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Board reviews updated policies including cell-phone rule, graduation requirements and program-exemption process
Summary
Board heard first readings of multiple policy updates from OSBA, discussed selecting language on program exemptions and graduation rules and debated details of a new personal electronic device policy and exemption process.
Hermiston School District trustees reviewed a package of policy updates on Oct. 13 including proposed language on program exemptions, graduation requirements and a new policy and administrative rule on personal electronic devices.
The nut graf: the policies are OSBA (Oregon School Boards Association) recommendations; the board conducted a first read and selected specific options to be returned for a formal second read and action at a future meeting.
During the policy discussion, staff recommended that program exemption requests be submitted first to the classroom teacher, with escalation to a principal only if needed. Board members raised practical questions about emergency teacher absences and…
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