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Board debates attendance make‑up time, student representative role and dress‑code language
Summary
Board members discussed clarifying the student representative’s responsibilities, adding specific timelines for makeup work after absences, and tightening or specifying dress‑code language to avoid inconsistent enforcement across schools and potential discrimination.
Several policy items generated extended discussion at the July 21 board meeting, centering on three themes: the role of the student representative, the time allowed for students to make up missed work after an absence, and ambiguous dress‑code language.
Board members said the student representative role has become largely ceremonial at times and urged that the position be used to solicit and present student proposals and concerns to the board. “I would very much like to see that message get out to the student representative so that they can play a more powerful role,” one board member said, arguing that students may raise issues at the building level…
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