Board approves multiple revised policies; one board member records lone dissent

The Wilson County Board of Education voted 6–1 on Oct. 20 to approve a group of revised policies spanning parental involvement, school trips, religious exemptions, extracurricular activities, school assignment, wireless device use, emergency epinephrine delivery systems, transportation-service contracts and recruitment and selection of personnel.

Mrs. Boyette moved the package on behalf of the Instructional Services Committee; Dr. Fitch seconded. The board chair called for a voice vote and afterward directed the record to show six ayes and one nay, with Mr. Broom recorded as the lone dissenting vote.

Board materials listed the policies as: revised policy 13-10 (parental involvement), revised policy 33-20 (school trips), revised policy 35-10 (religious-based exemptions from school programs), revised policy 36-20 (extracurricular activities and student organizations), revised policy 41-50 (school assignment), draft policy 43-18 (use of wireless communication devices), revised policy 52-24/61-27/72-66 (emergency epinephrine delivery systems), revised policy 63-40 (transportation-service vehicle contracts) and revised policy 7,100 (recruitment and selection of personnel).

The Instructional Services Committee reported that the items had been considered in committee and that most changes were grammatical; no substitute changes were reported in the meeting record. The board did not provide detailed roll-call votes for each policy; the chair announced the aggregate outcome and named Mr. Broom as the single "nay."