Any time you have 'new' students entering a school, you should be on the alert for hazing. Why am I bringing this up in April? Because you need to be proactively educating your school community - staff and students alike - that hazing will not be tolerated. Period.
Besides the enormous legal exposure hazing generates, your school doesn't need the attendant negative publicity. Hazing is a Class B misdemeanor offence in many states. Most states require that hazing be reported to the authorities under Safe School laws. Do you really want this kind of media attention and distraction? Read High School Hazing: Tradition or Illegal Acitivity?
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