Student/Parent Handbook - Braintree Public Schools

Special Education Discipline Policy
1. Each Individualized Education Program (I.E.P.) will indicate whether the
student can be expected to meet the regular discipline code or note any
modifications to the code.
2. The Director of Special Services will receive, in writing, a copy of each
suspension notice.
3. Upon the accumulation of ten (10) school days of suspension in a school year,
a review of the I.E.P. will conducted to:
• determine the appropriateness of the student’s placement
• modify or design a new program
• make provisions for temporary educational services
• develop a long-term plan for educational services
4. Upon accumulation of more than ten (10) school days of suspension in a
school year, an alternate educational plan will be implemented with request for
approval to the Regional Education Center and notification to the parents of the
special education student.
It is the intent of Braintree High School to comply with the Massachusetts
General Laws and Department of Education Regulations governing the
disciplining of special education students.
Title 18 – UNITED STATES CODE
“GUN FREE SCHOOL ZONES ACT OF 1990”
It shall be unlawful for any individual knowingly to possess…or discharge…a firearm at a
place the individual knows or has reasonable cause to believe, is a school zone…except
on private property not part of the school grounds or licenses to do so by the State in
which the school…School Zone means within 1,000 feet from the grounds of a public,
parochial or private school. Violators shall be fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned
for not more than 5 years, or both. The term of imprisonment imposed under any other
provision of law.
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL LAW – Chapter 269 S. 10
Prohibition Against Firearms in Schools:
Whoever, not being a law enforcement officer, and notwithstanding any license obtained
by him under the provisions of Chapter one hundred and forty, carries on his person a
firearm as hereinafter defined, loaded or unloaded or other dangerous weapon in any
building or on the grounds of any elementary or secondary school, college or university
shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for
not more than one year, or both. For the purposes of this paragraph, “firearm” shall
mean any pistol, revolver, rifle or smoothbore arm from which a shot, bullet or pellet can
be discharged by whatever means.
Any student who is found on school premises or at school-sponsored or school-related
events, including athletic games, in possession of a dangerous weapon, including, but
not limited to, a gun or a knife may be subject to expulsion from the school by the
Headmaster.
PARENT NOTIFICATION LAW RE: HUMAN SEXUALITY
EDUCATION
In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 71, Section 32A, an
Act Relative to Human Sexuality Education, the Braintree School Committee
provides this notification to parents regarding curriculum which primarily
involves human sexuality education or human sexuality issues. This
notification, provided through the student handbook at the Middle School and
High School levels and through the newsletter at the elementary level, allows
parents or guardians to exempt their child/children from any and all portions of
the said curriculum through written notification to the school principal. No child
exempted shall be penalized in any fashion, and will be given an alternate
assignment, which complies with the time and learning requirement. Program
materials will be made reasonably accessible to parents, guardians and other
to the extent practicable.
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