DESCRIPTIONS OF CLASSROOM MANAGED BEHAVIORS
AIDING IN OFFENSE: Assistance or participation in a behavioral infraction.
CAFETERIA MISCONDUCT: Failure to follow the established cafeteria protocols.
Lunchroom Procedures:
Remember your manners!
Enter serving area, forming two lines
Sit at one table for the entire lunch period
Permission is required to leave cafeteria
Eat and drink only your own food
Clean up the table and surrounding area
Tables: clean and quiet are dismissed first
CELL PHONE USE: Student use of a cell phone during the school day.
FILE: JFCK, JFCK-R
Per board policy, cell phones are prohibited at Mt. Ararat Middle School during the school day (7:30- 2:20pm).
Students are expected to keep cell phones turned off and locked in their lockers. Students who violate this policy
will be asked to bring their phone down to the main office for the day. Depending on the individual circumstance,
phone plans that include “checking in” the phone into the office upon arrival may be developed.
CHEATING & PLAGIARIZING: The copying of all or part of another’s work without giving credit or using
quotations, intentionally or not.
COMPUTER MISUSE—CLASSROOM: Use of the school-issued laptop for non-educational purposes during class
time or failure to follow the teacher’s instructions with respect to computer use.
FILE: IGDB, IJNDB, IJNDB-R
All board policies, school rules, and expectations concerning student conduct and communications apply when
students are using computers. Students are also expected to comply with all specific instructions from teachers and
other school staff or volunteers when using the District’s computers.
DISRESPECT: Violation of the classroom or team’s definition of respect, as outlined in their Code of Cooperation.
Infractions may include rude language or tone, yelling, name-calling, ignoring of directions, etc.
Students have the right to express frustration, but may not direct that frustration towards others in a disrespectful
manner.
FAILURE TO FOLLOW TEACHER REQUEST**: Refusal to follow a specific teacher request.
**Refusal to go to the office when asked will result in an automatic administrative consequence.
FOOD, DRINK, GUM IN CLASSROOM: Violation of the classroom or team’s rules with respect to food, drink, or
gum.
Students may not consume food or drink in school corridors. Students may not consume caffeinated drinks during
the school day.