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Board approves duties-of-officers policy after heated decorum debate, punts some assignment-policy changes
Summary
The board approved policy 22-10 (duties of officers) after members debated the chair’s role in enforcing decorum; a proposed amendment to move enforcement language to the ethics policy failed. Policy 41-50 (student assignment) drew sustained discussion and did not pass; policy 43-18 (wireless-device use) was approved.
The New Hanover County Board of Education approved an edited version of policy 22-10, which outlines duties of board officers, after an extended debate about whether the chairperson’s “additional responsibilities” for enforcing decorum belong in that policy or in the board’s ethics code. Board members argued the issue at length: some said enforcement language belongs in duties-of-officers because the chair executes meeting procedures; others said the language addresses disciplinary matters that better…
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