Owensboro Public Schools is an independent school district in Kentucky's fourth largest city. OPS strives to ensure that every student has the opportunity to reach his or her full potential and be successful in a global society. OPS enrolls 4,800 students in preschool through 12th grade at 10 school sites employing a staff of 750 and an annual budget of $50 million. In accordance with OPS Board of
Education Policy 09.42811, threats of actual physical violence; the creation, by whatever means, of a climate of hostility, or intimidation, or the use of language, conduct, or symbols in such a manner as to be commonly understood to convey hatred, contempt or prejudice or to have the effect of insulting or stigmatizing an individual, or pose a risk to jeopardizing an ongoing investigation into a potential criminal matter against a student or staff member of our district made on this page are subject to removal by the page administrators. Repeat offenders are subject to a permanent ban from viewing and commenting on this page. The provisions in this policy shall not be interpreted as applying to speech otherwise protected under the state or federal constitutions where the speech does not otherwise materially or substantially disrupt the educational process, as defined by policy 09.426, or where it does not violate provisions of policy 09.422.
