ARTICLE IX PROTECTION

Newport School District

A. Teachers shall, when possible, immediately report to the school principal all cases of assault suffered by them in connection with their employment. This report shall be forwarded to the Superintendent and the Committee.

B. The Committee shall consider any case of assault of any personnel of the school system and shall take whatever action it deems reasonable and/or necessary under the circumstances.

C. A teacher shall not lose any of his/her salary for any absence caused by attendance at legal proceedings to which the teacher is a party or witness and which are occasioned by the teacher's employment in the Newport School System.