Student Hand Book
- Forward
- Table of Content
- Mission Statement
- Berkshire PRIDE
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Section I- General Information
- Back Packs
- Building Hours
- After School Activities
- Dress and Appearance
- Guest; Student Visitors
- Inclement Weather Warning
- Insurance
- Interventions ( MTSS)
- Locks and Lockers
- Lunch Procedures/Recess
- Media Center Use
- Returned Checks
- Substitute (Guest) Teacher
- Telephone/Cell Phone Use
- Destiny Resources/Passwords
- Yearbooks
- Section II - Attendance
- Section III - Academics
- Section IV - Student Activities
- Section V - School Conduct/Rules
- Section VI - Transportation
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Section VII - District Board Policies
- Confidentiality
- Electronics
- Bullying
- Substance Abuse Prevention
- Rights and Responsibilities
- Character Education
- Daily Attendance
- School Conduct
- Smoking
- Dress and Appearance
- Student Rights
- School Sponsored Publications
- Search and Seizure
- Procedural Rules
- Criminal Acts
- Michigan Revised School Code
- Weapons
- Physical Assault
- Misconduct
- Suspension/Expulsion
- Readmission
- Nondiscrimination Procedures
- District Code of Conduct
- Download a copy of our Handbook
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Dangerous Weapons, Arson, Criminal Sexual Conduct
If a student possesses in a weapon-free school zone a weapon that constitutes a "dangerous weapon", commits arson in a school building or on school grounds, or commits criminal sexual conduct in a school building or on school grounds, the Board shall expel the student from the District permanently, subject to possible reinstatement after the expiration of not less than one hundred eighty (180) school days, as provided for within the Michigan Revised School Code. The Board is not required to expel a student for possessing a weapon if the student establishes in a clear and convincing manner at least one (1) of the following:
A. The object or instrument possessed by the student was not possessed by the student for use as a weapon, or for direct or indirect delivery to another person for use as a weapon.
B. The weapon was not knowingly possessed by the student.
C. The student did not know or have reason to know that the object or instrument possessed by the student constituted a dangerous weapon.
D. The weapon was possessed by the student at the suggestion, request, or direction of, or with the express permission of, school or police authorities.