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Board declines blanket approval of handbooks, asks staff to fix fees and propose graduation policy
Summary
The board discussed handbook inconsistencies, fee-schedule mismatches, and graduation-credit confusion. Members asked staff to correct errors, update handbooks, and return with a district graduation-requirements policy tied to policy EHA.
School board members reviewed annual handbooks and raised multiple concerns about inconsistent fee language, bell schedules and graduation-credit wording, asking staff to post handbooks with corrections and to return with a recommended graduation-requirements policy.
During discussion the board identified mismatches between the fee schedule the board was set to approve and language inside the high school handbook, including a $10 class-change charge and differing credit-recovery fees. The board approved the district fee schedule for 2025'26 by vote (5-0) and directed principals and administrators to reconcile handbook language with approved fees.
The superintendent told the board the handbooks are intended as procedural documents and that board policy supersedes handbook language.…
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