We would begin by reminding each student that he/she has basic constitutional rights which are and will be respected.  Most important is the right to an education via the public schools.

So that the student body of Jefferson High School has a frame of reference upon which reasonable conduct can be based, certain rules and regulations are considered necessary.

All students have the right to know the framework of procedures within which they are expected to assume personal responsibility for their actions and to know the disciplinary measures to be taken when they fail to show this personal responsibility.

In most cases, the specific penalty for an action may not describe the extent of the action.  Quite simply, each violation will be evaluated separately and judged accordingly.  For example, a student with a record of discipline problems may find that one more serious violation is sufficient for suspension or recommended expulsion-even though the offense may have brought a lesser action with another student or even with the student in question prior to the violation.

All situations will be investigated before a decision is made about the nature of the violation and the penalty to be administered.  Parents will be informed in writing of the results of the investigation in all cases involving suspension or more serious disciplinary action.

In every case involving emergency removal, suspension, and expulsion, your rights will be protected through the procedural due process-as outlined in the Student Conduct Code as approved by the Delphos Board of Education.

It is our hope and expectation that students of this high school will respect the rules and regulations as necessary to insure the safest and most sound educational system for each student herein.

Other rules and regulations are to be found in the Student Conduct Code published by the Board of Education of the Delphos Public Schools.