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Board reviews advertising, security and gang‑awareness policy revisions; staff recommend two policy repeals
Summary
Chief of staff and safety officials presented proposed revisions to Policy 2.13 (advertising), updates to campus security and firearms/visitor language, and a refreshed gang‑awareness policy; staff recommended repealing a COVID visitation policy and consolidating visitor language into other policies.
Jamie Wyatt, chief of staff, briefed the board on proposed edits to Policy 2.13 (advertising on district property and websites) and said draft changes will replace the word "board" with "district," explicitly include websites and add a formal definition and approval parameters for advertising.
Wyatt summarized the policy purpose: "this policy provides guidelines for advertising or promoting of products or services to students, parents, and the community in schools or on school board property or on school district websites." She said the draft will be returned for policy development and a second reading on July 16.
Legal context and limits: Holly Hahn of the Office of General Counsel told the board there is a legal distinction between advertising by private entities and government speech: "Yes, there is a distinction between advertising from a private entity and a government entity." Hahn said the district will rely on constitutional limitations and existing guidance used for other facilities policies when reviewing content.
Safety and other revisions: Chief Mooney and Deputy Chief Snow presented revisions to four other policies and recommended repealing two older policies. Changes include: removing outdated terminology in the district's emergency closure policy; updating Policy 2.3817 (school campus and facility security) to reflect proposed state language around supervised school hours and locking classroom doors "when there are students in the classroom"; consolidating firearms/visitor language into a revised weapons policy and recommending repeal of Policy 3.26 so related definitions are centralized; and overhauling Policy 5.0921 into a modern "gang awareness and prevention" policy aligned to current statutes and practice.
Board member Matthew Lane cautioned the staff about one definition in the gang policy that relies on the statutory standard for a "criminal gang member," which he said could sweep in students who happen to be near known members: "It could happen in a class. They could be sitting next to a gang member."
Next steps: Staff said first policy development/readings are scheduled for May 7 with proposed adoption on July 16. The presenters asked that trustees review the drafts and return specific questions so staff can incorporate clarifying edits before the formal adoption cycle.
Ending: Trustees did not vote on these policy drafts at the workshop; staff will bring revised language back for formal board action on the published development schedule.
