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Board reviews multiple policy updates, including stricter cell‑phone enforcement and clarifications on transfers and remote participation
Summary
Trustees reviewed first readings of several updated policies from the school board association and discussed beefing up enforcement of the student cell‑phone policy, clarifying harassment language to explicitly reference social media, aligning interschool transfer language for athletics, and questions about remote participation rules.
Board members reviewed proposed policy updates (first reading) and debated several substantive changes affecting school discipline, harassment, extracurricular eligibility and meeting participation.
On the wireless communication policy (policy 43.18), multiple trustees said enforcement is inconsistent and asked staff to strengthen implementation this school year. Members asked that the provision requiring confiscated devices be returned only to a parent be restored (an earlier change shortened that requirement so devices could be returned to…
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