Venado Middle School staff believes student achievement can be attained when we promote and sustain a positive school climate and a safe, effective learning environment where all students can succeed academically, socially and emotionally.
Venado Middle School is a Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS) school because we value learning, and know that a student’s ability to learn is directly related to the classroom climate and how students are behaving. We hope to encourage positive behaviors in all students by having them understand clear expectations by teaching the HONOR Code and by acknowledging them when they follow these expectations correctly and consistently. Our HONOR Code promotes a safe and positive school climate (or learning environment) where all students are being treated equally and fairly.
Venado Middle School is committed to maintaining a learning environment free from harassment, intimidation or insult, student-to-student or adult-to-student, on the the basis of an individual’s actual or perceived sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression. Report any misconduct to your teacher, or school administrator.
Hands Off Policy
Venado Middle School has a “Hands Off” policy which means that students are not permitted to touch one another. Public displays of affection are not permitted.
Suspension and Expulsion
The Irvine Unified School District enforces a ZERO TOLERANCE policy. This means that students found to be in possession of any firearm, brandishing a knife, or involved in the sale of a controlled substance will be immediately suspended and subsequently recommended for expulsion.
The Irvine Unified School District strictly prohibits the use of products containing tobacco or nicotine, including, but not limited to smokeless tobacco, snuff, chew, and clove cigarettes, by students on any district campus or while attending school-sponsored activities, or while under the supervision or control of district employees. This prohibition also applies to electronic nicotine delivery systems, such as electronic cigarettes, electronic hookahs, and other vapor emitting devices with or without nicotine content that may mimic the use of tobacco products. However, this section does not prohibit the use or possession of prescription products, or FDA-approved cessation aids such as nicotine patches or nicotine gum. Student use or possession of such products must conform to laws governing student use and possession of medications on school property.
Students who cause or attempt to cause, or threaten to cause a physical injury to another person may be suspended and in certain circumstances recommended for expulsion. Students who use force or violence upon the person of another except in self-defense, may also be suspended and recommended for expulsion. Most reported incidents of self-defense at Venado do not constitute self-defense, they constitute retaliation. Any student who uses physical aggression to retaliate may be suspended or recommended for expulsion. Students are expected to keep their hands and feet to themselves at all times.
The following acts occurring at school, going to or from school or at any school sponsored activity are considered to be violations of the California Education Code and may lead to suspension and expulsion:
- Caused or attempted to cause, or threatened to cause physical injury to another person...§48900(a)(1)
- Willfully used force or violence upon the person of another, except in self-defense...§48900(a)(2)
- Possessed, sold or furnished any firearm, knife, explosive, or other dangerous object... §48900(b)
- Possessed, used, sold or furnished, or been under the
- influence of any controlled substance, alcoholic
- beverage, or intoxicant...§48900(c)
- Committed or attempted to commit robbery or extortion...§48900(e)
- Caused or attempted to cause damage to school or private property...§48900(f)
- Stolen or attempted to steal school or private property...§48900(g)
- Possessed or used tobacco or any products containing tobacco…§48900(h)
- Committed an obscene act or engaged in habitual profanity or vulgarity...§48900(i)
- Possessed, offered, arranged, or negotiated to sell drug paraphernalia...§48900(j)
- Disrupted school activities or otherwise willfully defied the valid authority of teachers, administrators, or other school personnel engaged in the performance of their duties...§48900(k)
- Knowingly received stolen school or private property...§48900(l)
- Possessed an imitation firearm...§48900(m)
- Engaged in an act of bullying...§48900(r)
- A pupil who aids or abets, as defined in Section 31 of the Penal Code, the infliction or attempted infliction of physical injury to another person...§48900(t)
- Committed sexual harassment…§48900.2
See the complete list of the California Ed. Code pertaining to suspension and expulsions at http://www.cde.ca.gov