Harassment and Retaliation Prohibited. Harassment on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, marital status or disability is prohibited by the District. Retaliation against an employee or student, because they have filed a complaint or assisted or participated in an investigation or proceeding of Harassment prohibited under this policy, is also unlawful and prohibited (regardless of the merits of the underlying complaint). Students whose behavior is found to be in violation of this policy will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including suspension or expulsion pursuant to the District’s disciplinary policy. Employees who have been found to violate this policy will be subject to discipline up to and including, termination of employment, subject to contractual disciplinary obligations. While this policy sets forth our goals of promoting an environment that is free of Harassment, the policy is not designed or intended to limit our authority to discipline or take remedial action for conduct which we deem unacceptable, regardless of whether that conduct constitutes Harassment as defined in this policy. Harassment for purposes of this policy is conduct of a written, verbal or physical nature that is designed to embarrass distress, agitate, disturb or trouble employees or students when: ● A school employee makes submission to such conduct either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of employment, a student's education, or of a student's participation in school programs or activities; ● A school employee uses submission to or rejection of such conduct by an employee or student as the basis for decisions affecting the employee or student; or ● A student’s or school employee’s conduct that has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with that employee’s employment, that student's performance or creating an intimidating or hostile working or learning environment. Harassment as described above may include, but is not limited to: ● Written, verbal, or physical (including texting, blogging, or other technological methods) Harassment or abuse; ● Repeated remarks of a demeaning nature; ● Implied or explicit threats concerning one's grades, achievements, or other school matter; ● Demeaning jokes, stories, or activities directed at the employee or student; ● Hate Incidents and Hate Crimes. By law, what constitutes Harassment is determined from the perspective of a reasonable person who possesses the characteristic on which ...
