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Upward Bound
Disciplinary Policy
In order to provide uniformity in the administering
of disciplinary action, the following action will be taken for
infractions of the General
Rules and Regulations cited in the Upward Bound Parent-Scholar
Contract and Student
Handbook. 1. Scholar will meet with the Upward Bound Director,
Pre-College Coordinator/Advisor,
or Academic Programs
Coordinator regarding the infraction and will be issued a
verbal warning. A written report of the infraction and action
will be mailed to the parent/guardian and will be included in
the scholar’s file.
2. A second violation of the infraction will result
in placing the scholar on probation, following a second meeting
with the scholar regarding the infraction. A letter will be mailed
to the scholar. A copy of the letter will also be mailed to the
parent/guardian and placed in the scholar’s file.
3. A third infraction will result in a meeting
with the scholar, parent, Director,
and another staff
member if applicable. A third infraction will/may result in termination
from the Program. Except for the following infractions, which
will result in immediate termination, no scholar will be terminated
without a meeting with the scholar and parent/guardian.
a. No scholar shall possess or use any drug, except
medicine prescribed by a physician, cleared with the Director,
and recorded in the scholar’s file. No scholar or Upward
Bound Staff will dispense over-the-counter drugs, including
aspirin, Tylenol, etc. Any scholar judged to be under the influence
of unauthorized drugs will be immediately dismissed from the Program.
b. No scholar shall possess or consume any form
of tobacco or alcohol. Any scholar judged to be under the influence
of alcohol will be immediately dismissed from the Program.
c. Borrowing without explicit permission of the
property owner, or theft of private or public property, will result
in immediate dismissal from the Program.
d. Possession or use of a dangerous weapon will
result in immediate dismissal from the Program.
e. Harassment or any other behavior deemed by the
Staff to be inappropriate
(fighting, cursing, gambling, giving someone the middle finger,
physical or verbal abuse, etc.) will be grounds for dismissal
from the Program.
NOTE: The disciplinary policy also
includes unexcused
absences from Program activities.
This page was last modified :
October 4, 2007
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