distinctive symbols and the use of certain signals and gestures. Students who engage in behavior or adopt dress style or personal appearance suggestive of gang membership not only may endanger the welfare and safety of other students or school personnel and disrupt the educational process, but themselves may become victims of delinquent, criminal or antisocial conduct. The Board has no tolerance for gangs and declares that policies, including, but not limited to the code of conduct shall be used and enforced in a manner to prevent the initiation and continuation of gangs in the school system.

## Hall Conduct (Grades 7-12)

Always observe the following:

- • Do not run.
- • Walk to the right of the hall at all times.
- • Do not gather around lockers to talk.
- • Do not stop on the hall side of the wall. (THS students)
- • Do not walk inside the gym retaining wall. (THS students)
- • Students in the hall without a pass are subject to disciplinary action.
- • Students must have a written pass stating the date, time, destination and teacher's initials .

## Harassment, Intimidation, and/or Bullying

' Bullying means a continuous pattern of intentional behavior that takes place on or off of school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored function including, but not limited to, cyberbullying, written, electronic, verbal or physical acts that are reasonably perceived as being motivated by any characteristic of a student or by the association of a student with an individual who has a particular characteristic, if the characteristic falls into one of the categories of personal characteristics contained in this policy. To constitute bullying, a pattern of behavior may do any of the following:

- • a student in reasonable fear of harm of his or her person or damage his or her • a student in reasonable fear of harm of his or her person or damage his or her property.
- • the effect of substantially interfering with the educational performance, • the effect of substantially interfering with the educational performance, opportunity, or benefits of a student.
- • the effect of substantially disrupting or interfering with the orderly operation of the • the effect of substantially disrupting or interfering with the orderly operation of the school.
- • the effect of creating a hostile environment in the school, on school property, on a • the effect of creating a hostile environment in the school, on school property, on a school bus, or at a school sponsored function.
- • the effect of being sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive enough to create an • the effect of being sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive enough to create an intimidating, threatening or abusive educational environment for a student.

Students are expected to treat other students with courtesy, respect, and dignity and comply with the Code of Student Conduct. Students are expected and required to:

- • with the requirements of law, policy, regulation, and rules prohibiting bullying, • with the requirements of law, policy, regulation, and rules prohibiting bullying, violence, or intimidation
- • refrain from inflicting or threatening to inflict violence, injury, or damage to the • refrain from inflicting or threatening to inflict violence, injury, or damage to the person or property of another student, and
- • refrain from placing another student in fear of being subjected to violence, injury, or • refrain from placing another student in fear of being subjected to violence, injury, or damage when such actions or threats are reasonably perceived as being motivated by any personal characteristic of the student that is identified in this policy.