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Brandywine board reviews streamlined student code of conduct and seeks adoption of crisis response policy
Summary
District staff presented a revised code of conduct aligned with new state reporting guidance and asked the board to approve Crisis Response Policy 6.1; no formal board vote on the policy was recorded at the meeting.
Brandywine School District staff presented a substantially revised student code of conduct and asked the Board of Education to approve Crisis Response Policy 6.1 at the district's April meeting.
District presenters said the revisions align local offense codes with statewide reporting guidance from a legislator-led school climate task force and the school crimes reporting law. The proposed code reduces the number of listed offenses from about 100 to 45 and separates criminal charges from school disciplinary offenses to create more uniform definitions and consequences across buildings.
Staff explained several specific changes: profanity is now included under a broader definition of inappropriate…
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