This document defines minor and major disciplinary offenses at Lewis County High School. Minor offenses include inappropriate language directed at peers, disruption of class, dress code violations, and forgery of no more than two notes. Major offenses involve inappropriate language directed at staff, arson, bomb threats, possession of weapons or drugs, bullying, vandalism over $50, and chronic forms of disruption, defiance, truancy, or academic dishonesty. Major offenses can result in serious consequences like suspension while minor offenses typically result in lighter punishments.

1. LEWIS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
REFERRAL DEFINITIONS
BEHAVIOR MINOR MAJOR
ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, INAPPROPRIATE Directing inappropriate or profane language at Directing inappropriate or profane language at
LANGUAGE, PROFANITY a peer. a staff member
ARSON No minor offense level Student plans/or participates in malicious
burning of property.
BOMB THREAT, FALSE ALARM No minor offense level Student delivers a message of possible
explosive materials being on-campus, near
campus, and/or pending explosion.
COMBUSTIBLES No minor offense level Student is in possession of substances/objects
readily capable of causing bodily hard and/or
property damage (firecrackers, gasoline,
lighter fluid, etc.)
DEFIANCE, DISRESPECT, INSUBORDINATION, Student refuses to respond appropriately to Student chronically refuses to respond
NON-COMPLIANCE reasonable requests, talking back, and/or appropriately to reasonable requests, talks
socially rude interactions. back, and/or engages in socially rude
interactions.
DISRUPTION Student’s behavior causes and interruption in Chronic behavior causing and interruption in a
a class or activity. Disruption includes loud class or activity. Disruption includes loud
talking, yelling, or screaming: horseplay or talking, yelling, or screaming: horseplay or
roughhousing: all electronic devices: and/or roughhousing: all electronic devices: and/or
sustained out-of-seat behavior. sustained out-of-seat behavior.
DRESS CODE VIOLATION Student wears clothing that does not fit within Student consistently wears clothing that does
the dress code guidelines of the not fit within the dress code guidelines of the
school/district. school/district.
FIGHTING, PHYSICAL AGGRESSION Student’s actions involve physical contact Student’s actions involve serious physical
where injury may occur (e.g., hitting, contact with malicious intent where injury
punching, hitting with an object, kicking, hair may or does occur (e.g., hitting, punching,
pulling, scratching, etc.) hitting with an object, kicking, hair pulling,
scratching, etc.)
FORGERY, THEFT Student has signed a person’s name without Student is in possession of, having passed on,
that person’s permission to attend or be or is responsible for removing someone else’s

2. excused from a class or activity. (more than 2 property. Student has written a note of
forgeries becomes a major) dismissal or excuse for missing school.
TOBACCO VIOLATIONS No minor offense level Student is in possession of or using tobacco
products
DRUG/ALCOHOL VIOLATIONS No minor offense level ***No student shall possess, ingest, sell,
provide, or be under the influence or drugs
(not prescribed by a medical practitioner) or
alcohol. No student shall possess, sell, or
provide any paraphernalia associated with the
use or sale of drugs or alcohol. No student
shall possess, sell, or provide any substance
that is a look-a-like to drugs or alcohol.
WEAPONS VIOLATIONS No minor offense level Student is in possession of items such as, but
not limited to: knives, firearms, explosives,
incendiaries, martial arts weapons, electronic
defense weapons, clubs, billies, metallic
knuckles or containers containing chemicals
such as pepper gas or mace, or the use of any
object as a weapon.
HARASSMENT, BULLYING Student’s conduct subjects another to Student’s conduct repeatedly subjects a pupil
disrespectful, hurtful messages, delivered to insults, taunts, or challenges, whether
through verbal, sexual, written, or physical verbal, written, or physical in nature, which
means or by gestures that results in that are likely to intimidate or provoke a violent or
person feeling threatened or intimidated. disorderly response from the student being
(Harassment) No minor offense for bullying. treated in this manner. (Bullying)
LYING Student does not give accurate information to Student does not give accurate information to
a staff member or withholds information. a staff member or withholds information
(More than 2 times)
SKIPPING CLASS, TRUANCY Student leaves class/school without Student leaves class/school without
permission or stays out of class/school permission or stays out of class/school
without permission. without permission more than one time in a
quarter.
ACADEMIC HONESTY Student passes of someone else’s work or Student passes off someone else’s work or
ideas (intellectual property) as his/her own. ideas (intellectual property) as his/her own on

3. more than one occasion.
PROPERTY DAMAGE/VANDALISM Student deliberately damages or destroys Student deliberately damages or destroys
property less than $50 in value. (Property property more than $50 in value (vandalism)
damage) or has more than one incident of damaging or
destroying property less than $50 in value.