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Student Conduct and Discipline
Byrnes High School has developed a code of conduct that conforms to the State Discipline Code. The regulations apply to school activities, conduct on school bus/transportation vehicles, and all school-sponsored activities.
1. Students are not allowed to violate the rights of other students.
2. Persons entering school property are deemed to have consented to a
search of their person, property, lockers, cars, book bags, or any
other property.
3. Administrators have the sole discretion to modify the discipline
code and designate the severity of offenses.
4. Students forfeit their privileges to attend activities outside the
normal school day if they create disciplinary problems at school or
extracurricular events.
5. Students may be placed on probationary status at any time during
the disciplinary cycle.
6. Students who are suspended at Byrnes High School or RD
Anderson are considered suspended at the other school as well.
7. Students and parents may appeal disciplinary actions beginning with
teachers and progressing through assistant principals, the principal, and superintendent (or his designee).
Discipline Guidelines
Disorderly Conduct Level I
Disorderly conduct is defined as those activities engaged in by students which tend to impede orderly classroom procedures, instructional activities, or the orderly operation of the school. Examples of infractions in this category follow, but the list is not all-inclusive.​
● Arriving tardy to class
● Being rude toward fellow students
● Breaking in lunch line
● Committing acts of minor vandalism
● Disrupting class by abusing restroom use
● Eating or drinking in class
● Endangering others by throwing objects
● Failure to return trays and clean up meal area
● Possessing articles of clothing or other items with
inappropriate slogans, words, pictures, drawings, or other dress code violations, etc.
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