Discipline Guidlines

The following guidelines are used in determining consequences for student offenses. Please review these with your son/daughter so they are aware of the consequences of inappropriate behavior at school.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education prohibits the possession and/or use of tobacco, alcoholic beverages, drugs, and drug-related paraphernalia on school property. This prohibition also includes all activities sponsored by La Quinta High School that extend beyond the school day. Possession and/or use of any form of alcohol, drug, or controlled substance will result in the following:
- Tobacco Products
- Use
- First Offense: Suspend 2 days, parent contact
- Second Offense: Suspend 3 days, parent contact, behavior contract
- Third Offense: Suspend 5 days, possible referral to District Discipline Committee or alternative education
- Possession – Saturday School, Confiscation of item
- First Offense: Saturday School, parent contact, confiscation of item
- Second Offense: Suspend 1 day, pareant contact
- Drug Paraphernalia (possession or sale)
- First Offense: Suspend 3 days, parent and police contact
- Second Offense: Suspend 5 days, referral to District Discipline Committee
- Drugs, Alcohol, and Marijuana
- Possession and/or use
- First Offense: Suspend 3-5 days, referral to drug counseling, parent and police contact, possible referral to District Discipline Committee
- Second Offense: Suspend 5 days, parent, police contact, referral to Discipline Committee
- Sale – Suspend 5 days, parent and police contact, referral to Discipline Committee with recommendation for expulsion
- Furnishing – Suspend 3-5 days, parent, police contact, possible referral to Discipline Committee
- “Look alike” Substance – Suspend 3-5 days, parent and police contact, possible referral to District Discipline Committee
DANGEROUS OBJECTS
- Weapons and explosive devices (possession or use of knife, gun, club, dangerous object, imitation firearm, bomb, M-80 type explosive) – Suspend 5 days, parent and police contact, referral to District Discipline Committee with recommendation for expulsion
- Use of fire or fire crackers
- Arson – Suspend 3-5 days, police, fire department and parent contact, possible referral to District Discipline Committee
- Possession/use of fire crackers – Suspend 1-3 days, parent contact
- Use of lighter/matches in class – Saturday School
ENDANGERING THE SAFETY OF OTHERS
- Fighting/mutual combat (on or off campus during school hours or in route to and from school or at any school-sponsored event) per school year
- First Offense – Suspend 1-5 days, parent conference
- Second Offense – Suspend 5 days, parent conference, implementation of behavior plan, referral to anger management
- Third Offense - Suspend 5 days, parent, police contact, and referral to Discipline Committee
- Assault/battery – Any willful and unlawful use of force or violence upon another person
- First Offense – Suspend 5 days, parent and police contact, and possible referral to District Discipline Committee
- Second Offense - Suspend 5 days, parent and police contact, and possible referral to District Discipline Committee
- Aides or abets in the infliction or attempted infliction of physical injury to another student
- First Offense – Suspend 1-5 days, parent contact, possible police contact
- Second Offense – Suspend 3-5 days, parent contact, implementation of behavior plan, possible police contact
- Third Offense – Suspend 5 days, parent contact and referral to District Discipline Committee, possible police contact
- Bullying, intimidation, threats, verbal assault and/or harassment (toward peers)
- First Offense – Suspend 1-3 days, parent contact
- Second Offense – Suspend 3-5 days, parent contact
- Third Offense – Suspend 5 days, parent contact and referral to District Discipline Committee
- Witness Intimidation/Threat – Suspend 5 days, parent and police contact, possible referral to District Discipline Committee
- Hate Violence
- First Offense –Suspend 3-5 days, parent and possible police contact
- Second Offense – Suspend 5 days, parent, police contact, and referral to Discipline Committee
- Gang Activity (inappropriate clothing, use of symbols, flashing signs, group confrontation)
- Warning, parent conference, behavior contract
- Suspend 2-5 days, possible referral to District Discipline Committee
- Terrorist threat against school official or property – Suspend 5 days, parent and police contact, referral to District Discipline Committee
- Assault or Battery on school employee – Suspend 5 days, parent and police contact, referral to District Discipline Committee
FAILURE TO SERVE
- Detention
- First Offense- Re-assigned
- Second Offense - Saturday School, parent contact
- Saturday School
- First Offense- Re-assigned, parent contact
- Second Offense – On-campus suspension, parent contact, re-assigned
- Third Offense – Suspend 3 days, parent conference
- On Campus Suspension – Suspend 3 days at home
FORGERY/POSSESSION OF SCHOOL DOCUMENTS
Saturday School, In House Suspension or 1 to 3 days suspension, Parent contact
GAMBLING
Playing cards, dice and other gambling paraphernalia are not permitted on campus - Confiscation of item and release only to parent.
MISBEHAVIOR/ INSUBORDINATION
(At school and school functions, on or off campus)
Progressive discipline pending severity of incident: referral to counselor or assistant principal, detention, parent contact, Saturday School, 1-5 days suspension, removal from activity, possible police contact, and possible referral to District Discipline Committee
PROFANITY, OBSCENITY, VULGARITY
- Directed toward peers or non-directed
- First Offense: Saturday School, parent contact.
- Second Offense: Suspend 1 to 3 days, parent conference.
- Directed toward a staff member
- First Offense: Suspend 1 to 3 days, parent contact
- Second Offense: Suspend 3 to 5 days, parent conference; possible referral to Discipline Committee
- Sexual Harassment
- First Offense: Conference with administrator, parent contact, possible detention/Saturday school, possible suspension, possible police contact
- Second Offense: Suspend 1-3 days, parent contact, possible police contact
- Third Offense: Suspend 5 days, referral to discipline committee, possible police contact
- Sexual Assault and/or Battery – Suspend 5 days, parent and police contact, referral to District Discipline Committee
THEFT/ROBBERY/EXTORTION
- Theft or knowingly receiving stolen school or personal property
- Less than $50.00 value, no breaking and entering, first offense - Suspend 1-3 days, restitution, parent contact
- More then $50.00 value and/or breaking and entering and/or second offense – Suspend 5 days, restitution, parent and possible police contact, possible referral to District Discipline Committee.
- Robbery or extortion - Suspend 5 days, restitution, parent and police contact, possible referral to District Discipline Committee.
UNAUTHORIZED ITEMS
- Use of skateboards, bicycles, cell phones, electronic games, music playesr, wallet chains, non-LQ hats, laser pointers, or playing cards on campus during school time – Confiscation of item, released only to parent
- Possession of permanent markers and liquid whiteout is prohibited.
- Students may not write gang-related writing on their papers, folders, books, or backpacks. Items will be confiscated, parents will be notified.
VANDALISM / GRAFFITI
Restitution, detention, Saturday School, suspend 1-5 days, parent contact, possible police contact and/or referral to District Discipline Committee.
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