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Public Displays of Affection Policy
Acceptable Behavior
Holding hands
Locking arms
Giving high fives
Putting arms around someone’s waist or shoulder
Unacceptable Behavior
Kissing
Putting hands in others’ pockets Groping people
Giving piggyback rides/carrying people
Giving hugs that are initiated from the rear
Sitting on laps
Sitting or standing between someone’s legs Smacking/touching/slapping anyone’s buttocks
Sexual encounters of any type
Sexual Harassment and Bullying
Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination prohibited by federal and state laws. Consistent with these laws, it is the policy of Spartanburg School District Five that sexual harassment and/or bullying of students are prohibited. Any student that feels he or she has been subjected to harassment and/or bullying is encouraged to contact the school or district administration immediately.
Bullying is a form of harassment. Bullying is defined as: “The repeated intimidation of others by the real or threatened infliction of physical, verbal, written, electronically transmitted, or emotional abuse, or through attacks on the property of another. It may include, but not be limited to, actions such as verbal taunts; including ethnically-based or gender based verbal put-downs, extortion of money or possessions, and exclusion from peer groups within the school.” Such conduct is disruptive to the educational process and is not acceptable behavior and is prohibited. Students who engage in any act of bullying while at school, at any school function, in connection to or with any District- sponsored activity or event, or while enroute to or from school are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including suspension or expulsion.
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