Section:1000 Community Relations
Policy Name:Loitering or Causing Disturbance
Policy Number:1251
Date Approved:10/10/1989
Last Revised:2/10/2003


All visitors must register with the school office in a manner determined by the school principal.
Staff members should be alert to the possibility of unauthorized visitors and promptly report any concerns to the principal. Routine problems should be handled by the school. If a person is loitering under suspicious circumstances or causing a disturbance on or near school property, the school should immediately notify the proper law enforcement agency.

Any person shall be considered loitering on school grounds when he/she loiters or remains in or about a school building or grounds, without any reason or relationship involving custody of or responsibility for a student or any other license or privilege to be there.

Legal Reference: Connecticut General Statutes

53a-177 Unlawful assembly: Class B misdemeanor

53a-185 Loitering in or about school grounds; Class C misdemeanor