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Holmen principals propose handbook updates; high school adds language on handheld metal detectors
Summary
Principals presented modest handbook revisions for 2025–26, including embedding 4K information in elementary materials, aligning codes of conduct across buildings, and adding limited-use language on handheld metal detectors at the high school.
Elementary, middle and high school principals presented the Holmen School District’s 2025–26 student handbook updates and asked the board to place the handbooks on the July 14 consent agenda.
The revisions include adding 4K program information to the elementary handbook, aligning codes of conduct districtwide, updates to emergency-response procedures and communications, and a new high-school provision allowing limited use of handheld metal detectors in specific situations.
An elementary school representative said the elementary handbook now covers 4K through fifth grade and that the package rearranged content for readability and added hyperlinks to the student code of conduct. “We included the information for our 4K program in our elementary handbook,” the elementary principal said.
Ben Tashner, associate principal at the middle school, told the board his changes were minimal and focused on aligning the middle-school code of conduct with district policy.
Ben Jorn, from the high school, said the high-school handbook includes updated schedules and other small changes and singled out an addition on page 30 that “we've added some language, to use handheld metal detectors.” Jorn said the procedure is intended for targeted, specific situations and not for blanket screening: “It is not going to be used on a bunch of group of kids or, you know, every day when kids walk in. That will be very, intentional for specific situations.”
Principals said other updates cover fundraisers, safety drills, emergency-response procedures, and routine communication tools such as newsletters and school Facebook pages. They noted the code of conduct revision was the result of more than a year of work by administrators and the policy committee and will be revisited annually.
The board did not take action on the handbooks at the June 23 meeting; the presentation was listed to appear on the July 14 consent agenda for formal approval.
