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Safety

Bullying

Bullying is defined as unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose. Examples of bullying include physical bullying, verbal bullying, relational aggression, cyberbullying, sexual bullying, and prejudicial bullying.

At Paul Public Charter School, we are focused on creating an environment that is safe for our students and staff. We take reports of bullying seriously and are committed to responding with a great sense of urgency.

Under-reporting is an issue that negatively impacts schools across the country. If you are aware of any issue of an individual feeling uncomfortable, we urge you to report it to a staff member. In addition, feel free to report anonymously using our form below.

If you are being bullied and/or know of someone being bullied and want to report it, we urge you to report it to a staff member directly. You can also report it anonymously using the form below, using as much detail as possible.

If you or a friend need help, you can speak to a counselor at the Crisis Text Hotline website by texting HOME to 741741 to get started. If it is an emergency dial 911.

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Visitor Protocol

At Paul Public Charter School, we welcome pre-scheduled visitors into our setting to see and share the work we are doing with the student population, whilst ensuring that we do not compromise the safety of our scholars and employees. Paul PCS will limit physical guests in our building as much as possible. Exceptions include:

  • Criteria:

    • Parents who need Enrollment support
    • Families for IEP/Special Education meetings
    • Contractors and vendors for building repairs and servicing 
    • Substitute teachers

Early Pick Up

If a scholar needs to leave early from school, it is important to follow our strict early dismissal and pick-up policy to do so. There are two ways in which a scholar can leave school early:

  • Criteria

    • In-school pick up by a parent, guardian, or person that is authorized in writing and entered in PowerSchool. 
    • StreetPass: For scholars who are able to be dismissed by a street pass, dismissal is at the guardian’s discretion and the school accepts no liability once the scholar has been dismissed on an authorized street pass. Please note, street passes are not issued to scholars aged 14 and under.

For Appointments such as medical, dental,  and court, parents must send an email to appointmentpass@paulcharter.org with official documentation confirming the appointment the night before or by 7:45 am the day of. 

No student is allowed to sign themselves out of the school building for early dismissal, even if they are over the age of 18.

For further information on early dismissal and pick ups, please visit our handbook. 

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