MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
The North Shore Technical High School, the Middleton Police
Department and the Essex County District Attorney's Office agree to coordinate their
response to violent, delinquent, or criminal acts by students and to alcohol and other
drug use, which occur on school premises, or at school-sponsored or school-related events.
To ensure a safe educational environment, this collaborative effort between school
administration and law enforcement supports a "zero tolerance" for drugs,
alcohol, weapons and violence. Non-students involved in such acts on school premises or at
school events are to be reported as students are.
It continues to remain the sole prerogative of school
officials to impose discipline for infractions of school rules and policies. In cases
where the school has reported an incident to the police, as described below, the school
agrees to notify the police department before suspending a student under the provisions of
M.G.L. Chapter 71, Section 37H1/2.
M.G.L. Chapter 71, Section 37H requires each school district
to have a written Code of Conduct reflected in student handbooks stating the standards and
procedures to assure building security and safety of students and school personnel, and
the disciplinary measures to be taken in cases involving the possession or use of illegal
substances or weapons, the use of force, vandalism, or civil rights violations. Reference
to this memorandum shall be made in these handbooks.
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