Recent court rulings have defined certain student rights with regard to suspension from school. The procedural requirements of due process in regard to suspension stipulate that three (3) elements be present prior to suspension:

All this can be done informally, with the charges and supporting evidence delivered orally or in writing.

The court has further recognized that, as an exception to these rules, emergency circumstances could exist under which a student could be immediately suspended if posing a physical threat to persons or property. In such cases, however, the hearing will be scheduled as soon after the suspension as possible.

Any student suspended three (3) times in a school year or for nine (9) days will meet with the principal to discuss his/her continued status at Oakmont.

Any student suspended five (5) times in a school year or accumulating more than fifteen (15) days of suspension time will have his record reviewed at an expulsion hearing with the Superintendent.