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Board reviews updated student handbook draft; trustees ask for policy cross‑references and clarity on attendance and consequences
Summary
Superintendent presented a near‑final student handbook draft on July 17. Trustees asked for policy cross‑references, clearer language on attendance/truancy and the scope of consequences (including in‑school solutions versus in‑school suspension). The board did not vote and asked for edits and a plan for distributing updated versions to parents.
Superintendent Dr. Yanders presented a final draft of the School City of East Chicago student handbook at the July 17 work session and asked trustees to approve making it available to families electronically and in print. Trustees provided detailed editorial and policy feedback and directed staff to incorporate cross‑references to board policy, clarify attendance/truancy language to align with Indiana Department of Education guidance, and make the scope of disciplinary consequences clearer.
Why it matters: the handbook is the district’s primary communication of enrollment rules, attendance and conduct expectations to families. Trustees emphasized…
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