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Beverly Schools update handbooks to add language on profanity, expand discipline wording
Summary
Beverly Public Schools’ standing Curriculum, Instruction & Student Life committee advanced changes to the district elementary, middle- and high-school handbooks that add explicit language about obscene and defamatory speech, update discipline sections for restorative practice, and modernize references to digital devices and safety protocols.
Beverly Public Schools officials recommended and the Curriculum, Instruction & Student Life committee advanced handbook revisions on June 11 that add explicit language about obscenities and slurs, update discipline sections to reflect restorative practices, and modernize device and safety language.
The proposal inserts a new section defining profanity, obscene language and defamatory slurs and places that language in the discipline sections of the elementary, middle and high school handbooks. Assistant…
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