1. Giving alcohol or drugs to students or those underage or allowing consumption of alcohol or allowing consumption of alcohol or drugs by students or those underage. (See section 2.1 in the Marist School faculty handbook.)
2. Repeatedly commenting on a student's physical sppearance or physique.
3. Using sexual innuendo, humorous references to sexual situations, and/ or engaging in any sexually-oriented conversations with students, including references to personal sexual experiences. However, human sexuality may be discussed as part of a legitimate lesson for teenagers if the lesson conveys the church's teachings on these topics.
4. Telling Telling or permitting "off-color" jokes in the presence of students.
5. Telling secrets to students or keeping secrets with students.
6. Contacting or meeting a student for non-school-related issues (including contact via cell phone and e-mail).
7. Communicating with students from a personal e-mail address.
8. Possessing sexually-oriented or morally inappropriate printed materials (magazines, cards, videos, films, clothing, etc.) in the presence of students and/ or on school property.
9. Undue and/ or continuous singling out of individual students, showing favoritism or allowing a student to become overly friendly or familiar with you (ex. having students call you by your first name).
10. Meeting a student alone in a room, unless there is a window permitting a view of the room or the door is open.
11. Taking pictures of student (s) for personal use.
12. Engaging in sexual contact with students. For the purposes of this policy, sexual contact is defined as vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse, oral intercourse or the touching of an erogenous zone of another (including but not limited to the thighs, genitals, buttocks, pubic region or chest) for the purpose of sexually arousing or gratifying either person.
13. Giving lavish or inappropriate gifts to individual students.

Faculty/ Staff are prohibited from transporting students without the knowledge and permission of a parent or guardian. An occasional emergency may force an exception of this policy, in which  case a school administrator should be notified.
Students should be transported directly to their destination. No unplanned stops should be made.

Faculty/ Staff are prohibited from having students stay at their residence without parent or guardian permission and are required to notify a Marist supervisor.

Changing and showering facilities for faculty/ staff must be separate from showering facilities for students. 
Students should be transported directly to their destination. No unplanned stops should be made.

Faculty/ Staff are prohibited from having students stay at their residence without parent or guardian permission and are required to notify a Marist supervisor.

Changing and showering facilities for faculty/ staff must be separate from showering facilities for students. 

Marist School considers students working in the home of a faculty/ staff member to be a potential problem and discourages it (this includes babysitting). If a faculty/ staff member does choose to have a student work in their home, the parent or guardian of the student should always be notified, as well as the faculty. staff member's supervisor.
 

Faculty/ Staff are prohibited from using physical discipline in any way for behvior management of students. (See section 2.12 in Marist School Faculty Handbook)

1. Prolonged or frontal hugs
2. Kissing
3. Touching buttocks, chest, or genital areas
4. Showing affection in isolated areas such as bedrooms, closets, staff-only areas or other private rooms
5. Hands on the knees or legs of students
6. Wrestling with students
7. Tickling students
8. Piggyback rides
9. Any type of massage given by a student to a faculty/ staff member
10. Any type of massage given by a faculty/ staff member to a student
11. Any type of uninvited touching
12. Any type of stroking

1. Pats on the shoulder or back
2. Handshakes
3. "High-fives" and hand slapping
4. Arms around shoulders
5. Holding hands during prayer
6. "Church Hugs"

Any employee of Marist School who has actual knowledge of or who has reasonable cause to suspect a boundary violation or an incident of abuse against a Marist student shall be responsible for immediately for directly notifying the appropriate persons at Marist School. Report known or suspected incidents of abuse or boundary violations between faculty/ stuff and students to the President, Principal, Academic Dean or a Counselor.

Any alleged incident of abuse or boundary violation by a Marist employee against a Marist student shall be investigated immediately by the school administration, with care taken not to interfere with any criminal investigation, and with care taken for the alleged victim, the alleged victim's family, the alleged perpetrator, and any other persons who may be affected by the alleged incident.

The accused employee shall be notified by the President or his appointee in a timely manner of the nature of the allegation(s) and may be placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of the investigation.

The accused shall be directed to remain away from Marist students and the school and/ or school-related activities until a resolution of the complaint is concluded. It is the private responsibility of the accused to obtain appropriate legal representation.

If the employee admits guilt or does not contest the allegation or the investigation establishes the truth of the allegations. the employee shall be terminated immediately.

In the event that an employee witnesses suspicious or inappropriate behaviors or policy violations from a co-worker, the employee is instructed to do the following:

1.  Interrupt the inappropriate behavior and remind the co-worker of the correct policy  or procedure for interacting with students.
2. Report the behavior to a supervisor and/ or make an anonymous report.
3. If no action is taken in response to the report, keep reporting to the same supervisor or to the next level of management.

In the event that a supervisor receives a report of suspicious or inappropriate behaviors or policy violations from an employee, the supervisor or administrator is instructed to do the following:

1. Determine the appropriate administrator to respond to the behavior.
2. Review the employee's file and determine if similar complaints exist about the employee.
3. Document the behavior on the appropriate form.
4. Determine what action is required:

i. Increase monitoring or supervision of the employee or program.

ii. Speak with the employee

iii. Initiate the progressive disciplinary process.

iv. Interview and/ or survey others:

a. Co-workers

b. Students

v. Report concern to the next level of management

vi. Conduct a formal internal incident review.

vii. If appropriate, notify authorities.

viii. If appropriate, notify parents and/ or guardians.

    5. Follow-up with the employee who reported the behavior to let the employee know the report is being taken seriously.

After the internal review of the suspicious or inappropriate behaviors or policy violations, the organization is instructed to do the following:

1. Review the need for additional supervision.
2. Review the need for revised policies or procedures.
3. Review the need for additional training.