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The board attorney had advised that it was uncommon for school-board members to sit on the FABE committee. After consulting with district leadership, board members said they would step back from committee-level negotiations and allow district staff to present a completed MOU for the board’s review. One board member told colleagues the change was intended to allow administrators to work through the MOU and then present a single package for the board to approve at a business meeting.

Board members asked that when the district is ready it bring a list of the administration team and proposed MOU terms to a business meeting for formal consideration. A board member asked that the board approve the administrator’s proposed team at that meeting, and the chair indicated the next business meeting would be the venue for that approval.

Action type: The transcript records the board’s decision to remove its representative from the FABE committee and to have district leadership assemble an administrative team and present the MOU and supporting materials at a future business meeting; no formal recorded vote or motion text was provided in the meeting transcript.

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The commenter said the unit operates during school hours and is about a quarter-mile (0.5 miles was referenced) from a small business called His Hands, and urged the district to require the provider to relocate to a school with fewer nearby businesses or to limit hours so the mobile unit did not operate during peak school times.

A district official responded that there was no existing board policy that would allow staff to deny the provider access on those grounds and that the district has allowed similar vendors and service providers (for example, food trucks or other outreach units) on school property in the past. The official said the decision weighed pros and cons and noted the board retains policy authority.

Safety concerns also were raised by the resident, who said having a public-facing mental-health or medical service on school grounds during school hours could pose a safety risk to students using nearby playgrounds; the resident asked whether the district had considered background checks and supervision for vendors on campus during school hours.

No formal change in policy or vendor access was made at the meeting. Staff and the board discussed the concern and said the district would rely on existing policy and case-by-case judgment unless the board directed a policy change at a future meeting.

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Board members and staff focused on Policy 6319, the district’s alternative-education policy, which on its face describes an alternative program for students in grades 7 through 12. Staff said the program has at times included younger students and emphasized that alternative placement is treated as a placement with specific requirements rather than a separate disciplinary sentence.

“This says that the board shall operate ... for students in grades 7 through 12,” a staff presenter said, adding that the district has placed fifth and sixth graders in the program in the past. The presenter also told the board that the district’s alternative placement typically requires students to “earn” days toward release (an example cited in the meeting was a 45-day requirement for some placements) and that students who do not follow rules at the placement do not earn those days, which effectively lengthens their time in the program.

Why it matters: Board members sought clarity because the policy language — and how the district applies it — affects how long students remain removed from regular classes and what consequences follow when a student commits a new offense while already suspended or remanded.

Board members asked about a policy sentence that reads, in part, that any new disciplinary offense committed during a student’s original suspension or expulsion “shall be treated as a new and separate offense” and “shall not constitute an extension of the original suspension or expulsion.” A board member asked whether additional offenses during an existing removal ultimately add time; staff said they do not “tack on” the original suspension as a single continuing sentence, but that a student can end up spending more time in alternative placement because they fail to earn release-days or because the new offense triggers a separate sanction.

Staff provided additional operational details: the alternative-placement program is staffed by licensed teachers, offers core coursework (reading, writing, math) though not the full menu of career-technical courses such as welding, and includes a full-time counselor. The district also funds out-of-district placements when the board and staff determine an outplacement is the best educational setting; staff said the district pays tuition for such placements and uses funding sources tied to the student’s educational allocation.

Board members and staff reviewed data cited by district staff: about 7,000 students are enrolled districtwide; roughly 2,700 office-discipline referrals had been recorded that school year as of the meeting; and 0-tolerance cases for drug use rose from about 37 last year to an expected roughly 50 this year. Staff attributed much of the increase in drug-related 0-tolerance cases to THC vapes and other THC products brought to schools.

“We must educate students or provide for their education,” a district official told the board while explaining placement and funding responsibilities for students who require out-of-district programs.

Discussion vs. formal action: The meeting record shows discussion and requests for clarification; no vote or ordinance changing Policy 6319 was taken at this session. A board member said staff would distribute office-discipline referral numbers to the board for further review.

Background and context: Staff said the district’s written materials provided to the board included the code of conduct, the suspension policy, the alternative-education policy, the district’s 0-tolerance policy and sample referral forms for elementary, middle and high schools.

Looking ahead: Staff said they would send the requested discipline-referral statistics to the board for follow-up. The meeting did not adopt new discipline rules or change the policy language during the session.

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