Fighting in RHS

No matter what the circumstances are the school policy against fighting remains the same as it has always been. The school policy against two students fighting mainly depends on the situation though the ending consequences are the same. But the consequences do in some cases depend on the nature of the fight and what offense it is.

Though the school policy has some reasoning to consequences and the nature of the fight. For example, if two students are caught fighting it is an automatic suspension and it doesn’t matter what the situation of the fight is. If a second offense occurs, it is an automatic expulsion for both students (same conditions apply). It is in fact different for students who are victims of a fight and don’t involve themselves in it whatsoever. If a student were to be attacked by another it is considered assault, same if the student walks away to exert from fighting. But if a student tries to defend themselves by throwing a punch for instance it varies (depending on the situation) as far as consequences go.

Some students wonder if they can still get in trouble for fighting off-campus and the answer is yes, you can still get an automatic suspension for fighting off-campus. “If it is anything involving students from the school they can still get suspended, because anything off-campus will come back to the school,” said Dean of Students Mr. Severtson.

Another side to fighting at RHS involves teachers. Consequences for fighting with a teacher or showing any physical aggression towards a teacher or any other school employee will result in an automatic expulsion for a full school year. Which some kids don’t realize but an expulsion forbids a student from attending any APS school.

Other things that RHS as well as any other school takes seriously is students encouraging fights. Encouraging a fight could include several different factors, such as setting up a fight, telling someone to fight another person, and as well as neglecting to notify authorities. Even though it is school policy for students to avoid any conflict, leave the scene rather than stay to watch a fight, and seek the help of a teacher, school administrator, campus monitor or any other employee of RHS.

The consequence for not doing any of the following is an immediate suspension of up to three days. It seems that many of our students don’t take any of these policies seriously but maybe some might after realizing what could happen to them and or their reputation as a high school student.

-Vanessa Betz