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Table of Contents

1. I can't draw.  Am I artistic enough to be a taxidermist?
2. What about airbrushing?  Isn't that supposed to be really hard to do?
3. Can I make money in taxidermy?
4. Is federal funding available?
5. Is the deposit fee applied toward tuition, or is it a separate expense?
6. Is student housing available?
7. How are students graded?
8. After that...the fine print, information regarding program curriculum, objectives, attendance, conduct, admission, etc. 

I can't draw.  Am I artistic enough to be a taxidermist?

Yes, you are.  It is our experience that to be interested in the field of taxidermy demonstrates a level of ability that you may not be aware of.  If you notice detail...  If you love the outdoors...  If you "used to be" artistic...  If you drew as a child...These are all signs that your ability is latent, or currently unused, but available and anxious to be developed.  Wanting to learn taxidermy is your best clue that you will, indeed, be able to practice taxidermy.

As important as ability, is experience.  Avid hunters, trappers, photographers, fishermen have been accidentally training themselves to notice and replicate detail.  The detail is what makes a mount "look alive".  The detail is what makes your work authentic.  And just as bank tellers are trained to detect counterfeit money by the exclusive handling of good money, you, too, will find that knowing what "looks right" in your work will have come by experience of having known and handled wildlife in nature.  This is really good news for those of you who remain avid hunters, trappers, photographers, fishermen.  You will "need"/"have to"/"it's-for-my-job" continue being around nature to keep your vision fresh.  Not a bad assignment or requirement for most of us!

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What about airbrushing?  Isn't that supposed to be really hard to do?

I am a self-taught airbrusher, and have been airbrushing for 21 years.  The airbrush is an extraordinary tool, but it is only a tool.  So, if you have ever taught yourself anything or learned anything, learned to use any tool that you were previously unfamiliar with, if you have ever stuck with something until you understood it, you'll be fine.  The airbrush is a tool, and it will do what you want it to do. 

There are fades and subtle colorations that can be achieved with an airbrush that can be achieved no other way.  The airbrush, and the confidence and ability to use it will give you an enormous advantage in the field of taxidermy, as most taxidermists, self-trained or professionally-taught, have kept their distance from the airbrush.  We will introduce you to a single-action airbrush and you will have it in your tool-kit the day you arrive.  Pick it up.  Fool with it.  Practice.  Don't save your "airbrush time" for when you need something to look great.  Work past the catastrophes just playing around with it.  Yes!  Catastrophes will happen!  Catastrophes are great, for when you get home.  Have several catastrophes, here, where I can walk you through fixing them, so you'll know what to do when you're alone with your airbrush. 

Every minute that you acquaint yourself with the handling of the airbrush while you are here will take the fear out of it.  And not being afraid of it will allow you to quickly develop confidence and skill.

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Can I make money in taxidermy ?

You mean you aren't in this for the benefit of all mankind?!

Yes.  It has been our experience that if you hang up a sign, "they will come".  In very short order, you are likely to have all the work you feel comfortable taking on. 

Profit margins on taxidermy work generally run 50% to 75%.  That is, you can plan on your tanning costs, supply costs, form costs, etc. to be 1/4 to 1/2 of your retail price.  Your time and overhead come out of the profit. 

Starting out in your garage cuts out a bunch of the overhead, and will allow you to make more per piece.  Starting in a storefront gives you more exposure, but cuts your profit margin dramatically, and you will have to turn more work to take in the same amount of money.

Starting in your garage means you can't set up your space as efficiently as you may want to.  Starting in a storefront may allow you to have better-developed and dedicated space and more efficient turn times.

Bottom line--no matter how you start, the profit margins are there, and the demand for services is there. 

EMPLOYMENT AND SALARY EXPECTATIONS

Search of the Economic Development Website, the National Occupation Outlook Handbook, and the Labor & Industrial Relations Website turned up zero information on taxidermy-related items. The following is compiled from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife sources, from 15 different State Department of Natural Resources, from the Breakthrough Business Management Manual, and from the Websites of the Outdoor Channel, from Taxidermy.Net, from State Taxidermists Associations, from existing Taxidermy School Sites in other states, and from HuntingNet.com. These figures represent, regionally, the students with which we work the most frequently.

TAXIDERMY MONEY POTENTIAL STATE BY STATE:

The most recent available National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wild-life Associated Recreation (2006) published by the US. Fish and Wildlife Service is an exhaustive report on the breakdown of hunters and fishermen and hunters Vs fishermen. This 166-page report summarizes the activity and preferred game of individual hunters. It tracks their time and money spent on hunting trips, on guide fees, on land use fees, on equipment rental, on guns and rifles, on bows and arrows and archery, on decoys and telescopic sights, on ammo and handloading equipment, on hunting dogs, on camping equipment, on field glasses, on specialized hunting clothing, on hunt memberships, on magazines and books, and on processing and taxidermy.

According to the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife Associated Recreation, most hunters’ annual incomes in the $40,000-and-up range. The majority of hunters have graduated from high school and have spent 1-3 years in college. They are 25-64 years old, suggesting along with the financial information and education information, a very stable group of individuals. They love to hunt. They can afford to hunt. The anglers among them spend an average of $225 annually on “processing and taxidermy”.  (P.S.  There’s not much “processing on fish!  I’ll bet a lot of that is taxidermy!)  Hunters average spent annually on “processing/taxidermy” is a little higher.   Big-game hunters are said to spend an average of $312.  We’ll have to admit that a processing can be admitted to be a chunk of that.  However, “small-game hunters” and “migratory bird hunters” are said to spend an average $703 and $326 respectively.  It’s hard to imagine any processor being over-run with requests for bobcat and merganser processing.  The point, I believe, in polling these hunters and fisherman, is in interpreting the State Departments numbers to say that the traditional sports are alive and well, and taxidermy money is there to be made.   

The table to the right here, uses statistics gleaned from the various State Department of Natural Resources for the states that we work with the most often. Applying the average ($225, $312, $703, $326) of $391 apiece, it is readily apparent how many taxidermy dollars are available in these states. These figures are backed up by anecdotal evidence, as we have had dozens of conversations with people from all over the United States, who confirm that their local taxidermist is 12 months to 24 months behind in his work load. There is more taxidermy work available than there are currently taxidermists to do the work.

Outdoor Channel  was launched in 1994 and currently has a subscriber rate of 30.3 million. The Outdoor Channel supplies 24-hour programming for hunting, fishing, and shooting sports.  Exposure to the idea of hunting out-of-state and out-of-country has "normal" people hunting abroad. E-mail connects men and women interested in "trading" hunts. Local hunters are returning from Africa, from Argentina, from Russia, from Ireland, from Spain. Taxidermy supply houses have become inundated with requests for supplies for "exotic" game, that is, game not available in North America. Hunting is growing, and with the number of men and women enthusiastic about this traditional sport, comes the dollars spent in the field of taxidermy.

But What Kind of Salary Can I Make?

There are so many variables involved in a beginning a taxidermy business that we would be irresponsible to quote you estimated annual salaries.  Probably by now, you've considered that the one determining factor in your success is the realization that to have a job as a taxidermist, you're going to have to create that job.  Most taxidermists do not hire help, so if you want a job in taxidermy, it will be because you have taken steps to become self-employed as a taxidermist. 

This being self-employed is where the variables start.  The steps to become self-employed involve training, advertising, rent, utilities, licenses, and forms and supplies.  These (many) variables will vary from state to state and from location to location within a state. 

We encourage you, if you are considering the field of taxidermy, to first establish that there is a need for it in your area.  You can do this easily, by inquiring about the turn-around times of local taxidermists (or easier yet, if there are no taxidermists in your area at all, you don't have to compare turn-around times and prices!  If there are no taxidermists around for miles and miles, you've got a great market opening).  Most of us taxidermy shops feel uncomfortable with a turn-around time of anything over a year.  If you have taxidermists in your area that have a backlog of 2 years' work, you know that there is room for another taxidermist in your area.  Obtain pricelists from local taxidermists and compare.  Figure out what a median price list for your potential shop would look like, and then find out what rent/utilities/licenses etc will be required for your shop.  If you have a great location on a well-traveled road and a shop building already built, this would help your figuring a lot.  If you don't live anywhere near civilization, you will need to consider that you will have to advertise extensively and/or invest in signs or rent a building closer to where people can find you. 

Your profit/loss per animal will have to pay for whatever overhead you determine that you need and it will need to provide a working wage for you.  This profit will depend on the number of animals brought to you.  Your success will depend on people finding you and bringing you lots of work.  That will be followed by you turning out terrific work in a reasonable time-frame, and that will encourage more and more people to use you and recommend your services.  We usually tell students that they will know by their 3rd deer season whether or not their shop can thrive in the location that they have chosen.   We encourage students to not begin a taxidermy business full-time.  We encourage students to "try it out", and then to let it ripen into the business that it will be. 

Taxidermy is a perfect thing to start part-time.  It is largely seasonal work, and it can be done late at night after your other responsibilities.  It can be worked in around your current obligations, and if there is not too much pressure to begin with, many shops grow to be what their owners had hoped for.  The frustration of having to "make it" right away is not an easy way to begin a career in taxidermy.  You will have enough going on trying to make the taxidermy techniques a natural-feeling instinct and learning how to organize your shop and paperwork.  It is difficult enough to remember everything without having the added pressure of worrying about the number of calls you get in a day and if you can make that month's rent. 

The equation to determine if you can begin a business and be profitable is affected by so many variables that vary from state to state, that it will be a matter of personal determination whether or not it would be a wise decision to open a shop in your area.  If you can manage to do it without much risk, ie if you have a building and a good location and a lot of friends who hunt and a good reputation in the community and a job that will tide you over for a couple of years, it is a no-brainer to try it.  Your risk/reward ratio in a situation like this is stacked very much in your favor.  You have very little to lose and a lot to gain by giving it a try.  The cost of learning taxidermy is very little compared to other careers and the cost to set up supplies in a shop afterwards is minimal.  For about $3000, you can equip your (pre-existing) shop with equipment to handle most anything a customer would bring you.  Compared to most endeavors, taxidermy is fairly inexpensive to set up, especially if you have a good location/building already. 

The table below gives a good idea of what you will need.  Some of this stuff you will already have.  Some of this stuff, there’s no way you’ll have it, because no one outside of the industry would have any inkling of what to do with these interesting pieces.  Those, you’ll want to get a hold of, for sure.  TIP:  Buy working freezers that are old or used.  Pick up freezers second-hand or at garage sales.  Sometimes these kinds of freezers are free to anyone who will haul them off.  The ones all the ladies are trying to get rid of because they don’t like to defrost them are the ones you want.  The newer, more expensive, “frost-free” freezers are the kind that will freezer burn your capes. 

Suggested Equipment List and Sourcing Information For A Full-Service Taxidermy Shop

Please note that these listed above are equipment estimates only.  This list does not include any forms or consumables (paints, glues, maches, epoxies).  .  Consumables/forms are traditionally purchased with deposit money when a customer drops off work.  This allows the taxidermist to manage cash flow, and to use just-in-time inventory control. 

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Is federal funding available?

No, not at this time.  Most federal funding is available only for degree programs.  We don’t offer a degree program, and we are, by definition, a  “proprietary” school.  That means we’re a private school, basically, certified to operate by the Missouri Department of Higher Education, our governing board.  In addition to these credentials, we could decide to pursue “accreditation”.  Being accredited would help with some of the federal programs, and sometimes we consider it, as a convenience to students.  However, it would not improve the quality of our school, as we already employ only college-trained, state-certified teachers, and have a professionally developed and maintained curriculum.  For now, we choose to offer the Express Course as a high-quality, time-effective, and cost-effective avenue for learning taxidermy.   ( See below for information on state programs, VA, voc rehab, and MTI discounts.)

Your classes are wonderfully organized and generous, and you all look like beautiful and highly-intelligent people, but is there a way to pay EVEN less for the breath-taking opportunity that learning taxidermy with Missouri Taxidermy Institute will be?

Why, thank you so much!  Your flattery is impressive.  Largely exaggerated, but we get the drift of it, and yes, read on.  Missouri Taxidermy Institute offers these private discounts.

                         Military Discount:                                    $250 off 4-week class        $500 off 8-week

                         Public Service Discount:                         $200 off 4-week class        $400 off 8-week

                         New Graduate Discount:                          $150 off 4-week class         $300 off 8-week

                         Private Pay Discount:                              $100 off 4-week class         $200 off 8-week

Here are the definitions:

Military-any branch of US military, retired, active, or reserve

Public Service-police, teachers, firemen/women, nurses, employees of city or county or state

New Graduate-any person who’s graduated from High School within last 12 months

Private Pay-any person who doesn’t qualify for any of the above or any of the below

State and Federal Agencies that you can look into that pay all or most of cost of classes.  Some legwork and hoop-jumping involved, but absolutely worth the effort, if you qualify:

Vocational Rehab-Varies by state.  For individuals who have been injured and need to retrain for a less physically-demanding job.   Inquire at your local employment office or family services to see if you qualify. 

WIA-Workforce Investment Act.  For individuals who have been down-sized or laid off and need to retrain.  Inquire at your local employment office to see if you qualify. 

TAA/TRA-Trade Act Agreement.  For individuals whose job has gone north or south or east of the border.  Again, inquire at your local employment office to see if you qualify.

VA Voc Rehab-Military Vocational Rehab.  Inquire at with your local VA.

Rules for Missouri Taxidermy Institute Discounts, effective July 1, 2008 until further notice:

Discounts are not retroactive  (and not redeemable in cash). (Or jewels). 

Discounts cannot be combined with other MTI discounts or with state or federal programs.  For instance, if you graduated a short time ago (New Graduate Discount) and you  are currently working for the city (Public Service Discount), take one discount or the other.  (We recommend the larger of the two.)   (But it’s up to you.)

Discounts apply toward balance (not deposit).  To reserve your class, send in your enrollment form, your verifying paperwork and the full deposit.  Your discount will be applied against the balance due the first day of class. 

Qualifying paperwork:  a copy of anything that verifies that you fit in one category or the other.  ie, copy of military ID, discharge papers, etc, pay stubs from school, police department, city hall, hospital, etc, graduation diploma.  PS.  Private pay discount is available upon request.  No verifying paperwork necessary. 

Discounts subject to change.  We have offered these in light of recent developments in the economy.  We’ve noticed that the price of gas is affecting every last thing in the world, and it makes us grumpy.  We gripe about it, but we’re also doing what we can to help. Having a tough economy doesn’t have to mean the postponement of dreams and ambitions.  If you qualify and want to use any of our discounts, you’re welcome to them.  If you send in qualifying paperwork during this time and you receive back your confirmation reflecting the discount, that discount will be honored, even if the discounts are pulled because of a massive economic turn-around by the time that class comes around. 

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Is the deposit fee applied toward tuition, or is it a separate fee?

Your deposit is, indeed, applied toward tuition.  We use the deposit fee as a scheduling aid.  When enrollment reaches a comfortable size, we limit enrollment based on whose money was sent in first to secure a seat in that particular class.   To complete "Enrollment", fill out the registration form on the front of this packet, indicating which class you are interested in and signing all appropriate blanks.  Mail completed registration form and deposit fee to:  Missouri Taxidermy Institute, PO Box 48, Linn Creek, MO  65052.  A receipt and a copy of your signed enrollment form will be returned to you confirming your seat in that class.

If you want/have to withdraw from enrollment in a class, we honor the following Cancellation/Deposit Refund Policy:   We provide a minimum of three days, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and holidays, during which a student may cancel their enrollment and receive a refund of all deposit money paid.   In addition, f you are unable to come to the class that you have reserved, you can cancel anytime up to 6 weeks before class, and your deposit will be refunded.   If you cancel within 6 weeks of the class start date, your deposit may be refunded at the discretion of the school. (Which means, we understand that "life happens".  If you get in a bind, just let us know as soon as possible! We'll do what we can to help.  If you can't make it and you let us know, it allows us to notify our waiting list, which really helps everybody.  On a less friendly note, if you don't show up and you haven't called and made arrangements, we are unable to issue a refund. )

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Is student housing available?

No.  At this time, we encourage you to take advantage of the hundreds of rooms available in this area.  Many are lakeside resorts.  Some are motels in town.  If you don't relish the adventure of looking through what is available, you're welcome to e-mail us.  We have a few motels in town that sometimes have extra room, and we can give you those phone numbers.

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How are students graded?

A "Certificate of Satisfactory Completion" is available upon.....satisfactory completion. :)  We grade primarily on attendance, attention, and final-product.  Your success in this field will be determined more by the work you turn out, here at school and back at home, than by the certificate hanging on the wall.  So, our primary objective is on-going evaluation and continual improvement of that final product.  Each specimen section will require a demonstration of your understanding of what makes a good mount, technically and artistically.  For more specific information, you're welcome to consult the "Completion Requirements" for each section below.

Your customers will be your next teachers, as they bring you specimens to mount that you've never done before (no matter how long you've done this, there's always something you haven't done before!).  AND as they are satisfied or dis-satisfied with your work.  You'll never quit learning.  New animals.  New methods.  New problems.  New solutions.  It's an exciting life.

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Additional Information:

The official name of our school is:  Missouri Taxidermy Institute. 
Our physical address is :  4043 East Hwy 54, Linn Creek, MO  65052. 
Our mailing address is:  P.O. Box 48, Linn Creek, MO  65052. 
Our phone number is:  573-346-6871. 
Our fax number is:  I hate fax machines, so we don't have one. 
Our e-mail address is:  cstamper@taxidermy-schools.com 
Our website (you're probably going to know this one) is:  http://www.taxidermy-schools.com  

The objective of Missouri Taxidermy Institute is:  just what you read on the homepage.  We truly do believe that taxidermy is successful to the degree that a finished mount "looks alive".  This flies in the face of both science and art, as some technically perfect mounts never do have that "sparkle", while some imperfect mounts manage to capture the personality of the animal.  And everyone gets to that finish point a different way.  We give you the methods, and let you make them your own.  There are parameters of technique that have to be followed, but the artistic part of it can be interpreted so many different ways.  We welcome your individual interpretations.  We want the finished mounts that you take home to be as beautiful to you as they can be.  Being artist-type people, you will likely not ever be completely satisfied with your own work.  This is normal, and necessary, not only for your own continued improvement of your work, but also for the mental and creative challenge that it involves.  This is what makes taxidermy fun.  This is what makes taxidermy a life-long interest, because your brain will never let you sit on your laurels.  Your brain will wonder and fiddle and re-arrange, and you will fall asleep at night thinking about this stuff, and wake up in the morning thinking about this stuff. 

Very specifically, our objective is that you:

develop a mental and practical understanding of all aspects of waterfowl taxidermy and upland game bird taxidermy, and to demonstrate that understanding by the successful technical completion of one or more water fowl mounts and one or more upland game birds,

develop a mental and practical understanding of all aspects of game  head taxidermy, and to demonstrate that understanding by the successful technical completion of one or more game heads,

develop a mental and practical understanding of all aspects of life-sized taxidermy, and to demonstrate that understanding by the successful technical completion of one or more life-sized mounts,

develop a mental and practical understanding of all aspects of cold-water fish taxidermy and warm-water fish taxidermy, and to demonstrate that understanding by the successful technical completion of one or more cold-water fish mounts and one or more warm-water fish mounts,

develop a mental and practical understanding of all aspects of base work and habitat taxidermy, and to demonstrate that understanding by the successful technical completion of appropriate bases for birds, life-sized, and fish mounts.

We offer two programs.  We offer the Taxidermy Express(4-week class) and the Taxidermy Traditional(8-week class).

The Taxidermy Express is: a 4-week class.  You will be able to tell when you've successfully completed this course because you will own 7 mounts that didn't exist before you came.  You will take home a finished pheasant, a finished mallard, a finished whitetail shoulder mount, a finished life-sized mammal, a finished cold-water fish, a finished warm-water fish, a leather-wrapped antler plaque.  Unusual in the taxidermy-training world, we offer you comprehensive training in the least amount of time possible.  In this 4-week class, you will be introduced to Bird Taxidermy, Game head (shoulder mount) Taxidermy, Life-Sized Mammal Taxidermy, Fish Taxidermy, Skinning, Salting, Tanning, Business and License Requirements, and Bases/Habitat.

After the "introduction", you will do it yourself.  This is no "watch a film-strip of it" school.  We show you.  Then you do it.  We skin a bird and explain what we're doing, and why, and you take notes.  Next thing you know, you're facing a naked bird yourself.  We flesh a bird.  You flesh a bird.  We tan a bird.  You tan a bird.  We wire a bird.  You wire a bird.  You get the drift.  You can't learn it all by watching, and you can't learn it all by muddling through it with no direction.  This IS the Show-Me State!  It works great as a motto in learning taxidermy.

You will spend approximately 160 hours in this course.  We hold class from 9-5 (ish), Monday - Friday.  This class moves pretty quickly and we have a brisk schedule to keep to.  We stay late some evenings catching up.  It's more important to us that you understand what you're doing, and that you get it done to your satisfaction, than it is that we all go home exactly at 5 every evening.  So, 160 hours is the minimum amount of time you'll be working, but then, that's what you're here to do, right? :)

Of this 160 hours, approximately 25% (or 40 hours minimum) will be spent with you taking notes while we demonstrate techniques.  The other 75% (or 120 hours minimum) will be spent with you "doing what we did".  We mingle and comment and help and sit down and show you again, if you need it.  We tell you you're on the right track, if you are.  This adventure is supervised, and the atmosphere is that of a one-room schoolhouse.  If your pheasant is going terrifically well, but someone else's pheasant's head falls off, you reap the benefit of this tragedy by being there and watching while we show you how to put everything back together.  We want you to make mistakes here, because taxidermy (and life) is best described by being able to fix what goes wrong, and if you're not trying new things, and making mistakes, you're not risking enough to achieve what you really want.

The mounts that you take home will reflect the care you took while you worked on them.  They ARE your advertising.  They are your diploma.  People will look at this work and decide whether or not they want you to work on their stuff.  With this in mind, we take care to point out weak areas in your work and teach you to find the weaknesses, too.  We want you to go home with finished mounts that are as good as they can be.  We want you to succeed.  We want you to feel comfortable going on, and trying new things.  We do not measure your progress.  We do not judge your work.  We do not assign letter grades to your mounts.  We will not spring our judgment on your work at the end of this class.  This class is about the evolution of your experience toward a finished mount that satisfies you.  This class is about you getting better and better as you gain experience with taxidermy techniques and as you learn to exercise your artistic vision. Your judgment of your own work will always be more harsh than ours will be, because we know, from experience ourselves, and from experience with other students, that this class awakens your potential, and that you will have the pleasure of fulfilling that potential with each new challenge that your customer brings you.

In that vein, there is no certificate given for people who do not come.  (Yes, we actually have to mention this--that we do not offer a certificate to people who do not come and take this course).  There is no way to learn taxidermy but by doing it.  Your certificate proves you were here, but your work proves what you learned.

As for the "consequences for failure to maintain satisfactory academic progress, including probation, suspension, or termination":  umm,  don't come, if you don't want to learn and work hard and enjoy seeing a dream come together on your desktop.  It takes hard work and practice to turn what your mind sees into something that exists in the physical world.  It is a miracle, when you think about it, that your mind can direct your hands, even clumsily at first, to bring into existence an idea that no one else has.  Your mind tells your hands what it wants done, and by keeping after it, through learning new motions and techniques, you can actually change the world.  If you didn't think it, and you didn't follow through and do it, a lot of beauty would be sacrificed.  We appreciate the hard work that it takes to learn to translate the beauty you've seen and imagined and remembered into a tangible keepsake that inspires others to enjoy their own memories.  Therefore, we enjoy, thoroughly enjoy, working with motivated individuals.  Motivation and "want-to" can get you past limitations you may have endured your whole life.  If you really want to learn taxidermy, you can.  And we will help you.   There will be no "failure to maintain satisfactory academic progress" if this is what you truly want to do.  If this is your dream, and you are here everyday, working on making that dream come true in whatever fashion you envision it, we will not probate, suspend, or terminate you.

When would we probate, suspend, or terminate?  We will not tolerate disruptive, abusive, or harassing behavior toward other students or staff, cheating, drinking or drug/use during school hours.  We reserve the right to protect our students and staff  from you if you indulge in these immature, senseless, or violent activities.  One written warning will be issued for any behavior in class that is disruptive/abusive/harassing behavior.  An additional disruptive/abusive/harassing behavior will result in dismissal.

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