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Sumter policy committee proposes giving principals discretion over classroom visits
Summary
The Sumter School District Policy Committee on April 2 advanced proposed amendments to Policy KI and its administrative rule to limit unstructured classroom visits, emphasize student privacy and give principals authority to regulate visits; the committee agreed to a first reading and to solicit further input from principals.
The Sumter School District Board of Trustees Policy Committee on April 2 recommended first reading of changes to Policy KI (Visitors) and the related administrative rule (KIR) that would remove a districtwide limit on parent visits and give principals discretion to approve classroom observations.
District staff said the proposed language removes a clause that previously encouraged visits limited to three days per regular school year and deletes a paragraph allowing visitors to observe instruction and hold questions until the end of class. Dr. Shirley Grama Malatice, district staff member who presented…
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