s

activities and the school.

In Hazelwood, the Supreme Court examined "the extent to

which educators may exercise editorial control over the contents

of a high school newspaper produced as part of the school1s

journalism curriculum." Hazelwood, 484 U.S. at 262. In that

case, a school principal denied students permission to publish

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two articles in the school newspaper. One article dealt with the topic of student pregnancy within the school; the principal objected because the article insufficiently disguised the identity of the pregnant students in the article. See id. at 263. The other article dealt with the topic of divorce in which an identified student made negative comments regarding his parents I divorce; the principal objected because the article did not include a response from the identifiable parent, who was given no opportunity to respond. See id. Because there was no time to change the layout of the newspaper before printing, the pages on which the articles were located were deleted completely. See id. at 275.
In upholding the schoolls decision to censor the articles, the Supreme Court found the school "reserved the forum for its intended purpose, as a supervised learning experience for journalism students." Id. at 270 (internal quotations and citations omitted). Numerous facts supported the conclusion that the newspaper was a school-sponsored activity. The school district funded the newspaper on an annual basis, providing money for printing and other incidental costs, which included the costs of supplies, textbooks, and a portion of the journalism teacherls salary. See id. at 262-63. More importantly, the newspaper was sufficiently linked to the curriculum: Students participated in the newspaper as part of a graded, for-credit, academic course; the journalism teacher made all decisions regarding content, editing, scheduling deadlines, choosing editors, assigning
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stories, and dealing with the printing company, and the teacher made most of these decisions without consulting the students; the school principal reviewed and approved each article for publication. See id. at 268-69. The school also reserved a strong pedagogical interest in ensuring the articles maintained a certain level of "responsible journalism" and journalistic integrity taught in the classes. See id. at 269. Because the newspaper was school-sponsored, the Supreme Court held that "school officials were entitled to regulate the contents of [the newspaper] in any reasonable manner." rd. at 270 (internal quotations omitted), 274-76 (also finding the school's actions reasonable). The Supreme Court elaborated:
Educators are entitled to exercise greater control over this. . form of student expression to assure that participants learn whatever lessons the activity is designed to teach, that readers or listeners are not exposed to material that may be inappropriate for their level of maturity, and that the views of the individual speaker are not erroneously attributed to the school. Id. at 271. Thus, when a school lends "its name and resources to the dissemination of student expression," Tinker standards are inapplicable. 15 Compare Hazelwood, 484 U.S. at 272-73 with Burch v. Barker, 861 F.2d 1149, 1159 (9th Cir. 1988) (applying Tinker principles to unauthorized student newspaper that was not schoolsponsored) . In so ruling, the Supreme Court clearly distinguished Hazelwood from the situation in Tinker. The Supreme Court
15 The Court will explicate the Tinker standards momentarily.
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explained that Hazelwood dealt with schools affirmatively
"promoting particular student speech" and,
educators' authority over school-sponsored publications, theatrical productions, and other expressive activities that students, parents, and members of the public might reasonably perceive to bear the imprimatur of the school. These activities may fairly be characterized as part of the school curriculum, whether or not they occur in a traditional classroom setting, so long as they are supervised by faculty members and designed to impart particular knowledge or skills to student participants and audiences.
Hazelwood, 484 U.S. at 270-71. In contrast, the Supreme Court
noted, Tinker dealt with "educators' ability to silence a
student's personal expression that happen [ed] to occur on the
school premises," id. at 271.
Tinker concerned the constitutionality of a school's actions
in punishing students who came to school refusing to take off
black arm bands worn in protest of the hostilities in Vietnam in
violation of a newly adopted school policy. Tinker, 393 U.S. at
504. The school feared that allowing students to wear the
armbands would result in a disturbance among the students. See
id. at 508. Finding "no evidence whatever of [the students']
interference, actual or nascent, with the schools' work or of
collusion with the rights of other students to be secure and to
be let alone," the Supreme Court declared that a school's
unsubstantiated apprehension of disruption is insufficient
justification for suppressing students' rights to free speech in
schools:
[I]n our system, undifferentiated fear or apprehension of disturbance is not enough to overcome the right to
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freedom of expression. Any departure from absolute regimentation may cause trouble. Any variation from the majority's opinion may inspire fear. Any word spoken, in class, in the lunchroom, or on the campus, that deviates from the views of another person may start an argument or cause a disturbance. But our Constitution says we must take this risk; and our history says that it is this sort of hazardous freedom--this kind of openness--that is the basis of our national strength and of the independence and vigor of Americans who grow up and live in this relatively permissive, often disputatious, society.
Tinker, 393 U.S. at 508-09 (citations omitted) The Supreme
Court reaffirmed the strong First Amendment protections
pertaining to students who engage in private speech which merely
happens to occur on school grounds and which does not
"substantially interfere with the work of the school or impinge
upon the rights of other students." Id. at 509.
The principal use to which the schools are dedicated is to accommodate students during prescribed hours for the purpose of certain types of activities. Among those activities is personal intercommunication among the students. This is not only an inevitable part of the process of attending school; it is also an important part of the educational process. A student's rights, therefore, do not embrace merely the classroom hours. When he [or she] is in the cafeteria, or on the playing field, or on the campus during the authorized hours, he [or she] may express his [or her] opinions, even on controversial subjects like the conflict in Vietnam, if he [or she] does so without "materially and substantially interfering with the requirements of appropriate discipline in the operation of the school" and without colliding with the rights of others.
Tinker, 393 U.S. at 512-13 (citations and footnotes omitted) .
Turning these principles to the evidence now before the
Court, the school's contention that the LIFE Club is a school-
sponsored organization whose literature distribution bears the
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"imprimatur of the school" is unpersuasive. 16 The mere facts
that the school opened its channels of communication (i.e., daily
bulletin, bulletin boards, student yearbook), provided an adult
sponsor who acts merely as a monitor and does not actively or
substantively participate in any of the Club's activities, and
opened its facilities for use before school for morning prayer at
the flagpole and after school for Club meetings, does not mean
that the LIFE Club can "fairly be characterized as part of the
school curriculum. ,,17 Hazelwood, 484 U.S. at 271. To adopt the
defendants' definition of "school-sponsored" would devoid that
term of any helpful meaning, as nearly every student group
activity happening to occur on school grounds can, in some
tenuous sense, be described as using school facilities and as
designed to impart some sort of knowledge upon its members.
16 The parties do not dispute the evidence relating to the Club's activities within the school; the parties only dispute whether that evidence shows that the Club's activities are private or school-sponsored.
17 Although the school colors its accommodations to the LIFE Club as a display of its voluntary generosity to provide access to school facilities, when considering the open access the school has apparently granted to other, arguably similar, non-curriculum related student groups (i.e., C.O.P.E., S.A.D.D., Key Club, Young Democrats Club, Young Republicans Club, Improv), it is likely that the school is obligated by the Constitution, see Good News Club, 533 U.S. 98; Prince v. Jacoby, 303 F.3d 1074, 1090-92 (9th Cir. 2002), and is heavily encouraged by statute, see Equal Access Act, 20 U.S.C. § 4071 et seg., to provide the LIFE Club similar access to school facilities and related resources. Additionally, denying the LIFE Club official school recognition would violate the Equal Access Act, if such a designation would allow the Club to be "part of the student activities program" and to have access to the school bulletin, school bulletin boards, and the public address system. See Bd. of Educ. of Westside Comm. Seh. v. Mergens, 496 U.S. 226, 247 (1990).
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Rather, for expressive activity to be school-sponsored, the
school needs to take affirmative steps in promoting the
particular speech. See Slotterback, 766 F. Supp. at 290
("Hazelwood involved student access to state action in a way
Tinker did not.") (emphasis added) ; Clark v. Dallas Indep. Sch.
Dist., 806 F. Supp. 116 (N.D. Tex. 1992) (finding student passing
out religious tracts to be private, not school-sponsored,
speech) .
Unlike the newspaper and journalism classes in Hazelwood, no
evidence ties the LIFE Club's activities to the school's
curriculum. 18 The school does not fund the Club; the Club's
activities are not directly related to any subject taught in any
course that the school offers; the school does not require any
student to participate in the group; the school does not give
Club members academic credit for participation in the LIFE Club.
Compare Hazelwood, 484 U.S. at 262-63, 268-69. Cf. Bd. of Educ.
of Westside Comm. Sch. v. Mergens, 496 U.S. 226, 251 (1990)
18 As the United States as amicus curiae has suggested, if the Court were to accept the school's proposition that LIFE Club is a school-sponsored, curriculum-related group, then the school would be in flagrant violation of forty years worth of Supreme Court precedent barring school-sponsored prayer and devotional activities. See,~, Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962) (holding daily classroom prayer unconstitutional); Sch. Dist. of Abington Township v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963) (holding daily bible reading unconstitutional). Ironically, defendants' counsel at oral argument suggested establishment of religion was the very result the school officials sought to avoid in the first place when they refused to grant the LIFE Club permission to pass out the candy canes with religious message. Cf. Johnston-Loehner v. O'Brien, 859 F. Supp. 575, 580 (M.D. Fla. 1994) ("Indeed, rather than preventing violation of the Establishment Clause, the policy itself violates that clause.").
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(defining "noncurriculum related student group" under the Equal

Access Act similarly), 259 (Congress formulated the Equal Access

Act in 1984 "against the background protections of the Free

Speech Clause, as well as the Establishment and Free Exercise

Clauses") (Kennedy, J., concurring).

In this age of Congressional mandates requiring schools to

either provide equal access to diverse student groups or risk

losing federal funding,19 see Equal Access Act, 20 U.S.C. §§ 4071

et seq., a member of the public cannot perceive the actions of

every single student group that uses school facilities to bear

the "imprimatur of the school" and expect those perceptions to be

reasonable. Compare Hazelwood, 484 U.S. at 270-71 (activities

that are truly school-sponsored "might reasonably be perceived to

bear the imprimatur of the school"). As the Supreme Court has

posed bluntly, "[t]he proposition that schools do not endorse

everything they fail to censor is not complicated." Mergens, 496

U.S. at 251.

The defendants' reliance on Walz v. Egg Harbor Township Bd.

of Educ., 187 F. Supp. 2d 232 (D.N.J. 2002) is similarly

misplaced. The plaintiff in Walz was an elementary school

student who sought to distribute religious gifts to his pre-

kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade classmates during in-

class, school-sponsored winter holiday parties. See id. at 234-

19 The Supreme Court has found that granting access to school facilities during non-instructional time to a religious group under the Equal Access Act does not violate the Establishment Clause. See Mergens, 496 U.S. 226.
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35. The gifts were pencils with the message "Jesus the Little

Children" imprinted on them, see id. at 234, and candy canes with

nearly the same religious messages attached to them as the candy

canes which the plaintiffs in this case distributed. Compare

Walz, 187 F. Supp. 2d at 235 n.2 (IIA Candy Maker's Witness") with

Defendants' Mem. (Doc. No. 26), Exhibit A, at 2 (message attached

to candy canes). While the school disallowed the plaintiff to

distribute his religious presents during the in-class, school-

sponsored winter holiday party for fear that the young students

and their parents "might be confused as the school's endorsement

of the religious message," id. at 234, the school offered what

the district court found to be a reasonable accommodation: the

school allowed the student to distribute his gifts before school,

during recess, and after school, ~ id. at 235.

The district court in Walz considered the constitutionality

of numerous policies which the school used to justify its

decision. The first provided in part: "no religious belief or

nonbelief shall be promoted in the regular curriculum or in

district-sponsored courses, programs, or activities, and none

shall be disparaged." Id. at 234. This policy also recognized

that exposing students to various cultural and religious

societies, "if presented in an objective manner and as a

traditional part of the culture and religious heritage of the

particular holiday," would further broaden the students' secular

education. Id. The second policy concerned gift-giving. See

id. at 236. Anyone wishing to distribute gifts at school was

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supposed to donate the gifts to the Parent Teacher Organization,

which would, in turn, distribute the gifts to students at the

seasonal event. See id. "Direct gifts from students [were]

discouraged because of the potential economic strain on certain

students and the potential emotional distress if a particular

student were to be excluded from the direct gift-giving." Id.

The policy also prohibited distribution of items with corporate,

political, union, or religious messages in any class during

school hours. See id. This policy was to ensure no one confused

the origin of the message or mistakenly believed that the school

endorsed any particular message. See id.

The parties did not dispute that "the pre-kindergarten,

kindergarten, and first grade public classrooms where the alleged

constitutional violations transpired are non-pUblic forums, in

which school officials can reasonably restrict the speech of

students and teachers." Id. at 238. The district court also

found that the school's seasonal in-class parties "were school

events intended to promote sharing and caring among students, to

develop social skills, and to learn about talking in turn when in

a large group." Id. at 239.

Consequently, the case at hand is completely distinguishable

from Walz in two important ways. First, the in-class, school-

sponsored holiday party in Walz, despite its festivities,

concerned literature distribution during pure instructional time.

Courts are more differential when schools shape the bounds of

their curriculum, see Hazelwood, 484 U.S. at 271 (school-

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sponsored newspaper as part of journalism classes) i Bethel, 478

U.S. at 683-86 (school-sponsored assembly as part of educational

program in self-government), Walz, 187 F. Supp. at 241 (school-

sponsored holiday that was IImeant to have an educational

component II and was IIhighly structured, supervised, and

regulated"), than when schools try to shape the bounds of private

speech that occurs during non-instructional time between classes,

during recess, in the cafeteria, on the playing field, or other

designated IIfree time ll during the school day, ~ Tinker, 393

U.S. at 512-13. Contrary to the spin the defendants put on the

plaintiffs' actions in this case, this case appears only to

concern the distribution of religious messages during non-

instructional time which amounts to private, school-tolerated

speech.

Secondly, the students in Walz were highly immature and

impressionable elementary school students "celebrating at an in-

class party. II Walz, 187 F. Supp. at 240. The district court

recognized the situation to be IIdifferent than high school

students independently expressing political beliefs," see id.

(referring to Tinker) i here, it is quite apparent that high

school students independently expressed their religious beliefs.

Again and again, the Supreme Court has professed its confidence

that high school students have the capacity to understand that a

school does "not endorse or support student speech that it merely

permits on a nondiscriminatory basis. II Mergens, 496 U.S. at 247-

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Viewing the evidence before the Court, it is apparent that

the LIFE Club is a student-initiated, student-led organization

whose activities are unrelated to Westfield Highls curriculum or

other, related activities; as such, distributing the religious

messages attached to the candy canes constitutes an exercise of

wholly private speech that merely happened to have occurred on

school grounds and does not constitute school-sponsored speech.

The Supreme Courtls holding in Hazelwood appears to have no more

than a general bearing on this case.

c. Establishment Clause Concerns

Because the candy cane distributions are private expressive

activities, the school has no basis for arguing that, by allowing

the candy cane distribution, it is affirmatively promoting religion in violation of the Establishment Clause. 2o At the

heart of the schoolls argument lies a widely held misconception

of constitutional law that has infected our sometimes politically

overcorrect society: The Establishment Clause does not apply to
private action; it applies only to government action. See u.s.

Const., Arndt. 1; Rivera, 721 F. Supp. at 1195. Because the LIFE

20 Westfield High I s II fear of a mistaken inference of endorsement is largely self-imposed, because the school itself has control over any impressions it gives its students. II Mergens, 496 U.S. at 251. To eliminate all doubt, however unreasonable, the school could make clear in its Student Handbook that it does not endorse the views of students simply by allowing them to disseminate information or the views of student organizations simply by officially recognizing them or allowing them to conduct expressive activities on school premises. See id. (llstudents will reasonably understand that the schoolls official recognition of the club evinces neutrality toward, rather than endorsement of, religious speech.")
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Club's activities are private, school-tolerated (rather than
school-sponsored) expressive activities, the Establishment Clause
only works against the defendants. See Rivera, 721 F. Supp. at
1195 (finding students' distribution of non-student, religious newspaper to constitute private expressive action which
implicated no Establishment Clause concerns) i Johnston-Loehner v. O'Brien, 859 F. Supp. 575, 580 (M.D. Fla. 1994) ("rather than
preventing violation of the Establishment Clause, the [school]
policy itself violates that clause") . The Court will now turn to the constitutional validity of
the school's policies as written.
d. Content-Based Restrictions The plaintiffs contend that Westfield High's speech policies
are content-based restrictions that are unconstitutional, both facially and as applied. 21 Because the Court already decided
that the plaintiffs are substantially likely to prevail on their state law claim challenging the application of the school's
policies, the Court need not also consider the constitutionality of that application. See Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering. P. C., 467 U.S. 138,
157 (1984) (The "fundamental rule of judicial restraint" dictates
21 Unfortunately, the language used in the jurisprudence and in the parties' arguments can be confusing. Content-based restrictions come in various types, including those that restrict certain subject-matter and those that restrict certain viewpoints. Courts and parties often refer to subject-matter restrictions as simply content-based restrictions. To alleviate confusion, the Court will use the term subject-matter based restriction, since it is a subset of the larger category of content-based restriction.
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that a court "will not reach constitutional questions in advance

of the necessity of deciding them."). To bring a successful

facial challenge to the constitutionality of the policies, the

plaintiffs must show that, "even if one or more valid application

exists," the reach of the school policies "is so elongated that

it threatens to inhibit constitutionally protected speech."

McGuire, 260 F.3d at 47.

i. Subject-Matter-Based Restriction

The first issue the Court must resolve is whether the

school's policies as written are based on subject-matter.

Undoubtedly, the pOlicies as written require an administrator to

review the contents of literature sought to be distributed before

approving the distribution. The Free Speech policy allows for

only "responsible speech"; the Distribution Policy allows

distribution only upon an administrator's approval; neither

contains criteria which might guide the administrator's decision.

The Distribution Policy Regarding Literature Unrelated to

Curriculum disallows distribution of any non-curriculum related

literature. Thus, the policies on their face are subject-matter

based, because they require administrators to review and evaluate

the subject-matter of the literature before granting approval to

distribute.

ii. Viewpoint-Based Restriction

The plaintiffs also contend that the school speech policies

are viewpoint-based as written. See Good News Club, 533 U.S. at

107, Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Def. and Educ. Fund, 473 U.S. at

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806 ("the government violates the First Amendment when it denies access to a speaker solely to suppress the point of view he [or she] espouses on an otherwise includible subject") .
In Lamb's Chapel, a school permitted outside organizations to use its facilities during after-school hours for "social, civic, or recreational uses," but not for "religious purposes." Lamb's Chapel, 508 U.S. at 387. A religious group sought access to school facilities to show a film about child rearing from a religious perspective. See id. at 388-89. The school denied the group access to show the film, because it was "church related." Id. Because a film about child rearing contained subject matter otherwise permissible under the school's policies permitting activities with "social, civic, or recreational" value, the Supreme Court held that the school discriminated against the group's particular viewpoint, that being the religious perspective. See id. at 393-94.
Likewise in Good News Club, the school granted access to outside groups that "[promoted] the moral and character development of children." Good News Club, 533 U.S. at 108. The school denied the Good News Club, a Bible club, the same access as it had to other organizations simply because the Good News Club's activities were equivalent to religious worship and therefore impermissible under the community's policies. See id. at 103. Because the subject matter of the Good News Club's activities was otherwise permissible as they promoted the moral and character development of children, the Supreme Court held
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that the schools' exclusion of the Good News Club constituted impermissible viewpoint discrimination. See id. at 110.
Here, the policies on their face allow only speech that is "responsible" or curriculum-related. While the policies reserve tremendous discretion to administrators, on their face the policies do not appear to discriminate against any particular viewpoint. Compare Good News Club, 533 U.S. at 110; Lamb's Chapel, 508 U.S. at 387. Therefore, it is unlikely that the plaintiffs will succeed on the claim that the policies are viewpoint-based on their face.
iii. Forum Analysis Normally, a court analyzing the constitutionality of a subject-matter-based, viewpoint-neutral restriction on speech must first determine the type of forum to which access is sought and then apply the appropriate level of scrutiny appropriate to the type of forum. See Lamb's Chapel, 508 U.S. at 390-92; Cornelius 473 U.S. at 801-08i Perry Educ. Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n, 460 U.S. 37, 44-46 (1983). The Tinker court
did not need to engage in forum analysis because the school policy at issue was viewpoint-based rather than subject-matter based. See Perry, 460 U.S. at 49 n.9 (Tinker "did not involve the validity of an unequal access policy but instead an unequivocal attempt to prevent students from expressing their viewpoint on a political issue.") (emphasis added). In Tinker, the school's policy prohibiting armbands was directly aimed at curtailing speech in protest against the hostilities in Vietnami
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the policy did not extend to expressions of speech pertaining to the opposite viewpoint, namely, expression in support of the war
effort. See Tinker, 393 U.S. at 504. Viewpoint-based
restrictions on speech are per se unconstitutional, irrespective
of the forum, ~, ~, Cornelius, 473 U.S. at 806, 811, therefore making it unnecessary for the Supreme Court to reach
the forum issue.
Some courts have refrained from applying forum analysis in other circumstances and held that, where private student speech occurs on school grounds during school hours, forum analysis is unneeded in determining the constitutionality of any type of content-based restriction. 22 See Slotterback 766 F. Supp. at
290-91, n.9-10 (citing cases); Rivera, 721 F. Supp. at 1193. This Court agrees with that mode of inquiry. Forum analysis is "a means of determining when the Government's interest in limiting the use of its property to its intended purpose
outweighs the interest of those wishing to use the property for
other purposes." Cornelius, 473 U.S. at 800. Private speech, in the form of "personal intercommunication among the students," can
22 This Court notes, however, that some of the cases to which the Slotterback court refers have avoided forum analysis for the simple reason that those courts did not base their holdings upon a finding of a subject-matter-based restriction. Compare, ~, Tinker (not applying forum analysis to viewpointbased restriction); Burch (not applying forum analysis to prior restraint on speech); Roberts v. Madigan, 921 F.2d 1047, 1056 n.10 (10th Cir. 1990) (not applying forum analysis because school asserted constitutional justification for speech restriction) ; with Walz (applying forum analysis to viewpoint-neutral policy that limited school-sponsored speech based on subject-matter) .
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be counted as one of the specific purposes to which schools are

dedicated. Tinker, 393 U.S. at 512. See also id., citing

Keyishian v. Bd. of Regents, 385 U.S. 589, 603 (1967) (liThe

vigilant protection of constitutional freedoms is nowhere more

vital than in the community of American schools. The classroom

is peculiarly the 'marketplace of ideas.' II) (citations omitted);

Burch v. Barker, 861 F.2d 1149, 1159 (9th Cir. 1988)

(IIInterstudent communication does not interfere with what the

school teaches; it enriches the school environment for the

students."); Slotterback, 766 F. Supp. at 293-94 (restrictions

limiting the permissible subjects of students' personal

intercommunication "stunt the growth of budding citizens and

budding minds"); Rivera, 721 F. Supp. at 1194 (" [T]he mission of

public education is preparation for citizenship. High school

students .

must develop the ability to understand and comment

on the society in which they live and to develop their own sets

of values and beliefs."). Thus, the school's interest and the

plaintiffs' interests are one in the same; to balance the same

interests against each other would be an utterly meaningless

exercise. Therefore, forum analysis is inappropriate here.

School-age children are compelled by law to attend school, see

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 76, § 1, but while there lawfully, they enjoy

the right to free personal intercommunication with other

students, so long as their communication does not substantially

or materially disrupt the operation of the classroom or impinge

upon the rights of others, see Tinker, 393 U.S. at 513.

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Accordingly, any school policy which infringes upon a students' protected speech by failing to adhere to these principles must, therefore, survive strict scrutiny.
iv. Strict Scrutiny "If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable." Simon & Schuster. Inc. v. Members of N.Y. State Crime Victim's Bd., 502 U.S. 102, 118 (1991). "[C]ontent discrimination raises the specter that the government may effectively drive certain ideas or viewpoints from the marketplace." R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, 505 U.S. 377, 387 (1992) (internal quotations omitted). To avoid this specter of intellectual oppression, this Court presumes content-based policies to be invalid. See id. at 382. Consequently, to survive strict scrutiny, the school must show that its speech policies are narrowly tailored to meet a compelling state interest. See Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public. Servo Comm'n, 447 U.S. 530, 540 (1980). This is a showing which the school cannot make. The only interests that the school advances as justification for its policy which permit only "responsible speech" are 1) that other students have the right to be free from "offensive" material, and 2) that the school wishes to avoid violating the Establishment Clause and any liability for doing so. See Widmar v. Vincent, 454 U.S. 263, 271 (1981) (complying with the
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Constitution is a compelling interest). As to the first reason,

the school's "undifferentiated fear or apprehension of

disturbance" is precisely what the Supreme Court held "is not

enough to overcome the right to freedom of expression." Tinker,

393 U.S. at 508. As to the second reason, the Court already

addressed the matter and concluded that the school does not

violate the Establishment Clause by permitting students to engage

in private, school-tolerated speech. Thus, the speech policies

fail strict scrutiny.

The Court need not consider whether the Distribution Policy

Regarding Literature Unrelated to Curriculum is constitutionally

justified, as the school neither offers nor is likely to find a

justification for such an all-encompassing policy. See Tinker,

393 U.S. at 512-13.

Accordingly, the plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are

substantially likely to prevail on their claim that the school's

speech policies are facially unconstitutional subject-matter-

based restrictions.

e. Prior Restraint on Speech

The plaintiffs also contend that the policies are

impermissible prior restraints on speech. For present purposes,

the term "prior restraint" is used "to describe administrative

orders. . forbidding certain communications when issued in

advance of the time that such communications are to occur." Alexander v. United States, 509 U.S. 544, 550 (1996) (quoting M. Nimmer, Nimmer on Freedom of Speech § 4.03, p. 4-14 (1984))

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(emphasis in original). The plaintiffs maintain, and the Court

agrees, that the school's policies are prior restraints on

speech. The speech policies require students to obtain the

permission of an administrator or an administrator's designee

before distributing literature on school groundsi the

Distribution policy Regarding Literature Unrelated to Curriculum

prevents the distribution of any literature unrelated to school

activities or school curriculum without the prior approval of

school officials. There can be no question that these policies

constitute prior restraints on speech. See Riseman, 439 F.2d 148

(finding school policy prohibiting distribution of any literature

without prior administrative approval to be an unconstitutional

prior restraint on speech) .

As any system of prior restraint, these policies bear a

"heavy presumption against [their] constitutional validity."

Bantam Books. Inc. v. Sullivan, 372 U.S. 58, 70 (1963). Ample

justification exists for this presumption against constitutional

validity. As one commentator explains,

A system of prior restraint is in many ways more inhibiting than a system of subsequent punishment: It is likely to bring under government scrutiny a far wider range of expressioni it shuts off communication before it takes place; suppression by stroke of the pen is more likely to be applied than suppression through a criminal proceSSi the procedures do not require attention to the safeguards of the criminal process; the system allows less opportunity for public appraisal and criticism; the dynamics of the system drive toward excesses, as the history of censorship shows.

Emerson, The System of Freedom of Expression 506 (1970), quoted

in Burch, 861 F.2d at 1155. As one court has poignantly

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declared, "letting students write first and be judged later is

far less inhibiting than vice versa." Baughman v. Freienmuth, 478

F.2d 1345, 1350 (4th Cir. 1973).

To limit the stifling of free expression, school policies

acting as prior restraints on private speech must comport with

constitutional limitations, see Tinker, 393 U.S. at 509, and must

contain procedural safeguards in an "effort to minimize the

adverse effect of prior restraint, ,,23 Riseman, 439 F.2d at 149-

50. See also Forsyth cty., Ga. v. Nationalist Movement, 505 U.S.

123, 131 (1992) (requiring "narrow, objective, and definite"

criteria to guide the hands of licensor); Freedman v. Maryland,

380 U.S. 51, 58-59 (1965) (outlining procedural safeguards) .

i. Substantive Limitations

A prior restraint policy affecting private speech must

comport with Tinker, 393 U.S. at 509. Thus, a school may

exercise prior restraint upon a student's private literature

"distributed on school premises on school hours in those special

circumstances where [the school] can reasonably forecast

substantial disruption of or material interference with school

activities on account of the distribution of such printed

material." Quarterman, 453 F.2d at 58-59 (also noting that the

school need not wait until such disruption or interference

23 While the Court recognizes the practical problems of requiring school policies to adhere to these constitutional safeguards, ~ Quarterman, 453 F.2d at 60, courts have routinely struck down school policies failing to meet the bare minimum requirements. See,~, id.; Riseman, 439 F.2d at 149-50 (citing Freedman v. Maryland, 380 U.S. 51 (1965)).
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actually occurs) .

ii. Procedural Safeguards

Three procedural safeguards are appropriate in this case. 24

First, a school policy "requiring prior submission of material

for approval before distribution must contain narrow, objective,

and reasonable standards by which the material will be judged."

Quarterman, 453 F.2d at 59 (emphasis added). See also Forsyth ~ 505 U.S. at 131; Baughman, 478 F.2d at 1349 (a school policy "imposing a prior restraint must be much more precise than a [school policy] imposing post-publication sanctions"). This requirement harnesses unbridled administrator discretion, see Forsyth Cty. 505 U.S. at 133, by preventing an administrator from "judg[ing] the material on an ad hoc and subjective basis,"

Baughman, 478 F.2d at 1349. Yet the policies must guide the hands of administrators and students alike: The policies must be drawn sufficiently precise as to be meaningful to the students to whom the policy applies. 25 See id. at 1350-51 (finding legal terms of art such as "obscene" or "libelous" are insufficiently

24 Indeed, if the Court had found the LIFE Club's distribution activities to be school-sponsored, then these requirements for precise policies would be inapplicable. See Hazelwood, 484 U.S. at 273 n.6 ("We reject respondents' suggestion that school officials be permitted to exercise prepublication control over school-sponsored publications only pursuant to specific regulations. To require such regulations in the context of a curricular activity could unduly constrain the ability of educators to educate.").
25 Precision also avoids unconstitutional vagueness, ~ Baughman, 478 F.2d at 1349, an issue this Court will examine in Part IV.B.1.f.
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precise as to be understood by high school students and striking down school policy as being overbroad) .
Likewise, policies acting as prior restraints on speech must contain a reasonably short time limit within which the administrator must either grant or deny the students' request to distribute literature. See Baughman, 478 F.2d at 1348. The Supreme Court has explained in analogous contexts that" [w]here the licensor has unlimited time within which to issue the license, the risk of arbitrary suppression is as great as the provision of unbridled discretion. A scheme that fails to set reasonable time limits on the decisionmaker creates the risk of indefinitely suppressing permissible speech." FW/PBS. Inc. v. City of Dallas, 493 U.S. 215, 226-27 (1990). These concerns apply equally in the school environment, see Baughman, 478 F.2d at 1348-49 (refusing to specify what constitutes a reasonable time limit, but cautioning that a school policy "may not lawfully be used to choke off spontaneous expression in reaction to events of great public importance and impact"), and especially in light of the facts in this case. To wit, the plaintiffs wished for a final decision so that they could pass out the candy canes before the start of Winter Break; a final decision rendered after Winter Break would have defeated the whole purpose behind distributing the candy canes with their time-sensitive religious message. While school administrators hold enormous and time-consuming responsibilities, grave constitutional dangers lurk when a school administrator avoids taking the time to decide these hard
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questions properly and to inform those students awaiting a final decision in a timely manner. Cf. Rivera, 721 F. Supp. at 1194 (a school "cannot completely muzzle the students to save itself the difficulty of determining which speech it may constitutionally proscribe") .
Lastly, the plaintiffs also urge the Court to require a procedure for prompt judicial review when the school denies permission to distribute literature. See Freedman, 380 U.S. at 58-60. While such a judicial review requirement is proper in, inter alia, municipal licensing schemes unrelated to the school context, see id. (requiring state film censor to issue a license to show film or to "go to court to restrain showing the film"), when considering the "special characteristics of the school environment," Tinker, 393 U.S. at 506, the Court is unprepared to require school administrators to run to the courthouse each and every time the school wishes to enjoin a student from engaging in certain speech or to suspend a student for violating the school's free speech policies. For present purposes, it is enough to require that school speech policies include "an expeditious review procedure" of the school administrator's decision. Quarterman, 453 F.2d at 59; see also Baughman, 478 F.2d at 134849. Such administrative decisions are made with the understanding that "school officials are not the final arbiters of their authority, nor do they have limitless discretion to apply their own notions" of what constitutes protected free speech. Thomas v. Bd. of Educ. Granville Cen. Sch. Dist., 607
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F.2d 1043, 1057 (2d Cir. 1979) (Newman, J., concurring). iii. The Speech Policies
The specific speech policies involved in this case constitute prior restraints on speech that lack the appropriate safeguards minimizing the effects of prior restraint.
The Free Speech Policy admirably attempts to prescribe a reasonable time, place, and manner restriction by permitting speech "so as not to stop other people from entering class, distributing literature during classes, or hold a demonstration, so that it interferes with classes or homerooms in session." Aside from its grammatical instability, this statement contains specific, illustrative criteria that a high school student would reasonably understand and that comports with the substantive limitations of speech suppression announced in Tinker, 393 U.S. at 509. See Quarterman, 453 F.2d at 58-59 (permitting prior restraint where school reasonably forecasts substantial disruption of, or material interference with, school activities)
Problems begin to surface, however, in murky waters of the Free Speech Policy, which allows only "responsible speech," a phrase which remains undefined. The Distribution Policy prohibits the circulation of printed matter "without proper authority" of an administrator or the administrator's designee. The Distribution Policy Regarding Literature Unrelated to Curriculum bans the distribution of all non-curriculum related literature absent approval without indicating what constitutes curriculum-related and curriculum-unrelated literature.
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In short, nothing harnesses an administrator's discretion to situations in which he or she "can reasonably forecast substantial disruption of or material interference with school activities on account of the distribution of such printed material." Quarterman, 453 F.2d at 58-59. None of these policies contain criteria to guide the administrator's hand. No time limits exist in the school's Due Process Policy or elsewhere, limiting the time in which an administrator must render a final decision. Although the Due Process Policy provides students certain rights in "situations involving discipline or other consequential action," no specific mechanisms exist that explicitly dealing with situations involving free speech rights. It is unlikely that a fourteen year old freshman who asks the principal of Westfield High permission to distribute literature and is refused will know exactly to whom to turn next.
Accordingly, the plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are likely to succeed on their claim that the school's policies are facially unconstitutional prior restraints on speech.
f. Vagueness Lastly, the plaintiffs argue that the Free Speech Policy is unconstitutionally vague. They maintain that the words "responsible speech" are nowhere defined and the Free Speech Policy "either forbids or requires the doing of an act in terms so vague that [persons] of common intelligence must necessarily guess at its meaning and differ as to its application." Connally, 269 U.S. at 391. The vagueness doctrine ensures that
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"all be informed as to what the state commands or forbids." Lanzetta v. New Jersey, 306 U.S. 451, 453 (1939).
Here, it is unlikely that the reasonable Westfield High School student understands what "responsible speech" is. Turning to the dictionary would only compound a student's confusion, since the word "responsible" means "having good judgment and the ability to act correctly and make decisions on your own." Cambridge Dictionaries Online, http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ (last modified Mar. 13, 2003). The phrase itself reserves a measure of judgment and discretion to whatever school administrator a student happens to turn for advice on the matter. A substantial risk of the suppression ideas arises whenever a school policy vests the right to suppress free speech in the discretion of one individual. See Thornhill v. Alabama, 310 U.S. 88 (1940). Thus, the plaintiffs are substantially likely to succeed on their claim that the Free Speech Policy is unconstitutionally vague. See Riseman, 439 F.2d at 149; Baughman, 478 F.2d at 1349.
As the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits of most of their claims, the Court must turn to the other factors relevant to considering whether to grant a preliminary injunction.
2. The Possibility of Irreparable Harm To obtain a preliminary injunction, the plaintiffs must demonstrate that they face a significant potential of suffering irreparable harm in the absence of immediate relief. See
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McGuire, 260 F.3d at 42. "Only a viable threat of serious harm

which cannot be undone authorizes exercise of a court's equitable

power to enjoin before the merits are fully determined."

Massachusetts Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities v. Civil

Defense Agency, 649 F.2d 71, 74 (1st Cir. 1981). The defendants

argue that, because the plaintiffs distributed the candy canes

and because their suspensions are stayed, the plaintiffs have

suffered only a speculative, unreal harm. As already discussed,

however, "[t]he loss of First Amendment freedoms, for even

minimal periods of time, unquestionably constitutes irreparable

injury." Elroy, 427 U.S. at 373. Thus, the plaintiffs have

clearly satisfied this prong.

3. The Ebb and Flow of Possible Hardshi£s

To obtain a preliminary injunction, the plaintiffs must

demonstrate that the "the ebb and flow of possible hardships"

favors them. McGuire, 260 F.3d at 42. In other words, the

plaintiffs must show that issuing an injunction will burden the

defendants less than denying an injunction would burden the

plaintiffs. See id.

The defendants contend that the balance of hardships tilts

in their favor, but the Court finds otherwise. The defendants

have not shown there to be any disruption caused as a result of

the Club's candy cane distribution. Furthermore, the school

cannot assert any pedagogical interest in restricting private

speech, which has its own, distinct educational value. See

Tinker, 393 U.S. at 512. The Court has already found that the

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• school has initially failed to raise any legitimate Establishment Clause concerns. Lastly, the school will suffer no hardship in abiding by state law and the Constitution. On the other hand, the plaintiffs have shown the school to have violated their rights to free speech. Additionally, suspensions hang ominously over the students heads; were Superintendent McDowell ever to impose them, the suspensions would surely tarnish the records of these otherwise fine students. Clearly, the balance of hardships weighs in their

favor. 4. The Public Interest Lastly, to obtain a preliminary injunction, the plaintiffs
must demonstrate that issuing an injunction IIwill promote (or, at least, not denigrate) the public interest. II McGuire, 260 F.3d at 42. Protecting rights to free speech is ipso facto in the

interest of the general public. Machesky v. Bizzell, 414 F.2d

283, 289 (5th Cir. 1969) (IIFirst Amendment rights are not private

rights .

so much as they are rights of the general

public. II) .

Accordingly, the plaintiffs have satisfied the necessary

steps for attaining a preliminary injunction, see McGuire, 260

F.3d at 42, and the Court will grant the plaintiffs immediate

relief. 5. Security Bond Before issuing a preliminary injunction in favor of the
plaintiffs, the Court must determine the amount of the security

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bond that the plaintiffs must post to cover costs and damages in

case the defendants are wrongfully enjoined. See Fed. R. Civ. P.

65(c); Northeast Airlines. Inc. v. Nationwide Charters &

Conventions, Inc., 413 F.2d 335, (1st Cir. 1969). Determining

the necessity of posting security and the amount thereof is

within the sound discretion of the Court. See,~, Pharm.

Soe'y of State of N.Y., Inc. v. N.Y. State Dep't. of Soc. Servs.,

50 F.3d 1168, 1174-75 (2d Cir. 1995) i Yes for Life Political

Action Committee v. Webster, 74 F. Supp. 2d 37 (D. Me. 1999)

(waiving security bond). The plaintiffs have moved the Court to

waive the security bond requirement. See Plaintiffs' Mem. in

Supp. of Mot. to Waive Posting Security (Doc. No.9).

Here, the plaintiff parents have all submitted affidavits

indicating their financial inability to post a security bond.

See id., Exhibits A-D (Plaintiff Parents' Affs.). The defendants

have not indicated, nor does the Court find, any harm, financial

or otherwise, that may result in case the preliminary injunction

is later vacated. Lastly, the First Circuit has recognized an

exception to the security bond requirement in Fed. R. Civ. P.

65(c) in "suits to enforce important federal rights or public

interests." Crowley v. Local No. 82, Furniture & Piano Movers,

679 F.2d 978, 1000 (1st Cir.1982), rev'd on other grounds, 467

U.S. 526 (1984) (internal quotations omitted). Here, the Court

believes that the public interest is served when public high

school students seek to preserve their rights to free expression

and free exercise of religion. In addition, requiring a security

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bond in this case might deter others from exercising their

constitutional rights. See Smith v. Bd. of Election Com'rs for

City of Chicago, 591 F. Supp. 70 (N.D. Ill. 1984).

Accordingly, the Court will grant the plaintiffs' motion for

waiver of the security bond requirement.

V. CONCLUSION

In conclusion, this case concerns the rights of public high

school students to personally express themselves during non-

instructional time on school grounds during the school day. See

Hazelwood, 484 U.S. at 271; Tinker, 393 U.S. at 509. The Court's

decision today leaves schools free to design their own curriculum

and in no way undermines the "oft-expressed view that the

education of the Nation's youth is primarily the responsibility

of parents, teachers, and state and local school officials, and

not of federal judges." Hazelwood, 484 U.S. at 273.

For the reasons mentioned above, the Court GRANTS the

plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction (Doc. No.6) and

motion for waiver of security bond (Doc. No.8) and PRELIMINARILY

ENJOINS the defendants, their employees and agents, and all

persons in active concert or participation with the defendants,

from:

(1) Enforcing the policies entitled "Freedom of Speech, Assembly or Congregation" and "Posting of Information and Distribution of Materials" in the Student Handbook and the policy regarding non-curriculum related literature in Superintendent McDowell's letter to Plaintiffs' Counsel against the plaintiffs until such time that the policies are revised in a manner consistent with this Memorandum and Order;

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(2) Enforcing any punishment upon any of the student plaintiffs for their actions in distributing the candy canes with religious messages;

(3) Imposing a prior restraint upon the right of the student plaintiffs and the Club to distribute literature to fellow students during non~instructional time without first complying with the substantive and procedural safeguards outlined in this Memorandum and Order;

(4) Prohibiting the student plaintiffs and the Club from distributing literature to fellow students during non~ instructional time based on the content of the literature unless the school reasonably forecasts that the distribution will substantially disrupt or materially interfere with the operation of the school;

(5) Punishing the student plaintiffs in any way for distributing literature to fellow students during non~ instructional time where such distribution does not substantially disrupt or materially interfere with the operation of the school;

(6) Otherwise infringing upon the plaintiffs' statutory and Constitutional rights.

It is So Ordered.

S~ior United States District Court Judge

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Sitler, Paul Sitler and Dustin Cooper; STEPHEN )

GRABOWSKI, by and through his parents,

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Edmund and Mary Etta Grabowski; TIMOTHY )

SOUZA and DANIEL SOUZA by and through )

their parents, Ralph and Diane Souza; SHARON )

SITLER and PAUL SITLER, by and through their )

parents, William and Denise Sitler; and DUSTIN )

COOPER, by and through his parents, Brian and )

Amy Turner-Cooper,

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CITY OF WESTFIELD; DR. THOMAS

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capacity as Superintendent of Westfield Public )

Schools; and THOMAS W. DALEY, Individually )

and in his official capacity as Principal of Westfield)

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Defendants.

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Case No.03-30008 FHF

SECOND AMENDED VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR PRELIMINARY AND PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF, DECLARATORY RELIEF AND DAMAGES

COMES NOW the Plaintiffs, WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL L.LF.E. CLUB by and through

its individual members Stephen Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler

and Dustin Cooper; STEPHEN GRABOWSKI, by and through his parents, Edmund and Mary Etta

Grabowsk; TIMOTHY SOUZA and DANIEL SOUZA, by and through their parents, Ralph and

Diane Souza; SHARON SITLER and PAUL SITLER, by and through their parents, William and

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Denise Sitler; and DUSTIN COOPER, by and through his parents Brain and Amy Cooper, by and through their undersigned counsel, and respectfully request this Court to issue Declaratory Judgment, Preliminary and Permanent Injunctive Reliefand Damages. In support thereof, Plaintiffs show unto the Court as follows:
1. This is a civil action whereby Plaintiffs seeks Declaratory Judgment, Preliminary and Permanent Injunctive Relief enjoining Defendants, the CITY OF WESTFIELD, DR. THOMAS Y. McDOWELL, Individually and in his official capacity as Superintendent of the Westfield Public Schools, and THOMAS W. DALEY, Individually and in his official capacity as Principal of Westfield High School, (hereafter collectively referred to as "Defendants"), their agents, servants and employees and those acting in active concert and with actual notice thereof, from prohibiting Plaintiffs from distributing religious literature to fellow students during non-instructional time during the school day, from enforcing any discriminatory policy against Plaintiffs prohibiting them from distributing religious literature during the school day to fellow students, from disciplining Plaintiffs for distributing religious literature to fellow students during the school day, and from acting in such a manner as to violate the Plaintiffs' rights to Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Assembly, Free Exercise ofReligion and Equal Protection, guaranteed under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and from violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Plaintiffs also pray for Declaratory Judgment to determine the constitutionality of Defendants' Literature Distribution Policy (hereafter "Policy") and of the Defendants' actions in denying Plaintiffs the opportunity to exercise their rights and for disciplining Plaintiffs for exercising their constitutional rights, and to declare Defendants' Policy, both on its face and as applied,
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unconstitutional as a direct violation of Plaintiffs' rights and a violation of the freedoms protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and for an award ofsuch damages as are directly and proximately caused by the Defendants' violations of the Plaintiffs' rights.
An actual controversy exists between the parties involving substantial constitutional issues, in that the Defendants' Policy is unconstitutional on its face and as applied, violates Plaintiffs' rights to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, equal protection and free exercise of religion of Plaintiffs guaranteed under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and also violates the Establishment Clause ofthe First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Plaintiffs have also been disciplined pursuant to the Policy.
JURISDICTION AND VENUE 2. This action arises under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United Constitution, 42 U.S.C. §1983. 3. This Court has jurisdiction of this claim under, and by virtue of, 28 U.S.c. §§1331, 2201-02. 4. Venue is proper under 28 U.S.c. §1391(b). Each and all of the acts alleged herein were done by Defendants, and each ofthem, not as individuals, but under the color and pretense of the statutes, ordinances, regulations, practices, customs, and uses of the City of Westfield. 5. This Court is authorized to grant Declaratory Judgment under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.c. §§ 2201-02 implemented through Rule 57 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and to issue the Preliminary and Permanent Injunctive Relief requested by Plaintiffs under Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Procedure.
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6. This Court is authorized to grant Plaintiffs' prayer for reliefregarding costs, including a reasonable attorney's fee, under 42 U.S.C. §1988.
7. This Court has supplemental jurisdiction over any and all claims arising under state law by virtue of28 US.c. §1367.
PARTIES 8. Plaintiff, WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL L.I.F.E. CLUB, represented herein by and through its individual members Stephen Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler and Dustin Cooper, is and was at all times relevant herein, a non-curriculum related, student initiated, student led religious club existing within Westfield High School pursuant to the authority of the City of Westfield. 9. Plaintiff STEPHEN GRABOWSKI, a minor, is and was at all times relevant herein, a resident ofWestfield, Massachusetts, and is currently a Junior at Westfield High School, under the jurisdiction of the Westfield Public Schools. 10. EDMUND and MARY ETTA GRABOWSKI, are and were at all times relevant herein, the parents of Stephen Grabowski. 11. Plaintiff TIMOTHY SOUZA, a minor, is and was at all times relevant herein, a resident of Westfield, Massachusetts, and is currently a Freshman at Westfield High School, under the jurisdiction of the Westfield Public Schools. 12. PlaintiffDANIEL SOUZA, a minor, is and was at all times relevant herein, a resident of Westfield, Massachusetts, and is currently a Junior at Westfield High School, under the jurisdiction of the Westfield Public Schools. 13. RALPH and DIANE SOUZA, are and were at all times relevant herein, the parents
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of Timothy and Daniel Souza. 14. Plaintiff SHARON SITLER, a minor, is and was at all times relevant herein, a
resident of Westfield, Massachusetts, and is currently a Senior at Westfield High School, under the jurisdiction of the Westfield Public Schools.
15. Plaintiff PAUL SITLER, a minor, is and was at all times relevant herein, a resident of Westfield, Massachusetts, and is currently a Freshman at Westfield High School, under the jurisdiction of the Westfield Public Schools.
16. WILLIAM and DENISE SITLER, are and were at all times relevant herein, the parents of Sharon and Paul Sitler.
17. Plaintiff DUSTIN COOPER, a minor, is and was at all times relevant herein, a resident of Westfield, Massachusetts, and is currently a Junior at Westfield High School, under the jurisdiction of the Westfield Public Schools.
18. BRIAN and AMY COOPER, are and were at all times relevant herein, the parents of Dustin Cooper.
19. Defendant, CITY OF WESTFIELD, is a public body corporate and politic established, organized, and authorized under and pursuant to the laws ofMassachusetts, with the authority to sue and be sued, and was at all times relevant herein, operating within the course and scope of its authority and under color of state law.
20. Defendant, DR. THOMAS Y. McDOWELL, is and was at all times relevant herein, the Superintendent of the Westfield Public Schools and acted within the course and scope of his authority as Superintendent.
21. Defendant, THOMAS W. DALEY, is and was at all times relevant herein, the
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Principal of Westfield High School, and acted within the course and scope of his authority as

Principal.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

22. The L.I.F.E. Club (hereafter "Club" or "Bible Club"), is a non-curriculum related

student-initiated and student led Christian club at Westfield High School.

23. Plaintiffs Stephen Grabowski, Sharon and Paul Sitler, Timothy and Daniel Souza and

Dustin Cooper are all members of the L.I.F.E. Club.

24. The Club meets every first and third Monday of every month.

25. The acronym L.I.F.E. stands for Love and Insight For Eternity.

26. The Club's activities include meeting together for Bible study discussion, prayer and

participating or planning service proj ects such as assisting in local soup kitchens, clothing drives and

food drives.

27. In December, 2002, the members ofthe Club decided to pass out Candy Canes with

an attachment as a way of celebrating Christmas and of spreading the Gospel.

28. The distribution ofthe Candy Canes with the attachment was a function ofthe Bible

Club.

29. The Club referred to the distribution of the Candy Canes and the attachment as

"Operation Candy Cane" or "OCC".

30. The attachment to the Candy Canes was a folded card that contained the story ofthe

Candy Cane as well as Bible verses. See Attachment to Candy Cane attached hereto as Exhibit "A".

31. The outside ofthe attachment said "Merry Christmas".

32. The back side of the attachment stated as follows:

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LIFE Bible Club

Every first and third Monday of every month

2:00 - 3:00 in Room 330

Love and

Insight

For

E temity

"And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in

knowledge and depth ofinsight, so that you may be able to discern

what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day ofChrist,

filled with thefruit ofrighteousness that comes through Jesus Christ-

to the glory and praise ofGod. "

Philippians 1:9-11

See Exhibit "A".

33. The inside of the attachment contained the story of the Candy Cane as well as a

Salvation prayer, which was as follows:

According to legend there was a candy maker who wanted to invent a candy that was a witness to Christ. The result was the candy cane. First of all, he used a hard candy because Christ is the Rock of Ages. This hard candy was shaped so that it would resemble a "1" for Jesus or a shepherd"s staff. He made it white to represent the purity of Christ. Finally, a red stripe was added to represent the blood ofChrist that was shed for the sins ofthe world and three thinner red stripes for the stripes he received on our behalf when the Roman soldiers whipped him. The flavor ofthe candy is peppermint, which is similar to hyssop. Hyssop is in the mint family and was used in the Old Testament for purification and sacrifice. Jesus is the pure Lamb of God, who came to be a sacrifice for the sins of the world. Too often the true meaning ofChristmas is lost in commercialism and the stress of the holiday season. One thing that we can be thankful for is the salvation that God has given us through Jesus Christ, instead of worrying about what presents we are going to get. The gift of salvation is the greatest gift anyone could ever give us. It is better than getting a new car, and it is better than a gift certificate to the mall. And it's free!
Remember: It is not a prayer that saves you. It is trusting Jesus Christ that saves you. Prayer is simply how you tell God what you are doing. Ifyou want to receive this awesome gift just be real with God and ask Him for it!

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Dear God, I know I am a sinner, and I know I should be punished. I believe that Christ diedfor me and took the punishmentfor my sins, and then rose from the dead three days after he died. I trust Jesus Christ alone as my savior. Thank you for yourforgiveness and everlasting life that I know I now have. In Jesus' name, Amen. Now your whole life is new!
See Exhibit "A".
34. The distribution of the Candy Canes with the attachment was to take place during
non-instructional time on or about Thursday, December 19,2002, which was one day prior to the
last day of school before the Winter Break.
35. The Westfield Public Schools Policy regarding literature distribution is contained
within the Parent-Student Handbook. See Parent-Student Handbook attached hereto as Exhibit "B".
36. The Handbook contains a Policy entitled, "Freedom of Speech, Assembly or
Congregation" (hereafter "Free Speech Policy") which states, in relevant part:
The freedoms of speech and the right to assemble are two principles upon which this country is based. These freedoms are subject to the limits of obscenity, defamation, fighting words, incitement or disruption as defined by the Massachusetts Department ofEducation. Responsible speech will be allowed in the proper location at the proper time, so as not to stop other people from entering classrooms, distributing literature during classes, or hold a demonstration, so that it interferes with classes or homerooms in session. The use of symbolic expressions ofpublishingldistributing ofmaterial is subject to the same limitations as listed for freedom of speech.
See Exhibit "B" at pg. 23.
37. The phrase "Responsible speech" is nowhere defined in the Policies ofthe Westfield
Pubic Schools.
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38. The Handbook also contains a Policy entitled, "Posting of Infonnation and Distribution of Materials" (hereafter "Distribution Policy") which states, in relevant part:
Handbills or any other printed matter may not be distributed or circulated in school or on the school grounds without proper authority. Arrangements should be made with an administrator or his designee. See Exhibit "B" at pg. 27. 39. Neither the Free Speech Policy nor the Distribution Policy (hereafter collectively referred to as "Policies") contain standards to govern the exercise of discretion by the administrator or his designee. 40. The Policies contain no time limits during which a decision must be made concerning allowing distribution of literature. 41. The Policies contain no right of appeal should a student be aggrieved by the administrator's decision regarding distribution of literature. 42. The Policies allow for the exercise ofunfettered discretion by the administrator or his designee concerning a request to distribute literature. 43. Two academic years ago, during the 2000-2001 school year, the members ofthe Bible Club asked forpennission to distribute candy canes with an attachment that contained the candy cane story, Bible verses and a salvation prayer. 44. Both the Free Speech Policy and the Distribution Policy were in effect during the 2000-2001 school year. 45. Defendant Timothy McDowell was not the Superintendent of Westfield Public Schools during the time in the 2000-2001 school year when the members ofthe Bible Club requested
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permission to distribute candy canes with an attachment. 46. The members ofthe Bible Club were granted permission to distribute the candy canes
with the attachment that contained the candy cane story, Bible verses and a salvation prayer. 47. One academic year ago, during the 2001-2002 school year, the members ofthe Bible
Club requested permission to again distribute candy canes with an attachment. 48. Both the Free Speech Policy and the Distribution Policy were in effect during the
2001-2002 school year. 49. Defendant Timothy McDowell was Superintendent during the time period in the
2001-2002 school year when the members ofthe Bible Club requested permission to distribute candy canes with an attachment.
50. Principal Daley reviewed the content of the attachment to the candy canes the Bible Club wished to distribute.
51. Principal Daley told the members ofthe Bible Club that the content ofthe attachment to the candy cane was "offensive" and that they would not be able to distribute it to fellow students.
52. Principal Daley told the members of the Bible Club that they could have a nonoffensive message on the attachment to the candy cane that said something like "Seasons Greetings" or "Happy Holidays and that advertised the meeting times of the Club.
53. The members of the Bible Club agreed to change the message of the attachment to the candy cane so that it said "Happy Holidays from the Bible Club."
54. The members ofthe Bible Club distributed the candy canes with the attachment that stated, "Happy Holidays from the Bible Club."
55. This academic year, on or about December 12,2002, Plaintiff Stephen Grabowski,
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on behalf of the Bible Club, approached Thomas Daley, Principal of Westfield High School, to request permission to distribute Candy Canes with the attachment that contained the story of the candy cane, a salvation prayer, Scripture verses and the meeting times ofthe Bible Club as described above.
56. Both the Free Speech Policy and the Distribution Policy were in effect during the 2002-2003 school year.
57. Plaintiff Grabowski gave Principal Daley a copy of the attachment to the Candy Canes to review.
58. After reviewing the attachment to the Candy Cane, Principal Daley told Plaintiff Grabowski that the attachment to the Candy Canes was "offensive" and that he would have Superintendent McDowell review the attachment to the candy cane and would get back with them.
59. On or about Monday, December 16, 2002, Plaintiff Stephen Grabowski, on behalf ofthe Bible Club, contacted Principal Daley to ascertain whether they would be allowed to distribute the attachment to the candy cane.
60. Principal Daley communicated to PlaintiffGrabowski that Superintendent McDowell had denied the request to distribute the attachment because the attachment was offensive and that other students had a right not to be exposed to an offensive piece ofliterature.
61. That same day Plaintiff Grabowski telephoned Superintendent McDowell to request permission to distribute the Candy Canes.
62. Superintendent McDowell communicated to PlaintiffGrabowski his decision that the Bible Club could not distribute the candy canes with the attachment because the attachment was offensive.
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63. Superintendent McDowell also stated that allowing the distribution ofthe Candy Cane with the attachment would violate the rights of other students in the school not to be exposed to material they may find offensive.
64. The members of the Bible Club were unwilling to censor the message of the attachment to the candy canes as Principal Daley requested the previous year.
65. Superintendent McDowell told Plaintiff Grabowski that he would get back to him regarding whether the Bible Club could distribute the attachment along with the candy canes.
66. On or about Tuesday, December 17, 2002, Plaintiff Grabowski contacted Principal Daley to ascertain whether they would be allowed to distribute the attachment to the candy canes.
67. Principal Daley communicated to PlaintiffGrabowski that Superintendent McDowell would not allow them to distribute the attachment to the candy canes.
68. On or about Tuesday, December 17, 2002, Plaintiff Grabowski contacted Liberty Counsel to request assistance regarding the distribution of the Candy Canes with the attachment.
69. On or about Wednesday, December 18, 2002, Liberty Counsel faxed a letter to Superintendent McDowell requesting that he allow the students to distribute the Candy Canes with the attachments and requesting a response the same day, as the distribution was scheduled for Thursday, December 19, 2002. See Letter attached hereto as Exhibit "C".
70. The letter was copied to Principal Daley and to Mayor Richard K. Sullivan who is Chairman of the Westfield Public School Committee. See Exhibit "C".
71. On or about Wednesday, December 18,2002, Superintendent McDowell faxed a letter to Liberty Counsel denying the request to allow the students to distribute the Candy Canes with the attachment. See Letter attached hereto as Exhibit "D".
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72. Dr. McDowell's letter stated: We do not allow students to distribute non-school curriculum or activity related literature of any kind directly to other students on school grounds. We do not single out students based upon the content oftheir message, in this or any other instance. Should a student or group of students simply wish to distribute candy canes with no message, it would be treated in the same manner, as would a handout advertising a sale at a local store. See Exhibit "D". 73.' On or about the morning of Thursday, December 19, 2002, Dr. McDowell and Principal Daley met with the members of the Bible Club. 74. During the meeting, Superintendent McDowell showed the members of the Bible Club the letter he had received from Liberty Counsel as well as the responsive letter he transmitted to Liberty Counsel. 75. During the meeting, Superintendent McDowell repeated his earlier denial to the students oftheir request to distribute Candy Canes with the attachment. 76. The members ofthe Bible Club felt so strongly that they had a constitutional right to pass out their message with the candy canes that they made the decision to pass them out despite Dr. McDowell's denial of their request. 77. The decision to distribute the candy canes and the attachment was made based upon the student's sincere religious belief that they were obeying God's command to them to share the Gospel with their fellow students. 78. The members ofthe Bible Club made the decision to distribute the candy canes with the attachments knowing that there might be disciplinary proceedings instituted against them. However, each ofthe members ofthe Bible Club felt they were being obedient to God as their higher
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authority. 79. The members of the Bible Club felt that they had no choice but to be obedient to
God's command to them, even ifthat command conflicted with the school district's decision to deny their request.
80. On or about Thursday, December 19,2002, the members ofthe Bible Club distributed approximately 450 candy canes with the attachment to fellow students.
81. The distribution occurred during the school day. 82. The distribution occurred only during the non-instructional times ofbetween classes and during lunch. 83. The distribution of the candy canes with the attachment did not stop other people from entering classes. 84. The distribution ofthe candy canes with the attachment did not interfere with classes or homerooms in session. 85. The content of the attachment to the candy canes was not obscene or defaming and did not constitute fighting words 86. The content ofthe attachment to the candy canes did not incite violence or disruption. 87. The distribution of the candy canes with the attachment did not materially or substantially disrupt the educational environment of Westfield High School. 88. The content ofthe candy cane attachment would not have led a school official to fear disruption of the educational environment by its distribution to students. 89. On or about January 2,2003, the Winter Break ended and the members of the Bible Club returned to school.
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90. During the first period of classes on January 2,2003, the Plaintiff members of the Bible Club were summoned to the Principal's office.
91. Principal Daley told the members of the Bible Club they would each have to serve a one-day in-school suspension for distributing the candy canes with the attachment. See Notice of Suspension attached hereto as Exhibit "E".
92. On or about the afternoon of January 2, 2003, Mary Etta Grabowski, Stephen Grabowski's mother, and Denise Sitler, Sharon and Paul Sitler's mother, delivered a letter to Superintendent McDowell asking that the suspensions be stayed until the School Board could have a hearing on the matter.
93. That same afternoon, Mrs. Sitler and Mrs. Grabowski received a telephone call from the Superintendent's office stating that the internal suspensions would be stayed pending an appeal to the School Committee.
94. Superintendent McDowell's office sent a Revised Notice ofSuspension to the parents of the Bible Club members. See Revised Notice of Suspension attached hereto as Exhibit "F".
95. The Revised Notice of Suspension stated that the parents may appeal the decision to the Superintendent's office within 10 days. See Exhibit "F".
96. The parents of the students have appealed to the Superintendent's office. 97. As ofthe time of filing this Complaint, no decision had been rendered regarding the appeal. 98. Several students face serious consequences from the school's decision to punish them for distributing the candy canes with the attachments. 99. Plaintiff Sharon Sitler is a member of the National Honor Society.
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100. If Plaintiff Sharon Sitler were to receive a suspension on her record, she would be removed from the National Honor Society.
101. PlaintiffSharon Sitler is a Senior and is in the process of applying to several colleges and universities for admission and scholarships.
102. Should Sharon Sitler be removed from the National Honor Society because of the school's discipline of her, she would face a severe disadvantage in competing for admission and scholarships to college.
103. Plaintiff Paul Sitler is currently a Freshman at Westfield High school and has aspirations to attend the United States Air Force Academy upon graduation from high school.
104. Should PlaintiffPaul Sitler receive a suspension or other discipline on his academic record, it would severely disadvantage him in his chances of competing for enrollment to the Air Force Academy.
105. All the Plaintiffs face serious and severe consequences of the school's discipline of them regarding their distribution of the candy canes with the attachment.
106. Both the Free Speech Policy and the Distribution Policy grant unfettered discretion to the Principal and the Superintendent to deny speech.
107. The Policies are an unconstitutional prior restraint on speech. 108. Both Principal Daley and Superintendent McDowell exercised their designated authority under the Policies to ban the Plaintiffs' speech. 109. In implementing their written Policies, their practice and custom ofbanning speech during non-instructional times, the Defendants have caused irreparable harm to the Plaintiffs' Constitutional rights.
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110. The Plaintiffs desire in the future to exercise their constitutional rights by distributing literature to their fellow students during non-instructional time.
111. The Bible Club desires in the future, as an activity of the Bible Club, to distribute literature and to distribute candy canes with attachments.
COUNT I ~ VIOLATION OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
112. Plaintiffhereby reincorporates and adopts each and every allegation in the preceding paragraphs numbered 1 through 111.
113. Defendants violated Plaintiffs First Amendment right to freedom of speech by preventing Plaintiffs from distributing religious literature and by disciplining Plaintiffs for distributing religious literature to fellow students during non-instructional time.
114. Defendants' Policies and actions are a prior restraint on Plaintiffs speech. 115. Defendants' Policies and actions leave unfettered discretion to deny literature distribution in the hands of the Defendants. 116. Defendants' Policies and actions are vague. 117. Defendants' Policies and actions are content-based restrictions on Plaintiffs' speech. 118. Defendants have denied Plaintiff the right to freedom of speech by discriminating against Plaintiffs on the basis of the content of their message. 119. Defendants' Policies and actions are viewpoint-based restrictions on Plaintiffs' speech. 120. Defendants have denied Plaintiff the right to freedom of speech by discriminating against Plaintiffs on the basis of the religious viewpoint of their speech.
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121. Defendants' Policies and actions are not the least restrictive means to accomplish any permissible government purpose sought to be served by the actions.
122. Defendants' Policies and actions do not leave open ample alternative channels of communication for Plaintiffs.
123. Defendants' Policies and actions are irrational and unreasonable, and impose unjustifiable restrictions on constitutionally-protected speech.
124. Defendants' Policies and actions unconstitutionally chill and abridge the right of Plaintiffs to freely speak and meet with other people.
125. Defendants' violation ofPlaintiffs, right offree speech has caused, and will continue to cause, the Plaintiffs to suffer undue and actual hardship and irreparable injury.
126. Plaintiffs have no adequate remedy at law to correct the continuing deprivations of their most cherished constitutional liberties.
127. As a direct and proximate result of the Defendants' continuing violations of the Plaintiffs' rights, the Plaintiffs have in the past and will continue to suffer in the future direct and consequential damages, including but not limited to, the loss of their ability to exercise their constitutional rights, the loss of reputation, embarrassment, and humiliation.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully pray that the Court grant the declaratory and injunctive relief set forth herein and award such damages to the Plaintiffs as are reasonable, just and necessary.
COUNT II w VIOLATION OF MASS. GEN. L. CH. 71, §82 - RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS 128. Plaintiffs hereby reiterate and adopt each and every allegation in the preceding paragraphs numbered 1 - 111. 129. Plaintiffs' right to freedom of expression is protected by Mass. Gen. L. Ch. 71, §82
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(West 2002), which states, in relevant part, as follows: The right of students to freedom of expression in the public schools ofthe commonwealth shall not be abridged, provided that such right shall not cause any disruption or disorder within the school. Freedom of expression shall include without limitation, the rights and responsibilities of students, collectively and individually, (a) to express their views through speech and symbols, (b) to write, publish and disseminate their views, (c) to assemble peaceably on school property for the purpose of expressing their opinions.
130. Plaintiffs' actions are in distributing literature are a protected form of expression under state law.
131. Defendants' Policies and actions are a violation of Plaintiffs' right to freedom of expression protected under state law.
132. Defendants' Policies and actions curtail and infringe Plaintiffs' rights to freedom of expression even when Plaintiffs' expression does not cause any disruption or disorder in the school.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully pray that the Court grant the declaratory and injunctive reliefset forth herein and award such damages to Plaintiffs as are reasonable,just and necessary.
COUNT III - VIOLATION OF THE EQUAL ACCESS ACT 133. Plaintiffhereby incorporates and adopts each and every allegation in the proceeding paragraphs numbered 1 through 111. 134. Defendant has created a "limited open forum" within the meaning of the Equal Access Act, 20 U.S.C. § 4071, et seq., in Westfield High School by permitting one or more noncurriculum-related student groups to meet on school premises. 135. Plaintiffs right to equal access on the same terms and conditions to all of the privileges of other non-curriculum clubs is protected by the Equal Access Act, 20 U.S.c. § 4071, et
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seq. 136. Membership in the Bible Club is voluntary and open to all students within Westfield
High School. 137. The Bible Club is a student-initiated and student-led club. 138. The Bible Club does not materially and/or substantially interfere with the orderly
conduct of educational activity with Westfield High School or any other secondary school within Defendant's jurisdiction.
139. Defendants have denied Plaintiff the right to equal access and a fair opportunity to exercise their rights and privileges at Westfield High school and are discriminating against Plaintiffs on the basis of the religious content of the Bible Club.
140. Defendants' Policies and actions ofdenying Plaintiffs equal access violate Plaintiffs' rights under the Equal Access Act.
141. Defendants' Policies and actions are unconstitutional abridgements of Plaintiffs' affirmative right to equal access protected under the Equal Access Act because they operate as a content-based restriction in a public school forum.
142. As a direct result ofDefendants' prohibition ofPlaintiffs' rights, Defendants continue to abridge and violate Plaintiffs' rights in violation ofthe Equal Access Act 20 U.S.c. §§ 4071-4074.
143. As a direct and proximate result of the Defendants' continuing violations of the Plaintiffs' rights, the Plaintiffs have in the past and will continue to suffer in the future direct and consequential damages, including but not limited to, the loss of the ability to exercise their constitutional and statutory rights, loss of reputation, embarrassment, and humiliation.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully pray that the Court grant the declaratory and injunctive
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relief set forth herein and award such damages to the Plaintiffs as are reasonable, just and necessary under the circumstances.
COUNT IV - VIOLATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
144. Plaintiffs hereby incorporate and adopt each and every allegation in the preceding paragraphs numbered 1 through 111.
145. The First Amendment's Establishment Clause, incorporated and made applicable to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibits the establishment of any religion and/or excessive government entanglement with religion.
146. The Defendants' Policies and actions constitute a violation of the Establishment Clause because they are devoid of a secular purpose.
147. The Defendants' Policies and actions constitute a violation of the Establishment Clause because they are not neutral, but are invidious and hostile, toward religion.
148. The Defendants' Policies and actions discriminate against Plaintiffs and treat Plaintiffs less favorably than secular literature that is permitted to be distributed.
149. The Defendants' Policies and actions constitute a violation of the Establishment Clause because they create an excessive entanglement with religion.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully pray that the Court grant the declaratory and injunctive relief set forth herein and award such damages to the Plaintiffs as are reasonable, just and necessary under the circumstances.
COUNT V - VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO EQUAL PROTECTION 150. Plaintiffs hereby reiterate and adopt each and every allegation in the preceding
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paragraphs numbered 1 - 111. 94. Plaintiffs' right to equal protection under the laws is protected by the Equal
Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 95. Defendants' Policies and actions are unconstitutional abridgements ofPlaintiffs ,
affirmative right to equal protection ofthe laws, are not facially neutral, and specifically target Plaintiffs' religious viewpoints and speech.
96. Defendants' Policies and actions are unconstitutional because they treat religious literature differently than they treat secular literature.
97. Defendants' Policies and actions are unconstitutional abridgements ofPlaintiffs ' right to equal protection of the law because Defendants treats Plaintiffs differently from other similarly situated individuals and groups on the basis ofPlaintiffs' religious content, viewpoint and expression.
98. Defendants' Policies and actions are not supported by a compelling governmental interest sufficient to justify its enactment or enforcement against Plaintiffs.
99. Defendants' Policies and actions are not the least restrictive means to accomplish any permissible government purpose sought to be served by the actions.
100. Defendants' Policies and actions do not serve a significant government interest. 101. Defendants' Policies and actions do not leave open ample alternative channels of communication. 102. Defendants' Policies and actions are irrational and unreasonable, and impose irrational and unjustifiable restrictions on constitutionally protected speech. 103. Defendants, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause, have caused, and will
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continue to cause, Plaintiffs to suffer undue and actual hardship and irreparable injury. Plaintiffs have no adequate remedy at law to correct the continuing deprivations of Plaintiffs' most cherished constitutional liberties.
104. As a direct and proximate result of Defendants continuing violations of Plaintiffs' rights, Plaintiffs have in the past and will continue to suffer in the future direct and consequential damages, including but not limited to, the loss of the ability to exercise their constitutional rights.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully pray that the Court grant the declaratory and injunctive reliefset forth herein and award such damages to Plaintiffs as are reasonable, just and necessary.
PRAYER FOR RELIEF WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray for judgment as follows: A. That this Court immediately issue a Preliminary Injunction enjoining Defendants' Policy entitled "Freedom of Speech, Assembly or Congregation" and Defendants' Policy entitled "Posting of Information and Distribution of Materials" and enjoining Defendants, Defendants' agents, employees, and all persons in active concert or participation with them, from violating Plaintiffs' constitutional and statutory rights so that:
(1) Defendants shall not prohibit Plaintiffs from distributing literature to fellow students during non-instructional time based on the content or viewpoint of the literature;
(2) Defendants shall not impose a prior restraint upon Plaintiffs' right to distribute literature to fellow students during noninstructional time;
(3) Defendants shall not punish Plaintiffs m any way for
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distributing literature to fellow students during noninstructional time;
(4) Defendants' Policies shall not be used in any other manner to infringe upon Plaintiffs' statutory and Constitutional rights;
B. That this Court issue a Permanent Injunction to enjoin Defendants' Policy entitled
"Freedom of Speech, Assembly or Congregation" and Defendants' Policy entitled "Posting of
Information and Distribution of Materials" and enjoining Defendants, Defendants' agents,
employees, and all persons in active concert or participation with them, from violating Plaintiffs'
constitutional and statutory rights so that:
(1) Defendants shall not prohibit Plaintiffs from distributing literature to fellow students during non-instructional time based on the content or viewpoint of the literature;
(2) Defendants shall not impose a prior restraint upon Plaintiffs' right to distribute literature to fellow students during noninstructional time;
(3) Defendants shall not punish Plaintiffs in any way for distributing literature to fellow students during noninstructional time;
(4) Defendants' Policies shall not be used in any other manner to infringe upon Plaintiffs' statutory and Constitutional rights;
C. That this Court render a Declaratory Judgment:
(1) Declaring Defendants' Policy entitled "Freedom of Speech, Assembly or Congregation" and Defendants' Policy entitled "Posting of Information and Distribution of Materials" and Defendants' actions in denying Plaintiffs' request to distribute religious literature to be invalid under the First and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and under state law;
(2) Declaring that Defendants, Defendants' officers, agents, employees and other persons acting in active concert with
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them, unlawfully obstructed Plaintiffs from exercising Plaintiffs' constitutionally protected rights by: (a) Subjecting Plaintiffs to an unconstitutional pnor
restraint on literature distribution; (b) Preventing Plaintiffs from distributing religious
literature to fellow students during non-instructional time based on the content or viewpoint of the literature; (c) Treating Plaintiffs' literature unequally with secular or nonreligious literature; (d) Prohibiting Plaintiffs from distributing literature to fellow students at any time or place during the school day. D. That this Court award to Plaintiffs such damages as are reasonable and just under the circumstances as a direct and proximate result of the Defendants' violations of Plaintiffs' constitutional and statutory rights. E. That this Court adjudge, decree, and declare the rights and other legal relations with the subject matter here in controversy, in order that such decIaration shall have the force and effect of final judgment; F. That this Court retain jurisdiction ofthis matter for the purpose ofenforcing this Court's order; G. That this Court award Plaintiffs the reasonable costs and expenses of this action, including attorney's fees, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. §1988. H. That this Court grant such other and further relief as this Court deems equitable and just under the circumstances.
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Case 3:03-cv-30008-FHF Document 43 Filed 04/16/03 Page 26 of 81 All the above statements are true to the best of my knowledge. I understand that a false statement in this Verified Complaint may subject me to penalties of perjury.

Edmund qf~bowski, Parent of
Stephen Grabowski

J1it4: t.Jd;"A'
Stephen Grabowski, Plaintiff

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Mary Etta Grabowski, parent of

Stephen Grabowski

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS COUNTY OF HAMPDEN

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this I Z day of January, 2003,
by Stephcn, Edmund and Mary Etta Grabowski, who arc personally known to me or who have produced identification and who took an oath'nftirmcd.

l'\otary Public ~ly Commission expires:

Subscribed to and sworn before me

this_ day of

, _.

Richard W. Utzinger. Notary Public My commission expires Aug. 8, 2008

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Case 3:03-cv-30008-FHF Document 43 Filed 04/16/03 Page 27 of 81 Atl the above statements are true to the best of my knowledge. I understand that a false statement in this Verified Complaint may subjec't me to penalties of perjury.

,~0~6/~4~
Denise Sitler, parenfof Sharon and Paul Sitler
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS COUNTY OF HAMPDEN
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this /2- day of January, 2003,
by Sharon, Paul, William and Denise Sitler, who arc personally known to me or who have produced identi fication and who took an oath/affirmed.

Notary Public . My Commission expires:

Subscribed to and swom before me

thiS~ day 01

•- '

Richard W. Utzinger. Notary Public My commission expires Aug. 8, 200B

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All the above statements are true to the best of my knowledge. I understand that a false statement in this Verified Complaint may subject me to penalties of perjury,

T~ ~ imothy. ~ll/ za,, P nti. ~ ff ¢~
Ralph Souza, Par nt of Timothy and Daniel Souza

Daniel Souza, Plaintiff
a~ I ~-<-
Diane Souza, parent of Timothy and Daniel Souza

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS COUNTY OF HAMPDEN

The forcgoing instrumcnt was acknowledged berorc me this I L.. day of January, 2003,
byTimothy, Daniel, Ralph anncl Diane Souza, who nre personally known to me or who hnave produced identification and who took an o'lth/artirmcd.
2""Jll/~
Notary Public~ My Commission expirces:

Subscribed to and swom before me

this_ day of

, _'

Richard W. Utzinger, Notary Public My commission expires Aug, 8, 2008

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Case 3:03-cv-30008-FHF Document 43 Filed 04/16/03 Page 29 of 81 All the above statements are true to the best ormy k"11owledge, I understand that a false statement in this Verified Complaint may subject me to penalties of perjury,

BriaIlC05p~~ ?Sf
Dustin Cooper

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Amy TOmer-Cooper, parentC=

Dustin Cooper

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS COUNTY OF HAMPDEN

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this I Z day of January, 2003,
by Dustin, Brian and Amy Turner-Cooper, who are personally known to me or who have produced i(kntification ancl who took an oath/affirmed.

Notary Public

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My Commission expires:

Subscribed to and swom before me

this_ day of

' -'

Richard

W.

UtzJ.ng~r,

N tary
0

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My commission expires AUg. 8,

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Case 3:03-cv-30008-FHF Document 43 Filed 04/16/03 Page 30 of 81 Respectfully Submitted,

Bertin C. Emmons, BBO 154200 P.O. Box 890218 Weymouth, MA 02189 (781) 682-2336 Local Counsel for Plaintiffs

Florida Bar No. 0701092 Erik W. Stanley Florida Bar No. 0183504 Joel L. Oster
Kansas BarNo. 18547 Anita L. Staver
Florida Bar No. 0611131
LIBERTY COUNSEL
210 East Palmetto Avenue Longwood, FL 32750 Telephone: (407) 875-2100 Telefacsimile: (407) 875-0770 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy ofthe foregoing has been furnished by U.S. Mail delivery this 15th day of April, 2003, to the following:

Claire L. Thompson, Esq. Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury & Murphy, P.e. One Monarch Place 1414 Main Street, 19th Floor Springfield MA 01144 Attorney for Defendants

Mr. Edward P. Mulvaney, Esq. Counselors At Law Fallon, Sullivan, Dunphy & Mulvaney 115 State St Springfield MA 01103 Attorney for Defendant Daley

Mr. Bertin C. Emmons, Esq. Massachusetts Bar No. 154200 (Local Counsel) 38 Humphrey St Weymouth MA 02189 Telephone: (781) 682-2336 Telefacsimile: (781) 6821-2338 Attorney for Plaintiffs

Mathew D. Staver Florida Bar No. 0701092 (Lead Trial Counsel) Erik W. Stanley Florida BarNo. 0183504 Joel L. Oster Kansas Bar No. 18547 Anita L. Staver Florida Bar No. 0611131
LIBERTY COUNSEL
210 East Palmetto Avenue Longwood, FL 32750 Telephone: (407) 875-2100 Telefacsimile: (407) 875-0770 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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On the outside it said "Merry Christmas" on one side, and on the other side was: LIFE Bible Club Every first and third Monday of every month 2:00 - 3:00 in Room 330 Love and J nsight For E temity

"Alld this is Illy jlrllyer: thalyo/lr 101'e ilia\, abo/ll/d more alld more ill kllowledge alld depth of iI/sight, so thlllt YOllII/ay be able to discer;/ what is best alld may be pure alld blameless until the day oj Chrislt, filled Wilh the/milt o/righteo/lsness that ('aomes through Jeslls Christ - to the glo})' alld praise oa/God. "/I
Philippi~ns ) :9-11
Alld Oil the inside it said:

Accordillg In Iegelld there was" candy maKer who wanted to invcent a candy that was a witness to

Chris!. The result WHS the calldy cane., First of all, he lIsed ,I hard candy becausce Christ is the

Rock of Ages., This hard candy was shaped so that it would resemble a .."]"" for Jeslls or a

shepherd"s staff. lie made it white to represent the pLlrity of Christ. Finally, a red stripe was

added to represent the hlood of Christ that was shed for the sins of the world and three thinner

rcd stripes C\)r the strip·'.':-s he received on our behalfwhen the Roman soldiers whipped him., The

Ib\·'or oCthe candy is p·'.:-ppcerrnilnlt. \\·'hich is similar to hyssop., Hyssop is ilnl the millt family and

\'.~13 lls~d ill the Old TTCC55tt<atl11111cclltttt for puritication and sacrificce., Jcesus is the pure Lamb of God, who

- carllnie to be a sacri lice for the
COflll1l':rcialisfll <tnd the stress

sins of of tihle

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the thin

true meaning g that we can

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Christmas is thankful for

lost in is the

so.h·'atio:l that God has given us through Je~lls Christ, instead ~fworr)'ing aboLlt what presents we

arc going to gel. The gift offssaall\v"ation is the greatest gift anyone could ever give us., It is better

than gettin>~! a new car, and it is better than a ~gift certificate to the mall. And it"s free!

Remcmbcr: It is not a prayer that S<l\·'es YYOOLLll,. It is tntsting Jessllls Christ that sSa<\l"\TeSs YYOOllll,. Prayer is

simply how you tell God what \"Otl are doim: If\""ooLl want to receive this awesome gift just be real

with God aund auss/.k.:. Him for it! .

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Dear Parent/Guard ian/Student:
This handbook has been prepared to tell you abollt our school. YOll will find in it the rules, regulations and other important infomlation about our school that make it possible for all of us to live, leam and work together. It will tell you exactly what it is we expect from our school. Read this thoroughly and car~flllly now. Don't wait. Be sure you and your chiluren understand c\'crything in it. I f you ha\'e any questions about the information in the handbook please contact the building principal.

Dr, Thomas Y. McDowell Superintendellt of Schools
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\YESTFIELP SCHOOL c;0;\IMIITEE ~1'I)w Ri.:h~rJ K S~lIiv;tn. Jr., Chairm:1n 1\1r. lUlIothy O'Connn'r, \'ic~ (h.lirman
Mr". I\I.tryann CldanJ. Sccn:tilry
Dr. D.wid Due
Mrs. Shan'n M~rlo·G055.:lin
I\lr. Rllll\;!l K:lpinos Mrs. Ikuthcr Sullivan

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SEPTE~IBER 2002 Case 3:03-cv-30008-FHF Document 43 Filed 04/16/03 Page 38 of 81
! To th~ Students, Parents and Friends o( Westfield HiSgh Sechool:
On t>-..::hhalf (If the school committee,. administratioMn,. facultly. and staff. I eXxtfcC::llJ a warm and sincere wdcome to WCMficld High School. ~ this handbook has been prepared to provide information about our school. The sections about general infonnation,. academics, attendance., studl.!:nt conduct. di~cipline codes and school activities should be read and understood. T,.his information is important for all students and parents. Our ~.:!"'Ilo(\1 offers many activiti<::s. programs,. cullural and artistic events. as well as a \'aricty of social function5 for thl.!: school PI'pulation. Parents arec abo invited to attend ad v i50ry council meetings. cnonfer~nc.:s and school pWwp£faamms. Please call 572·M63 for any inform:lli(oln on programs or acth·jirties.
School can I"'oe a ph:asant place to b.: even though it in\'olves hard work. I ecncourage you to be activdy involved in all your academic and extra cur. ricular activirties as wcc::1lI as our athllce:tic and socia! functions. Keep in mind thati Westfield High School will be the kind uuCf !>ochooal you would like itl to 1J;:1le.: i:l proportion to the Ccoomntrriibbution that you and e\v"o:ry other Sludcnt arec willing to make. EduCJtion~1 expec:rriiccnces arc: not limited to thl.!: classroom. Some of thhee: most satlisfying and useful experiecnct!s may be found in thhoe: activities of the co-curriculu programs doe:ssccrriibed in the handhook. Hopdully. you will ppaarrltiicciippiilltte~ in one of thde: school acti\·irtices. Good luck and best wishes for a happy and pprr(oldduuccttiivve~ year alt \W\~b~ttffiieelldd High School. Sinccrdy.
Thomas W. Daley. Principal Wce:sstrffidd High School

Ssr('ttlloOooJJ. AC(r,RREEDDIIIIAATTJJON
Wce\rtfidJ lIigh School is accrcedited hy the Nl:w EngbnJ Aswciattii(('1,nl of Schouls and Colleges, Innc.,• a non-.governmcelnltal. n:.,tinnally rl:ccooggnniizz<e:d organizli'ltion whose affiliated in~titutlions indude ckmentary schollis through colkgiate institutions offce:rring po~t-gradu:'h': ilnl~~ttrruuccttiion. AccrecJi:t:Ill:i..n of an institution by thh<e: NEAASSCe indicatles thi;lt itl m.:ets or e(xxccce<e.:dds crittcc:ria for tthhe~ assessment of institutional quality periodically :'rpill~J tIh~"u);h a ple!ecr group pr\lCI:~s. An nccreuJiltedJ ~chouolllr college is one which has approopprriiaatote: educational prugrams. is substlantially douing ~(I'. :a.nJ gi,l'c':,' rce."onahk ecvid.e:ncec that it will cnntinul: to do ~o in thl.!: forescecahk future. InstittuuttiiooOnilIl integrity is also addrre<!:.!~..~.c:d through accreditation.
Accrrccdd,,rr:,:t,it<i"ln hy the NEASe b not parrtial hut applic,> to the in~ttiittuuttii(o)n a~ a 1\\\ holkt:. As such. it is nOotl a guarraannttec..e: of th.: quality tiC (t!\\''cery ccoouurrsst~! or rprr\"'l!lr!;or;rlHlI11"'!!::·~crreeJJ,. or the Cltllllpect.c:ncc of inJdiiv\"idiJll\'o;dI gradJua!tces. R.'lulher. it pro\"'iJes rea\oonnaabblkc assurance abhouutttthe quality tilCf opportunities availlaahhlke th"' \ltudd,,''I"I'"' II I.", :,Illrend thte: in\tlitutlion. Inquiries r,",;M:lrding the ~lt::lUtuu'i of Wce\,!lfidd I (igh School'S accreditation ~hl(l)ulIJ thJ<e: direeCcrlecdJ to th.: administratlil e ~:t;:dl "IIf Ih: "hlll("ll.

\HSSIITTIIFFI1..I1I) 1II1I1C(;1I1I S(C'IIIICO)(O)!I. (,(lin: VA 1I.l1IJE·;S
1\('llIii\\iiltiiollll,l,'f kllllwllkJgo: .i1lI"I.1" \I.ill' ~ J{ce\'pect for /,,oe:r\\(ol1nI ;:1I1I1I1.J1 properly .'. (I'Melnlt andu school pM:lrtll<...::rr,,hhiip,'
J. S~lf.-c~tecm
;\11SSIO:-'; STATE\tEi)T TThh~, r:''"',,,''II'"':~ ~l:I:,mcnlt of W\\'ee\l\ftif<ic.:ld Hlj;h SchIllo! h t1l1lIpprr((JJ\i\di<d~: studcelnlt., l\Ili:~ C\il"'ccrrkknICl<C.c:~ Ithat colInnlrtirt>ihuut<tc.: ti"l a ,01iJ f(OIIllillhldl..l,lljillli1l (,f kn(o1wwlkedgec. ~~kkii:t:,k. "::11e"1 ;10::1:" :.;, OPIiIl II hkh ,tudJ,lrlrl~ lt'',,1l1llI hbllild rC"i'"I'""::::,,,hk. fI'uullfrl:illrnlg. ,dr''..ddllll,,~~::,",I1III"', C<.':l,

S"T!."·'\·T\TEE\\ttEE'T OF ,l'nU'oSf-:
'·\'~l,",::..::'I::·;::., tt::::c~ ~Cchll\(l)l1 will rCCPl'j;lIli/te: inuJlr\liJu.1t1i dl!''ff,,rr~~rrllCc"e:,' and prr,)"'.iJ~ cllmli';r~h~,n"ivc rlllgrams that aaJJddfrl'e:ss~~ .i.lnJ ccnn~.".:l".u)rr..llggcc i:1lJJtc:pp~~nnddent and (err"e:::,,::,I"", c r:-~,·'nr'"~~ tll our chaaln1tg:ii:n1!J; world,. h CcO(ll1julrH;riPll 1II\ i:i1llI t~,",.: h<'n:ec. l:~~ ~ch(\(ll will ,eek to ins!till that funddaano1wl:1lllt!iiJll ",~nn''ec ll.f confidenc~ 011 I\Ilhhl,~~: ~",'·.·\.,"rr::"J1I karrnniinn!,g: a:n1dJ 1II1fftt::tliimc redlaatlii"orn:,hiipr' a~c ha,,ccUJ,.
Sch",'1 d::::_, "...,. a mrnodel cuommunirty. Rtc:~~ppeccclt for l.!th·:r~· orini(l\n~ anJ tbo~ldildd,, h cc''ii'~ll..::nnltiiaall.. WestfieldJ High School mu,tllurit':crr<<\\ltc with the: und~rstilr_,:· i:1lg I~.I: ",'=:iiJI skills. as wdl a~ acad.:mic ~kill~. arc important 1ro0 ~tudcnrts as r'"~lr'll''nnssii~~1kc family membhers "Onlndd m.c.:mmhhcrs of the Illcal and the workld! CI(\l1m;:1l::1:··..~~ii::·. Addli!tionally. lIItIl tboc\: effectivc m~~mmth>ccrrs of thte: 1w1\'l\'rrk (1)nn.c.:~~. ~:uckn:t; mrnu\,t I.arn to work coopcerarivcely. Knl,.wkdgl! is power; therdonl:. \\·',,::II·';::.,.J! High School cnc(\)lUraglc!5 stud~nts to approach tIh~ world I\\I ith W\\oOrlrldj~crr a:r1l,j curiosity. All stutdlo:nts will bec givcen every opportunity 1to0 lleeaa~:::'' a~:i rlg~~ b :11.,; Acquisition of kllllwledg£<o: is im:npt'0ortant. t">lUut! SsltuJ<o:nt~ shuotc:!ld a!l>uo tD-<O: prepMared to apply this knowkdgr: in re.tI-·life sitluations. EJ~:,,::''II"" ,~\'~;!Ju s!rimllIJ:~ int!.d.:lkkccttJ;J!1 curiOSity ani.! pro··..·'iiJJ,,;: each kJrr.~r a~cess to !h'liis or her cultural ho:ritag<o:. StuuJU<:.n:nr>t>\"\ ill th"l...: rprroovvided .....ith a: .C· c.!~:r-:::,I: ;:-' ·-··:~f~5. e.xxppoos:d to v\"aa:~;:. in£g philosorphi~s. an·J i~~,>·'rrUCuIc~ri~.d! ii."~1 t~,~ s;:i!!s f.s IIfo::--lloo:n1g learni:nlg£. Stud~nt aacchhi~i\:\"'ccrm.1~:mnr and academic prOog£r1::::<' I\IIli: ~.: :."-'::··~~..::''~~:~::d r::£ula:ly (R::\'i5~,j 1997)

STATE\! E\T Of OBJECTIVES
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.-\;~ .>t!uuddo~:nnttss to identify personal. kisure and recreational nte:eds a::"llj ddeetteerrmmiinn~e positive alternatives to fulfill them. F,·,:~r aa:1"l atmmoosspphh~~rr.e: that \"aalluuo.::s tthh.~: dignity and r<.:spt'<.:ct of ea:h r.L::mmJa:"1I tp>..::iilnlg.
• !:..::;;:v:v-;..:r:arasg.~: the d<::\v'dduuppmm~~nt of kaa,jj~~rrsshhii?p qu:;ltl!iliil<i..:s.

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• Facilit.tf.: course seleClion and ~ch"uuling proc~dJre,;, so that students' programs fil their t ....,;rests and ahilities. Increase: ~tud.:nls' a\\"3r.:n(s~ !"If the environmenl a!"1J Ihe impJcl o! tcchnoillgy.
• rromotc h':JI:h. sakty anJ rhpicJI filno;\s, cllntrihutinl! to ph)sical anJ emntil'n.ll wdl.bdng.
EncourJp: COtlpe:ralilln among faculty, schl)()1, a:"ld communily fll( better school spirit. o En"He i"l continuins a;;s.:s~m.:nt of \\"c:~tfidJ High S.;I:oors rllk in Our changing, technological sockt)".

j>;O:"' ·DlScrU;\lI:"'ATIO:-;
T.he \~'~,'lfic!J rublic Schools is cummin.:d to ensuring equal education;!1 opportunith:s for all studenls, and does no! discriminate bas.:d on ;<li;,kl1t,'
dl~ablhfy, raCl!, colnr, sex, rdigion, nalinn;.t origin. genC:lic testing lind inform:llion. or sexual oden!ation.

F.OllAl. OPPQRTt:NITY GRIF:VA~CE PROCEDURE
TITLE IX· CHAPTER 662 W~·didd "igh School conforms to th.: provisillns of Chapt.:r 622 of Ihe: ACls of 1971 and Till..: IX which provides that all activities and Cllllh:; ~ of
MuJ)" shall be open lInu aVililabk to all students withuul r~£atd to race. color, SeX, r.:liginn. national origin. gc:netic h:sting and information II( ~;;\u· ;d orkntatilln, Any SlISP':CI.:J failure to abid.: by tho: provisions h 10 bo: r.:port.:d III the principa\. Any Slud.:nt or employee of the Wc:stfi<.:l..1 S~'h",,: D'~flartm~nt who bclio:\"es he.'sh.: has b..:.:n discriminatd against. do:nkd a bcndit or excluded from participation in any district education rl"p.\fl\ 0: ilclivi!)' on tho: basis of :,o:x, r"Ce, color, rdigion, national origin, gcno:tic Io:sting and informalion or sexuill orkt;ttillion in \'iolation of thi, rl'k'~, 1:1.1;, fit.: a wriltcn complaint. A local complaint pruceduro: has t>ccn c~tabhshcd and any such complaint should b..: addn:ss~d to: Chapt..:r'6~2 ·(I:k
\.\ Di,trkl C"oordin<llllf, 22 A\hk) Sireet. WcsffklJ, MA C/\O,"I5, Tckphun..: 413·572·6-\03.
Th~. cu,:"rli.,ncc lldrnini,lr;)l"r ~h:11I C<I"" a r,'\'iew ,.f tho; wri[[;;n complain! within Icn wllrking d,IYS afl~r r..:ccipt of Ih.: wriu¢n compl:.lilll t: I!!, cutlll'l.lIn,l:lI i, 1:,,1 ~:lfi~fi.:d wilh ~llcll r,"p'"ISC, Itc/shc ma~ ~uhmit II writt':l1 appcoIl t,'lhe Schuol Cummiuo:e indicating with specifics Ih.: ",,:",:': of the dl\a::rccm.:nr, st:lting hi,/h..:r rca,nns fllr such ui,agr~clIl\;nt A CliPi' uf the writlcn cllmpl.linl shllllhcn bc pW\'iucd 10 each membcr ot tl:-· S.-hlllli C"t>mmillo:c,
Tl'e Sclllll)1 C"ommilleo: Sh:lll consid..:r Ihe appeal. which will he li,t~d rllr aClion hy th..: School Commitrco: on Ih.: n.:xl r¢gularly sch~dulcLi S..:h(.,,1
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rr lJlc anJ 1.",1 ful. All} indlvidu;)1 has th.: right 0: allY lim..: til aJJrl!'is in'luiri..:, r~g:lrding thcir civil rights 10 the Offic.: of Civil Rights. Ih, ..:, iii, ~I:\

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".:cess III s~cor:dary ~chl'1l1 M;.Jd~nl~· n.. m~~, "JJr~~~. and l.:Iephor.: li~tinss (puhlishC'd ('Inly) u~, .. tequc.st hy mililary rccruite~s or in~ti:~::.'~, (If higher educatilln, The Act furlher rcyuirr.:~ th~1 W.:stricld notify PJr.:nt~ of Iheir risht 10 oppose relea:<te of this information 10 dlitary re~~:';I'OI' r\ny parent (l( ~llId~nt I'rp'hir.g rdca ..r.: of thi, informJlh'n In mih:.HY rc:cruitas :lnd:or refusing 10 have any anJ all of Ihe desipatcJ c!l:~'::'-':\ information disclo~ed. mu't fik \Hill.:n nOliflcdlilln to this effecl wilh the principal on or heforc Ihe 15th day of each September. Cole;.s \\,',:fldd ro.:cdves documcr.tatinn or" rJrl.'nt's rdu~al loy Scpte:mhcr 151h, Westfield will rdcase Ihe requc51ed information 10 mililary rccruil.:rs.
ACCESS TO STt:[)[:--T WORK
Dllring Ihe Cl'ur~.: of th.: ~dHIIII ~car. rl.'rsonally iJcnlifiahh: ~luderH ""('rk may be secn and r<!\'kw.:d by Ihird pani..:",. For example. per,.,~,,!,\ iJ",ntifiabk studc:nt work mJY be: di~pldycJ ('111 hulktin hllards. at f.lirs, shl,ms. during Or!!n house and parc:nt.I~".:hcr conferences. \ja \ i":~":':i''': ;,nJ ill/Ilio lape 3nd. thu~. m..y bt: ~.:en and or h..:arJ by many differ.:nl P~IlPk. In addilil'n, stude:nls may he a~kcd to eJit, grade, re\-kw :lnd I'r ':-"li:n;C:'!1 I,n ,mother stud..:nt·s work as an inslructil,nallc:chniyut.:. All of Ihi; activilY is part of a regular education proco:s!> and We bdic\'c ~C(\ CS II' !',ndil
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gilc wrilten notificilli()1\ 10 Ihis dft.:ct with Ihr.: principal on or hdor~ thl! 15th day of ellch St:ptembcr.

DESTHVCIIQ>; OF STUDENT RECORDS
The following nOlice b f.lir,,:cleJ 10 gradurtling Mudcnts and !>Iudenl> who lean: iht! syslem at Olher limes. Eligihlt! studc:nls or parents rr.,I~ "bl.lill ':"pies of thdr (eCl'r,\-; by notifying Ihe :'prrnpri:ll<: !>chool prior Illl~a\'illg Ihe: liyslcm. Temporary record~ will h~ d,:slroyed within fh-c: ~::"r, :.tter 1~lo.: 51l1dcnl lea\'es Ih<.: ~ch"(ll ~)'~Icm, Tcmpllrar~' records may incluJe ~t"nd;,rJizr:d leSt rr:sults; c1a~s rank; school,sp(lnsored c::macUrric\;I.H ",m-i. tk~; and e\'alualion~ .md Cllmmt:nlS hy I<:achr.:rs. cll;.Jnsdors, anll OIho:r persons ttli wc!1I a$ olher stmil:.r informalion. The Iranscripl is nOI a h.:mpo.
r.H)' recorJ llnll includt.'\ (lnly Ih..: minimum infnmlalinn nC:Ce~~ar~' 10 rL'O':';1 the ~Iudc:nl's c:ducational progress. This information incluJ::s r.,Hlle.
"JJre,~, c"ur~e lilk .., p ..de .... cr~Jils. anJ graJI! kl'l:1 CI.mpklcJ_ The :ran"ript is kepI hy Ihe school system for .. t kast sixty years afl.:r I~\~ 'Iu,knt k.i\'O Ihr.: S)~t<.:IIl, Silu:t!IIln... " her<.: Ihe lochll,.1 will mainl;lin r,,:cllrJ, of a sluJent's It:mp,HMY r<.:cord for mure th;ln five )'ears afl:r th.: ~:lIJ..:r:l I:,,~ kit Ihe scllO<'1 ~)"'!c11l are ,IllY rt.'cor,b Ih;'1 itrc th.: ~uhjet'l of an auJIl in\<:~:igali()n which arc k<.:pt until thl! illl'<.:\tig:ltion i~ complete. R:;r":li:l~ :,r.J
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1.,Ii<m IU surpurt 11;,1;1 rl.'l'urt til Ih..: Dcpartm<.:nt of EJucaliun on Ih~ allnu~1 EnJ·(lf· Year Pupil and Financial Repurt for st.:ven years afler i:, ~lJ"mi5' 'I"n, In aJJitiull, \~ h..:rc :.dl\l,,1 hcalth p<.:r:..,llnel ;tJrnillblt.'r irnmUllil~li(lIl' to ~Iud:.:nts, Iho: health ro.:corJ~ of ~uch ~tuJenlS shuuld bl! n:;,\:\t.li:L;.! in "c'<.:orJJncc willi "pl'licaill<.: Illt.'ui,·,!l recurd r":tjuirell1r;IlI', The IccllrJ~ Ill' ,:uJcnt~ <.:llrolkJ hdore F~!>ruary 1'.175 .H": nllt suhjecI tllihe r;;~"LI!"'II'. 1:1 k~..:rin£ wilh Ih.: i,lt..:lll11f (,o:ICMlt .?3.IJII, hllll'",\'er. Ih.: lime lunil (Ilr J.:,lruclion of Ih~ r..:corJ !>houlJ pro!>ably be: nut less Ihan Sixl~ ~~.Ir, fur J
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SClESCE Deborah Aldrich Renne Coombs Amonio Farina Deborah Fiore: Catherine: Levesque
Hden Gage Sandra Gil

Matthew Collins Dimitra Cook Sherry Elander Paula Figella
M3ureen Flaherty Robert Komorowski
Donna Kotowski Robert Slack

Robert Kdly

Eleanor Trautv,eiler

L)·dia laPennas

Ted Tudryn

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David Robens Josc:ph Stella Orl3ndo Valle:

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Leo Slasky

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Tom BOlbinski \Villiam Daley Pc:ter Dargon

LIaR:! Rl:\'v Maddine Wilrner

Paul Domuingue

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Robert Coc

RoD..:tl Pipet RichatJ Shepard~on
Jill Wrol'kski

SCHOOL .vL'RSE Sharon Gust:lfson K.1r)"n Chaoush

Filed 04/16/".0.:Ea3n.£o..' P-~EarrgtaibIeEce4R2 of 81
SO/TUTOR Teresa Gihon
PSrcHOLOGrsI Andrew Butler
DRUCIA l.COHOL COUNSELOR Gactana Aliolta
SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER Terry Manos

SCHOOL r"\LE~n..\R FOR 2002·2003

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Christmas Rcct:ss (nu school)
:m3 s·;hools close end of day Dcc. :0 anJ r~l'rt:n hn. :2.
\lmin LUlher KJng Day (no schor.'I) K.inJergart~n Changc:ovc:r
\liJwinlc:r Recess I·: day for sludents. .:vening parent confcr~n.:~s In·ser.·ice Day for all Teachers, 00 school for slud~nts Good Friday Spring Recess \I~::lorial Day
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Warning Bdl Hom.:room A P.:riod B Period C P.:riod D Period

DAlLY BELl. SCHEDULE
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12:16·1:04 r Period
1:03 -1:56 Gpcrind 2: 10 • 3:00 D':lcntion (Mlln. Tues.Wcd.Thurs)

Ther..: is a fnur minute passing reriod b.:twe.:n class.::;. Stud..:nts not in Iheir room wh.:n classes are scheduled to begin. are tardy lo.cla...... S:"JI!r.i5

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All s["d), h.III, will r<.:pun In so:c0nJ lunch, rl!gardlo.:ss or what flllor tho:)' aro: on for your 5th (E) p.:riod class. Olher rooms assigned will \IeilfHl<lUnccd (III il <JIIMh:rl)' t>.I~b hy [hI! aJllIini';[ralion. Sludo:n[s going to S..:cond Lunch will have a "spli[" p.:riod. This means Ihat S[Ude:llh "ill
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T, 11c· n!~r.' rrfl::::,th::. rn1fiJ::1 inSlrU:liw: r:-:J:::rial, f'H Ihi, cu:rl:\,;!'Jr:J sha!l be r.lad<! reasonably acct:ssibl:: to parents. guardians. \,;.:- ... :-

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T-·: \\;:,,:flj~ S:hl.. : D:,:-:;' C:":::I~:~:' ! ' I·:~:-, C,,:-:::-,::~,~;:;i"~ H':J!:~ Educu:io~ 10 all stud~nt5 in o\,;r ~;:hools f:o:n grades K-12. T-~.~ "~::Il'''':)~!:' i:''.l';.'',·.:;..! ..!r~~ r:.'·,: .. ;,.-~ a.~'; r,J" I-;::~ a7·r::'."'::~ !-', r.-.:: \t.-: .. ~:.;:!~ S=r:I,)I..~i ComrT~i\t~:! Zl:1d [r.~ .~I.!::1ini5t:-~::O~_ lrlorr:la.:ior, ~.:­ :.- ... ,-,:::.:~ ..~: ;~-~ (.,:-;-.:-:-.c:.::.:- fio",::r, [J,:.:,: Pr~'_':-::' -. ~.I::--.I·. L::;:, Er..J:lJ::J: and Soc:iJ! H~alt:'. :--:~::i:icl;-:. P~rsonal H~illth. F:··
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It i, Ihe: r~'i()n~iNlily of each stud.:n! 10 ~ee Ih:1I he:~hc fulfills all of Ih~ requiremenls for gradual ion. 1 ne Westfield School Commill:e ha~
'Ipr-'" d I~,I: foll('l\\"ing ro:quircme:nh fN £r~duadon fllr £ra(,k~ 1O·I::!, Tilt: cI.\\~ ('If 2003 has 1I graduation requiremenl of 22 credits, one of whkh
O1U,1 I'. 1:1 rho: fine arts.

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SOc/\l. 'in'DIES E:\(,J .h!l SCII::'\( II~,. MATII (2) BL'SI:\r:SS IIE.·\UII ,\:. PHYSICAL EDUCATlO:\ I'ERSU:'\.'\1. FI:-';A:\CE ELHTI\'ES 1'01:\1. SEEDED TO GRADUATE: SOTES'

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1'\\" I ~ I c': ;dil~ mUSI !'Ie lak..:n in Science.

1\"'12,,:. Jlh mu,1 b.: ral;cn in ~!;lIh or Bu~inc~s. (Busine~s Malh. ReCllrJ Keeping. and Accounting) May to: salisfh:J by Conlemporary Famil~ I.i:c· .1' I""~ :,~ such course: is nUl u~t:d III me:t:1 (1Ihe:r dblril'ulitln rt:quiro;mo:nh. Cnl;:" : -:JJ.:nt is in Ih.: High Scholll Seh,)I:lr.~ Pr,'gram, it tlltal of lIn..: full cro:Jil p.:r yr.:ar mil)' toe applied to dipluma. re:q~iremcnls Crom specifkd

....1'1 lan:r",' cllur,.:s. which ha\"\! he:l."n :ma:)geJ hy it U..:p.HlI11.:nt anJ \\ ill !'I..: und",r their :-upcrvision. This oprion rna)' !'Ie laken only in junior ;tllJ "r ", .. :111 Ir }r:ar.

1'111 "'''~' :~,.·n OJ cr.:dit lIf inJ.:pcndcnt ~Iu.)y may be: aprlicu wlutal rt:quin:m~lIb

PIIYSICAL EIH'CAT(O\1 1'1i~ ," ,d ',!I,c;,tiun is rC'luircd of all ~luJ,;nt\. EilL'h :.tlllknt mU~1 have j\ chang..: of cluthl!s. Sweats. winu p;InIS. athktic ~h(lrts, T-shirts. Sweatshin,.
;'".1 ,,,,',,1 ~r, ;u..: th, only acc,:plabk ;IItire:. :-':0 u!fo:nsi\"e print or u..:~ign will !'I.: allowc:u, Failun: tu be prepar.:J will result in a luss of credit for
lli;,! d.,: I.. \I, .:xcuwr.l frllm partidp.'lioil rClluir\:, wrillc'n ce:rtifica!il'nuf a phy~ician. Provisions can h.: mad..: fur an (IJapli\"c progmm fur Ih.: h,II',Io,·.,1' ,:",knl. \lilhin limits, prc'scribc·t\ by a ph)~ici:.n:., (.kfincu in an Indi\'j,:,lual EduC;ltillnall'J:ln.

PliAI. Er-;IWI.J,l\tEST PHOr.RAM
\\" FSTFI EI. J) STATE COJ.t .I.:(;r:;/W ESTFf EI.Il PtJB I.lC SCHOO I.S
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Til 1"""1. 'I".oI11i,.1 lLlni"r .11'.1 S,lIi"r ~,.or 'llId,"1'> in 110,; Wc~lficlJ I'~I'lit 5dlllllh ,III opportunity til p:lrtidpale in H:l :lL'L'ckratcd program ott \\',',,11.-1.: S·",,·cIIII,·!;.e: which "ill :01111'" '1\I,kllb III c·atll "".01 l"r,.J,1 i,l I'"lh t!'c ~et"lIIld.u)' :IIHI c"lkgc \c\",1.
11:,· .1"': "I I!" ("lIllIer,Ioil' 10"1\1 "'11 11o~ ('011".:,; ,11,.1 lloe I I,~II Sd".,,1 " III 1',"1 i.1.: IIlIi'lll, .:dll(·atlllll.oI tll'portullili.:, :II,d ,III ioccl:kratcu prugr"no I, r
'1IIIkll:" \!,"'itin~ 110..: hi!; 111>1 "·I,,,I.".I'l' al'I'111I1.; i,"d l:.\u:('lillll.oI ac'... kllli,· I'c·rf"rrn"fll·'. Thi, program will :tbo rrll\'id..: t"klllcd sluUellts with " ll'lk~, I'.HI tr~lI~cril't. "hkh 1lI.,~ 1'1: '1\,,1111\\:11.1 a 1'''.-r.d;'\lI''i''C (,hlP,1I1l ,,: "t~'l:r ~'ulll:~':~ :IIIJ uni\"cr~ilics. Slud':lIb may participat.: in the: 1)..... 1 b:r,,!II;o,"1 r'r"~r;,1tl (lligh ScllPul 111I1I1Ir, I'rllgr:IIIl):ot a SI.tl..: Cu!l..:~e tlr Co.amllnil)" C..!lcge: for \'v'cMfi.:kllligh Schuol gr;IJuotion cre:dit or H;,,:. f~r er,',I;! ,,: lli..: cll!k~..: klc'l 5:,,,:0.:11" IlI"y t.,l-.e: l'llllr'e f(1r W":~lficlJ 1I'!!h S:h",1 crl',Iil i,l il rri\",'lc collt:!;c. A thr!:, crcdil college course will t·: I!:,' ''i '''', .~.:t: IIf II,,,: (I) l"I,dlf i,t \\",'lfi<:ld 111,!;h S.:I","\. "Ib:r.: i, ,\" llilli: I,' I!,<: m:ml'..:r or crc:dit~ l'il!Il..:d unJ.:r DII,tI Enlllllmcnt. No enrichn1',' , . p"!'" 1\,: "': l".,klll"t."d illl,' vl.", r:'ilk, I\:r:ni"i,,"of l'rilieil"oJ t!c·,,~'.11<:'" 1':';lIir<:",

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PROGR.\;\1:
l:h:,'':, "_.:,'r.r, n;J: ~~<:,: ~o:rll:!I'":l~n: h J CllurS:;:I.,) ill thl! "Common Cor~ (.f SluJi~s" ur "Divi~ion cor Continuing Ec!ucatio:)" p.:nding availac!~
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co:-:.' ,.' '.' I .;r:.!I!:; Il'. ~r ;1 r·., \' I.::) : C.I: I"C:tl)J S;:'.:.. iJI ;!i'rr,"~l b:. I~~ H:~h S~~vo! Prin..:irill wllulJ to\! n~dd Il' nc~~J I~ij numb.:r. All I:!-'
,:".: .: ,..'.' . '";-f\,'r: .,~r, t:<:. ;,! \\5<," 1',1:: r·c :.I .. ~ilitbl.: III o:nrlllkJ \'."HS 5:~..!~~:> \\'HS srudent~ may recdvc cr~.!I: 1.)W3:J \\'HS graduation.
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Tt~c I'I"! ": luiti,ln anJ iee, will to.: borne ry Th.: Cummvnw<:.dth vi ~\Js~jcn~>~t:s. Tran~porlation Cllsts and exp,n,::, i:Jcurr.:d for textbooks. ;_

OInJ \111i,'r i!l~tructional materials shall be bllrne: by the: Sluuent.

PROCEIll"RE:

I::t~·r,,: • .! ,:uJt:r.ts should to~£ir~ the arrli .. ation prl)cr:ss by cvn~ulting \\ ilh a £uiJ~ncc cl)unsdur at WHS during the semeste:r prior!S) c:nrollmer:'

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All leachers wilCl ~aiSslreibu3:.::0a3co-ucr~vo:-3d..0. 00. 8lio-nF,Ht IFho: beDgionncinugmofeeGnacRth:4c\oD3utrSs.:FGwiliethdan0u4:p/l1a.6/03.1 (.. Pa,wggera4de5s oarfe 8de1lermlned. Tho:: \\;'::;':!d
High School grading ~}'!>!em i~ ~as.:d on a num.:ric sy~lem:

9{) • 100 Exedkn!

80 • 89 SkilkJ M:tstcr)

70 . 79 A\·c:rag.:

(1) • 69 P(l()r

0 • 51) Failing

I • Incompl!!!.:

COSDUCT ASD EffORT ConJucr ~nd c:frprl a~~c~smcnh hi' h:achcrs ilrc nntl!d nn Ih.: report card. Th.:se comments are: Excellen!, Good, Fair, Poor, Needs Impf\\\<·;~\~I;I. and Par~nt Confl!rence R.:qu.:stcd. In adJition. Exc.:ssivc Absenct!:\, Inconsis!c:nt Effort and Missing Assignm.:nts will also be consid.:r.:..1 ill ..:frqr:.
GR·WISC PERIOQS (May b.: Suhjeci IQ Chanr:d
FIRST TERM ...............AlIG 29 . Nov. 4 45 days SECmW TERM ...........NOV. S· JAN. 23 4S days THIRD TERM ..............1A.II.;.. 2-l, APR.7 4S days THIRD TERM ..............JAN 2-l· APRIL 1 (SENIORS) FOURTH TERM ...........APRIL 8· JUNE 17 fOURTH TERM ...........APRIL 2· MAY 23 (SENIORS)

HALf TERM WARNING NOTICES

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H.llf krm nOlict!' IHe fllr tho: purpuse of Mtifying parents of a failing student or one seriously in danger of failing. Siudents bring hom.: [.• 1:1, kr pJrcO[ or gUMdian for a ~igniltur.:. Th.: Ilotie.: i:\ 10 ho: ro:turn.:d 10 th.: h:ilch.:r within 2 days of iS$u:lnee.
FIRST TERI\I.. .............SEPTHIBER ~7

SECO:-;f) TER,\I ......... DEC"E ...WEI< 6

'1 II 11m TLR ... I .............. fEORlIARY 28

TIIIIW TLRI\I .............. ITflRUARY 25(SEI\:IORS)

fOURTH TERI\I... .........MAY 15 I'OURTH TER~I.. .......... ~IAY 2 (SENIORS)

WESTFrELn WCiU SCHOOL HO:SOR ROLT. ":.."tfldd lIi::h SCIIIUII \'ill r'lhli~h an :I,:.IJ~rnk hOllor roll fur stud..:nt~ rt!cdving a quality point av..:rage cquallo 4.3 G.P.A. as a first II,·:,.,:, ,ttl,kll!. \'.'.,tli..:ld II,~':' S,IIi,,,1 \\ ill ruhll,h ;111 aca,kmie hunor roll fOI ~Iu(,knts r.:cdving a qualilY point avcrag.: equal to 3,3 G.P,A. ;, ..' '." :c.! ,'., '110':' ':11,1;111 Thi, I,,,', I).!lii:i, II: \\ III b..: Fi'':1\ ;11 the.: compktioll of ":OI('h I<:rm anJ publislll:J a~ l'Olln as possibk.

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~[AKE·l;P ()F CLASS WORK p":':'r:::. a::"::~I:'~ t'J m;Jk: "? \\(\1;'; r.11,~~J du:: to ab;.::m:.: fro:n clJss. Teachc:rs are nOlobliged 10 take t: .

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! 1. StuJ~nt~ wh(l a:c Iru-anl (II \\ ho intcntion:llly miss an assigned pcd"j \\iII forfeit all pri\'i1eges 10 make up \, .. K. 2. S:u.kr.h on External Susi'~;;iion are entitled til recdve hnmework· 3,sisnmenls. ~. Stmknl, on Intern:.1 Su~p.:n~ion are entitled lu r~ceive homework· ~~~i!;nmcnls . •~. StuJ.:nt~ ah~cnt fur illncss. or Other approved reasons, such as a school.~ponsClrcd activity. may make up class work.
• fqUllrc Tn dn hnll!Ck'Qck mal' rcwlt jCl uo academic crediT

WESTfiELD SlIl\J:\tER SCHQQV~1AKISG VP l.OST CREDIT
Th.: Wc,lfklJ School Commi:!;:.: rro\'id.:s the opporlunity for student, who fail a course in the regular school year. for any rcason, 10 make up thilt Cllur,,; Jurl:lg th;;:: ~umm.:r ~cr.~'(li S':~Si(\Jl. Stud.:nts whl) will n.:o:J sum:::cr ~:h'lol will be contacted l;Iy the Guidance Oince. Students who (ail a Cllur,~. l'l,t a:.: nOt notifkd. ~~'.luIJ cont:lct thc Guidanl'c Office as !,(WI\ ~~ i'0s~11;I1o: to l;Ie enrolled in the summer school session. Students with a failing l!ra,!.: llt' 50·59 arc elifirk I\l( summ.:r ~chool. Stud~nts with an a\'cr,igc of ~9 or below must have written appro~'al of Ihe leacher or dcpa:tmo:r.t l:e".1 for that sutljccl. StuJc:nts who ra~!; a C~lurse mOlY retake: it in ~u:nmc:r school Cor a grade, but not for credit. Studcnts may also makc up crcJi!, l'~ t:.king an cquiv<lkm c(\ur~c: in anllth.:r aCCfl:Jitc:d secondary sch,lol summer or evcning school program. The credit recc:ived will be clj:,J;J1
tll tho: c:,:dit fJilc:d. A m:lximu~ ni four loll summ.:r.'.:vo:ning Sochool cre.!it, will be: acceptc:d. Thj" mav jnc\ud, Iwo (2) credits taken off campti" in
Ih. i',pi"r jlnJ \t'njl\r vear~. Gr~J..:s will not b..: includcd in chI!>!; rank. Pcr;ni,siun uf Ihe Principal:designc:e is required.

EXA~JJSATIOSS
SEMESTER (!\lIP·TERMI ASO FINAL EXAMINATIOSS
SIII.klll' wi:hllut Rcn:.b~an...c c: \..:mpti'1I1'" arc expectcd to take bOlh mid t~rm and final exams. Failure 10 lake: a mid t.:rm ur final will result ill Ihe gr.ld..: "I IC'rll fllr th.: n,ullgr",:e ~r.d will k C.dCul:!leJ u~ing th.: fu!h'lling f\lrmul:.:
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Sl."m,·'kr ,,\.1Il1in;,tion~ C\lIHI·~!1." \0'; .., th.: filial graJ.:: rinal n,m:in;,:illn, Clln~tituto: lure of thc final gr;..J.: O,"' .'I'III,·Va (""//rH'S 5<:l1h;,t, I ... \.Imill:tli(lll~ C'1I1l,tl!wte ::1I'i of the fin:t/ ~r..J\!. It is th.: final ":\:Iminariun in :l half-)'o::!r course:. SllId,'I,I- II "" .lfe "",ent from ~n I;\am IllU\t lurn in a:l c,\eu~;,tlk :ltI~cnco: lillIe.
/;'XC/lII;III1I;1J1/ St:hc:clII1.·.\ SelicJ:.!!.:, fll[ ~c!l1o:!'>lo:r and fin:d examination-; \\ill t'.: announced.

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l>i<ln. II i~ Ih..: ~luJenr~' r..:,pon~ihili:y 10 lake Ihe leSls and euminalions whhin five $chool d.lYs aflcr r;,urn (ro.>r.l ~uspcnsion unless nn ~-"\~,T.'~d

rc::ri"J i.. nprr,\\.:.1 by rh.: ~'h, .. \1 rrincipJI. Slud~nlS who arc:: su\penJed (rllr.l school fllr di~cirlinMY r.:a~on\ who mi,\ labs may b..: ~i" (11 ~ •.I.l:ng~

il\" :'UhSli:ul..: fllr Ih..: karning rdaled ,,, Ihe lahs. Work Ihal i\ unique In Ih..: cI.lsst\wm c~r.:rkm:..: ,,",I cannol bc r;;plicaled In anolh.:r f";;l' ":,Inr.,):

h.: m;IJ.: up. Whil.: Muckn:s ilr.: on !iu:>r..:n~inn Icach..:rs arc undo:r nll obligation III rrovido: c:r<tra hdp Olh.:r than hMing assignmenl!\ III ".: ,-"r:'i'kl~C

:Inc! Iil.lling Ih.: d.It.:(~) wh.:n a,signm~nl"lIrc duc. Sludo:nls in n.:o:d of fcmhcr as!'iislanc.: may nll.:nd hdr c\a\Iic<, upon their return II) ~ch,·.':

AI Ih.: d':l.:rmin.l!ion of Ill.: I'rin.:ip.11 or Iksigncc: n rarent cllnfer.:nc.: may be:: conven.:d. The student, par.:nt anJ a r~presentati...e of Iho: ;1.1:1\1:1"1[:1_ lion will b.: in atl.:nJanco:. In ~lIml! cases of susp.:nsion. Ihe: stUIlt.:nI may not bl! allowc:d tll relurn 10 school unlillh: conf~rencc hns 1->.:.:n 1;..:1-1. The
con.f.:re:nce will be: hdd :lltht: mutual ctlnvenknce of the parent/guardian and Ihe schooL In situations in\'olving su\pension, Ihe prindp_tl p: d,:sl£n.:e shall h.: ro:sron~ihk ftlt d<:ro:rmining whelhc::r a rcfwal und.:r Chapter 766 should be iniliatc:d,

Individual 5chools may cstJhlish rrograms. such as nft.:r-school service:, in which Sludenis have: the:: opportunity to \'oluntarily particir;lt.: il: i"liviIic:s a5 an nlll!rnativt: to short term su~r.:nsion c:r<cepl in siluations involving off.:nscs of an illegal or injurinu'i nJture_

C. "QW; rEB.\{ Sl/SPEXSIQ\" Long term 5usp.:n!'oitln is Ihe: r<.'mo\'al of 1I studenl from hi~/hcr educalional program for morl! than tr:n (10) con~ccuti\"e school days. Schl h,l princi-
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poSSCSSilln, usc or distrihulioll of illegal or conlrollc:d suhslanc.:!'.; rnSSCSSilln. u~o: or dhrrihutiun of alcohol; u~c:. rll~!'o':""inn of. (If tI"main owr, a d;tngc!rous wc!apon: :h~JllI( of;I !'o(.lff r11<.'lIlb.:r.
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Stud.:nh und... r hUlg lI:rOl \u"p.:rhiun c!lminu.: to hI! r"'sponsit.k for comph.;tion of school work ns !'itateJ in !>ituali!ln~ involving shorl Io:rnl 'll'i'.. n~ion. O...pt.:nJing upon Ih.: indlvid":l1 cir.::um't.Hlc,:.~. a princiralrnay Opl 10 l>U~ro:nJ with sr:r\'ic.:s. in which Cil\t.: a I"tor or olher arprov.:d rrlll,;I.I:: ••I!I~rna-
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in Ih..: dllr..I:'l;lnt language of Ihe h,lm..:. S;Jch ruling will h: Ih.: final J~ci\iI," (If l~": ~Ch'IOI di~lrici.

G, OTIlER ErCl'l.510V SIU:,H/O\'S t 'plln I~~ rCC(lmmcndJtion of Ihe l'uilJing princip.ll anJ Ih.: $ur..:rintcr.Jcn:. Ihe !oC.h(I,11 commitll:': r.1ay aho a':l III nrel $Iudent~ f,}r other "eha\',
rM i<>r,. 1':1": :•• making a n!Cllr,lmcnJalion fllr exrubilln. Ih..: rrim:irJI ~bll iI~~I!'~ \\ h.:lh.r a rd..:rrJI Chart..:r ';6(-1 Shll.:lJ I·..: i;-,i:i.l:eJ.

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1',1( il..Jmis~il\n 10 "OII!h..:r ~chl,"1 (\f !>ch""l district. Ih.:

$ur..:rin:;;,:J:;r.1 of school dislrict 10 which Ihe art-licatilln is made l:'\iI~ r':'!\lo.:,1 ;,nJ ~ha!t r~cd\'c frl'Ollh..: sur.:rinto.:r.Jcnt of Ihe ~..:hl.ll,ll c~pdlin£ ~:li,1
ror stud..:nt a \\ ri!!..:n Slall:m.:nt of Ihe rcason~ saiJ .:xpuhinn.

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l;r"n I:'.\: '\,:Janc.: of a crimin:d comrl.. int Charging a ~Iud..:nl with a fcluny lIr Ih;: issuJncc of II fduny ddill4ucncy cI)mplaint, a prbcipal may suspl,;nJ Ih", ,I~,knt fur a p..:riod l,f tim.: determineJ J'ly the principal. b.:.~eJ upon Ih.: rriOlcipal's jullgm.:nt Ihal Ihe: C,lIltinu<!J prc:~cilcr: of 1111: studenl
W\lulJ h~·. ..: ~ ~ub~tJnli:t1 d..:trimental dkct ,)n Ih.: g..:n..:rJI wdiarc IIi the ;...:110"1. I'ri," 10 such aClil'n hy Ihe rrincip,lt. :h': st:Jd.:nt ~hall receive: \\fit· Io:n nlltiih::'liun of tho: chalgt:s and Ihl;: n:ilson~'flH lIueh contcmplal..:d su,p.:n~h)n. The lItuJellt :.hall also r..:ceh'c: wrin..:n r.\ltifica;i,ln of right 10 apr";.! l·dllt..: the superinlcnJ..:nt of ~ch(\ots; Iu\\\·.:\..:r. such upreal d,'es not ~(3)' th..: ~u~p<:ll~ion frl)m guing inlo et'ie.:!.
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Th..- 'I;:,kll: ,h;.11 h.I\'!: thl: right til "pr....II any M"pr.:n,iun or e~pul,i\l:1 ur:'!er til" M:ct;'ln III tllr.: lIUperilllc'nJcllt (1\ ~.:hllol,..\ hl! ~lu"..:nl ~ha!t nllti!~ Ihc \!li'Crllll .. nJenl in wrilillg uf hi~ r":l(uc\t for he;lring no l'ltcr than kn (!O) cakn.!;tr J;,y~ followillg Ih.: r:rh:cri\'..: d.lt~ "I' Ih..: ;.!.:tiun. At Ih..: h":Min~ Ih\! 'lud .."1 ,\1;111 h,I\''': th.: right til rrr.:s\!nt or:" ~nJ written 1c~liOlon) lin hi, rch.df. iIIld ,h:dl ha\'..: th..: right 10 cllun,cl. The lour.:rint..:ndo.:nl shall h:... 1; Ii:; ri~LI hlll\'crlurn or al!",r 11Il! JCI;i-illn of Iht: prilleir;d. incluJing r'·cIII:Hll .. n.!ing an ,altcrn;!!r.: ..:ducation rrll~r.lln fllr Ih<: ~tudcnt. Uplln 1;\l'u"I"', ..f ,tlt'h ~tuJ..:nt. Ih.: ,cllI.ol lIi-trkt ~h;I!llIot he r":'1uircd to pf\l\'hk ,·J\ll,;"i,IIl.11 ~ef\ il't:, h' thc ~tud"-lit.

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Sl ·.\l.\IARY ()f \\·ESTFIEI.I> PUH Ir SCHOOLS SAfETY POI.lCn5

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R·t. llCC Crilllillal offl:lldrr Rr,r;:islrfJlioll: Th.: Office of HumJn Rc~(\ur.:.:' rrlll:':"~cs ,Ill r(lluiro:d inflHm'llil1n i:: I~.I. :lro,;,1. Th;; CORI will be ulili!.,! ,,:,,~ fOf cmplll;.-mc:nl rurp\'s.:.~ ilnJ 11111 di,ise:min.lI.:d 10 any (llh.:r pari)'. Cllnl,,;:1 Oir.:clor of HumJn R,:sllur.:o.:" /:1:o;:n.11 Proc.:dures.
Stx 0fl.."d.'r Rtgi.ttrati()//: The Sc,~ Off.:ndcr Rcsi,;try Lnw (M.O.l•.c.6.178C Ihrough 0) requires Ih."lt :Ill con\ i<:1.:d sex offenders in tl": Cllmmon\Q:allh of M"ss;tchu~o:th ro:si~l.:r wilh Iho: Polk.: D~pMlmcnl ill Ih.: eitk~ or towns wh.:r.: Ih.:y 11\ e anJ wllCk. Policy File: Co\k: J \1 I.Qckrr alld Stud"lIt Stare/': L.ockers is~ued II) SluJ<!nl~ by Ihe ~chool sy~lo:m f,'r Iheir lc:mp\lCary U'iC remain, Iho: rrl.lp.:rl>· of Ih.: $ch,l(ll '11.; ~hlC·
ag.:, on ono:'5 po:rslln, in on':·5 bo:lungings ur in schaul propo:rI}', ur cnnlrabanJ such ns, but lIot limiro:d 10. i!\.:gal 5uhslancc:s or anicles ur all;' ikm
prohihit.:d by di~lricl policy or huilding ruh:5, ii slriclly furbiddo:n. Police Fik Cud.:: JIH \ 'i...itor$ to hllitt/illgs: Th.: sehnol commiu.:c encourago:s visit) 10 schools")" mcmb.:rs of the community 1I:'\d oth.:r inlcrcsled p.:rson~ \lI \ k" Ih..: cduc~linnal pru£ram nnd facilili..:s, For securilY purpUSl!s il i5 re4ul!st.:d Ihill all visitors rt;porlt~l Ihl! princi;>al's office: upon entering and k,I'. ill~

Ihl! building. Pulicy Fik Cod.::KKA Drug Educatioll: Tho: \\blfidJ Public School 5)'51.:m will notl(,kmt..: any subSlanco: rdnt.:d oft'<!ns.: in ~.:ht)ul buildings, on school £(01111,1" 0:1
schaul tran'pllflalion or ill schl.lol rdated even!.•. All kg,,1 m.:an~ \I ill b.: uliliz.:d, as approprial<!, 10 identif~' and di~cirlin~ offenders. 1\,11-"1 I it.:

Cod\!: GSCC, JICH Stud"lIt Illterrogatioll: II is Ih.: rlllic)' of Ihe: W.:stfi.:ld Puhlic ScllIloJ\s 10 coop..:ral': wilh law enfoCl.:.:m~nl tlr.J ~ocial sc:C\ice agc:ncks in I!', 1:1:':1<:\1
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WESTFIELD rtTh ...~ ~ ,OOLS· SCIIOOLATTESPA:SCE. d, .LK:.l1l

The w.:~:fidd Public SChll~ll S~ ~:r:m i~ cl1mmia.:dl,. providing a qualily educalional c:xp<:rie:nc.: fM all of ir~ ~tud.:n:~. We l'dicvc the:re is a di~.:,·1

c,mdJlion !-c;wecn ~cho'll achkvcmcnt and regular school :ttl.:ndanct!. Wilh thi~ in mind. the \\btfkld rublic School Sy~t<:m encourag~s dail:

allendanc<! of all sludc!nts. We: encourage: parenl groups. busine!ilt groups. le3ch.:r as~ocialilln~. parent-Ieacher grours, church.:!; and other comml..:lH· t~· and ci',ic organizalions 10 rromol.: Ihc: importance of good OIttendance in schoollhrough their associalion wirh ran.:nh·guardians and sludc:nts. II
"I". ShllU!d \'II! recognized Ih.lt:

• Sill all the karning that gO':5 on in a classwom i~ r..:fkcl.:d in makeup work. ~lany of Ihe e:xrerknce~. \\orking situation. and group aCli\ \.

ti..:\ CdrlllOI b<:: madc up llUtsidc Ihc c1assrol'm.

• A~ (In:: of Ihe rurros<::s of c:ducation is to prerare slUdent~ for future emrh),m...:nl, il is importanl Ihal £l1Od illlcnd;lnc<:: h<.lhits be: inslilh:d

.:ally. Emphasis on res:ular alle:nd;lnc.: ~erves 10 I.:ach a \'alu:!n!e: lifc! lOkill as it reinfl'rc!!s values crilicallo th<: \\(.rk rlace:.

• Rr!~ponsibilily for rc:gular all<::ndanc.: and aJhercnce I" district csrc:ctation~ r..:st~ with !ltud..:nrs and Ihdr paro,;llI~. The law n:quir.:s Ihal

rar::r.t guardians llf mandatory school <.Igl! childr..:n (ag.:s sh Ihrough fift.:.:n indu~i\'<!) ensure: allc:ndance (If thdr childr..:n in ~ccordanc<! with

district rolicy.

• Pilr':r.I~"guardilns arc a.!\·ised to conlact 5chools :It least len (10) da~s in ad\'anc..: of any rlann<!d ab~..:nc<!s for rrop..:r guid~lines,

ABSF,~CE FRQ~( SCHOOL Thc: \\'~~lfidJ Puhlic Schllul Syst.:m rccognizc.:s Ihat \!xc.:~sil-c.: "nsc:nlcdsm from sclwol is rot.:nlially d":lrim.:nlallll ~tuJ':lH~' anility.to perform succ.:~,full~· in school. It is <!xpc:cte:d Ihat studo.:nts should p.: aps.:nt from sehl}ol only who.:n cundilions or circumslahct;~ rClhkr them Olhe:rwis.: unaN.: III illt~nJ. In tho.: c\'<:", a stud!!nl b ap~cnl in cxc.:ss of IO~( of Ihe: mc:mp<:r~hip days officbl wrill!!n \'.:rifiealion. dl).;um.:nling Ihe: need for absc:ncc::. mu'll'.: suhmitl<:d. Sludcnts who have undocumcnled llbs..:nc.:s in C\Co,;~S of IO ri; may P<: ~uhjc:cl 10 do.:ni;,1 (If cour....: cr..:Jit or promotiun, Th...: follo\\ ing ar..: kgilim;lIt! r!!a'ion .. for :lh~<:nce:
I. 1:1111:,,: ~kdic;tI .:\ell~<:. iI si~lIo.:J d"ehlr\ nol..: i, lo.;411ir<:d. Arroinllllo.:nt eM.!, willllot 11..: :lCcl:pI<:d. D,I(:lur\ :'rr"inrm':lIl\ should P.: m:JJ: "uhiJ. \If Ih..: ~chl)ul d;IY.
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.'. L'llIily Ill' cala~lr<'rhic ~·m<:lgo.:ney 4. ()!.~.:r·...:i"n of m;ljor r.:li~i"us h\llid.ly~ (lr r:Jrlicil'alil';\ in 1':'1"ircd rdlgiuu\ in..truCliun 5. SC~'I:";<r)' (',IUt! :ll'r.:ar;.IlC":: a ~i~n.:d cout! dll~'IHn':1I1 is r":lluir::d ('. I lYE <:":Ifincm.:nl
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S:",I':llh 1:' .'::':II,I.Hlcc .,1 "11,,..1 ~r""""'.! ac'!"i:I:'> (1I<:I,II:Ij"') lor I" .lnCII.\.III" III .'j'l'rp""" ;<lI<.:III.lIic',,· 1:.1111:,<11,,11.<1 IH"~·,r.,"", (tlihICing) arc C"1l
~ickr .. ,II"c,;,:oI ;,1 Ih,ir ~dl('ul "I' 1:11(,001r1lCIiI Sllld~lIh" :," .1It: •• !>'elil III 'iii 'l·h,."IIII.I: 11,,1 ".,rt,,·il'.'I': ill all: ,<.:1",,",1,'1,,11:.1 ""'Iil'il), wilhout ~'c· .. · i:I.": pl.'f:lli"I":1 flll:tl iI:1 ;,dllli:II"r.<I"r. Th, \','"It"i,I" ~d""o!' l·II':PIH.I~:' 1I"'I.IIl:II.I;,,,,·I, "I' <:'OIllIlIlIlIil·.,li,,"I,.. t·.' .....·1I 111<': 11'11:1<.: ali,) ~,h""I:s\ tho.: I. ..... I" u;:,kr-:,'iI,!':I~ allJ 'e'PIc il'~ 1',,,I'klll' 1:,.<1 I:I.IY ",'ClIr Ict:.lr,lll:~ ,,:II.r:d.II\\'C. :\0'11.; 1'.,mil),·1 r'l,,:V.'t·ati"lI\ ;<rc' :\()T "'\n,,cd ah~cnco,;"

"I{()(T[)I'IU-:S relH AIISESCE FI{();\l sellO()!.

\\k: •. : <'."LI:I r,'lurll' fr,'::1 all ,,It,,Ill:,', It:, r.lIcnt ~u.HJi"" r;l~'ll'rmiJc Ill, ,~h",,1 wilh 1I ,iglln!. \'rill';ll ,,,'II':: U:I:'~ Ihc d.lt.: (~) and r_:

"'Il ('1:': .,J,.,n:,·,: .., II" wrill::11 <,:.\(U':: rlIlI'llt, 'Ultllll::,d .:c,·1I11 pri"r 1i,'liti:.. ,,,UI of illl,lIc!:d l,h,cllc": \'a' rr"'I""-''' 1'.lIenlS arc r':4 u<,:':":

I·' ::,,',:, I':: ,dIP"II:1 .lj"I!I':o.: "f 1'!,III",d ;d',,,";,,: ,,:'d I" 1ll.lk~ rhllll: ('<!!:I.ICI I'll Iht: nl"rnill~ (,I' un illne', or "Ik'r r,''''II;1 for absence.

d.,>\ ! I'::",,: ~ tlil ;1~' .... ~rh,:1.: ld thrt..'t.: t'tin"r..:I..'U:I'.1.;

\\.·,::1\1;.;1 r1\~~I~·h:\I:ltln f~\I:tt hIH~:~.llr i.Hl~tinl': i.ll(ul..!~lipn,,~\k :-.liU,I!1 ~:I (I~ I'\lttl.'rn nf,abs!:ntt.:'t.:l<'

,,,~,,:,,"~ rrl~I':ij'JI (lr d~"~n·~o.: rna:. e":lIJ':1 11i~ rJr~nt" t:t;JrJI.I:l ill:ttrr:ling t-..m ht;r (If Ih·~ ~Ii.ld~nt·s lll"~r~c~. 1'•• r~I~I' ~lIarJiJns ar~ r.:qui:~~

I:. ,I,·.·.. I rrl'\ i~~ th~ ~d:",,1 "ilh ~ rh',':l<: nU~llh..,r .1: "t:il'h I~,~:. c;onlt.., c<'nIJ;;:,;J I'r .!<:<.:... \,~J dllrillg ,eli,,, ,I hClur,

\'.r,·:'::' ,;"f~'''''r:;11 ;IIIJ pr \~rlfi.ll'oi.: Jllcl;r::<.:Jlldlillrl \\1:1 t,~ r~,;uir,J "h<.:I:,\\;r .. 'l"d,III'S ;lr~~nl.:.:i'lIl I:\~',~d, III'; (,f Iii.., m.:ml'crship l!:':'

I lOr \:\"::'j'k.lrl eJ~': 0: 1:lr:<.:,~,.1 rh:"(IJn'~ ~IJI"'r.l·:lll .... itl rt: r.1JllIj;I:<:J.IILlling Ihal a!'l~~nc ... 1";1, nll:dically I\>.:''''''.,r:. r"r Ihe dales Ihe ~:Li':.-'·

\'.1, ('.'. <.!:Jgl1o;:ie infom:Jli(lfl fled 11(11 r~ rrL>·.. iJ~·J Ol: th;; dl~tr<':liqn (If th~ rJ('rH:~lud..:nl. For all "Ih~r ~h'~I1(,'. wrillt:n verification S'JC'

.1,.1" .-' ~i.lr.l:;1(1r.~. 1t:I!::r hom D05S or (.f:·icial ..:!(lcu:-r;·;nla:i,lr1 or cOl!a'lfI'rhi<.: c,<.:nl will r<: n:4"ir<.:d. \\'h<.:n a ~:uJ,nl rt:ach~s lO9C abs:::-:-

I<.:t,;i,r.:. ~,1 r~:lsons for ab5~nc.: h<:yond tho~~ pr~\il)~sl:i II~I~J ~s kgi:i:nJI<: \C itll;>t,: consido:r::d Olcccplapk.

.! r.lr,r.', J:-:d or guardiar:s C'f ~:Ud,r.!5 "hl)5:: ahs.:nl~d:ir:1 e.x::~~J5 I/J.... will h: ll\llifi::d in wriling of th~ n..:cd w ~i.li'rly :lrrropriate documo:r::~·

il\':~ s_:~: J!;C:Ji.1::r.:J~iO:1 \\ III CU:',:H'U'': tt)~': r.1JiiJJ:::J flJr a.:! i;!~~::r.Ct:'; urn:! th:: rJt:: of ~h~::n;t:ei!.'m falls b~lp\\ 1(,r-;...

S;·".;'; .. ~ p~~r:1 !;ua~JIJ:1 fdill" p . ".I·J~ Ih:: n~ce';',lr'. ,::ri:I~":I~'rh l'r ~~,)~!J t~~ ~:ud'~n: subs~4U~nlly I:>~ ;d',,~r.' f;_'~ a r<.:J.S(ln notlist~d a:, ;';~I·'-:.·~. t:::: pInCI;,;!1 or t.!::sign~~ ',-i:l e'\~HJCllh~ r:J':~~: gUJ~jIJ:11O aJ..!:t:5s I~<: Sl!ua!iofl. \\'h~n dt:l:m~i.J r.::';"'J::. ry school personn;!:.
i'.':c'~· ~.,'~..!I":1 wi:: re no:ifi~d l.,r I~: n::ed for il eonf:r'~ne: ILl ..!ISC\.\S, JOlJ I"Ol'J:'JJlly rlan for. th:: r:50Iutior1l,f ,1:1 ;,:::r.(!;lOe: problem. L~· •

"":'::_ .. ',,'~. I: i< nr,;cl~J :hai a ra~:r1: !;:.1"r~iJn l>i:: a;';'~J::, r Ih:: ~irllir.teJ CL'"f.:r:nct.: vr cont.!elt;'c s:h,_,<;1 1'-' r::,.:hduk.1t must bl! u~.~.-

"": '-_' ?.i.~,:!~~::,)~ I::' ~'..:,.:h cu~f~~:.:~C'~~ i=; \i:.:·~I..~~;":~ ~ r,J~:':": ~'~J:.:!i.1~'s r·,:::-rL,;,,:sil...ility, \\'r.i!t.: lr.-:;: Cts~:-i:.:: '~;,i:: ~~,d\-:: t:'.. ~i)· n:asciiable ~:.~ ..

: ' ,:_~ ":.'"'::I..~.l~~ t:-:~ r,~:.:~~ uf rt.!:-~i'::~ \·.rll,.~ ~~~;.: \'.ll~~:i:~.:: l'~ f.!I~·!~'L:; C'~~::i cl:':'i:l...:l::~s, \\:! \\:i!ll,;'\;:'-;:~l r'!~c:r.::i tl) ;-;.1:, ,.!~. ~~.:!i\-: !\'!~ i:1 p~ubl~r.:

~ .. .: .• ,'; :~; I ~:::'"",·'::'l: r:1~ ~~'..;J-':L~ i..!:-,,~ iJ :':t\:7:rl~, \'" i:h t:,~ IJ'.I" ~":fj~..!i:-::; f:.!:'.:r,:Jl r;'·~?I..'!:;;i~~!i::. fu~ r~g~b:- ~~r-II\< .:':;"~I~.:;:C:!,

I: :' ~ ~-''';'::T: :~:T:JI:1, L.:1~~,I):',.:J. a r~:·~~r.': \\ili 1;>;: IT.::.J<: Il) :~: s'J;,~[\i>~'r ,,:' ~::~~~J:1C<: \\ r.o \cill ,~"::~; I~~ 'I' _""":1 :!n..! d~::id~ 0:1 Iht: r.·'._

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L' .. ,' ....'. I~~'" :.: '.~~".:-h r.\..I:-:~Cll:-:--~?:I~;.::.: ':('~:~:~...:':~. t!--': ~:>'::-:~..:"':~ ~''':;::~\h:l; \"i:~ r:1::lk-;: 0. d~t:':i:ni~J~il):l r":f..i:..1!--:;: ~:~:.,.'j".,:y l'r c("'u,rt acdor"

C"J~: .;::\,,);1 IT.~:. incluJ;; IrUJ:1C) P~l,.:<:<:Jin~; "'~.Iin~: ~ wl!IL::;. ;lh>;~: ~:uJ;:~: ur Ihc fili~o; lIf ehar~<:~ a~~ir.,! i.l ",r::lll gl..:;)rJian for fail .. :;

p,,1 i.!: f,'r lhe .:duc:ltional n~e:ds of his I her child. R;:f~r·..::> :,) th~ s~?.:r\ bor vf all<:nJan:.: \\ ill abo PC m:lJ.: C\ h~:1 lHl;" acute: llr ('hwnic nbs.:nled5m in\"ol\'ins: s:uJo::nrs of manda:ory school ,,~~
:"; ,'''!I~-' r,>"l1 <:J al Ita: t>...:i!Jing 1~\ ... 1. Th.: l-urer \ iour of a::C~..!Jn;;e "dl a>'.. " O:J:'h r;:fctrJI "nd impkm~r.: :I;',:"i'rbt<: inlcr\'~nlion dfv:·

"t.I:~ : J~IJ 1~':I~,k r:UU;1 v;, DOSS :'~li~1n in ~itualiuns i:J\ o!', 1:1£ I~;;;; VI CUVpO:IJllvn l'f cumpliancl!'.

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a. Wh.:n a d.:ci~ion 1\) d.:ny cr.:dit or prc)mntion i,~ maJ~. the 5~h(l(l1 will notify the rar.:nts (If the intend.:d actiM. h. The pnr..:nt·guarc.li.\~ an,IN s:ud.:nt h;\\'c the right tn :Irrc:all'J~~ of crl!dir.promc}tio;1 d.:ci~ion~. Th.: "1'1'':31 must hI! in writing anJ sd·:::;·:~.! t,1
the: school within Ih.: limdram.: noleJ on the loss (If credit r.otificatinn. c. A he'Hing hy tho.: school's rC:\'i<!w committee: will I:>c: sch.:dukd. at which roint th.: p.m:nt and:or stud.:nt will h.we th.: opportunity til rr,l\ i,!..:
dllcumc:nt:stinn fclr Iho.: "hs.:nccs unJer discussion or to c.~rlain utralHdinary circumslances. d A ktll:r stating tho.: do.:ci~ion of th.: r,:\·i.:w committee will 11,; sent 10 Iho.: rarent,.'gu:lrJian within 5 school days of Ihc ro.:view commil\<:e 111 :.:tin~.
1:. The: paro.:nl/guJrJian andlor stud~nt may app':3Ith.: decision to the superintenJ.:nt. Th.: app.:"1 must b..: in writing and scnt within 5 SCh.I,,1 d.IY\ of receipt of Ihe rt.:vie:w conlmince klt..:r. A h.:aring will be conducted by Ih.: sup.:rintend.:nt or his/her design..:.: and a written d.:cisilln pr,,\ kkd.
Th.: decision of th..: supo.:rinlo.:ndent willl1c Ihe fin:sl d.:cision of thl! district.
Sc.:PERl'ISOR OfATTE:VD.4,VCF; The supervisor of ,,"cndan.:.: will b..: responsible for enfl1rcing compulsory lIuendanc..: laws. d\!\'e1oping and empluying praclices and prlll!r.I~:h t·,
address truancy and parcnt supported ahsenc.:s. dcvelnping and implcm..:nting proccduro.:s 10 en!'.ur..: effeclive !'.yst..:mic tracking. monillHin:,; .LI,I intervention in scriow; ahscntt.:e situalk)ns and set:king the assistance (If Ihe court and communilY ag..:nck~ in dealing wilh chronic non.cl'llll':I.I·I;;:; on the part of studcnts or parcnts:gu:srdians.

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WESTFIELO HIGH SCHOOL CI,ASSROO:\l ATTENOANCE POLley (9·121

What h;lprc:ns in Ihe classroom i5 cs~.cn[iJIIO th..: edul:ational process. Tim.: 105[ from the cla5s can nt:v.:r be ~cally r.:gain.:d. This is r:sl'..:~'i,~i:, tr;.I!

:I~ i~ rt:lJI':~ 1,1 lC:ildlc:r C'xpbnalinns and the interaction amclng sruJ..:nts and bctwc.:a Icacher and studc.:nl. Surely. those suhjects calling f,it 1.'~',·;,Ir.l'

r) clr..:rknce,>. ~ubjC:(;h such a~ sciencc. !1u..in.:,s. inJu':rial :Irh, "nJ homc cCtlnnmic,> dc.:mand s[ud.:n[ prcsc.:nce. Consequently. classwI'm .I':,;n·

d.• n.;.; i, clln ..idc.:r..:J III t>c: ilel inl;;gral P;\rI of the s:ucJc:nr'~ lIchkwnlClI1. Sin..:..: tho.: cll,~r'lllm is Ihe: primar)' an;a of Ie:arning. il is appar':nI Ii .. ,: ,I!I':I~'

,!.m,:c h 1I \ aliJ. rC:",>(lf1.lhlc rC'luirc:mc:nt. Ii i, Ih.: purpll"~ lIf Ihh roll.:) Itl prunltllc ",oro.: posilive: SluJent lind cummunity altiluJe: tOW'H" I!'.' ,',1.:.;."

li,l(l.d uprurtunilic'> offered 10 our SluJc:nts.

Ah~c:nco.:s from cl;I~~ in excess llf 5 d.I)'s po.:r tc:rm musl he fc.llkm.;cJ 11~' wriu::n pror.:s~inn;tl dllcum.:ntalilln ciling Iho.: nt:.:d for thl: ahsen~'C: Cr, '111 ct.I". If n.) dll"umC:lH~ti\ln h prll\'iJcJ then a Mudellt wh'l i~ n,l! f.lilill!o: a C\lU"\! will r..:ccivc a graJ..: of 59. If Iho.: stud.:nl exce.:ds Iht.: iltl,·I ..!.C·:';'; IImih cach lerm llf the cum".;. Ihen creJil will ho.: dc:nicJ fur Ihat Cll\lr,,~. Hc:alth ofiici:lls I:~timat<: Ih:11 " nnrm:sl ab"..:nl..:c raIl: should UIII 10. ,,'. ,'r i 1'19 d.IYs fll( an~' MIIJ.;n! ill a ~dl(lol Far. In :IJJlliulI tv th\! di,~rict'~ Ihl of acc,:pI;lhk ah~..:ncc: I:XCU~<:S (Iisled on p. 23). W<:slfidd ~Ii~h S,·I,." ,!
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t 5.:h",,1 rd.ll ...d fun':lillll Ilr IIl.'leI Irip: ~luJ"lih Me.: ;11111\\·... ,1 Ihr"c: (J) p~1 "~III"te( Thj. in..;lud.:,> clllk!-:c: \'hil.llkH~'. wilh \'crificati"n ~ S,'h"'11 r-:l.I~,..d III,dlll.;!, l·"nkr~III.''''', i ... : Ci"iJ.I:k·C !lIe.·lill:!'. A.!]I"I\:I,·III rll,!!h::"'r llI....din!:!·,. Sp.:...i;.! I'd'J':.lti:on c\·"iLl"ti,IO.,.

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A:: ,:\.:'~';r.:, ~!:l._~J 1'>.~ ill I::':I~ ~...'~:r"u:-;; clJs, P', 7:23. MiS';~.:.! Ii:; [>\':" or u·;~r,l:;.:ping i);'; no[ cO~l>iJ;;r.:J aC~',,:pllbk ":XCl!sr.:5. Sin,:'.. .

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dl;ltd.1 upun arrh~1 tl) )chu,,111I ~ign in. An~v",,' nut ~i!!nin~ in ",HI rl:cdlt: Saturday detentiun .

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-have c..:l~ :cJchcr $ign lu indicatc the sludent's prcsc:ncc in cla~!i. The time: ('If Ihc studcnt's arrival in school will be: slampcd (In Ihe attc:ldancc CN' r':cli(l:'l ~~.~~t. The la\t peri~'J teacher will collect th.: form when I'rc~enteJ f,'r lIignature. sisn it. and turn il into Ih.: office a: Ihe enJ of Ihe (by.
TARDIi'ESS TO CL<\SS
SluJ..:r:, ::-.~': t-c in Ihdr cIJs~nl('m wh..:n th..: t-dl marking the c:nd of the passing period MOI'!\ ringing. ~o Ihat Ih..: t..:achcr mil) start work immedl' ately.• ':~'T" i;e. Ihey will lIe marked a~ lard),. The)' ar.: also cxpccted to toe on lim.: for all cla$sc!t...ss~mblic~ and programs during Ihe reSular
schu,,1 ':~!,. ~:'ld d.:tt.:ntion cJa$s af,er scho,'1. IhC\:e !;IrJjc5 !Il c!a\s rer quaTl<=[ \\ jll equal !Inc ah~..:no:c w c1a~s.

CLASS ClIT POUCY
A stud~:",:, rr.ost important respunsit>ility is to altcnd all ~chcdukd cI;.\ses during Iht.: ~ch(I(l1 d:ty. Cutting a c:lass b an 'Ib~ence. Teachers will be notifk.! oi ~ny un<:;o;cused absence due 10 a class cur and will hc instrucred 10 gin: II grdde of ZERO (0) for Ihat day. Students will nOI be allowed
10 nt:th:~r ~:'Iy work due 10 a class cuI. Periods E and G will bc con~ider.:d a doubt.: cuI and will fI:cei\'e four hours (If dctcntion. HoweVer. Stu. dcnt~ r:,~: d~.. r a cur slip with lin accept;.blc PJS~ from a II':3ch.:r. counselor or principal. Par..:nts of any studcnr iJ.:ntifi..:J ,IS ha\'ing cuI a sehcd. ukd cl.,·, ma:. I"·c nutifkd anJ "~kcd III m::t:t wilh tht: appropriatc as\i,r,tnt principal and guidancc counselor.

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TRUASCY.

I)nn.:c.:',;.::- a~s.:ncc. du.: eithcr tll ;1 ~tuJent's wiJliul (kcbi,ln or a parent's'inability or unwillingness to ensure: attenJance, is a violation of law

and JI,trICt p..lic:-·. Stutknts truant from schonl may PI: dcnkd crcdit anJ will to.: ~tJhject 10 di~ciplinary m.:asur.:s. Parcnts whu ~uprort or enable: .1

chennl\,' r·llt,n, \If unnt.:cc~sar)' ..hsenet: m::.y t>1! ~uhjcct tll a~ency ur court action.

Cultin~ cl''''n anJ or k;l\'iJlg ~chnlll gCl\unds witlhllll permission i, cllnsiJcred hy this dislriet 10 he truant toch:\vior ..nJ suhjcct to disciplinary IllC'''ur ... ,." rd.,!e tu tru;,nc), frotlll>cholli. StudcnlS itge 1(, ;lnJ "hl.l\t: whu tlcnt"l1slr.'IC pcr~i~t..:nt p:l!tcrn~ of truancy may!lc rdcrred by Ihe: t>uild. ing I'n:\:I;'..! tu thc !>chu,11 committee (ur po::"ihk cxpubion.
Unc\cu'~J "t-,cnccs arc suhject to dt:tcntil>ns, ~u"pcn\ion~ or olhcr di'iciplinc mt:asurcl>,'StuJcnts ,Ib~cnl from ~chll()1 (lr cia,.. \\ ithout il p:.r.:ntal cX~'\I'''' .1I:i I'~ JcnicJ creJit f"r 1I11 cI:I\~ work mb'cJ lind t":;Jchcr~ will h.: nutiJ'icd (If the truancy.

BEF:PEBS. CELI.PHONES Th,' 1'''''~''I'':1. f;~rr) ins ur u~e of hcadphllnt:s. b~·ep~·r\. ccliulM rhllnes (lr any othcr ch:ctronic c(lmmu:licarion d~vkes in !-ocllO(ll. on school gr\lI:I:,:, ,,: .I~ ,.:h,,"1 re!.,tcJ lIcli\ilil!s i, p(uhihil.:J. SIUJCIIIS \ iobtill!; this ~ccti\ln will hI! 1I11hjt:CI hI disciplinary r.tl!a\urt.:\. Exc.:ptions for U!lU~lI.,: dr,·I:II;'·.,:,,·,', ,uell a, ntcdil'al cl)n\i"er.t:illn~ nHI,t bt: a;,proce,1 ;,1 lilt: s:Jpt:rinlenJclIl kvcl.

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rll"" .,;'i I: : • ,:,dul! ;',Ii\'ity durillg thl:'~ tilll>;'. SllId,'I,h 1,.111" 1,<1.,:.: ~\·I"."I 1"It;, III:,Y' II.I\t: tlll;ir I'rh ik~... 10 rlJt: tht: ~ehll(ll tlll\ rt:\'oked in ild,!1
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·.,:il rllt t,wlper wi:h Ihe pu, and its C'1uiprncllt.I:'rcc:iJII;. Ih..: I\i~do""

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l . ':'., :~g \;Urn. caling hod or drinking I'>1:\cr:II;":5 is not alkl·."cJ l'n I~:: bus.

'\; , :. ;::~< f':1ay he carrkJ on th..: hus excepl maleria!s tlut \\ ill rc h·:I.J by th~ stud~nt or pl~c~J din:ctly on tht: flollr unUt:r the seat directl;.- I" .

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'I 'j -.; .:~';'..:~r.C:\' cvor; "f ,ch"ol bu,::, ar~ fur cm..:n:..:r:C'. ~,~ llnl\,.
i'! .;,. _";".'. "\'. h:~ fct:in£ \.:-) .,nd uff th..: ru". ,hJII cr,~,s i~ f:C'Gt Lilh': bus anJ oniy UpO:1 the: r::cd\'ing of a signal tLI cross fror.1 the cus dri·,·.·

S:c.:J·;:", ~~ ".;; :r:i:1';'(ln~J a:~ 'In.J<:r the authodl) l.f Ihe hus c~i .. ~r The pus dri\'t:r is requirt:d to rerun rule violations. Continued c!isorderly Ctl~' d~..~: ,.: ":"-::.' ~ut'>mit!(l Ih~ n~!hu:l!\ (If tht: !:>l" lld\'~r i, ~L!::'I,I:n: cau,': L'r a \luJ~ni ILl t>:: rdu<,::J transporta:ion on school buses. Apupil r.~c:.
t>:: ,,~,~, "_.~ :" ~ t>~., tr.)n'~';::~:I:)n L;~.un th<.: pln(Ii'~I\ :~~~,;:-; <,:' t:,~ p,;!'s t~i~d B~; Cor.J",:! R~rort U:'l.;l th~ r::cdj)1 of il:1y s:.:bse':;<,;:;1! B:JS
c. .... : ~_." ::,~." '~:J r~,'~:1 t~ ~ >·.;h~.;"~nl ,t.;:i;,cr..,io,l:1. Bl'S CO:\DL'CT REPORTS a:ld r~cu~x::r.=a:iuns r.Fd:: with r~S?~CI h) st'~:~~:5 for I~,
L,:~. : -. ';.·,'L': :::~r <ei:: ~..: t:::;':':t7::nt,J ifl th,: f"i!"\'.,~;; ,:··...'\'i ;'·::lr l·r.ft.;::·i::~J t!i;;ci?It:1<l~Y a,>signm::n:; wi:1 t>:: carri:J fJ:-Wl~: and cv:'
li:1,':": :" :::;~::r::;';: "f t::~ f·.':.';"" i:.g ~chLI(" )c:~r.

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I .'~, ' .. , .. ".:-: r~rl'CI:cJ Iv ;::,j·.iJc: t~~r.';'Vrt,j:I\I:1 tvr ;!~l) 1:'':I'oIJ'~JI (I~ !;rv:Jj) \Ii;hu~: ulfc:ctivns fro;';) thc: tril:1>?un;.:iu:1 ,'!ll:~, 2. lL:,:> ,,::1 Lln!y stop lu uischilrgc: studc:nts at rc:gularly schc:J~kJ stops. ;-';0 aduitional stops will be: sch.:dulc:d without <lir~ctions fror.1 th.:
Tr~~,:,,·::~!i0n Office.
3. Tt·,' ~"''':Ii'J! ~hou!J rc:cc:icc .. writtc:n rc:que:st fwm the: p;.r~nl fIJr J!1)' ~!I:rnJ:ice transport..tiun.lf. in Ih~ pri:1cip;Jl'~judgml:nt.lhe r:q:J~st i~
\ J::': .;"': :~~r~ is aJ':qu~t: ruum U!1 thl:: bus. anJ it.:m, 1 :.~j :: at-Ole a~( oDs·:!">·.:d, th~ principal has Ih~ authurity to grant this r.:qL:~s:.

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D.. ~in~ r..:ril),h (If pl1I..:nli,11 and nClua! :O;t\lrm,. Ihe ~ch"ol aJminimalit'n i~ i:1 r..:gulM contacl with Ihc: \V!.:~tfidJ HighwilY D~pt..lhe We~:fi::l,l

r,,!I~.: O..:rl. i'lnJ gm .:rnm..:nt airfidd we.lIher Sl.ltions. A d.:ci,ion In Ckl5C or nollo ch.;o: $ch1101 is m,llk ahout 6:00 a.m. 10 cancel all schl"': 1.,1:1.-

rort,llilln anJ lunch prnpam.~ a:1J 10 notify Ihe meJia, luilinn.s.:nJlng dhlricl~. Iraffic. and school po:rsonnc:l.

DELAYEU OPEj'jli'iG
On occa~i(ln. il may bo: wiser to ha\'e IWO h"ur llc.:lJ)eJ IIp.:ning of schoo: in~tc:ad of closing for Ihe enlir.: day, When Ihis happens,lhe effeclI\": slarting lime for Westfield High School will bl! 9;23 n.m.. bu~ sluJ..:nlj will buard buses Iwo hours latcr Ihan Iho: normal schedule. Dismissal will b.: :II th..: normal lim::. However, if ~choul~ ar..: nol closed, par.:nls mu'l: make Ihe fin,,1 dc:cbion abuul schoul :lttend.lnce because Ihey know Ihe d..:p..:..:
of hazard in Ihdr own 1(lcal nCishhorhuod. Und..:r extl!nu:lling cin:um~13nc~s, ddaycd op.:nings may bl! longer Ihan one hour.

CARE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY BY STUDENTS I: i, tho: r.:\punsitlilily of sludents 10 ensure: Ihat hook:> anJ m<lt..:riJIs bdnnging lu Ih.: W..:slfi<.:ld Public Sclw,)b nre relurned in acceptabk Cllll,htion.
Ln,I, d.lm~£..:d or dd.lceJ pruperty must b..: paiJ for by Ihl! r..:~pon~iblc: Mucknt. Non-payment mOlY rcsuh in Ihe wilhholding of official schlll'\ lhl..:· urr.';nb, Any stll(J.:nt d.:em..:d r.:spon.,ihk for Ihl! willful d..:structilli'l uf ~chnol propl!rly will be subjl!cl 10 Ihe financi:ll Cosl of repair or r..:pLI':':llh:nl
. . an.:! may abo h..: subj":CI lu suspc!n:;iun or expulsion fmm Ih..: schoo! sysl.:m ilnd pOI.:ntial,crimin,,1 aCliun.
CHASGE OrADpHESS OR TELEPIIO\'E NlIl\JIlER
T" elln:,,:l p:lr..:nh in Ih..: "I'C of l,n cm..:rg<':II'::y. up.llI.d.,I.: r":CllrJ, JIIl,,1 b..: k..:pt in th..: uffi;::..:. Pka"e n()tify Ih..: (lffic.: of uny eh3ngc in yo!,!r ;lJJr..:"s IIf r:,:"rd. or I..:kphlln..: numh..:r eh,lI1g..:s, b,'lh h"me anJ 1'\"(,''': Ill' c!Jllph)}llIl!lIt. Abo, if yuu ch,lI~g.: dnClors Of h~lspit;lb, or anylhing Ihal \\('ldJ .:~,.III~': IlI.:JII:<l1 r"'l·,'r.h, pk,lW nlllif)' tho: I1I..:JII:;&! (,rfi.:.: :Hld 1111; i'II.lin ufii.:.:.

(,[,ASS PliES
CJ~" dll':, \\ ill ho: eollo.:':l..:d during Ih..: SclllHlI >I!M. Cia.., dl',' ddt<,) tl:..: CO,I I,f c1,I~" lh;ti\'iti<:" f1"w..:rs ill c",c, of b..:rc:a\·ement, elc. P.tr:l;ir,lIilln
i:) Ill.: ~":lIi"f Cl.hS 11,1I1<lll":l ..IIJ llflcr·b,Ulll"":1 p,lIly rC'luirl" th:ll Ihl:' sluJ~nt'" lill\!S b..: p;lili in full for all fuur >·ear:..

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CIt injur)l. A 5tuJcnt will oot U'iC t.....1: .•:nidali,In CJr h,lra,\;ncn! against any other per::._ .•. t Jd.:nt will Mt coerce another Stu,~;.'r.: .'r lIlher i:ldlvidual intll any disrurtive <'r illegal activiry. 1\ ~:IIc!':r.: \\i11 not U~I! or t>c in possession of any weapon. o Rc'r':cl Ihe h~'alrh and ~af~ly (If (In.:sdf and olhers anJ will rdrain fmm 1:5ing h\/'Iac.:o; or using. p"sscssing. lranSmilling, 5~l1in£ N 1,.·1·1:; IinJ~r the innucnec of any alcohnlic t>.:\crJ£.:. narcOlic ~uhSlancc, iIIeS'" or prohitlit.:d drug or 5ubslanc.:. • Rc\r,,:cl Ih..: edue.ltional pro':c~~ :lnd karninS .:nvimnmenl t>} rdrdining from intentional or habitual aClivilies which diminish Ihe: rifhh tit. and the orrortunilY (or. ~luJcnrs 10 rcech can educ.ltioll and ohl.1i'; thc maximum bcndit from a puhlic education.

CQ;'.ll'!.,.\l\,TS. (jJ{IE\'ASC'ES & APPEALS PROCEDURES 1\ stud~nl who wish.:s to app.::!1 a d..:cisinll of a school staff mer.,ner should proceed through Ihe chain of command. i.e.: leacher. deparrm":llI 11":,11:1. as~islanl principii I and principal.

A. AppUcghili(l'

PROCEPIIRES

8Th,eR: pigru/rctfcuourn":sShtu..:drct:i"n, apply only 10 Iho~t: ~ilualion.' nOl uth~rwbl.: spt:cifically proviJe!d by other di~trict policy or procedur!!.

Nothing in thelie procc:dur..:s sh;1I1 ht: con~truc!d as limiling Iht: righl. of any Slud..:nt having a complaint to discuss Ihe: matt<:r with an approprl.ll<: csc..h.5oJo9l la[dministratnr. No r..:pri,;al~ (If an•" kind shall h..: tJk.:n t>}. anl•"on..: a(~:ainsl any stud..:nt as a result of a complainl or appeal.

COnltaCIUll anJ colkclin! bMgaining rr.\\"i>i\ln~ anJ rnl(.:cJur~s will r.ot be! \up.:r•..:d..:J by Ihese procc:durc:s or any proct:ss 10 effect Iht:m.
/), I,neal Sclltin! Lrl'cl

In irnpkrn..:nting III..: p.. licy SUh:m.:nt :11 Ihe! 1,1":011 ~d1001 1.:\.;1. Ih.: rrincipJI i, r<:spnnsibk for: I. Lr.,;urillg Ih;tt prll('..:Jurcs for c('n,id.:ring lotu.!.:n! rlllbkrn\ ,tn.! prt,ce,~illg ..:ompl.lint.~ nnJ app..:a!., ate! c()operativdy d.:vc:lopc:d by stll,L·,::,.
fJculry, scholll c(luncil anJ huilding a,lmillhlr.llors.
2. D;lcrmining thill Ih..: proct:JlIrt:s ar..: rreci,c and cI':ilrI) :-1.lkd. afforJ due pruccs~ and includ..: rmvbions for app.:al. 1 forwarJing an infurm.llional copy lIf Ihe procedures IlIlh.: !'>upt:rinlcnJt:II1.

4. fo.bking sucll pro.:r:dllr..:'i a\lail;lh!.: hI cilch sluJ.:nl.

5. rcrfurming ,Ill lInllu:tl r..:vkw :H1J r.:vj,i"n. if apl'rnpri,.te. lIf th.: pI.)(:t:durt:'i at Ihc Illeill school !.:\'el.

f. A '?[Irul erel,,' O"cirjQ" QUite ('ril/cj!lal

If a 511:J.:nl is dissltisfi..:J wilh tht: d\!ci~il1n re!nd.:ceJ ill t~.: I,,(.'al ~dlll••1kl"':l. h.::~h.: may npp..:al Ihl! dc:ci"ion to the! sup.:rintend.:nl.

I. SlIhl11illins: 1111 Appeal

I: Ih.: !'>la·J~1l1 h re!qlll:,:ing ,Ill 01;11'.:.11. lic·~h..: I:I~": II.. ", in I'.rilill~ \\I:!WI t.:n (III) !'>.:h.lul d;ly~ hI Iht: sur..:rinl.:ndenl. Th..: Slal.:menl SIHlUld I·. ! ..k .oil r<,:C:H'~II: Llc·III.1I illlllrm;lti'"I. Ih..: r""lI~,I~ r~'111':'!'·'!' :11,.1 i' I:'i'.,,: I": cillo.·r (.t) ,Ill illfllnll;ll n:\·/':w of Ihe rrindpar~ d\!cision by Ih.: ~'.;;, .' ;11·
l!:1I1 P: (1)) .. ht;acill~ I.dor,· Ik M'I'.:ri:II<:II. kl!:
2. Inr"rlllall{niL'" IIr an Appl...1

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11.111.;.1 I':. Ih,· ~llId':llI. ~::IH.ot ••dlllilli,lr.I'I'HI .,:\.1 o:h·:r ,·:k\,,": ,,,';:.:, \\ltl:ill 1·;11 (III) 'ch",,1 d.IY~ of Ih\! d.ll.: Ih..: apr..:;" i~ received, Ihc'

1;11.1":11: r,,):ifl\!\ Ihe ~lu,!·:f11 nn" I'dll.:ii,.I!. in \". riting. (If I!.,· (!e·,1 .1· ':: r"lk,rflilli:! I!;;: "1'1',·.11.

J. IIcarin;:! IlL-fun: Ihl: SlIpcrinlclHiL-nt

{'I'<I:l r:c.:ij'>1 (If:1 r":"'I;': f'll 11 h"'Min~. I::,· \:.j':ri:I:,ll.!·:r:. (I) ',·r::.:.::_" 1·:oI:in¢ d.lt.: which r:lU'it k wilhin 1::11 (10) school days from I:.

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IJU L'TIIl' ·1 I,N ·tlU{ PETEt"T(O:-; l' .. .': .. , ·· .. :1 'I:, •': ,!: ,':1;1 r' '!I ::... : ,;: ..... ,.: .;:: ,.,. ': .• J::;:- r:: .. :. ~ , r,..; ,,:.;,J I·. r·.. m,lIn 1:1. or b.: :1:, M:hllul oUhid~ of normal school ~.'
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TEACHER PE1E;o.;110'\

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l!ldi \'lJ'lOiI -chools may ~~la1C;llaissh epro3£:ra0m3:,-.csuve-h3k00~"0Ii.,8..-...F..,·1IH0.T0F1EsRe:r-Dv;iAcoeT.cIiuVn mEwhOeicPnhTtslIu4Od3.::SnlS5jFmialey dha\0'c4Ih/e1; 6,/.p0o3.

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,I)' 10 \'olunla:ily participale in

Jeli\'il;';, ~. ;'\:'1 allcrr..ld\"c In d.:t..:ntion.

SAIVRDAY DETEi'IIO;-.ij I. S,l:urd<lY dmntion begins at 9;00 a.m. :. Sa!lIr,!.,~ (~.;Ienli(ln cnd!' al )2:()() p.m. 3. R~~lllill Jo.:lcnlion rulcs arc: in effo:..:t (~o:~ aho\'e) J. If S;II'jr'!J~ Jo:l..:nli,ln is CUI, the stud..:nl will bo.: suspend~d.
/-;'\"" on,,.,.\'[ 15 '"OrA ,"A CCEPT·IBLE ErCnE FOR \([55{\'G DErE\"T/OS,

DlSCIPU:SE Dilodp!in,,:~ ;,clilln will be taken for viol~li,m of stud~nt's civil righls, including but nOI Iimit.:J 10 \'i(ll~nce, hilrassmo:nl or abusl! directed at stuJ..:nh ",I.o:J urnn thdr raCl!, color, sex, rdi~ion. national origin. disllbilil}' or s.:xual orio:ntati,)n. Tho: purpose (If the public schools is 10 enable stulo:nlS III bo.:cllme educat.:J tn thdr puto:nri)1 and III pr.::paro: th..:m to b.:com~ contributing and ro:~ponsiblo:: members of Iheir community. Rulo::s that liO\ 0: (It t!:o.: I>.:h,,\'ior:allimits llf a Ml!o.1c:nt PlIJ~' and authorize te<lch.:rs and administralOrs In enfmce th~se ruks arc is n.:co:ssary component of a sy~· :em irlr":l1l I'n ~C'cnmplishing tho:sc goals. Th..: \\'e:stfi.:IJ Public Schools is cummill~J to a systo.:m of o.1iscipline: that is fair and demonSlrates rc::sp.:ct
ior Ihe: illdi\·iJulll needs of SludenlS. The distriCI cXPO:CIS slud.:nls to demonstrate: as':: appropriate self control and regilro.1s dfcctive discipline as a funo.:li,ln 11"11 r.:~ull~ from a coopo.:rllivo.: p;,rtno.:r~hip b':lwcc:n Ihe individual Sludenl. the sludo.:nl's p;He:nt 'guardian and Ihe: school.
Whil.: il i, Iho.: J::'I.II uf the: Wcslfi.:lo.1 Pul'lic Schools to employ nwhod, uf rrngrt;s~iq: and pllSilivc: discipline, the dislrict supportS the need to sus· iI"raJ ;,11,1", nrc.:! ~IIIJcnl~ whcn I1ch;a~ ill:, (\f an aculo.: or chronic naluro.: caUSe dbruplion. destruClion or po~o.: a thr..:llt hI the: safcty of others. Prl:lI:il'.oI-. III ,·,.r"uirarilln with tho:ir ~raft allJ ~ch(\ol cuuncib. will 1,;\I"t'li,h ~po.:cific praclic..:s r.:I'lli\'o: to tho.: n":l'o.1, uf their buildings. Th.:se prac:ko.:, \\ Iii :'. r~\ io:wcJ annually I'y the 'o.:h",11 commilte..: III o:rhuro.: cumpli~nco.: wilh o\'o:rall district policy.

DISClPLlSARY ME.-\SJ 'RES
rho.: 1,,1I"1111IJ:: i, a Ibt (If pu~'ib:c (li~dl'''n;lri' mo.:asuro.:\ Ihat thc ~chlllli may apply tu tho!.l! inJivio.1uilb who disub..:)· Iho.: !.chool's Cod.: of Conduc!. I hl' 'Illdelli .h,llIlo.1 b..: ro:rnincJc:J Ihat nol all ~'aw~ will meril the U\C of the,e mca\urc~. Sludenls who~c: violation hccorno.:s ~uhjo:ct 10 po.:nalti.:s uf :he ('".!, ,.( Clilldu.:'t may ro:ccivo::
I) \ clb.. l r..:primano.1s
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:-"1 '-\!"~I1,tI~u"'rt.:n'ion
II) .dll'lIlo:\clu,i()1l
Iii) t·";\!.",1 "TId a\~blaTlc''; frtlltl I'(l!'<:~ "nd or ('Ih~r L'Ollllllllllir)' ~".:i ..! JJ::~n,y II) I. ~.iI ,"lion Ihruugh ('Illilr"
1=, r·;!··.·rr.illu ~chllol ;1111.'11.1.111,'1.' (If:k~
I.') r,!·.·I',illlI 'lIrl.'rin:l.:/ld~llr I!, 1,.'::II~ ...·'..:ri:~r:[ (If J\l,l~\~H.:hu"'·':lh 1:;:·''-''I.:~t)!':'''~I~_· '\:!i! ..·II~ ;\.... '(I~,:U:: ':: CIlJ ..'
1.") 1",\ ,·f l..:.ilTl ('r duh rll<:ml'..:r,hl;' <lr ,'Clhil), rl.'q'o.:'lIiull 1(,1 r·.'·,:"ri"n 171 \I 'Or:" d.I;III,
I", I,f·;rl,,!, 1\1 c(,un<;"illg or a~~i,!.lnc<: prllgram\
1'1) rd,rr.lI tn p":l.:f rtll.'dialinll ~III :" -;:\1 hume f,'r conference or chan~.: llf clolhes in cLlmrlia~.:~ \\i:h schoul ruks :: I) I, ,,' l't" aUlomobilt: privilt:gcs ar:d W lowing

DRESS A~D GROO;\U;-';r. ';·I.c!·_II" .,'; c·;;,,\;r~g<:J 10 -k ..... 5<:h,,0! I~ J husinesslike m:lnn~r. so.:,,;:,,'~::~~ Ihat ,d:ich cL'ntribules 10 a rll~iti\"e o:do.:cationJI atmosph~re. "Tht: ,ch,.,1 1;.1' ::;~. righllU b~;J any ;i~J .. !Il,:'Ln,he. llbscent:, etc. cluthir.g i~;:~:ing any c:iulhing thaI indicJt::s any criminal aCI or affiliation, or 'r;;Jk, ._,J.... : 1'1':ic~." It is IJrgcly Ihe r'.:,;:,on.ibilily uf Ihe ~Iud~nl. wi:~ I~= guidanc~ of parenls. tu delc:rmino:: whal is apprllpdatc: dress for scho,.,· ': ~:h',,: r.-:,::;J aCli·.iti;;s. hLIWclcr. Ih~ \\'~,:fi~lj Public Schu"l 5;;5:,:7: ;~;:r..c:s t~~ right 10 prohibit clothing or manno:r of drc:ss which consli-
~:;;' .. :.::':.:. ,,: >:1:":;' ClI~c~rn Qr i, ~() l.~.~':;~! .,5 to ,,:: di~:U;'i:': 0: ~i;::_=:I~£ to I~~ c:d:.Jca:;t.>r.al pw<.'::.>. Thb i:-;c!u;j::s. [lUI is nor limited to,
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II·, '.. ,·:..!I:'J::. r:c:(~';;> tit L!~,i~n, ~,:' J £:.!;:>r.ic: s::\uJI n:1t~:~
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11: ,;-:.::, ,. il·J'. t: r'i>,~. III rrur.1l>t::, I~;; lb: l.f t()hJ~cu PrL1J~CI>. a:'1.'~0:ic pel ~r~£r;s 0: ilk~al ~Uh,IJr.CO::;.
I l; .. ;-:.I:~ .. , r:U:71u:::~ t'r r.:r:Cl)l..t.J~:':~ v. :,.'r: \ io!en~t: or llt!"::.'r iikgJ: :;'::1'. i~:,'.
- s., '1IlI"Li~h clothing, bare I'acks ur midriffs, ~hort ~hort~ or ~k.i:t;. nco:ptionally soikd or I0rn clulhing. t>at1JJnas.
If ~:Jch l'''':hin~ is worn to school, sluo.1cnts will bl! require:o.1 10 change 0: co\'~r the clothing bdore returning 10 class or school activity. Hats, .i,u:•. 1'.:'I~.,n.,<, h~Jdt>and~ llr ~imilar h;~J cuvt:ring m~y nul rc: Wllrn or \"i~ibly di~rlay.:d in school upon o:ntc:ring the builo.1ing. throughout th~ 'l:h<l,,1 "":" ~:~J ur.lil the ~luJ<.:nt~ o:\il th~ h:iIJing.

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h siruaritln., hlV(llving dbcirlinc: N IIr. ';"(. ..·.·nri.11 lI.:ri,'n. rll.: Wc:srfi<:IJ PuNic S.:hollt dl, •.:r "" J" h:ds:~s Ir.s responsibiliry lOll:"":,, ~:C1.
dc:nB dlle: rrt'lo:e:s~ M,llimdy rC:'oI'luri'\r1 h' r:'lCc:~Jlns'. :I, r:1.I:1J.Hc:d hy !>!.If<: lInJ bkral ~:,lrUI:': anJ Ih.: r;:sulalions of Ihe CommonwC:ilt;~ 1':' MJ';;;ldHI\etr.,. F,H lIlI lh:lh'rl,. ~:uJ;:l\b h,l\'; Ih:.: rh:hr 10 hI: inf"rmc:d ('f Ihe ch,tr~cs lit i"uc:~. In t>c: gi\c:n an orrmluniry 10 respond lUhll.' h..: Oli'rrisc:d of Ihe: oull·lIm..: lInJ any aprllc"hl:,; ,11'1'.:,11 rfllcedlHe,. The !lrc:dfic rC:'i'lIn"ihiliry uf Ih.: dblricl r:':SarJing du.: process is depe:n,l"'111 1;i'Ofl Ihe aClion unJ.:r clIn.\ide:r"lilln Ily Ih..: distrkl in any gi\l:n "iruaril'n. Pwccdllr.:'i Itl :HIJro:,,-'\ srcdfk mand.lh:" aro: oullined a.:cordingly Ihr,,"~""u: Seclion 1. In addililln 10 rn'ceJurc: .. ~r.:dfi.:ull~ M.lte,1, lIlt: Ji,rri':l I-Urr(l'rl Iho: efforl., or !iluJ..:nls anJ r.ucnls!guarJians in direcling slud':JlI ";'\.·\.·Iric, pmgril:1l1n.llic IIr rroc.:Jllr,1I concern" 101 ili'rropi;tk l1ol.lff Ihr'"Il,:hoUI Ih.: lo)Sr.:m
F,-\CIUTIES rOR THE UAi'DlCAPPEO'ELEVAIOR Uso: of Iho: d.:\'alor is only fllr !otud.:nl~ wirh 01 db;,biliIV, Su;:h ~llId":lII!'1 will h;; is!'lll..:J nn c1..:valor ko:y by Iho: s..:cr":lilry. The key will bo: I~:rn~d ill lu Ih:: s~cr":lary each Frid.IY. wh..:lh.:r or nol Ih..: Mud,:nl ,,:01 ~Iill ne..:d il. II may bl! sign..:,1 ('UI again thl! n..:xI school day, if slill needc:d. lInaulh,'ri/.;d us:: of Iho: eto:vulor may r..:sult in di~cirlil\ar} m;::"ur..:, king 1.lk..:n.lI.lusl k..:} will r..:sult in a chargo: of 55.00. Handicapped access lava!,\rk.. :111:
JII~·'HCU on cadI floor of Ih..: building allJ "r~ '"~ Llbo:l:.:.l, IlarlJicapr~d pMking ~p"cO:!'I :H": availahk in thc: r.:ar of Ih.: building. Handic.lpl':.:d ~!lI"..:n!s will b..: inform..:" of Iho: cm.:rg..:nC}' proc.:Jurc, arrlical>to: III Ih..:m on tho: fir3! (by lh..:y arc: in th.: building or soono:r. DO ,"OTl'se THe fl fT-\TQR '" ('He Qr fiR,.. flRC flRU.I, OR f\ll;'UGE\'O' ET1CCH/OV.
FACLlI:rr I\IAJI,BQXL!i
f'a,;ulty mailh,I.\t:s lit.; priville: :,nd IIm!.:r nil cir':llllhl,ul..:e, ban) loludo.:nl III r.:n"I\''': :IIIYlhing III pur ',.nYlhing in 1I r"culty mailbox wilh",,: I':..: c:tprt:'i'i..:J ilulllIlriz;lli,'n of iI I..:ach..:r llr mcmho.:r ~If Iho: I'ffi':t: Maft'.
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mr' Case 3:03-cv-30008-FHF'Or ADSoScISuIm.-\e.'inCtE4I3EA;F\liled 04/16/03 Page 60 of 81
'V'~stfi.:!J I hfh Schoo! h~$ e:sta\:llishcd a Student A~!\istance )eam m:.Jc up of guidance counselors, adjustment co.. .:Iors. administrators, nurses, 't:.:n,bn~'r.: "fi,,:..:r, ~u!'~ta:'l':c,: a\:luse coun~clor and suprort personnel that r~\i~w l-!ud(nt~ who m:ty be in a rersonal or academic crisis, Any p3rent, ·t!,I<I..:I;1, II; ,:.df r.lcml'..:r sh,'uld rdcr indi\'iduals to the guid:lncc ofike if the~' h:'I\'e a c(\nccrn rc£arding a student.

tlAR·\SS,t Ei'iTIHAZI\G 'I;';TI'ItnATIO~
.\n~ "r!:,',,!:I/.J (lr inJi\'i,!a.11 acts llf intimidation or h3zins \:I)' ~luJ':l1h flrc rr,'hi\:lit~d, Ext(lftion, coercion. or intimidation will not be toter:lIed, anJ
"ill r;' ,I:; I'; 1r1;I:I~Ji"t..: r;fcrial to th.: ofiico.: fM di~ciplinary acti,ll1, Chapt..:r :'].6 of th..: MassachusCllS Go.:neral Laws now ro.:ads in pari: "The lerm 'h;IZil'~ ,rl.,11 ml.'~n any c,lnJuct or mr.:thllJ of initi:lIion into any ~tuJo.:nt orgar.iz:Jtion. \\h.:thcr on pu\:llic or private pfl'po.:rty......hich willfully or :e:.:kl::,·'~ ~:'J"ng.:r5thc rhy~icalllr mental he:llth of any student (lr uthr.:r person,"

HEALTH OffICE
Th.: W.:-t!ir.:!J lIiSh SchOll! He::.hh Dc:partment staff is 011 duty cv.:ry do,)" The Ikalth Office is k,catcJ near Ihe Guidance: Office and is open duril1g ~ch'lnl h"Uh tIl MudcnlS who need medical aid or informalion,
A ro.:gi,tl.'rl.J IHH'~ b a'.ailabl.: 10 ~tudents with pas~c:s or for medical cm~rgcncies, Students having he:allh probtc:ms should make the particulars of
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D1SEA~ES
Any ~!U,J..III "h" mJ)' have an illness or disea~e, ~ueh as hactcri:d cllnju'nclhili;;, stn:p Ihmat, impeligo. p.:Jiculosis. ringworm\ unknown rashes.
d,;, r~.,:, ' •. ncluJo.:J from ~c1Hllll until diagnose:J anJ tt..:atl;J accIlrJingly,

F,\IE({(;P';CY rARDS At ti,e' k~":II;i:lg IOf Ihe H'h",,1 ~r.:M, "Emr.:rgcnr.:y CarJ," :If": dhtrihuted hI tilch ~tuJcn!. II i, I::.;trcmdy imp"rtanl Ihat Ih.: information rcqueste:d Illl thi, ,':,{.! I,,,, !1Ih:J "lit ;u,;cllr.. tcly :1I1J kr.:rl up tll Jille, Then: mu,t 1>..: a W~~' of rr.:uching p"rcnl'i, gllarJians.or alternates promprly should illness or :lcd,knr ",','lIr
1I,J,j\fss OR ISH1BY St,:.!, lit- 1i,'''1 r"l'"rt .111 ;I\'dd,nt, or cm..:rgo.:lH:ks tll Ih.: lIur~..:'s "friee, SlcJo.:nts mu~t not lea\'c tho.: huilding becau!.e of illne:-.s without authoriza·
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nUl ,':T."r I" ,',,'i f"r 111, ,1I1::ntiun of til:: ,c1"l<llllllr,o,:, All)' injury ,'alii;,,\; fllr m,Jic;1I u!!o.:nlioll mu,t \:I.: ro.:purtcd tll rh.: nur,e ur ttllh.: school offic.:,
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I, Tk I:';:::$~J pre:Kribc:r must subrr:it a wrilt.:n slutc!m<!nt til th.: df~CllhJt, in their opinion, no oth~r alternuti\'~ me:llication would be effect l::

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2 I i., !.. ;'.,:J pr~~crikr r.1l;st ~\,;t>rr:i: wri:t<;n .. uthorizatilln :lnJ 5<,:::i:i:: ir.;:ru.:tions for the administr;!tion uf such m.:Jication within the

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.:, The school doclor will r~\'kw t~ lu~,: "\ ' '. Ih;: hccr,~:d prescriber

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5. Folll'wir.g thCe acosmepl3el:i0on3o-cf tvh"-300,',0; S8l~-r"FHF~ ~chlD)"ol dclu)ctmnrewnillt c4ou3nl.:rFsigilnetd!'le 0lic4e/,16/0pr3.:sc Pa" go~ed;;6rs1anodfth8e1school dOCI"~ "I ,
rC\'i;:w tho: ca~;; with Ihe schol)1 nurse f." prllpo:r aJminim.lIinn (If th.: mcdi<:arion.

0"( Y Til E SCHOOL rs I'R <;1-' \\11.1 ·\11 \ II \1 '\IFf{ TII!<; \(Ell! (' .\TIPS.

TilE SCIIOO!. SYSTDI ItETAISS TilE IlISCI\ETIOS TO HEJECT HEQUESTS FOR AD:'> 1I:"1iISTR·\"fI O:"li OF MEOICATIOS. In Olccorll.HI'::O: with ~r.HlJMJ nur~ing rractio:o:, tho: ~ch".,1 m,IY rdu,o: tlllhimini'l~r or allow to h.: administered any pro:scription medicatinn "I'd,!:, Iw;cJ lin h.:rhi~ inJi\'iJuill a~Sl.:ssm':lII anJ pwk~\iCln,:! judg.:m.:nt, has Ih..: pllto:ntialto be harmful, dangerous or inappropri:lIc, In th.:se l·,I'_,. Ihe par..:nl.'J;uardian anJ licensed prescriher shilll he notifkd imm;:dial.:\y hy Ihe school nurse. ParenlslGuartlians may appeal this decision in writi:ld 10 the PrincipJlof the school. A m':cling will h.: hdJ \\ ilh th..: Appeals Team and the Par.:nl/Guardi3n to re~'iew this decision.
TilE SCHOO!. SfI·\I.I,AlnllSISTEB TtllWP(ill THE SCHOOL NIIRSE OS!.)" J'tIOSE StlOSTt-\;:,;CES APPROVEP uy Tm: Ip.\, A.:Iof\t.:d: November 17. 1997
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First Aid is ddin.:d liS Ih.: immediale, It:mpur;try car.: !!il'.:n in C3St: of accid..:nt or sudd..:n illness, Any care: b.:yond first aid will nOI be gil e'll I,: Ih¢ schuol nnd will h.: Ih.: n:sponsihilily of Ihe rM.:nr~, STUDEI'o"TS MUST REPORT Al.L ACCII)Li'oTS OR 1:-'IERGENCIES TO TilE PRINCIPALS OFFICE.

PHYSICAL EXA\J(SAIJOSS
Th..: ~chl1ol nur"e~ ;If..: r\'spolhibk fllr sChedllllilg manJ,tl.:J ph:~k;11 examinaliun... ho:ighl and wdghl, and \'io;ion. and hearing scr<!ening dl:ri:::: ~"r-h"ll1"r.: ~~M. Thi, i, ;11,,1 /11,111.1.110:.1 fllr 1f,IIl,f.:r ..11"kllh AII:'lIphllmllre\ arc: r":llllir..:J 10 hav..: a physical exam by eilhe:r the: family ph:~I'·1.I:1 or
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I'u: " not limill!d ~O. Ihl! use of Ihn:.lICnin1; ... t1u~i\·e ,.. ~'t-sc.:ne JanguOlse. If it is Ihe: second time ouring tho :ne ~o.:OI\on. l:Jcn you arc dis

·i,;·,:::kd frl'm any (urther parlicirJli(l1l in th.lt ~rllrt ~~"son (nr onc (ull year. (REF.RULE 1/76· "7S)

III, ;'il:'I;:.IIIy a~loJ\llrlo illI (IHicia!. is indigihl:.: in all ~rlHl~ for I'n.: full ycar. (REF.RULE #:;<)

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~ \cluJo.:d (rom participalion in that Sp<'r! !lca~on fllr on..: ye:rr. (REF.RULE #59)

I: ['.:r:a~ Ihl! s..::r~Iln Ilf rr:lclicl! or rla~ U~O:'. C\ln~um..:~. r,'~~o.:~~e~. huy~ 'so:\l; N £ivc:~ away ilny t-~veragl! conlainin£ OIkll!ll'1. any tobacco pn'J.

1:,'1. ':o:rui,ls. marijuana or any conlrolled 5ut'>stanccs.(REF.RVLE ,1/(0)

U ():J:~ il'larJs of no intrinsic \'alue anJ npprlll'cd t'>y Th.: :-'1 1..\..1" may h..: accl:rte:d toy a high school !'otudr!nt';lIhkl': a\ a ro:,u:1 (I( participation i:1

':~;I".I IIr 1I0n'lochool compe:titil'n in a ~port reco£nizeJ t'>y thaI ~Iate association. (REF.RULE #53)

i.; .\ -t ~d':nl is n,11 cligihk for lournamenl pilrricip'l!il)O IIn!.:ss he \h.: is regularly rre!;e:r1I til lInd actively parriciral':s in a!1 high school team

;"1.,. III;C, :lnd competilions. (REF.RULE #9:!)

Th~ :'II I .\ ...\. hoi' est"blbhed a procedure which rr'l\'ido:~ a full ;Hld O1uhifac':lcd r..:view Ill' illI r':4u,,:~1S til set u5ic.l.: an e\igibi!ily requirement (or an ind:\I,.!cI.': 1,lgh ~chl)\l1 !\luJent.(BBGR #3i). Th.: ~I.I.AA \laher prlleo:~s is puhli,hcJ in Ihe: !-.I.I.A.A. Blue Book. (R.:f: Dlue Book Slud.::nt Eli~lh!':1 W:lil·.:r • The rroce~s #87) Tho:rc arc nWly uther imp<.>rr'lnt ruks ilnd regulation:>. thaI musl ~.:: adhen:d 10. Those lisled abo\'e arc mosl ..:I'n:r.:.··.•,:',,1 mu\t b.: unJ..:r\lOllJ. Cl'n~uh )llUr princip;tI or ilthlclic diro:Clor if ther..: is any Jouh!. Thc:r.: are some: exceprion~ or nriations to this rut.: ( "~l'll!i ) l'ur principalllt .uhlc:ric (!ir~cI,'r it II1~·r.: is llny p'll.sitolc dlluhl.

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r:';~I..J \" mil" lit.ln f,-,ur ('1' Ihl!~i,: r.I"'" "1:ll'o: i"l"..J flot;1 O:ilch ~tuJy 11,,11. S:udo:nl~ havin£ a~si,!,;nr.wnls whkh coil (pr III': L:'~ l'f library

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[,I:; , : ~ .. i'·.-rl\.J fur "clJl,;II:~r,>i.'!nJ:u:~ S!\.!J<.:nt, milking u.,~ of Iho:,~ sut>j~(1 pa,~cs will \:Ie aske:d 10 work iniJi ...iJually. irl s~t'Jral~ carrels, so Il":~'

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l·hY~i.,al bluc.llion It'.:k... rs ar... It,' h... 1"':.1 (Inl) !lurin~;1 ~Iud..:nt'lo I'h~~ic"l educalion cl.ISS. EilCh stud.:nl h r~~ron~ihlc: for providing a lock ;I:~"

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J.OSTA:SO F()JI~D Th.: Iusl OIntl found is in Ih.; main offic.;, Stud..:nls shllulJ writ\! Ihdr roam.:, homc:room numhc:r and the dill..: iSl.ued on the book label to hdr Ik
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UI;';CII PERIOD Stu(.knl~ will cal Ih.:ir lunch..:s in the ear..:t.:ri.\. All fllod must hc con,urll..:d in Ih.: caf.:l..:ri:l, Nonc will be: carried into the corridors or dassrlld:n'i,
WI1<.:n fini~h..:d, stud..:nlS ar..: e:o:rcclt!d 10 ckan ur lIfl.:r Ih.;mwlv.:, and Ih..:n 10 st:ly within hound~ untillhe end of Ihe lunch p.:riod.

Areu lill/irs til/rinK 11I1I,"h paiods:

I. W1TfliS THE DU(LOl:-.lG: il) Srud..:nts will cllnfitl.: Ih.:m,,:I\'..:~ t\l th.: rcar firs: nom corriJor fullowing lun::h. b) Stutlc:nls ar~ nOI a\lll"',,:.! \1:1

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II bIt..: r,'li..::. III' Ih~ We~lficld I'uhlie Schl'I,1 C'ommi:t..:c In m;linrilin a!ld prl'm,'le 01 working cIl\'inlllmenr i'lnJ an cJucalional em irO:lmem Cn:e:
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in!!. h;1 I;.': :~~';O:~'~dly limir:J III Ih.: Sdllllli Commil!<:c. Ihc 'IJminblr"tillO. Iho: ~tJff. ,1:lJ tho.: ~tuJ~ru~. All cmplo) O:I!~ of thc \1:1:~lfid.:l Public Sch"..I, n.,·.·~ rh.: righr to wI'rk in an CJl\'irllnm..:nr free frllm ~cxu~1 har.I'~lilcnl. All Mudcnh (If Ihe \\":~tfic\J Public SclH/n)s h<i'.\! the: right 10 par.
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REsrO;'-;SlUILITlES DE A!.I. DIPI.OYEES A:"D PARTlCIPr':STS IS THE EDliC.\TIOS:\1. CQ~t\IUNny
Each employe.: MJ each pMticirolnt in the eJucational community is rersonally r..:sp\)n$iblc for en,;uring that his.'h.;:r conduct does not in :1:1~ '.\ .,:. sexually harass My Other r.:rson he:sh!! ha~ contact .....ith in the performance of his:ho:r duti.:s or studi<:s whik acting as a member of Ihe 5ch..,,1 community. Each stulknt. emrlllY';:!!. 5ur.:r\'i~lIr. administrahlr and memho:r of the school community i<; required 10 fully cooperate in nny in\ \·,:i· g<l.i'Jn of alkged sC~lIal holt"~~menL Further. l\up.:r\'isors and aJministrators ilr..: obligah:d tll intervene anJ slOr any sexual harassment they \\ lOa""
and to immediately rerort to their surervbor, in writing, any st!xual harassment that is reported tIl them or they otho.:rwise I.:arn of, Each emi'I":,,c
is oblisatt!J 10 immediately r..:port, in writing. tll hisih.:r supervisor any sexual hilrassment of a studcnt which the employee witnesses or karlh
ahout. Any employ.:e who ro.:ct:ivc~ a ro.:port of, or otho.:rwisl! hOI.; knowh:dge of conduct prohibit.:d by this policy is required to report the conJuct or
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PROCEDURE FOR REPORII:-iG SEXlIAL CO;\IPLAY:STS
Th<: r'lllowing sexual harassment complaint proced ... ro.: has b.:en established III ensure: prompt and effective invcstigation into allegations of !-~\u.tl har<l\Smo.:nt.
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lh.: .:m;,ifl~.:e ilnd or ~t=denl I'MI}' c;my I~~ comri... Jli h;., ...., l.en:1 T"o ry filing his/her complaint wh.1 :hc ~c, Clmlmith:e within five (5) d.\;.~

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710 (If Ihe M.I",~,lI:hu~clls (kncr,11 Laws "n,1 211 t :.5 C ~ 1-115 1:1. ~~4. rc\!uire Ih.1! cert.lin due rn'ccss disciplint.: procedures be implemcnt ... ,! I,'r l'Iuc.!..:nl'i whtl h,l\'c bc..-n id...nlifh:d as having !>pcci.11 nc.;J,. We~:fidJ \\ ill adhcrc 10 and implement Ihe \',lriou'i provisions o( stale and (cd,·r.l: I.IW

r~l!,'rdtnS the disciplining (If SIulknl., who h.I\.: b.:... n idcr.lifi::J .., h;l\'in~ IIp.:cial nCl!ds. Und.:r c.:rt;lin circumstancl!!\. Ji.~ciplinary action, I,'r ~r""

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The ~lUd::nt"s special cJuc;ltilln I';"m may h.: r~c\)M\.:n.:d. a Ikh"~inr,,llnt.:r\'l:ntion rlan may b.: dl;\·c!op.:d or r.:vised. a Functional B.:ha\ 1,'r.11

Analysi, mOl)' h..: condu.::t..:d. anJ a Manif,,:slation D.:t~rmination h.:aring m:lyb..: scht:dukd.

AdditionOlI provisions ar..: made for student~ who ar..: in a sp.:cial cJuClllion program as ddincd by of M.G.L. known as Chapter 766. Slud:':lH~ who h:\'.~ special ne..:dsand have a program d..:~cribcJ in all IndlviJu,1I Educatilln<ll Plan (I.E.P.) may haVe addilional r.:quir..:ments or modificali,lIb hI r~guJJr cod.: of disciplin.:.

1. All modificlllions will h.: d.::-.crih.:d in th.: I.E.I'.
:!. Th..: princip;1I or 1I de~ignec: will notify Ihe SpcciJI hluc<ltioll Ofiico.: (If ;Iny off.:n:..: Ihal r.:quir.:s a Stlsr.:n~ion and kecp a record of su.:h Ihllkci. 3. Whc:n Ih~ su~r.:nSi\lI1S llf;1 ~p..:cial educalion ~:uJo.:ntll.;cumU"II': III ICJ d'I)'S in a full year or 5 d'l)'s in a hillC yt!ar. a rc:vjew of tho: I.E.!'...h
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ST!lPEi\T StlRYEYS On ('':~·;''inn. Mudenh 01.1)' 1>.: lhk.:J to clImp!.:k ~ ri,1. hdl,lvi..r ~lIrH·>. Th~so: lHIUn)'n\llllS l>ur\'cys pwviJ.: Ih..: \V\:stficld Public Schooh \1 i·It IIt~ i:lf,'rnl~lill:1 n..:..:.:,~ar)' I,. "dju'l our It..:;tirh \:llrrkuluCll III m.:ct Ih~ r:';cd, \I~'lhe ~tud.:llIs. I\ny Ml1VI:)' will hav\: th..: approvOlI of Ihe superin:,:r"L:llt t.f ~cl:uul, prillr II) it. adll1ini,rr,lIi"ll. 1'.tr':lIh ~h,,"l.1l·"nr.lc·1 th~' b"ildlng rriu.ip.11 if Ih.:)' wi,h III n..:ml't tho.;ir student from such surv..:ys.
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Teh:rh,'r.~· r.1essa£~s usn.llly C;J:mot I't: J.:livcr.:oJ .. , a '1I:<I.:nt with('lut i:l:ern.l;'ii:'l$ a teacher and the cIa. 0, ...... pr in emergencies such as iI1ne~~ ar homo:. rdcphone mess.lSO:' caMllt I'e ;lcc<'i'tc:cI. Ii a. 'ruJenr wNi.:, afr:r ~d...'ol. hi\ 'her employer should t>c: informed of Ihis rule, so that oth~r arrang.:ments can toe m:tdc III n"tify tho: ~rilJ,·r.t (if ":h"'lg..:s in wrork ll.'i£:ln:e~.:;.
'[08·\CCO rSE BY srrOE:-;IS Th.: I..·": pf ~ny t~lt>l':C('I rwducl i~ rrllhil'i:.:,! 11:\ ~chp,,1 rr, 'ro:rty. ~ch",,1 t-u~~;, 0r at $,hO('l1 ~p"nsorcJ c:\·c:nts. Violations toy students will be 5ubj~,t w .!i'~·irlH1i1ry mcasurc:s indu.jn: pr'. hit nllt 1i11ir.:d til. 'u'rl:n~i,'n. Tubec,' rrl'Jucts f(lund in the possession of students un school rroperty,
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[;teh ~llld ... nt is (.!xpc..:ted 10 r.:~pe.:r:1 Ih. j.... rwn ,Ind prllp.:rty (.f anllther p,r\U:l. This r'SpeCI should be pracliced and hdp make Wesrfield High S..-Iwl,1 ;1 ,hcowcas;: "f a safe.:. h~:a!thy ~·n\ir(lI:rr.O:Ilt. a:l.! :,n e.:x~·e.:llo:m ":~J:nrk l,f ,.:hvlll p:id<:,
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PM\';i:!g I'll ,ch,lol rrope.:rty h ,. pnl i!\'!O,' .111.,1 1:"t.1 ri~101. Th... id.. re.:. :h~ r"nU',Ii:l£ rllks and regulalions :lr~ intl.'nd...d Iu hdr monitor student tr.llli..: anJ ~Illllr,; ... c:omrll) r,.lh:Y. Th. ·•..tI..,,1 re'l:rl",' Ih... right til ~:.'rr.:IIJ .!'I'.ilo!! pri·.iI..:g'''' 1.1f in!r,''':li'',1\"f r~k~ ~n..i hI r..:mo\'l!. al th.: owna's cxpcn~~. any \'I:hicl~ violatin£ t!:..: Ir~I:!h: lit 1';ltking ,,,g.ul.lIi~Hl'" ut \'.·.. 'rt"h:ld III!!:' :-'U.:hll,d.
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OFFE\'5E Case 3:03-cv-30008-FHFf5C1DNof\c"£ument 43 Filed 04/16/03

Profanity, obscene: language

r'arc:nl.'Guardian conta:::t,

ddamation. fighting words

der.:ntil'n. Saturday d.:tcntion.

incit:ful or disruptive statements

lIu~p.:nsion

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•

Curtin£ Saturday detention

rar~nt:GuanliJn cont3ct

SU5p.:n~ion

Fighting or us:! of physic31 forct!

Mo.:ctin£ with par.:nt,.'guardians and stud.:nt Poli::.: contact if dc.:mcd necessary Di~miss:ll Crom school on the day of the c\'ent Five: days sll~p.:nsion
E"pulsion

Possession of or use of any we3pons
Foullangu3£e directt!d at staff. insubordination, rudt!nc:ss, disrc:spectfulnr:ss

Samr: a$ nrnl\'c
Pilrc:nt,'Guardian contact D<!tention SaturJay d.:l<.:ntilln Suspt:nsion

Alt:ohol: Possc!ssion or consumption Drllg' ru~s.:~~ion ur Cunsumption CIJ.\~ Culs

5 d.IYs minimllm su'p<!nsion • pIllS othc!r administrativr: action ;; d'ly~ minimum ~Ilsp<:nsion • plus olhc:r Administrath'( action 2 hours d..:t<:ntilln plu~ z..:ru for each CIHS.

Cutlins E • G p.:ti<lJs

(!.Iuhl.: th.: penalty

leaving School Grounds durins Ih..: ~choul day (AWOL)

2 d'l}"!> minimum su~p.:nsion

T;rJy tLl HOnlCrLlorn.
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1,I (lfr;;n,~ . :. d,l~ > su~r.:n5ion ~,~J flff;:n;-.;: . ~ CJ~~ ~ su'"'pt.:n.5ion )~J u!'~::n')-:: .. : JJ:. -) SUj~t.:r:sion r(l~'i""::: r::c\':-:::-::~rdl:iun for fUrlh;;r administrative aCti0~

CI'H~, ()!{r; -\ '1l.:\lIO'S ASD ACTIVITIES s'_.: . ··· . -:: \\·::,,::'l'::~ l-L.e;:~. ~:':: Of:·::i~-..! r.i.1:1: 1",,;-;-. ~:"::':~I·_·":. ;... r:;~';?..!~.: 1:-". ::\t:i.!.C'L!r:i:~:;.l~ ~.:[i\·i~i:!j. S:-":'':~i_~~ i.!~~ c:r.=o:.;;;)g~d tven.h;1~',.

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s:~.,."l: or.J 0F~f1 to £~neral m~mb~rshi!1'

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AS SCHOOLS l\1~TCH WITS

F~~:I:I;,.I.iJ~ i:l t~is group gives Students th~ llrr,ml,;llit~ tt.! r:;-::,:I1: WI!):fi~!J High Schoo! on WWLP'S "As Schools Match \~'itS," I:':,

'~.::::': 0:1 ~\J~r k:1. enjoy trivia! pursuit anJ \\;;n: u ;I':liuir: O!~. <~,~ .:k'rcJia knowkdgc of some: specializ:.:! a~eas, such as I!lUS1C and ~~.

'"~.! l'::;:ur~, \,.ea:h~n~!-tcknce, you will find [hI> O!~I er:j();.;,~:: :t:l~;cr.~c:. Additional academic tea~ cant::;! may bc: in\·o1....~ also.

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Case 3:03-cv-30008-FHF DAorcmumJ::eTnlCtS43 Filed 04/16/03 Page 70 of 81
Th..: :tlhlwc rwgram includc:s t-aseball, "3skcth'lIt. crM~ c"u:,.tr~. r'k!J :,,',kcy, (",,':"~II. ~"Ii. £Yr:'Ina~:, ,'oe.", lacrosse:. skiing. soccer, SOflt'.!:!, ~wim::\i:1~, I~nnis. Irack. arod \\ r~sllins, By ~cli"il !'f lho: ~cr.(\(,1 c('r.:rr.i:I~O:. ;1 fee h'r pnicij';llitln will "e chJrg..:d (If S50,OO per sport, per SIU.:!~~; Tho: i~c I, WI rdundat>1o.: afler th.: fir~1 sam':, [1t~it'i!l!~ rC"~ll.lllIul' \\i!I he !,1":e.ll~ c;lrh humctl'om, The ruk5 and regulalions of Ihe MIA·\ .'-.1 • ,'\llicio,;, of thl! Wcslfkld School C(lmmiul!C ~halJ go\'Crn inh:hch!'I:i'lh: ;t:hll!ilo.:~.

,'\ihldll: [)1:cClor: AI.ln R. i"ummy Ath!,:!.: "I':;.I:1C:I: Jamc:s D.lin,) T..:,I:11 I'L:. '1,'i.Ill': Family ~kdi.:inc A:;SllCi;l:o,;s

I\TEBSCfI<l(ASTI(: AT I-lI,ETICS

U.I"..:I'.,!! Glllf S,':llt;.!1

B::rskc:tb;1I1 G)'mnaslics Swimmins

Chcc:rk"Jc:r, Icc: Hl'ckc~ Tcronis

l':I'~' C(,ur.I:Y
L!ero'~c
rr;,o;;..

FidJ flock..:}' Skiing \'hlkyball

FOOlball Suecc:r Wrc:sllins

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~lo.:llIh;:,!,ir in Ih.: "and is (\I'o.:r. III all whll rlay an b\lrul11..:r:1 II ii!.:I!I.b tile ~I..r,'hing B.wJ, which appc:ars 31 ;111 ftll,tb,,11 gamc:s and parade~; ::-" Cnrtc-,:r: 1l.. ';J. \\ hich rc:rform~ in I~:: Winl.r COIlCert. P"i'h C":I~'~rr, :'j'fi:l~ (',1::1,·,11 ,.n,1 ill ~r:.Ju:tli(ln c..:ro:mllnio.:s.

RA:"\P 'fA !OHS ASP ;\IAJOHE'aES
Th~ rn;;m~'er; of th~s..: organizalil)ns nro.: sckclc\lthnlugh cllmrc'iilhc ~1;,lili'''I_' incluJing marchinI;, a twirling rouline :lnJ gcne:ral appc:arancc:. Tht:\ ;:pro;,:r \\ ilh Ih:: b"nJ ,II all f'l<'lh:.11 galll~'s, rara,k.., a:1J Iht: Pup ('1'1~.:cr:, Tr)~'I1I~ arc held:l! Ihc cnd of the: scho(ll ycar. Judsc:sincludc t:·,~ ,1,1\ I"·r. p.,JII;(leS, anJ Ihe l'1I1!.11Iing citl'l.,i:l
('I.A'\S nIH;","IZATIOS
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~um".:r.. and An,II~·ti.: C;';\lm.:try, StllJ.:nb accllmlll.ll.; rOlint, !'nlh b,!" i,lu.llI~ anJ as :t le.lm.

!\lOCK 1R[,.\1.1E,o\\1 E..dl ~":.1r W..:stfidd II i~h Schllol rMtic:ir"t..:s in the Still;; wid, M.....k TriJI 1'lllIrlt.lmenl lIj'lon-;orc,j 1» Ihe M,I;;~achusem Bu Association (~II \" I
Thi, pr"j;r,lnl allllw~ ~llI,":nt~ til pin h,Ind, on .:~rcri.;lle..: in (I."ling \\ i:h thc AIlI.:rican ju,licilll sy~t.:m 1>)' acting :to; attorneys and witnc''''·' iii .1 ca..c th,lt b ch,lscn by MBA.

MOPEr. CO:"GRESS
Each }car M..J..:nts r.:~cilrch and rrep.tr.: kgislation hI h.: pre".:nt.:d 10 Ih.: repr..:scntatiws lit Amcrkiln International ColI.:g':·$ Mod=! Con,\:rc',

NA110:"AJ. H()~()R SOCIETY
lIr The: W.:~tfidd Ch;Iplcr thL, n:uilllwl or~'lni7i1ti.m conrcr.' honllr uron it., m.:mb.:rs while Ih.:}' ar.: in sehtlnl ond lit their gradualion. Mel1l!';.. r, ,,~.

sekclc:d b} n Filculty Council on Ihc basi., lIf f,lur qualific;ltion,: loch'll.lr,hip. ch..raclcr. Icad.:rship. llllJ scrvic.:. Mcmb.:rship is nOI aUI()m.lli".!~:'

cun\cyc:d simply hC:CilU~': 1I ,tuJcnl h;l~ :a.;hkvcd n ~l'ccifi,:J k\'clllf :ar.:.u,kmic p.:rf\lrm:tnc:.:.

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1. Th..: ~cI,:clilln (If memht!r~ \\ ill bl! lilmc by a \'1I1i: lIf Ihe NilS Fa_uhy Council. cllnsisling uf fi\'c ml!mb.:rs chusen by th.: principal. illhl ;-';1 IS

Fa,:ulty AJvi",:, Th..: !>ckclilln of IlICmhCI, \\ ill 1.lk.: .pl,,,·,,: in r-;.1\ i:rnhcr and nt:lrch. (Sc:nillrs arc nul eligibh: for sdcclion in t-IJr.:h) .

"I Tv h..: eligihle (or mcmb..:r~hir Ihe: c,lnJid.lle musl be II mcmher i:I glllld sl,lnJing of Ihe: juniur or senior class and muSI ha\'~ a cumul.lli\..:

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a. counselor. advocah:: or social worker.

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c. Special services.

1I. Allendance officer.

c. Alternative schools.

C. Summer school.

g. Social agency. or work or skill program.

h. Take General Education Development (OED) examination.

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"'Due Process" procedures must be afforded to all students subject to discipline. and may include the following procedures: 1. l'otification of charges.
2. Oppotlunity to respond to charges. ). Right to know determination. 4. Righi 10 appeal.

In cast:~ (If serious offenses. or punishments of more than len (to) days. olher due process procedures may apply. They include: 1. Right to presenl witnesses. if necessary. 2. Right [0 counselor advocate.
3. Right 10 cross examination. 4. !'\otilication of all evidence.

LOYALTY SO~G To Iht: Westfield High teams.
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Post Office Box 540774 Orlando, Florida 32854 (407) 875·2100 Telephone
December 18, 2002
Via Facsimile Only (413) 572w 6346
Dr. Thomas Y: MCDowell Superintendent Westfield Public Schools 22 Ashley St Westfield, MA 01085
Re: Religious Literature Distribution

http://www./c.org Iiberty@lc.org
(407) 875·0770 Fax

Dear Dr. McDowell:
liberty Counsel is a civil liberties legal defense and education organization. Our office was recently contacted by Steven Grabowski, a student at Westfield High School. Steven and the members of the Bible Club at Westfield High want to pass out candy canes with an attachment that contains the story of the candy cane and some Bible verses to fellow students. When they requested permission to pass out the candy canes with the attachment. they vlere told that they could not do so because the information was offensive to those around them and would violate their right not to be exposed to offensive materials. Steven contacted our office for assistance in resolving this issue.
As I am s'ure you are aware. the Supreme Court has held that students retain their rights to freedam of speech and expression in the public schools. See Tinker v. Des fAoines Indep. Sch. Dis!., 393 U.S. 503 (1969). The First Amendment does not allow for restrictions on free speech that are based on the content or viewpoint of the speech. To tell Steven and the Bible Club that they cannot pass out the candy canes vlith the religious attachment singles out their speech for disfavored treatment based on the content or the viewpoint they are attempting to express. Such an action is unconstitutional.
This matter is most urgent as the students are quickly approaching winter break and desire to pass out the candy canes tomorrow before Christmas. Therefore, I am reC;Jestin;] t'l?: you respond t:J me toda)' v;i:;, a decision vlhether the schoo! will allow the
distri~:n.Jtion of the candy canes v/ith att?::hments. I can be reached by phone at (800) 671-
'1776. or bJ' email at: eril-:®Ic.oro. I can also be reached by fax at (407) 875-0770.

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I am awaiting a response before the close of business today so that we can resolve this issue and allow the students to peacefully exercise their right to free speech. I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible today.
r;el~.Af:!
Erik W. Stanley

cc: Mayor Richard K. Sullivan (Chairman. School Committee) - Via Fax Only

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Principal Thomas W. Daley (Principal. Westfield High School) - Via Fax Only

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Case 3:03-cv-30008-FHF Document 43
YFSElD PUBLIC
SCHOOLS

Filed 04/16/03 Page 76 of 81
·perintendent of Schools 22 Ashley Street
Westfield, MA 01085 Telephone (413)-572-6403
Fax (413)-572-6518 e·mail: suptsofc@mail.ci.westfield.ma.u5

Dr. Thomas Y. McDowell Superintendent of Schools

Erik W. Stanley Liberty Counsel P. O. Box 540774 Orlando, Florida 32854

December 18, 2002

Dear Mr. Stanley,

Thank you for your letter dated December 18, 2002, regarding Stephen Grabowski, a student at Westfielcl High School, who has proposed to distribute candy canes, v/ith an attachment of Bible verses, tomorrow at \Vestfield High School.

AsS uper in ten cl en t of Sc h001 s, I unci ers tan cI tho rig h ts of stu den ts wit h
respect to speech and assembly on school premises. As you would acknowleclge, we have allmved the Bible study group to meet on our premises after school hours with the same caveats as any other group who requests to use our facilities, thus allo'lling equal access to school grounds.

'-Ve cia not allol;'/ students to distribute non-school curriculum or activity relatecl literature of any kind directly to other students on school grounds.
We clo not single out students based upon the content of their message, in this or any other instance. Should a student or group of students simply .'. :5"1 to clistnbute cancly canes \','i:h no message. it \':o~J!el be treated in the s?. 'ilS man;)5' i, as l.'/oule/ a hanclo~~ aciverti sing a sale at a lo~a! s to~e.

32 assured \'/8 are committed to affording stuc/ents the right? and responsibilities granted them by the Constitution of the United States in a

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non-discriminatory manner. However, we have chosen to apply a reasonable restriction, as is our right as school officials, to the distribution of nonschool related literature on school premises. I hope this clarifies the position of the school district. Sincerely,
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You may appeal this decision to the Superintendent's Office within 10 days,
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS WESTERN DIVISION

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WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL L.I.F.E. CLUB, STEPHEN GRABOWSKI, by and through his parents, Edmund and Mary Etta Grabowski, TIMOTHY SOUZA and DANIEL SOUZA by and thsrough their parents, Ralph and Diane Souza, SHARON SITLER and PAUL SITLER, by and through their parents, William and Denise Sitler, and, DUSTIN COOPER, by and through his parents, Brian and Amy Turner-Cooper,
Plaintiffs

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CASE No. 03-30008 FHF

v.

CITY OF WESTFIELD, Defendant

CONSENT DECREE WHEREAS, this case involved claims by Plaintiffs Westfield High School L.I.F.E. Club, Stephen Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler and Dustin Cooper under 42 U.S.C. §1983 concerning the Plaintiffs' right to freedom of speech and equal protection and asserting claims under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, the Equal Access Act and Massachusetts Student Freedom of Expression Law, seeking permanent injunctive relief as well as a declaratory judgment an damages; WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendants (collectively, the "Parties") agree, and this Court by entering this Consent Decree finds, that this Consent Decree has been negotiated by the Parties in good faith, that settlement of this matter is intended to avoid expensive

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and protracted litigation between the Parties, and that this Consent Decree is fair, reasonable, and in the public interest;
THEREFORE, with the consent ofthe Parties, it is ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED as follows:
I. JURISDICTION For purposes of entry and enforcement of this Consent Decree only, the Parties agree that the Court specifically retains jurisdiction over this action and may issue such further orders or directions as may be necessary or appropriate to enter, construe, implement, modify, or enforce the terms of this Consent Decree, including resolving any disputes arising under this Consent Decree, and for granting any further relief as the interests ofjustice may require. The Parties agree to provide written notice to all counsel of record of their intent to seek judicial relief regarding any dispute arising from this Consent Decree, no less than five (5) days prior to filing for relief with the Court.
II. COVENANTS BY DEFENDANTS I. Defendants covenant that they have repealed the Policies entitled "Freedom of Speech, Assembly or Congregation," and "Posting ofInformation and Distribution of Materials" that were the subject of the above-captioned lawsuit. The Policies were repealed by the Westfield School Committee at its regular meeting on May 5, 2003. 2. Defendants covenant that they have adopted two new Policies entitled "Free Speech Policy and "Posting of Information". The new Policies were adopted by the Westfield School Committee at its regular meeting on May 5, 2003, and are attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein as if fully set forth.

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3. Defendants covenant that they will not enforce any punishment upon any of the named student Plaintiffs for their actions in distributing the candy canes with religious messages in December 2002 and will expunge from the records of the named student Plaintiffs any and all reference to disciplinary charges arising out of the distribution of the candy canes with religious messages in December 2002.
4. Defendants covenant that they will not impose any prior restraints upon the rights of the named student Plaintiffs and the L.I.F.E. Club to distribute literature to fellow students during non-instructional time without first complying with the substantive and procedural safeguards outlined in the Defendants' attached Policies unless the distribution fails to comply with the terms of the attached Policies.
5. Defendants covenant that they will not prohibit the named student Plaintiffs and the L.I.F.E. Club from distributing literature to fellow students during noninstructional time based upon the content of the literature, unless the school reasonably forecasts that the disruption would substantially and materially disrupt or materially interfere with the operation ofthe school or the distribution fails to comply with the terms of the Defendants' attached Policies.
6. Defendants covenant that they will not punish the named student Plaintiffs in any way for distributing literature to fellow students during non-instructional time, where such distribution does not substantially and materially disrupt or materially interfere with the operation of the school unless the distribution fails to comply with the terms ofthe Defendants' attached Policies.

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III. COVENANTS BY PLAINTIFFS In consideration ofthe covenants by the Defendants, Plaintiffs hereby covenant to dismiss with prejudice any and all claims, including but not limited to the claims asserted in the Complaint, against the above-named Defendants in the action captioned Westfield High School L.IF.E. Club, et al. V City of Westfield, et al.., case no. 03-30008, in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
IV. ATTORNEYS FEES AND COSTS Defendants covenant to pay to Plaintiffs' attorney, Liberty Counsel, the amount of $28,500.00 in attorney's fees and costs.
V. EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT Nothing in this Consent Decree shall be construed to create any rights in, or grant any cause of action to, any person not a party to this Consent Decree. Each of the Parties expressly reserves any and all rights, defenses, claims, demands and causes of action which each party may have with respect to any matter, transaction or occurrence relating to any person not a party hereto.
VI. ENTIRE AGREEMENT This Consent Decree is the entire agreement between Plaintiffs and Defendants. All prior conversations, meetings, discussions drafts and writings of any kind are specifically superseded by this Consent Decree.
VII. EFFECTIVE DATE The effective date of this Consent Decree shall be the date upon which it is entered by the Court. If for any reason the District Court does not enter this Consent Decree, the Consent Decree shall not become effective.

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VIII. MODIFICATIONS This Consent Decree shall not be modified or amended except by mutual written consent of all Parties, with approval of the Court.
IX. REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORITY Each undersigned representative ofthe Parties to this Consent Decree certifies that he or she is fully authorized by the party to enter into and execute the terms and conditions of this Consent Decree, and to legally bind such party to this Consent Decree. By their representative's signature below, the Parties consent to entry of this Consent Decree.

Claire L. Thompson, Es Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury & Murphy, P.C. One Monarch Place 1414 Main Street, 19th Floor Springfield, MA 01144 Attorney for Defendant, Westfield Public Schools
(~~~~.J/-;~~eter Martin, Esq. Office of the City Solicitor City of Westfield 59 Court Street Westfield, MA 01085 Attorney for Defendant, City of Westfield
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Florida Bar No. 0183504 UBERTY COUNSEL 210 East Palmetto Avenue Longwood, FL 32750 Attorney for Plaintiffs

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ORDER UPON CONSIDERATION OF THE FOREGOING, the Court thereby finds that this Consent Decree is fair and reasonable, both procedurally and substantively, consistent with applicable law, in good faith, and in the public interest. THE FOREGOING Consent Decree is hereby APPROVED. There being no just reason for delay, the Court expressly directs, pursuant to Rule 54(b), Fed.R.Civ.P., ENTRY OF FINAL JUDGMENT in accordance with the terms of this Consent Decree.
DONE and ORDERED this ;-& rJ" day of___oo c_)-,"-./;l__"-1~--t_ _ ,-~ _ _ , 2003.
)..-- V~/i LI/~~tJI.~
FRANK H. FREEDMAN U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

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Document 54

Filed 06/16/03 Page 7 of 11

File:

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1st reading: 4/15/2003

2nd reading: 5/5/2003

Passed: 5/5/2003

EXHIBIT
A

POSTING OF INFORMATION AT WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
The daily bulletin is prepared by the principal's office each school day. School sponsored organizations and student initiated voluntary associations of students that utilize school facilities may place notice of their future meetings or events in the daily bulletin. The daily bulletin is posted each day on the bulletin board outside the main office and in each classroom. The Guidance Office has bulletin boards that post official infonnation as well.
School-sponsored clubs and organizations may display posters provided space IS available and provided further that the posting is approved in advance by the principal or the principal's designee. Clubs and organizations that are student initiated voluntary associations (not school sponsored) may display posters on the bulletin board located in the school office. All postings are subject to the high school free speech policy. Posters hung other than in authorized locations will be removed.
The Westfield High School does not endorse the private views espoused by students and/or student organizations merely by allowing them to post infonnation and/or conduct activities on school premises.

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File: '-.\ Ise reading: 4/15/200J 2nd reading: 5/S/200J
Amendments a:fered:" 5/ j/2QOJ Passed as an~~ded: 5/3/2003

FREE SPEECH POLICY
TheWestfield Public Schools recognize the free speech rights of high school students in the public schools. In order to protect the valid exercise of those rights as well as the maintenance of a sound educational process and a constructive school environment in which to conduct the goals of teaching and learning, this policy provides guidelines for oral and written speech offered within the confines of the high school campus or its off campus sponsored events and activities. This policy recognizes a distinction between school-sponsored speech, such as posters advertising the election of students to the school sponsored Student Council, which is subject to reasonable control as hereinafter defined, and school tolerated speech which is the private speech of individual students or of voluntary associations of students, which is allowed provided that it confo=s to the terms oftrus policy. This policy does not apply to the speech of, or to speech produced by, individuals or organizations who are neither students nor employees of the Westfield Public Schools. The duties and privileges of such unaffiliated individuals,
including commercial enterprises, are the subject of a separa,te policy.
Students are free to engage in private speech at the high schaal during nan-instructional time so long as their speech:
(a) is not disruptive to the no=al operation of the schaol; or (b) does not infringe on the rights of other students, including the rights to be free of
sexual harassment and to be free ofbullying in the school, or (c) does not constitute an assembly. For purposes of this policy, the fallowing te=s have the following meanings:

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Speech. The term speech means "pure speech" that is, the act of communicatin" b'; unamplified voice. It also includes forms of communication used by the speech or hearing impaired in lieu of communication by voice and communication through written materials such as handbills and posters.
Non-instructional time. Before or after class hours, between classes and during lunch. Homeroom and study halls are considered "classes."
Class hours. The hours of the day when students are scheduled to be in class at the high school.
Reasonable control. In the context of school sponsored speech, reasonable control means restrictions on speech that are rationally related to the goal of teaching students. The goal of teaching students is not limited only to academic subjects but includes the promotion of conduct consistent with the shared values of a civilized social order such as civility, appreciation for different cultures, leadership skills, and the avoidance of such self destructive behaviors as the use of illegal drugs. The exercise of editorial control by the faculty advisor over articles concerning abortion rights submitted by students for publication in the high school newspaper is an example of reasonable control.
Assemblv. The term "assembly" means a pre-planned gathering of six or more students for the purpose of influencing the behavior, conduct or beliefs of others.
School hours. Those hours in which the high school is open for use by high school students.
Infringes on the rights of other students. This term includes conduct which is proscribed by the criminal laws and such conduct as could subject the actor or school district to civil liability.

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Disruptive to the nonnal operation of the school. This tenn includes violence but also includes any speech or associated conduct that is designed to or does unreasonably interfere with the primary goal of the school system which is to provide a positive atmosphere to foster the optimal learning of the students.
Examples of speech or associated conduct that would be disruptive to the normal operation of the school are set forth, below. Students may not:
a.) interfere with, impede or cause blockage of the flow of traffic or of passage; b.) commit any act likely to create an imminent health or safety hazard; c.) commit any act that is likely to induce immediate breach of the peace; d.) use sticks or other hard objects to hold up signs inside the school building; e.) interfere with an event by blocking audience view or orally interrupting a speaker or
performance; f.) use voice amplification systems that interfere with school activities, or make loud or
raucous sounds which disturb others due to the decibel level of the sound; g.) willfully or recklessly engage in destruction of property; h.) attempt by force to impair classes, events or normal business operations; i.) use language commonly understood by a reasonable person to be vulgar or lewd; j.) use language that includes "fighting words", which are those words, including racial
or ethnic slurs, that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace. When engaged in written speech, students and voluntary associations of students who choose to publish, post or otherwise distribute speech shall by name identify on the writing the principal sponsor of the speech, be it an individual student name or the name of the sponsoring

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student organization or group. Students and voluntary associations of students engageti :~ private speech ("school tolerated speech" as opposed to "school sponsored speech") are not authorized to use the words "Westfield High School" in their written materials nor may they use any similar words that could mislead other high school students into reasonably concluding that the speech was school sponsored.
In the event that students wish to engage in an assembly during school hours, they shall make written request to the principal or his designee specifying the date, time, place and purpose of the assembly. On or before the end of the next school day following receipt of the request, the principal or his designee shall determine whether the assembly would be disruptive to the ordinary operation of the school or would infringe on the rights of other students. In the event that he so found, he must so notify the sponsors forthwith specifying his reasons in writing. If modifying the time, place or manner of the proposed assembly would eliminate the potential for disruption, the principal or his designee must offer in the written response a reasonable alternative so as to allow the assembly to take place. If the principal or his designee does not act upon the request by the end of the next school day following receipt of the request, the request is deemed approved.
Any student aggrieved by the action ofa teacher, the principal or the principal's designee may obtain review by access to the procedures set forth in this handbook under the heading "Complaints, Grievances & Appeals Procedures".

 
 Case: 3:03-cv-30008-FHF As of: 01/28/2014 11:55 AM EST 1 of 10
United States District Court District of Massachusetts (Springfield) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 3:03−cv−30008−FHF

CLOSED

Westfield High Sch., et al v. Westfield Pub. Sch., et al Assigned to: Judge Frank H. Freedman Demand: $0 Cause: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act
Plaintiff

Date Filed: 01/13/2003 Date Terminated: 05/07/2003 Jury Demand: Defendant Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other Jurisdiction: Federal Question

Westfield High School L.I.F.E. Club

represented by Anita L. Staver Liberty Counsel 210 East Palmetto Avenue Longwood, FL 32750 407−875−2100 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Bertin C. Emmons Sovereign Bank 75 State Street MA1−SST−04−01 Boston, MA 02109 617−757−5440 Fax: 617−757−5657 Email: bemmons@sovereignbank.com LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Erik W. Stanley Liberty Counsel 210 East Palmetto Avenue Longwood, FL 32750 407−875−2100 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Joel L. Oster Alliance Defending Freedom 15192 Rosewood Street Leawood, KS 66224 913−685−8000 Fax: 913−685−8001 Email: joster@alliancedefendingfreedom.org LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Mathew D. Staver Liberty Counsel 210 East Palmetto Avenue Longwood, FL 32750 407−875−2100 Email: court@lc.org LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Plaintiff
Stephen Grabowski by and through his parents, Edmund and Mary Ettar Grabowski

represented by Anita L. Staver (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY

Case: 3:03-cv-30008-FHF As of: 01/28/2014 11:55 AM EST 2 of 10

ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Bertin C. Emmons (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Erik W. Stanley (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Joel L. Oster (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Mathew D. Staver (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Plaintiff Timothy Souza

represented by Anita L. Staver (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Bertin C. Emmons (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Erik W. Stanley (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Joel L. Oster (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Mathew D. Staver (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Plaintiff
Daniel Souza by and through their parents, Ralph and Diane Souza

represented by Anita L. Staver (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Bertin C. Emmons (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Erik W. Stanley (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY

Case: 3:03-cv-30008-FHF As of: 01/28/2014 11:55 AM EST 3 of 10

ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Joel L. Oster (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Mathew D. Staver (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Plaintiff Sharon Sitler

represented by Anita L. Staver (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Bertin C. Emmons (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Erik W. Stanley (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Joel L. Oster (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Mathew D. Staver (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Plaintiff
Paul Sitler by and through their parents, William and Denise Sitler

represented by Anita L. Staver (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Bertin C. Emmons (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Erik W. Stanley (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Joel L. Oster (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Mathew D. Staver (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY

Case: 3:03-cv-30008-FHF As of: 01/28/2014 11:55 AM EST 4 of 10

PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Plaintiff
Dustin Cooper by and through his parents Brian and Amy Turner−Cooper

represented by Anita L. Staver (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Bertin C. Emmons (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Erik W. Stanley (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Joel L. Oster (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Mathew D. Staver (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY PRO HAC VICE ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

V. Defendant Westfield Public Schools TERMINATED: 02/25/2003
Defendant Dr. Thomas Y. McDowell Individually and in his official capacity as Superintendent of Westfield Public

represented by Claire L. Thompson Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury &Murphy, P.C. One Monarch Place, 19th Floor 1414 Main Street Springfield, MA 01144−1002 413−733−3111 Fax: 413−734−3910 Email: cthompson@dwpm.com TERMINATED: 02/25/2003 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
Peter H. Martin City of Westfield Law Department Municipal Building 59 Court St. Westfield, MA 01085 413−572−6260 Fax: 413−568−6745 Email: p.martin@mail.ci.westfield.ma.us TERMINATED: 02/25/2003 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED
represented by Claire L. Thompson (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY

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Schools

ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Peter H. Martin (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Defendant
Thomas W. Daley Individually and in his official capacity as Principal of Westfield High School

represented by Claire L. Thompson (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Edward P. Mulvaney Fallon &Sullivan 115 State Street Springfield, MA 01103 413−732−0346 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Defendant City of Westfield

represented by Claire L. Thompson (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Peter H. Martin (See above for address) LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Movant United States of America

represented by Amy I. Berman U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division 601 D Street, N.W. Suite 4300 Washington, DC 20530 202−514−4092 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Edward G. Caspar U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division 601 D Street, N.W. Suite 4300 Washington, DC 20530 202−514−4092 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Eric W. Treene U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division 601 D Street, N.W. Suite 4300 Washington, DC 20530 202−514−4092 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

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Franz R. Marshall U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division 601 D Street, N.W. Suite 4300 Washington, DC 20530 202−514−4092 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Jeremiah Glassman U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division 601 D Street, N.W. Suite 4300 Washington, DC 20530 202−514−4092 LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Interested Party
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLUM)

represented by Jeffrey Jackson Pyle Prince, Lobel, Glovsky &Tye LLP Suite2200 100 Cambridge Street Boston, MA 021114 617−456−8000 Fax: 617−456−8100 Email: jpyle@princelobel.com LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

William Newman Lesser, Newman &Nasser, LLP 39 Main Street Northampton, MA 01060 413−584−7331 Fax: 413−586−7076 Email: Newman@LNN−law.com LEAD ATTORNEY ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED

Date Filed 01/13/2003
01/13/2003 01/13/2003 01/13/2003 01/13/2003 01/13/2003 01/13/2003

# Docket Text
1 Complaint filed. Case assigned to Judge: Kenneth P. Neiman. Receipt #: 305099. Amount:$ 150.00. Fee Status: Paid. Mag/Judge Consent Form, LR 4.1, notice of lawsuit and waiver of service of summons to Counsel. (mef) (Entered: 01/13/2003)
Summons issued for Westfield Pub. Sch., Thomas Y. McDowell, Thomas W. Daley (mef) (Entered: 01/13/2003)
2 Ps' Motion for Erik W. Stanley to appear pro hac vice. Fee Status: Paid. Fee Amt: $50.00. Receipt #: 305099 filed. (mef) (Entered: 01/13/2003)
3 Ps' Motion by for Mathew D. Staver to appear pro hac vice. Fee Status: Paid. Fee Amt: 5$0.00. Receipt #: 305099. filed. (mef) (Entered: 01/13/2003)
4 Ps' Motion by for Anita L. Staver to appear pro hac vice. Fee Status: Paid. Fee Amt: $50.00. Receipt #: 305099. , filed. (mef) (Entered: 01/13/2003)
5 Ps' Motion for Joel L. Oster to appear pro hac vice. Fee Status: Paid. Fee Amt: $50.00. Receipt #: 305099. , filed. (mef) (Entered: 01/13/2003)
6 Motion by Westfield High Sch., Stephen Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler, Dustin Cooper for P.I. filed. (mef) (Entered:

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01/13/2003 01/13/2003 01/13/2003
01/14/2003 01/14/2003 01/14/2003 01/14/2003 01/15/2003 01/15/2003 01/21/2003 01/21/2003 01/24/2003
01/24/2003 01/27/2003
01/27/2003 01/27/2003 01/27/2003

01/13/2003)
7 Memorandum by Westfield High Sch., Stephen Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler, Dustin Cooper in support of [6−1] motion for P.I. , filed. (mef) (Entered: 01/13/2003)
8 Motion by Westfield High Sch., Stephen Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler, Dustin Cooper for waiver of posting a Security Bond in obtaining a Preliminary Injunction , filed. (mef) (Entered: 01/13/2003)
9 Memorandum by Westfield High Sch., Stephen Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler, Dustin Cooper in support of [8−1] motion for waiver of posting a Security Bond in obtaining a Preliminary Injunction , filed. (mef) (Entered: 01/13/2003)
Judge Michael A. Ponsor . Endorsed Order entered granting [2−1] motion for Erik W. Stanley to appear pro hac vice; cc/cl. [EOD Date 1/14/03] (mef) (Entered: 01/14/2003)
Judge Michael A. Ponsor . Endorsed Order entered granting [3−1] motion for Mathew D. Staver to appear pro hac vice; cc/cl. [EOD Date 1/14/03] (mef) (Entered: 01/14/2003)
Judge Michael A. Ponsor . Endorsed Order entered granting [4−1] motion for Anita L. Staver to appear pro hac vice; cc/cl. [EOD Date 1/14/03] (mef) (Entered: 01/14/2003)
Judge Michael A. Ponsor . Endorsed Order entered granting [5−1] motion for Joel L. Oster to appear pro hac vice; cc/cl. [EOD Date 1/14/03] (mef) (Entered: 01/14/2003)
10 Not all parties consenting to assignment to Magistrate Judge Neiman. Case to be redrawn for random assignment to District Judge. (mgl) (Entered: 01/15/2003)
11 Notice of case assignment. Case reassigned from Judge Neiman to Senior Judge Frank H. Freedman . cc/cl (mgl) (Entered: 01/15/2003)
12 Dft's Motion by Westfield Pub. Sch., Thomas Y. McDowell, Thomas W. Daley to extend time to 2/10/03 to file its opposition to motion for preliminary injunction and answer to complaint , filed. c/s (mgl) (Entered: 01/22/2003)
13 Notice of appearance of attorney for Westfield Pub. Sch., Thomas Y. McDowell, Thomas W. Daley by Claire L. Thompson, filed. c/s (mgl) (Entered: 01/22/2003)
Senior Judge Frank H. Freedman . Endorsed Order entered granting [12−1] motion to extend time to 2/10/03 to file its opposition to motion for preliminary injunction and answer to complaint, set answer due for 2/10/03 for Thomas W. Daley, for Thomas Y. McDowell, for Westfield Pub. Sch. , Response to motion reset to 2/10/03 for [6−1] motion for P.I. . [EOD Date 1/24/03] (jcs) (Entered: 01/24/2003)
Motion hearing re: [6−1] motion for P.I. at 10:00 2/25/03 (jcs) (Entered: 01/24/2003)
14 Return of service executed as to Westfield Pub. Sch., Thomas Y. McDowell, Thomas W. Daley w/s/o 1/14/2003 filed. Answer due on 2/3/03 for Thomas W. Daley, for Thomas Y. McDowell, for Westfield Pub. Sch. (mef) (Entered: 01/27/2003)
15 Ps' Notice of Filing of returns of service on the Defts. filed. (mef) (Entered: 01/27/2003)
16 Notice of appearance of attorney for Westfield High Sch., Stephen Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler, Dustin Cooper by Mathew D. Staver, filed. (bah) (Entered: 01/28/2003)
17 Notice of appearance of attorney for Westfield High Sch., Stephen Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler, Dustin Cooper by Erik W. Stanley, filed. (bah) (Entered: 01/28/2003)

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01/27/2003
01/27/2003
02/07/2003
02/10/2003
02/10/2003 02/11/2003
02/11/2003 02/11/2003
02/13/2003 02/13/2003 02/14/2003 02/20/2003 02/20/2003
02/20/2003 02/21/2003 02/21/2003 02/21/2003 02/24/2003
02/24/2003 02/24/2003 02/25/2003

18 Notice of appearance of attorney for Westfield High Sch., Stephen Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler, Dustin Cooper by Joel L. Oster, filed. (bah) (Entered: 01/28/2003)
19 Notice of appearance of attorney for Westfield High Sch., Stephen Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler, Dustin Cooper by Anita L. Staver, filed. (bah) (Entered: 01/28/2003)
20 Dft's Motion by Westfield Pub. Sch., Thomas Y. McDowell, Thomas W. Daley to extend time to 2/14/03 to file its opposition to plantiff motion for preliminar injuntion , filed. c/s (mgl) (Entered: 02/07/2003)
21 Pltfs' Response in opposition to [20−1] motion to extend time to 2/14/03 to file its opposition to plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injuntion , filed. (jcs) (Entered: 02/10/2003)
22 Answer by Westfield Pub. Sch., Thomas Y. McDowell to complaint; jury demand, filed. (mef) (Entered: 02/10/2003)
Senior Judge Frank H. Freedman . Endorsed Order entered granting [20−1]; cc/cl. Ds' resp. to motion reset to 2/14/2003 for [6−1] motion for P.I. . [EOD Date 2/11/03] (mef) (Entered: 02/11/2003)
23 Motion by Thomas W. Daley to ext. time to 2/13/2003 to resp. to the complaint. , filed. (mef) (Entered: 02/11/2003)
Senior Judge Frank H. Freedman . Endorsed Order entered granting [23−1]; cc/cl. Reset answer due for 2/13/2003 for Thomas W. Daley . [EOD Date 2/11/03] (mef) (Entered: 02/11/2003)
24 Answer by Thomas W. Daley to complaint; jury demand, filed. (mgl) (Entered: 02/13/2003)
25 Notice of appearance of attorney for Thomas W. Daley by , filed. c/s (mgl) (Entered: 02/13/2003)
26 Memorandum of law by Dft's Westfield Pub. Sch., Thomas Y. McDowell in opposition to Ptf's [6−1] motion for P.I. , filed. c/s (mgl) (Entered: 02/14/2003)
27 Motion by U.S.A. for leave to file Amicus Curiae Brief , filed. (mef) (Entered: 02/20/2003)
Senior Judge Frank H. Freedman . Endorsed Order entered granting [27−1] motion for leave to file Amicus Curiae Brief; cc/cl. [EOD Date 2/20/03] (mef) (Entered: 02/20/2003)
28 Amicus Curiae Brief by U.S.A. filed in support of Ps' motion for P.I. filed. (mef) (Entered: 02/20/2003)
29 Motion by ACLUM for leave to file memorandum of law as amicus curiae , filed. c/s (mgl) (Entered: 02/21/2003)
30 Notice of appearance of attorney for ACLUM by Jeffery J. Pyle, filed. c/s (mgl) (Entered: 02/21/2003)
31 Notice of appearance of attorney for ACLUM by William C. Newman, filed. c/s (mgl) (Entered: 02/21/2003)
32 Notice of Supplemental authority by Westfield High Sch., Stephen Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler, Dustin Cooper, filed. c/s (mgl) (Entered: 02/24/2003)
33 Supplemental Affidavit of Sharon Sitler, re: in support of Ptf's [6−1] motion for P.I. , filed. (mgl) (Entered: 02/24/2003)
34 Ptf's Supplemental Affidavit of Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza , re: in support of Ptf's [6−1] motion for P.I. , filed. (mgl) (Entered: 02/24/2003)
Motion hearing re: [6−1] motion for P.I. Motion hearing held (mef) (Entered: 02/25/2003)

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02/25/2003
02/26/2003 02/26/2003 03/10/2003
03/17/2003
03/17/2003 03/18/2003 04/07/2003 04/16/2003 04/16/2003
04/16/2003 04/16/2003 04/16/2003 04/16/2003
04/23/2003 04/23/2003
05/07/2003

35 Senior Judge Frank H. Freedman . Clerk's Notes: re: Pltfs' motion for leave to amend verified complaint to add City of Westfield as the proper Deft. is ALLOWED. Issue re: LIFE Club status as a party taken under advisement. Hearing on Pltfs' motion for P.I. − [6−1]. After hearing the court takes the motion under advisement. Court Reporter: Vickie Britt. (mef) (Entered: 02/25/2003)
Senior Judge Frank H. Freedman . Endorsed Order entered granting [29−1] motion for leave to file memorandum of law as amicus curiae; cc/cl. [EOD Date 2/26/03] (mef) (Entered: 02/26/2003)
36 Memorandum Amicus Curiae brief by ACLUM in support of Ps' motion for P.I. filed. (mef) (Entered: 02/26/2003)
37 Amended complaint by Westfield High Sch., Stephen Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler, Dustin Cooper filed. (Answer due 3/20/03 for City of Westfield, for Thomas W. Daley, for Thomas Y. McDowell ) . Amended complaint amends [1−1] complaint ; adding . (mgl) (Entered: 03/11/2003)
38 Senior Judge Frank H. Freedman . Memorandum and Order entered. The Court GRANTS the Pltfs' motion for preliminary injunction − [6−1] and motion for waiver of security bond − [8−1]; cc/cl. [EOD Date 3/17/03] (mef) (Entered: 03/17/2003)
39 Answer by Thomas Y. McDowell, City of Westfield to amended complaint, filed.; jury demand c/s (mgl) (Entered: 03/17/2003)
40 Senior Judge Frank H. Freedman . Notice of Conference: Set Pretrial Scheduling Conf. for 10:00 A.M. on 4/22/2003; cc/cl. . (mef) (Entered: 03/18/2003)
41 Motion by Thomas Y. McDowell, Thomas W. Daley, City of Westfield to stay , filed. c/s (mgl) (Entered: 04/08/2003)
42 Ps' Memorandum in opposition to [41−1] motion to stay and in support of their motion to postpone the scheduling conf. filed. (mef) (Entered: 04/16/2003)
43 SECOND VERIFIED Amended complaint by Westfield High Sch., Stephen Grabowski, Timothy Souza, Daniel Souza, Sharon Sitler, Paul Sitler, Dustin Cooper filed. (Answer due 4/26/03 for City of Westfield, Thomas W. Daley, Thomas Y. McDowell). Amended complaint amends [37−1] amended complaint. (mef) (Entered: 04/16/2003)
44 Ps' Motion for S/J on each of the five counts set forth in the Second Amended Complaint − [43−1] filed. (mef) (Entered: 04/16/2003)
45 Ps' Memorandum in support of [44−1] motion for S/J on each of the five counts set forth in the Second Amended − [43−1] filed. (mef) (Entered: 04/16/2003)
46 Ps' Appendix/exhibits in support of of [44−1] motion for S/J on each of the five counts set forth in the Second Amended − [43−1] , filed. (mef) (Entered: 04/16/2003)
Senior Judge Frank H. Freedman . Endorsed Order entered denying [41−1] motion to stay. Based on the filing of Ps' motion for S/J the scheduling conf. set for 4/22/2003 has been continued; cc/cl.. Terminated 4/22/2003 scheduling conf. deadline. [EOD Date 4/16/03] (mef) (Entered: 04/16/2003)
47 STIPULATION (Motion) by Thomas Y. McDowell, Thomas W. Daley, City of Westfield to ext. time to 5/07/2003 to file their opp. to the Pltfs' motion for S/J filed. (mef) (Entered: 04/24/2003)
Senior Judge Frank H. Freedman . Endorsed Order entered granting [47−1]; cc/cl. Ds' resp. to motion reset to 5/7/2003 for [44−1] motion for S/J on each of the five counts set forth in the Second Amended − [43−1] . [EOD Date 4/24/03] (mef) (Entered: 04/24/2003)
48 Senior Judge Frank H. Freedman. Sixty (60) Day Settlement Order of Dismissal entered by the Court; cc/cl. [EOD Date 5/7/03] (mef) (Entered: 05/07/2003)

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05/07/2003 05/14/2003 06/02/2003 06/09/2003 06/13/2003
06/13/2003 06/16/2003 06/16/2003 03/04/2009

Case closed. (mef) (Entered: 05/07/2003)
49 Motion by ACLUM to strike non−essential portions of the [38−1] Memorandum and Order , filed. (mef) (Entered: 05/14/2003)
50 Ptf's Opposition RESPONSE to Dft's 49 Motion to Strike portion of memo. filed by Dustin Cooper, Stephen Grabowski, Paul Sitler, Sharon Sitler, Daniel Souza. (Lindsay, Maurice) (Entered: 06/02/2003)
Judge Frank H. Freedman : EnsorsedORDER entered denying 49 Motion to Strike portions of [38−1] Memorandum and Order dated 3/17/2003; cc/cl. (Finn, Mary) (Entered: 06/09/2003)
51 STIPULATION of Dismissal by Dustin Cooper, Thomas W. Daley, Stephen Grabowski, Thomas Y. McDowell, Paul Sitler, Sharon Sitler, Daniel Souza, Timothy Souza as to defts' Daley and McDowell in their individual and official capacities. (Stuckenbruck, John) (Entered: 06/13/2003)
52 MOTION entry of consent decree by City of Westfield, Dustin Cooper, Paul Sitler, Sharon Sitler, Daniel Souza, Timothy Souza, Westfield Public Schools.(Stuckenbruck, John) (Entered: 06/13/2003)
53 Judge Frank H. Freedman : EndorsedORDER entered granting 52 Motion for entry of Consent Decree; cc/cl. (Finn, Mary) (Entered: 06/16/2003)
54 Judge Frank H. Freedman : ORDER entered CONSENT DECREEE entered for the Pltfs.; cc/cl.(Finn, Mary) (Entered: 06/16/2003)
Notice of correction to docket made by Court staff. Correction: document 55 Order corrected because: document deleted due to being docketed in the incorrect case. (Finn, Mary) (Entered: 03/04/2009)