PTHS Student Handbook 2021-2022

79 c. Is socially inappropriate or inappropriate due to the students’ maturity level, including but not limited to, material that is obscene, pornographic, or pervasively lewd and vulgar, contains indecent and vulgar language, or sexting as defined by School Board policy and Student Handbook; d. Is reasonably viewed as promoting illegal drug use; or e. Is primarily prepared by non-students and distributed in elementary and/or middle schools. 7. A student may use the School District’s Uniform Grievance Procedure to resolve a complaint. 8. Whenever these guidelines require written notification, the appropriate administrator may assist the student in preparing such notification. A student or group of students seeking to distribute 10 or fewer copies of the same publication on one or more days to students must distribute such material at times and places and in a manner that will not cause substantial disruption of the proper and orderly operation and discipline of the school or school activities and in compliance with paragraphs 4, 5, 6, and 7. POSTING PRIVILEGES Requests for posting privileges are to be secured from the Principal. Approval will be granted to recognize school sponsored organizations whose activity is of benefit and concern to the student body. Posted materials must be taped so as not to damage the walls or placed on designated bulletin boards and removed from the wall in a timely manner. Materials posted without permission will be removed immediately. STUDENT ASSEMBLIES 1. Auditorium assemblies--Students are to sit in their assigned seat. Seat assignments appear on the student’s schedule. 2. Pep assemblies are in the gym. Seating is assigned by class. Students are expected to sit with their class during the pep assemblies. All pep assemblies are mandatory for attendance. STUDENT LOCKERS Each year students may be assigned a different locker. Students having locker trouble are to come into the office and report the problem. Students will be held responsible for damages that occur to their locker during the school year. Student lockers are the property of the school. Lockers may be searched by school personnel or any designee acting as an agent of the school at any time, with or without the knowledge of the student. No sticker decals, writing, or items that are not school related are to be displayed on student lockers. You will be required to clean your locker if writing or sticker decals are found on it. You may use magnets to hang up pictures on the inside of your locker. Pictures in lockers cannot be immoral or indecent or advertise drugs and/or alcohol. It is your responsibility to keep your locker locked and your combination confidential. Students have no reasonable expectation for privacy in school-issued lockers. STUDENT SEARCHES In order to maintain order, safety, and security in the schools, school authorities are authorized to conduct reasonable searches of school property and equipment, as well as of students and their personal effects. “School authorities” includes school liaison police officers and administrators. School Property and Equipment as well as Personal Effects Left There by Students School authorities may inspect and search school property and equipment owned or controlled by the school (such as, lockers, desks, and parking lots), as well as personal effects left there by a student, without notice to