Webb School Substance Abuse Policy

There are four general points in the Webb Substance Abuse Policy that support and frame the policy:

1. Any Webb student who possesses, sells, purchases, obtains, distributes, uses, or is under the influence of illegal drugs, alcohol, or any abused substance on school property or at a school-sponsored event may expect to be expelled.

2. Regarding this issue, the school considers its jurisdiction to be "the school campus at any time and anywhere else that students are when they are involved in school-sponsored or school-endorsed activities."

3. The school reserves the right to respond to off-campus student behavior that negatively threatens the safety and welfare of other Webb students or compromises the fundamental culture of healthy behavior that we are working to cultivate at Webb.

4. The school president has considerable discretion in interpreting the individual circumstances of each case and formulating the school's response within the guidelines set below.

Response to any offense may include one or more of the following:

• The student will serve an out-of-school suspension.

Over the course of this time, the school and the parents will work closely to plan a schedule that effectively and appropriately guides the student's life during school hours (e.g. counseling and/or community service).

• The student will relinquish all elected or appointed school leadership positions (and candidacy for the same) for at least the remainder of the year. • The student will undergo assessment by a qualified substance abuse professional and begin treatment if necessary. A letter from the assessor to the division head must be received stating that the assessment has taken place and that treatment, if necessary, has begun. Communication initiated by a contracted counselor confirming that an appointment has been set or met must be received before the student is readmitted to school.

• The student will complete an essay that reveals at least: 1) an understanding of the specific legal consequences in the state of Tennessee for the infraction committed; and 2) thoughtful reflection on the experience and how it has affected the student's life and the lives of those surrounding the student. The essay must satisfy the division head.

• The student will experience a 30-day loss of driving privileges (if the student is eligible to drive) and receive a mandate that the student must be driven to and from school by one of his/her parents/ guardians.

• The student will perform 30 hours (not to count toward service hour graduation requirements) of school-approved community service (preferably in a drug and alcohol program) to be completed within nine weeks of the infraction

• The student will agree to school-directed, familyfinanced random drug testing. If a test were ever positive, a permanent expulsion would result.

• The student will agree to and complete random drug testing administered by a school-approved, certified tester.

• The student will attend a re-entry conference with his/her parents and a school administrator before returning to classes

• Permanent expulsion

Until all requirements and conditions are met, the student will not return to classes; or, when applicable, the student's transcript will not be released.