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Board holds public hearing on 2025-26 code of conduct as community members demand stronger survivor protections
Summary
The West Irondequoit Board of Education held a public hearing May 29 on its required annual review of the 2025–26 district Code of Conduct, during which staff described committee-led edits and several community members delivered sharply critical public comments alleging the district failed to protect a student and demanding policy and practice changes.
The West Irondequoit Board of Education held a public hearing May 29 on its required annual review of the 2025–26 district Code of Conduct, during which staff described committee-led edits and several community members delivered sharply critical public comments alleging the district failed to protect a student and demanding policy and practice changes.
The hearing, presented by Doctor Farrell and conducted under a committee that included administrators, teachers and students, outlined edits intended to improve clarity, add cultural competence language, strengthen restorative practices and better align the code with state law and district policies. Doctor Farrell said New York State education law requires districts to have a comprehensive code of conduct and that the committee met over six to eight weeks to gather feedback and revise definitions,…
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