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Staff said the state report contains detailed information the district must consider in setting priorities and that the major-cap list includes items such as fire-alarm replacements and building renovations. As an example, staff noted that replacing a fire alarm system at Rainier High School five years earlier would have cost about $45,000.

The presenter emphasized that the major-cap requirements listed in the state documents apply to buildings the district already owns and do not cover projects the district does not yet have (such as new construction or new site programs). Staff said some of the state-supplied data were extensive and that the district would need to decide, consistent with the board's philosophy, which maintenance and renovation projects to prioritize.

The presenter referenced comments by Jason Heller earlier in the meeting and said the state materials include many items the district will need to vet before returning recommendations to the board. The transcript records the request for board approval of the SB 270 documents but does not record a final vote at the meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","BSD Board of Education Meeting - April 2025","oneSentenceSummary","A district presenter sought board approval of documents tied to Senate Bill 270 reporting and outlined major capital requirements for district buildings, citing example costs and noting that the state report includes data the district will need to interpret.","taxTitle","Brandywine School District, School Districts, Delaware","taxId",14344,"location","Delaware","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6035904,"Brandywine schools highlight student achievements, language proficiency gains and behavioral health recognition",886,306000,1192000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5087735-00c11f511c2a351be8ca22352a3172a4&start=306&end=1192","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5087735-00c11f511c2a351be8ca22352a3172a4/thumbnail_306000.jpg","/articles/6035904/Delaware/Brandywine-schools-highlight-student-achievements-language-proficiency-gains-and-behavioral-health-recognition","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6035904-23be32cbe17daade9248a1b6ad7245d2/orig.mp4?Expires=1771194545&Signature=ccVqvZNv0OhvMnKcWX8ELjXUfsRvUxgBy7QkZygu9B1POLgnYMupEZ9lAy6BM9piH2xyyaSlaLORM8DCfj~CALodaSptYYxyyI7R02pl~k7q265UH4lUQeryHnKtMryFG1hmXpXJBns1upfizM5X0bNsu8IbHEtj6hWMGHl4~3qy5JlgVxE6yx~kUCBXDlg-Y3ShHpmHXAMrPvDBxzO7FpE67QQA0Cs818P1fwtPbexIHv1fVLJEG6wGQszUV7SKNYqbNQ17vbkCSBfrHWIcZF7jz-6WAB~fo8fKU-vIgQD9mEoO5c~6oe7L9TMtvNwsQItv1s2rcjbZPRORb7hM3A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","School representatives gave brief reports on athletics, performing arts and student recognition before district staff presented world language proficiency results and several staff and student honors.

At Mount Pleasant and Brandywine high schools, speakers highlighted spring sports, a steel-pan performance group, music department events and student activities such as a week-long \"Questa Bowl.\" Brandywine High School reported its annual \"Rock Your Socks\" effort for World Down Syndrome Day and a February visit by Broadway performer Carrie Butler to coach the drama department. Brandywine celebrated individual students who placed in statewide competitions and those ranked in the state's top 50 in their sports.

District staff described the use of STAMP (Standards-based Measurement of Proficiency) to measure world language skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing. Dr. Sukhaili Simano, manager of immersion and multilingual learners, introduced a new data protocol for tracking student progress in immersion and world language programs. Staff said emerging immersion students typically reach higher proficiency earlier than students who begin study in secondary courses; a STAMP level 5 can make an eighth grader eligible to take AP Spanish as a ninth grader and earn high school credits.

The district noted the \"Certificate of Multiliteracy\" from the Delaware Department of Education: students who score at gold (STAMP 5 in speaking, reading and writing) or diamond (STAMP 7 in the same skills) are recognized, and the district reported 10 students who met gold or diamond levels in immersion or world language tracks.

The board also heard several recognitions: district honorees for Secretary of Education Scholars (six students across the district), three teachers named 2025 Yale National Fellows who will attend Yale seminars and develop curriculum units, and the selection of Miss Stiefel as the district's nominee for Behavioral Health Professional of the Year. Staff summarized the award program: district/charter honorees receive a $2,000 personal award; the state selects one person annually who receives an additional $3,000 personal award and $5,000 for student educational benefit.

Concord High School reported a district partnership with \"Sean's House,\" a mental health organization, and described schoolwide kindness activities and student supports such as fidgets and resource information. Staff thanked behavioral health professionals and emphasized their role in student well-being.

Speakers encouraged the community to attend upcoming music concerts, theater performances and donation drives noted in the high school reports.","High school reports noted athletics, performing arts and community events; district staff presented STAMP language-proficiency data and honored behavioral-health nominees and teacher fellows.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6035909,"Calendar committee releases draft 2026-27 school calendar; trade-in days reduced to one",1054,3732000,4786000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5087735-00c11f511c2a351be8ca22352a3172a4&start=3732&end=4786","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5087735-00c11f511c2a351be8ca22352a3172a4/thumbnail_3732000.jpg","/articles/6035909/Delaware/Calendar-committee-releases-draft-2026-27-school-calendar-trade-in-days-reduced-to-one","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6035909-9cb1da6c526e7f0b66fb99291492d0b2/orig.mp4?Expires=1771194545&Signature=g~MJfZRkr8uQ-dIV25tJp3UH48W~n2jw93RaI6POCUIUrgBlFuNLCNkwYz~lz4K8laGjf-AvwIuib-kZsGjM4i1TwBzZ0G69GZ50JjpH1VDUdJHwKMyDqUn3Zr8t9Qkg4RH4ubKzZyTj6u-vHR36YPyCG3Pol-gJhMAmxommZ~ILh9Lhi~oJ8k2GnS0AlOxvHxDhTC0Ckn7rQ8y458f0hdu5pgaNDva7A478oIVEFIi4XrXhymhRuG64TIPp1DKBzHK0Pi2D0qneoL-6~5wQYEp3ryMOb3uKKkLyJ70DnC33ryXhS4wybvs~T1SG1f6BEpZP4E5iUB1GeiZbsKrwNQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Lorena Jones Davis, chair of the district calendar committee, presented the first read of the proposed 2026-27 Brandywine School District calendar and a minor adjustment to the approved 2025-26 calendar for seniors.

The committee proposal reflects a change in the teacher contract: one negotiated \"trade-in\" day (down from two). Staff said the district will decide where to allocate that single trade-in day after further committee discussion. Key dates in the draft calendar include a student first day of August 24, Memorial Day on May 31, graduation on June 6 and the last student day on June 8.

Davis told the board the committee will recommend moving a previously scheduled seniors' asynchronous day (currently listed as March 5, 2026, on the 2025-26 calendar) back one day to March 4 to better align testing schedules and staffing needs; she said she will ask the board for approval of that specific change at a future meeting.

The committee also noted a potential impact from House Bill 400, which at the time of the presentation was pending and could move the state's general primary election to April. That change could require the district to revisit a professional development day currently scheduled for September 15.

Davis said the committee prepares calendars two years in advance and that the draft will be returned for formal board approval after additional stakeholder review and finalization of the trade-in day placement. No formal vote on the 2026-27 calendar occurred at the first read.","The district calendar committee presented a draft 2026-27 calendar that reduces the contract 'trade-in' days from two to one, lists key dates and proposes moving a senior asynchronous day; no adoption vote was taken.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6035914,"Brandywine board reviews streamlined student code of conduct and seeks adoption of crisis response policy",1339,2334000,3673000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5087735-00c11f511c2a351be8ca22352a3172a4&start=2334&end=3673","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5087735-00c11f511c2a351be8ca22352a3172a4/thumbnail_2334000.jpg","/articles/6035914/Delaware/Brandywine-board-reviews-streamlined-student-code-of-conduct-and-seeks-adoption-of-crisis-response-policy","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6035914-1d4b7eb15bdadcfff107625c4473954a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771194545&Signature=Zm4yU5zq4pHa1P3myOo1mLdNkgQ15~kFP8ETmnfJT8lYyxooQghncKbedfP4JSR8FL-0hjvGE9Nks7DO0ZcXeTkU3DYFzcs5VLCJuSgnWJMpABpTWHwk7Dgt9ZP3uQFk0V4pz4cutNCPjovrdZrmO2RtmITltoMvD1fLg41APTrIyt5TNRH025iQ0eOzHtS5YZgDUGXqZWn4E8AwGpiv2z2awDSZkAv9EQPsNkZ9EV9EZoz8vaaqykIo4Ms5SaTFLdzDA0mOpzEVlQBGQwWum-Vvaf6aFWrq4IY8ilsIi7IWy1DDVp-AG00NAw7GakGfY7oANZJu3Ye3WrYNY3qcoA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Brandywine School District staff presented a substantially revised student code of conduct and asked the Board of Education to approve Crisis Response Policy 6.1 at the district's April meeting.

District presenters said the revisions align local offense codes with statewide reporting guidance from a legislator-led school climate task force and the school crimes reporting law. The proposed code reduces the number of listed offenses from about 100 to 45 and separates criminal charges from school disciplinary offenses to create more uniform definitions and consequences across buildings.

Staff explained several specific changes: profanity is now included under a broader definition of inappropriate language and gestures; teen dating violence is now a checkbox within the campus offenses; bullying and cyberbullying are consolidated under harassment; and level-4 assault has been redefined as \"assault causing physical injury.\" New categories added to the matrix include \"exposure,\" \"other school crimes\" (incidents that must be reported under the school crimes reporting law, including arson or manslaughter), and a broad \"safety violation\" definition for conduct that could endanger students or others.

Presenters said middle school students participated on the code committee for the first time and that student members raised concerns about the dress code. Students asked the district to revisit rules on outerwear, headwear (including cultural head wraps), and clothing with frayed edges or visible holes; the board was told any dress-code changes would follow stakeholder vetting and existing district processes.

Staff told the board that state regulations labeled \"Regulation 6-14\" and \"Regulation 6-16\" were still pending 30-day public comment and that some local language would be updated when those regulations are finalized. The presenter emphasized the committee's intent to make discipline outcomes more uniform across schools and described the matrix of corrective steps and interventions included in the board packet.

Superintendent Lawson and President Ackerman were named as having served on the legislator-led school climate task force used as part of the review. The presenter thanked committee members and noted that the code was reworked to match federal reporting categories and to reduce inconsistent application of consequences across buildings.

On Crisis Response Policy 6.1, staff said they had incorporated feedback from the board since the prior meeting and asked the board to approve the policy; the transcript does not record a vote on that adoption at this meeting.

Next steps outlined by staff included further edits tied to forthcoming state regulations, additional stakeholder review of dress-code proposals, and returning to the board for subsequent action when the final language is ready.","District staff presented a revised code of conduct aligned with new state reporting guidance and asked the board to approve Crisis Response Policy 6.1; no formal board vote on the policy was recorded at the meeting.","actionData","errors"]

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Staff outline facility needs under Senate Bill 270; major-cap funding questions highlighted

Brandywine schools highlight student achievements, language proficiency gains and behavioral health recognition

Calendar committee releases draft 2026-27 school calendar; trade-in days reduced to one

Brandywine board reviews streamlined student code of conduct and seeks adoption of crisis response policy