Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Student Policy topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Board removes attendance bar from graduation ceremony and approves new staff–student relationship policy
Summary
Waunakee board voted to remove an attendance-based restriction from the policy governing participation in graduation ceremonies and approved a new staff–student relationship policy after administrative review and employee feedback.
The Waunakee Community School District Board on June 9 voted to remove the attendance-based barrier to participating in the graduation ceremony and approved a new staff–student relationship policy following administrative review and input from employee groups.
Administrators said the attendance requirement was a long-standing rule that sometimes prevented students who had met academic and credit requirements from taking part in the ceremonial graduation event. Dr. Brown (Superintendent) and other board members characterized the change as student-centered and aimed at avoiding penalizing students — and their families — for attendance shortfalls when students otherwise have completed graduation requirements.
Separately, the board approved an addendum to the district’s staff–student relationship policy. The updated language had been administratively reviewed, shared with employees and the teachers association (WTA) for feedback, and reflects clarifications that administrators and the association agreed upon, board members said. The board approved both items after a short discussion and unanimous voice votes.
Board members and administrators noted the staff–student relationship policy was the product of district review and employee feedback, and the ceremonial-attendance removal applies only to participation in the ceremony; graduation academic requirements remain governed by separate graduation-requirements policy.
