PARENT CODE OF CONDUCT

Purpose

LTS is very proud and fortunate to have a dedicated and supportive school community. We recognize that the education of our students is a partnership between the school staff, students, and parents.

The purpose of a Parent Code of Conduct is to provide a mutual understanding to all parents/guardians and visitors to our school about conduct expectations while on school property, during school events, and when interacting with Legacy employees and/or students.

Prohibited Behaviors

In order to provide a safe and peaceful school environment, LTS prohibits the following behaviors by parents/guardians and visitors:

• Abusive, threatening, profane, or harassing communication, either in person, by e-mail or text/voicemail/phone, or via other written or verbal communication.
• Disruptive behavior that interferes or threatens to interfere with school operations, including the effective operation of a classroom, an employee’s office, front office lobby, or school grounds, including sporting events, parking lots, and Driveline pick-up.
• Threatening to damage or actually damaging the property of a Legacy employee, visitor, fellow parent/guardian, or student.
• Threatening to do bodily harm to or actually harming a Legacy employee, visitor, fellow parent/guardian or visitor, or student.
• Approaching someone else’s student in order to speak to or chastise them because of the actions of this child toward your own child (such an approach may be seen to be an assault on that child and could have legal consequences).
• Smoking, taking illegal drugs, or consuming alcohol on school premises.
• Making or sending excessive unscheduled campus visits, emails, text/voicemail/phone messages, or other written or oral communication (school staff and administration may not always be immediately available to speak with you; in order to ensure that you are able to speak with a staff member or administrator, please schedule an appointment through your school’s Front Office).
• Defamatory, offensive, or derogatory comments regarding the school or school staff made publicly to others (this includes the use of any social media, including, but not limited to, websites, blogs, and social networking sites).

Any concerns you may have regarding these matters must be made through the appropriate channels, so they can be dealt with fairly, appropriately, and effectively for all.

Consequences

Depending upon the severity of the incident, parents/guardians or visitors may be removed from or otherwise banned from campus and participation in school-sponsored events under the criminal trespass laws. In situations involving lesser infractions or where remediation is viable, a warning will be provided, either verbal or in writing, prior to the filing of trespass and issuance of a formal ban. Should a parent/guardian or visitor fail to respond appropriately to the direction issued in the warning, a ban or other restrictions designed to deter the conduct will follow. No restriction, however, will prevent the parent/guardian from working collaboratively with the school to meet their child’s education needs.