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Board approves updated student code of conduct after debate on 'Spotlight' tracking and restorative practices
Summary
The Clarke County Board of Education on May 8 advanced and then approved an updated student code of conduct for 2025–26 after administrators explained the district’s ‘Spotlight’ tracking system, progressive-discipline language and restorative-practices work.
The Clarke County Board of Education on May 8 reviewed and then advanced for approval a revised student code of conduct for the 2025–26 school year, after administrators expanded a presentation to include behavior data, the district’s use of the ‘Spotlight’ tracking tool and its restorative-practices work.
District staff member Miss Barbizon presented additional slides requested at the April meeting and included snapshots of behavior incidents, OSS and ISS days and school-climate ratings. She said the district had seen decreases in OSS and ISS days and noted “we did see a substantial gain in the DOE star climate ratings across the board” when summarizing the data.
The presentation clarified Spotlight, the district’s Infinite Campus module for recording minor…
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