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We the students of St. Jude Catholic School, in order to form a perfect parish and school, form this constitution to create freedom of speech, to establish fairness and peace among the students and staff. Other goals include having more fundraisers, making a secure environment for the students and staff, and helping to educate our students and prepare them for the future.**
 * PREAMBLE

**LEGISLATIVE BRANCH - ARTICLE 1 SECTION 1- The Legislative Branch of our school consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, which forms the Congress (the House of Representatives and Senate) of our school, they make our fundraisers and our rules. SECTION 2- The House of Representatives includes the teachers who have to have a collage degree to apply. The number of teachers in the school depend on the number of students in each grade. The student to teacher ratio is 25:1. The leader os our house is the assistant principal. The staff members elect or choose a teacher to represenative them. Teachers can serve as long as they would like to. However if they are fired they can't. At the end of their contract they can choose to renew their contract or leave. If they choose to leave they will be replaced. This will be decided by the Principal and the Priest, who will pick the new teacher out of a pool of interviews. SECTION 3- The Senate is made up of the Student council and its reprsentatives​. Some of the requirements are the student has to have a high GPA and has to be a well behaved student. The leader of our student council would be the Assistant Principal, this would also be the person who picks the members and then the students vote on them. In student council there will be one representative for each class, and the members will serve one year. SECTION 4- In our school elections apply because the Student Council is elected, and our Principal is elected in by the Pastor and three members of the parish. The person who is in charge of the elections would be the Priest. SECTION 5- Section 5 says because of our student handbook, and the rules of our school. SECTION 6- A teacher at St. Jude School gets paid for teaching, but not for being in student council or in the school board. If a teacher serves for a long period of time such as 10 years, they could recieve like a week of color day. SECTION 7- The Presidential veto applies to our school because if you send in a rule to the Principal he has the power to veto it if he doesn't think it is a reasonable rule. The Congress of our school can overule a Presedential (Principal's) veto if 2/3 of Congress disagrees with the rule. SECTION 8- The powers of Congress at our school is to help our school to be a better and safer environment for the students. They also help the staff to make the rules for the handbook. They can also control the amount of tuition that the students' parents have to pay. thay can also control the budget and loans of the school. SECTION 9- The limits of Congress at our school are they cannot dictate the students or inflict harm on them in any way. The school cannot spend any money without the approval of Congress. SECTION 10- No state (classroom) can't make counterfeit money in any way. They also can't treat any student unfairly. All the laws Congress makes have to be fair to all classes and students. EXECUTIVE BRANCH- ARTICLE 2 SECTION 1- The President of our school is the Pastor and the Principal, and they both can serve as long as they want (unless fired) and if one leaves the school board can vote on a new Pastor or a new Principal. SECTION 2- The Principal has power over the security of St. Jude School, as the President has power over the military of the Unted States. SECTION 3- The Pastor has the power to judge the enforcement of rules within the whole school and the parish, and he must govern the student body with fairness. The Principal or the Pastor must adress Congress at least once a year on the situations that the school is facing. SECTION 4- Disqualification occurs when a student, or group of students, does something that endangers the other students of the school and the Principal has no choice but to expell them, or kick them out of the school. JUDICIAL BRANCH- ARTICLE 3 SECTION 1- The school board of our school and parish is like the Judicial Branch. They help make the decisions when a student does something bad. They decide whether the student has a punishment, and if so how severe. There are as many people in the School Board as the Pastor appoints.They can serve until they quit, or there four year term is up. Their leader is the Pastor. SECTION 2- There are certain cases that would have to go before School Board, like if a student brings a gun or knife to school, the School Board must decide wether to expell them or not. SECTION 3- If someone does something bad there will have to be 2 witnesses to testify against this person, unless they confess in court that they did it. ARTICLE 4- AMENDMENT In our school if you want to add an amendment to the constitution your bill has to go through Congress which must be approved by 2/3 of Congress. After it is approved, it must be approved by 3/4 of the classrooms. After approval by the classrooms, it goes to the Principal and he approves it.** **If the principal approves it your bill becomes a law. AMENDMENTS AMENDMENT I - POWERS OF THE CLASSROOMS AND PEOPLE- The classrooms of St.Jude school have the right to vote to select our leaders of our school board, HASA, our teaching staff, and the representatives and president of student council. No classroom can have more power over another classroom. Nor can another classroom govern another classroom's people. In addition no classroom can form a dictatorship wihtin the classroom. AMENDMENT II- SEARCH AND SEIZURE- The leader of St. Jude school has the power to search any locker that they suspect may be a threat to the other students. If they find guns, knives, bombs, drugs, etc... they are subject to trial in front of the school board. They will decide wether to expell them or not. AMENDMENT III- CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT- The teachers of St. Jude school cannot hit or strike a student in any way. This includes beating them with rulers, slapping them, manual labor, etc... If a teacher strikes a student in any way the teacher will be fired and the parents have the right to sue the teacher and/or the school.**
 * AMENDMENT IV- TRIAL BY JURY IN CIVIL CASES- If a student brings a weapon or drugs into St. Jude school they are subject to trial in front of the school board. The school board will interrogate the student without physically harming the student. Then the school board will hire a jury who will decide wether the student is innocent or guilty. If the student is found guilty the leader of the school board will decide the punishment of the student.**