All school staff members actively monitor the safety and welfare of all students. Staff members understand their responsibility as child care custodians and immediately report all cases of known and suspected child abuse and neglect to Child Protective Services and to the school principal.
When a case of child abuse or neglect becomes apparent or is suspected, the employee having knowledge of the abuse or neglect will immediately report the abuse to Child Protective Services and/or the local law enforcement agency. The employee will submit a written report within 36 hours. The employee and the school administrator will develop a plan to assure ongoing monitoring of the student. School staff members will work closely with police and/or Child Protective Services to follow up as needed.
All Geyserville Unified certificated and classified staff members are trained on child abuse reporting requirements and procedures during their initial orientation and on an annual basis thereafter. Newly-certificated staff members receive in-depth training as part of their Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) programs.
For more information you can refer to Policy 0450: Comprehensive Safety Plan and Regulation 0450: Comprehensive Safety Plan
These are outlined in the student/parent handbook for Geyserville Elementary School (TK through fifth grade) and Geyserville New Tech Academy (sixth through graduation).
California Ed Code requires that teachers be notified when one of their students has engaged in behavior that has resulted in suspension or expulsion. In the event of a suspension, the Notice of Suspension is copied to the teacher and to the student’s cumulative file. Each year, teachers review the cumulative file of their incoming students, thus assuring that they will be aware of suspensions within the last three years. Additionally, the Principal reviews all incoming cumulative files. Teachers are alerted if any incoming student has a past record of suspension or expulsion.
Discrimination against any student or employee and/or sexual harassment of any student or employee by another person is prohibited. The district updates annually and distributes to all employees and parents the policies prohibiting student-to-student sexual harassment and distributes to all employees policies prohibiting employee-to-employee sexual harassment.
Prohibited sexual harassment by adults includes, but is not limited to, unwelcome sexual advances, unwanted requests for sexual favors, or other unwanted verbal, visual, or physical contact of a sexual nature made against another person of the same or opposite sex in the work or educational setting. Prohibited sexual harassment may also include any act of retaliation against an individual who reports a violation of the district’s sexual harassment policy or who participates in the investigation of a sexual harassment complaint. Staff members are instructed about the definition of sexual harassment and reporting procedures. Students are directed to immediately report incidents of harassment, sexual or otherwise, to an adult (parent, teacher, instructional assistant, or administrator).
Hate crimes occur when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership in a certain social group, usually defined by racial group, religion, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, nationality, age, gender, gender identity, or political affiliation. Hate crime can take many forms. Incidents may involve physical assault, damage to property, bullying, harassment, verbal abuse or insults, or offensive graffiti or letters. All reports are thoroughly investigated in a timely manner. A school administrator will determine an appropriate course of action for each complaint. Actions may include the following:
District policy and State law related to sexual harassment of students or employees requires the following:
Students and/or parents and employees can use the District’s Uniform Complaint Procedure to file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, or they can use the form specific to sexual harassment complaints.
These are outlined in the student/parent handbook for Geyserville Elementary School (TK through fifth grade) and Geyserville New Tech Academy (sixth through graduation).
These are outlined in the student/parent handbook for Geyserville Elementary School (TK through fifth grade) and Geyserville New Tech Academy (sixth through graduation).
District policies are summarized in the Annual Notice to Parents.
For site level descriptions, please refer to the student/parent handbook for Geyserville Elementary School (TK through fifth grade) and Geyserville New Tech Academy (sixth through graduation).