File:  GBEBB - STAFF CONDUCT WITH STUDENTS - (FRATERNIZATION)

The Randolph Public School Committee recognizes that, as a general rule, the private and personal life of a school system employee is not an appropriate concern of the Committee. However, the exception to that general rule is if a school employee's private or personal life interferes with the school employee's responsibilities to and relationships with students and/or the school system.

Educators, guided by a deep conviction of the work and dignity of both our students and the advancement of knowledge, have special responsibilities placed upon them. At all times, school employees must demonstrate their respect for their students as individuals and must adhere to a school employee's proper role as intellectual guide and counselor.

All school employees must avoid any personal exploitation of students. Therefore, no school employee shall date or have an amorous relationship, consensual or otherwise, with any student while that student is enrolled in the Randolph Public School system as such relationships are inimical to the educational process, can seriously undermine a proper educational environment, and may cause serious psychological injury to the student.

Adopted April 25, 1996