Professional Adult/Student Boundaries

The vision of the El Monte Union High School District is to empower and motivate our students to be resilient, college and career-ready, lifelong learners and contributing members of our global society. In order to accomplish this, all employees are expected to maintain professional, oral, and ethical relationships with students that are conducive to an effective and safe learning environment.

Board Policy 4060: Employee - Student Interaction is a comprehensive policy outlining professional, moral, and ethical expectations for all employees. This initiative is designed to protect students and staff, uphold the integrity of the teaching profession, and strengthen public trust in school safety. Under the guidelines, all district personnel are expected to maintain exemplary professional boundaries, adhere strictly to campus visitation and supervision protocols, and secure advance written approval for any after-hours or off-premises student activities.

PROHIBITED BOUNDARY VIOLATIONS
(Administrative Regulation 4060)

Employees are prohibited from engaging in interactions with students that violate the appropriate boundaries between adults and students in and outside of the educational setting. Prohibited interactions involving students include, but are not limited to:

1. Sending or accompanying students on personal errands unrelated to any legitimate educational purpose.
2. Furnishing alcohol, drugs, or tobacco to a student, or being present where any student is consuming these substances.
3. Disclosing personal, sexual, family, employment concerns, or other private matters to one or more students.
4. Sharing personal secrets with a student.
5. Taking a student out of class without a legitimate educational purpose.
6. Giving a student a ride alone in a personal vehicle without prior written notification from a parent or guardian and/or approval from the school principal.
7. Singling out a particular student for personal attention and friendship beyond the professional adult-student relationship.
8. Maintaining personal contact with a student outside of school (by phone, email, social media) without including the parent or guardian.
9. Giving or exchanging personal gifts, cards, or letters with an individual student.