Disciplinary Consequences

Board of Education Policy-Student Discipline/Code of Conduct #5600  

Every student has a fundamental right to a free public school education. Along with this right is the corresponding responsibility to join with other members of the school community in respecting one another. Students also have the right and responsibility to live by the rules of law while being entitled to equal protection under the law. It is the obligation of each student to obey school regulations and school authorities who enforce them. Therefore, the Freehold Regional High School District has established standards for acceptable student behavior. Each situation is unique and may result in more severe penalties as determined by the school administrator and/or his/her designee. When appropriate, mediation and educational interventions may be utilized.  

Students earn rights to privileges to participate in various activities and events over the course of their four-year high school enrollment. Students may be subject to loss of these privileges, including but not limited to, trips, prom, parking, etc., and participation may be revoked or recalled for just cause including handbook violations.  

When a student commits a serious infraction of the discipline code, the building administrator may make a referral to the superintendent for an administrative hearing. For example, if a student has three positive drug screenings, the principal will refer the student for an administrative hearing during the ten-day suspension period. This hearing may result in an expulsion proceeding before the Board of Education.  

Board of Education Policy - Anti-Hazing #5541

In addition to any discipline that may be imposed under Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying or any other applicable offense, any suspected hazing incident may be immediately referred to law enforcement.   

(Defined as a person attempting to cause, or purposefully, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury to another.)  

• 10 day suspension, police notification, and parental conference and possible expulsion referral

• 10 day suspension, police notification, parental conference, and expulsion referral 

Cell phones must be put away and will not be permitted during class time. Students will only be permitted to use their cell phones during lunch, passing time and study hall.  If students do not comply with this procedure, they may face disciplinary consequences.  

    1st offense 

• teacher gives a verbal warning to the student
• teacher documents the verbal warning

    2nd offense  

• teacher gives warning and notifies the parent via phone call
• teacher documents the verbal warning 

    3rd offense  

• teacher submits an administrative discipline referral  
• detention(s)
• parental notification by administrator

    4th offense

• teacher submits an administrative discipline referral 
• multiple detentions 
• removal of student privileges

    5th offense 

• teacher submits an administrative discipline referral 
• parent conference and placed on a cell phone contract 
• discipline, including possible suspension

Subsequent offenses will result in a referral to administration with progressive discipline.

If at any time the student does not comply with these expectations, it will be considered insubordination and additional disciplinary action may be taken.

Note:  Cell phones may be confiscated by administration.  Failure to relinquish cell phones to administration when requested (including all components) is considered insubordination and will result in further disciplinary action. Confiscated cell phones may be subject to review of content by administration.  Parent(s)/Guardian(s) will be required to pick up any confiscated cell phone.

• Up to 10 day suspension pending a disciplinary hearing, possible expulsion hearing, and police referral    

• Detention(s)  
• Multiple detentions or pass restriction   
• Multiple detentions, parental conference and refer to building principal  
• In-school detention(s)  

NOTE: Excessive cutting of class(es) may result in credit withdrawal

• Detention(s)  
• Detention(s) or 1 day suspension  
• In-school detention(s)  
• 1-4 day suspension 

• Detention(s) or 1 day suspension  
• Multiple detentions or 1-2 day suspension  
• In-school detention(s)   
• 3-4 day suspension and parental conference

Board of Education Policy #5533     

• In-school detention(s)   
• 1 day suspension, pass restriction, parental conference, SAC conference(s)
• 2-3 day suspension, pass restriction, parental conference, SAC conference(s)
• 3-4 day suspension, pass restriction, parental conference, SAC conference(s), complaint filed with New Jersey Board of Health where applicable
• Revoke privileges  

NOTE: In the event the Principal or designee, after inspection of the confiscated item(s), has reason to believe the item(s) may have contained or may contain a controlled dangerous substance or a controlled dangerous analog pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2C:35-2, the Principal or designee will immediately notify the parent and the Superintendent or designee. The Principal or designee will arrange for an immediate medical examination of the student and shall comply with all of the provisions of N.J.A.C. 6A:16-4.3 and Policy and Regulation 5530-Substance Abuse.   

• 1-3 day detention(s)  
• Multiple detention(s) or 1 day suspension    
• In-school detention(s)   
• 1-4 day suspension 

• Detentions  
• 1 In-school detention  
• 2 In-school detentions  
• 3 In-school detentions

(Defined as mutual engagement in a physical confrontation that may result in bodily injury to either party.)

•  4 day suspension, parental conference, and possible police notification  
• 8 day suspension, parental conference, possible police notification, and possible expulsion referral  
• 10 day suspension, parental conference, possible police notification, and possible expulsion referral

• 1-3 day suspension, parental conference, and police notification  
• 4 day suspension, parental conference, police notification, and possible expulsion referral  
• 10 day suspension, parental conference, police notification, and possible expulsion referral

•  In-school detention(s)   
• 1 day suspension, parent conference  
• 2 day suspension, parent conference  
• 3 day suspension, parent conference, and referral to building principal 

Any form of gambling is forbidden in any part of the school building or grounds. Possession of gambling paraphernalia, including but not limited to, playing cards, dice, etc. is strictly forbidden and subject to disciplinary action.  

• Detention(s) and parental conference  
• In-school detention(s)   
• 1-3 day suspension, and parental conference  
• 1-3 day suspension and parental conference (cards and dice may require police notification) 

Consequences for a student who commits an act of harassment (sexual or otherwise), intimidation or bullying shall be varied and graded according to the nature of the problem, the developmental age of the student and the student's history of problem behaviors and performance. The consequences may include, but are not limited to:  

• Admonishment  
• Temporary removal from the classroom  
• Deprivation of privileges  
• Detention  
• In-school detention(s)   
• Referral to disciplinarian  
• In-school suspension  
• After school program  
• Out-of-school suspension  
• Reports to law enforcement  
• Expulsion  
• Bans from providing services, participating in school district sponsored programs or being in school building or on school grounds  

1st Act of HIB:

A copy of the results of the investigation shall be placed in the student’s record and the student may be subject to remedial actions, including the provision of counseling or behavioral intervention services, or discipline, or both, as determined by the principal in consultation with appropriate school staff.

2nd Act of HIB:

A copy of the results of the investigation shall be placed in the student’s record and the student may be subject to remedial actions, including the provision of counseling or behavioral intervention services, or discipline, or both, as determined by the principal in consultation with appropriate school staff.

3rd & Each Subsequent Act of HIB:

A copy the results of the investigation shall be placed in the student’s record and the principal in consultation with appropriate school staff, shall develop an individual student intervention plan which shall be approved by the Superintendent of Schools or the Superintendent’s designee, and may include remedial actions including counseling or behavioral intervention services, or progressive discipline, or both, and may require the student, accompanied by a parent or guardian, to complete in a satisfactory manner a class or training program to reduce harassment, intimidation or bullying behavior.

Board of Education Policy # 8465  

In addition to any discipline that may be imposed under Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying or any other applicable offense, any suspected hate crime or bias related incident may be immediately referred to law enforcement.    

Board of Education Policy #5541 Anti-Hazing

In addition to any discipline that may be imposed under Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying or any other applicable offense, any suspected hate crime or bias related incident may be immediately referred to law enforcement. 

Any student who engages in conduct that jeopardizes the health and/or safety of other person(s) including but not limited to: mask removal or refusal, spitting, intentionally coughing on another person -intentionally encroaching on another person’s personal space will be subject to consequences such as:    

• Detention(s)   
• In-school detention(s)  
• In-school suspension/out-of-school suspension  
• Discipline or Expulsion Hearing
• Privileges revoked     

• In-school detention(s)   
• 1-2 day suspension and parental conference  
• 2-3 day suspension and parental conference  
• 3-4 day suspension and parental conference  

• Detention(s) or 1 day suspension   
• In-school detention(s)   
• 1-2 day suspension  
• 2-3 day suspension and parental conference  
• 3-4 day suspension and parental conference     

• Possible loss of privileges and/or detention(s) or 1 day suspension  
• Multiple detentions, 1-3 day suspension, and loss of privilege  
• In-school detention(s) 
• 2-4 day suspension and parental conference 

• Detention(s), in-school detention(s), or 1 day suspension  
• Multiple detentions, in-school detention(s), or 1-2 day suspension  
• 1-4 day suspension and parental conference  

NOTE: Students with parking privileges are subject to additional penalties.    

Loitering in the areas outside the building is prohibited. If a student chooses to remain in the building after the dismissal bell, he or she must be under the direct supervision of a staff member, advisor, or coach.   

• Detention(s)  
• Multiple detentions or pass restriction   
• In-school detention(s)   
• 1-3 day suspension  

• In-school detention(s)   
• 1-3 day suspension and parent conference  
• 3-4 day suspension and parent conference  
• 4-10 day suspension, parental conference, possible expulsion referral, and police notification

Juniors must be in "good standing" regarding conduct and attendance to be eligible for the privilege of parking on campus as a Senior: refer to Student Parking Procedures for additional information.  

A. Parking is permitted only in student parking lot. No parking is permitted in the faculty parking lot or visitor spots.  

• parking permit revoked for 30 days  
• parking permit revoked for 60 days  
• parking permit revoked for the year

B. No parking is permitted in municipal parking lots  

• parking permit revoked for 60 days (car may be towed at the owner’s expense)  
• parking permit revoked for the year (car may be towed at the owner’s expense)

C. Excessive speed/reckless driving is prohibited on school grounds  

• parking permit revoked for 60 days  
• parking permit revoked for the year  

D. Cars without a hang tag/decal are not permitted in the parking lot. Hang tag must be visible through front windshield/decal must be on rear, right window. Only school issued hang tags are valid.  

• parking permit revoked for 30 days  
• parking permit revoked for 60 days

E. Students may not go to the senior parking lot during the school day without a pass from a school administrator  

• parking permit revoked for 30 days  
• parking permit revoked for 60 days  
• parking permit revoked for the school year

F. Use of a vehicle (regardless of ownership) to leave school grounds during the school day without administrative approval  

• parking permit revoked for the year  

G. Seniors must follow Attendance Thresholds to maintain the privilege of parking on campus. Students may not exceed 5 Unexcused Absences by the end of Marking Period 1; 10 Unexcused Absences by the end of Marking Period 2; and 14 Unexcused Absences by the end of Marking Periods 3 and 4.

 Students who lose their Parking Privilege due to accruing excessive unexcused absences according to the thresholds above will lose their ability to park on campus for a minimum of 30 days. If a student who has previously lost their Parking Privilege due to accruing excessive unexcused absences reaches the next threshold, the student will lose their ability to park on campus for a minimum of 60 days. After losing their Parking Privileges for 30-60 days, the student has the ability to earn the Parking Privilege back if their absences remain under the corresponding thresholds above.   

H. Students must arrive at school on time  

• 10th tardy - 30 day suspension of parking privileges  
• 15th tardy - 60 day suspension of parking privileges  
• 20th tardy - Loss of parking privileges for the school year

I. Underclassmen or unregistered seniors are not permitted to drive or park on school grounds  

• detention and 60 days loss of parking privilege from eligibility date in senior year
• 1 day suspension and parking eligibility revoked for senior year

J. Failure to report motor vehicle accidents on school grounds  

• parking permit revoked for the year  

K. Disciplinary Action for Moving Violations  

NOTE: The Memorandum of Agreement with local law enforcement provides FRHSD with a list of FRHSD students who receive summons for traffic violations.  

1. Moving violations not involving an accident  

• parking permit revoked for 30 days  
• parking permit revoked for 60 days  
• parking permit revoked for the year  

2. Moving violations involving an accident, regardless of degree of damage  

• parking permit revoked for the year or until legal system exonerates the student’s charges  

3. Violations of graduated license, including more than one passenger in vehicle  

• parking permit revoked for 60 days
• parking permit revoked for the year  

4. Any student charged with a DUI/DWI may lose his/her parking privileges for the remainder of the school year pursuant to the provisions in N.J.A.C. 6A:16-7.5. Students that lose their parking privilege and are subsequently determined to be not guilty may appeal to the Building Principal for reinstatement of their parking privileges. 

• Confiscate, retain, and relinquish to parent by appointment  
• Confiscate, detention(s) including possible in-school detention(s), and relinquish at parent conference  
• Confiscate, 1-3 day suspension, and relinquish at parent conference  

Note: In order to retrieve a confiscated item, the student’s parent must contact the principal’s office to schedule an appointment with a building administrator.  

If a student is found in violation of the Plagiarism/Academic Dishonesty Policy appropriate discipline will be enforced. Teachers are to submit a written report of all incidences involving plagiarism/academic dishonesty to the Principal or designee. The teacher is also authorized to withhold credit on the assignment. FRHSD administrators reserve the right to respond to a violation of the Plagiarism/Academic Dishonesty Policy with one or more actions of varying severity, including:

• Reprimand, parent notification, withhold credit on the assignment, and possible loss of eligibility for academic honors and awards including valedictorian. Repeated violations will be handled on a case by case basis. For all incidences, the National Honor Society will be notified.

• 10 day suspension, expulsion referral, removal from school building by the appropriate law enforcement agency, and parking privilege revoked for balance of school year

Includes, but not limited to, unauthorized opening doors for those outside, propping doors, fooling around during security drills, etc.

• Detention/multiple detentions  
• In-school detention(s) 
• 1 day suspension and parent conference
• 3-4 day suspension
• Possible discipline hearing  

Any sexual offense requires a HIB investigation

For the incident to be considered a sex offense, at least one of the following criteria must apply to the offender. The offender must:  

• Intentionally touch, either directly or through clothing, the victim’s intimate body parts, for the purpose of degrading or humiliating the victim; or  
• Sexually arouse or sexually gratify himself or herself in view of the victim whom the offender knows to be present; or  
• Force or coerce the victim to participate in any contact or exposure; or  
• Commit any act of sexual assault defined under N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2, which includes provisions related to the age of the victim and the offender  

Consequences:  

• In-school detention(s)   
• 4 day suspension, parental conference, and police notification  
• 10 day suspension, parental conference, possible expulsion referral, and police notification  

• Teacher detention (tardy one to four times)  
• Central detention (fifth tardy)  
• Multiple detentions and/or parental conference (after fifth tardy)
• In-school detention(s) 

• Tardy 1-6: Administrative Warning  
• Tardy 7: Detention  
• Tardy 8: Administrative Warning  
• Tardy 9: Detention  
• Tardy 10: Administrative Warning*  
• Tardy 11: Administrative Conference, Detention*  
• Tardy 12: Administrative Warning*  
• Tardy 13: Two detentions*  
• In-school detention(s)   

*Additional Loss of Student Privileges Students with chronic tardiness (10 or more) are NOT eligible to participate in after-school activities scheduled for that day without approval from school administration and other school related privileges may be revoked including parking on campus, educational excursions, class activities, and prom.  

• In-school detention(s)   
• 1-10 day suspension, restitution, parental conference, possible expulsion referral, and police notification  
• 4-10 day suspension, restitution, parental conference, possible expulsion referral, and police notification

• 4-10 day suspension, parental notification, police notification, and possible expulsion referral

• 1-3 day suspension, parental notification, and police notification  
• 4-10 day suspension, parental notification, police notification and possible expulsion referral  

Board of Education Policy #5533

•     confiscate, pass restriction, detention(s) including possible in-school detention(s), and parental notification
•     confiscate, pass restriction, 1 day suspension, and parent conference
•     confiscate, pass restriction, 2-4 day suspension, parental conference with building administration

• In-school detention(s)                   
• 1 day suspension, pass restriction, and parental conference
• 2-3 day suspension, pass restriction, and parental conference
• 3-4 day suspension, pass restriction, parental conference, and complaint filed with New Jersey Board of Health where applicable

• Detention(s)  
• In-school detention(s)   
• Multiple detentions or 1-3 day suspension  
• 1-4 day suspension and referral to building principal  

NOTE: Students who are truant are subject to loss of privileges, including but not limited to, trips, prom, parking, etc.

• Confiscate, detention(s) including possible in-school detention(s) or 1 day suspension, return to parent            
• Confiscate, 1-2 day suspension and return to parent at parental conference            
• Confiscate, 3-4 day suspension and return to parent at parental conference 

Failure to relinquish photography and recording devices to a staff member is considered insubordination and will result in further disciplinary action.   NOTE: Confiscated photography and recording devices are subject to review of content by administration. If any material on the device is considered illegal, pornographic, related to drug dealing or an act of bullying, the device will be turned over to the local police department.   

(Positive chemical screening/failure or refusal to undergo screening/failure to have an immediate screening/refusal- refer to BOE policy)

A. First Offense

• minimum 2 days out-of-school suspension
• meeting with student and student assistance coordinator during suspension period
• re-entry meeting after suspension period with parent/guardian, student, student assistance coordinator, and building administrator
• re-entry contract signed
• student privileges revoked

B. Second Offense

• 5 day suspension (note: 4 days OSS, 1 day ISS or In-School Detention(s))
• meeting with student and student assistance coordinator during suspension period
• re-entry meeting after suspension period with parent/guardian, student, student assistance coordinator, and building administrator
• re-entry contract signed
• student privileges revoked

C. Third Offense

• 10 day suspension
• Central Administration discipline hearing
• possible expulsion referral
• student privileges revoked

• In-school detention(s)   
• 1-10 day suspension, restitution, parental conference, possible expulsion referral, and possible police notification   
• 4-10 day suspension, restitution, parental conference, possible expulsion referral, and police notification    

• detention(s), in-school detention(s) or 1-2 day suspension  
• multiple detentions, in-school detention(s) or 1-3 day suspension  
• 1-4 day suspension  

• detention(s), in-school detention(s) or 1 day suspension  
• 1-2 day suspension and parental conference  
• 3-4 day suspension and parental conference  
• 4-10 day suspension and a Central Administration discipline hearing referral  

• 10 day suspension, police notification, parental conference, and expulsion referral