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Preamble​ We, the members of St. Jude School / St. Catherine of Siena Parish are writing this Constitution to develop a good relationship between the parents, students, faculty, and parish. It will encourage respect between everyone. It will not discourage others in the school and parish if they are different. We will encourage people to come and be one as a school and parish to proclaim the word of the lord, and we will teach the kids to do their best and learn the most they can. __ **Article I** __ **Section 1: The legislative branch of our school will contain the School Board, Student Council, and teachers of St.Jude School. The first group will be called the Home of the school, it will contain the Student Council and School Board. The second group will be called The Juders. It will contain the teachers. Section 2: The Home's representatives​ will have a student or two from fourth grade and up depending on how big the grade is. They will serve for only one year and can only serve three times. The representatives must have a GPA of 3.30 or better. The student must have gone to St. Jude for at least one year. Section 3: The Juders will help decide big decisions. There will be one teacher from each grade. If the vote ends in a tie, then the Vice Principal will be the deciding vote. They must have worked at St.Jude for at least one year. Section 4: The Home will be selected by the Juders. The Juders will be decided by the principal. Section 5: If 2/3 of the Home and the Juders decide to expel a member, then the representative will be expelled Also all meeting discussions, documents, and messages from everywhere must be documented.** Section 7: The laws of the school will be made by the school board and then passed on to the Juders. If the Juders force a rewrite, the law will go back to the School Board for rewrite. Section 8: The legislative branch of our school will be able to buy security items to protect our school, they protect the financial welfare of the school. They will also communicate with other schools. They provide punishment for misbehaving students. Section 9: Our congress can't punish a student with out a trial or pass illegal taxes. The Congress can't favor one class. No single person in the school shall get a special title or award. All money spent must be approved and documented by the school's Home and Juders. Section 10: The home and Juders can cancel school if there is imminent danger such as bad weather, a nearby robbery, or a bomb threat. They can also enter into business deals with other schools __Article 2__ Section I:The principal shall hold the executive power of the school. Two students from each class will help to elect the president, and could fire the president (Principal). We shall have a vice principal who will take the power in case of the principals resignation or death. To be a principal you must be at least 20 years of age. You must also have a bachelor's degree in teaching. Section II: The principal is allowed to arrange sporting events with other schools. To arrange a sporting event 2/3 of congress must agree with him/her. The principal also decides who is in the Judicial branch (Supreme Court). Section III: Security will be our lunch monitors and the secretary who answers the buzzer. They will decide who enters the lobby doors and when to exit recess.The Principal is to receive all visitors to the school. Section IV: This section declares that anyone in the Executive office can be voted out of office for breaking the school's major rules. ** **__ Article 3 __**
 * Section 6: All representatives will be paid a salary apart from the student council. Student council will receive a color day on each day they meet.

Section II: The pastor can hold any case under his jurisdiction. Any trial for a certain class will be held in that classroom. The main cases of the top court will be cases -regarding the Principal and School Board. The pastor can tell the Principal/School Board if they are acting against the Constitution. Section III: No one will be convicted unless they confess or two witnesses are there to testify.** __**Article IV**__ ​**Section I: Article 4 declares that future changes can be added to or taken from our Constitution. The student body will vote on it and 2/3 of the school must agree.** Amendment l: all religions shall be accepted at our school. Amendment II: people's personal belongings will be protected unless they commit a crime against the school. Amendment lll: No student shall be arrested without any fair trial. ​
 * Section I: Our pastor will have a final say on all the decisions for the school to see if they're fair. If the pastor does something dumb that hurts people, he will still be the pastor, but will not be allowed to have a final say. The top court will contain 13 members. The pastor will be the leader of this court. The pastor can stay in this position as long as the Bishop keeps him there.