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Laconia board adopts staff pregnancy and nursing accommodations, approves professional development master plan
Summary
The board adopted updated personnel and student accommodation policies, approved several second-read policy adoptions, and accepted a five-year Professional Development Master Plan to submit to the state.
The Laconia School Board voted June 3 to adopt updated policies related to nursing-mother accommodations and pregnancy-related medical accommodations for personnel and students, and to accept the district’s five-year Professional Development Master Plan for submission to the New Hampshire Department of Education.
The board took second-read votes to adopt policy ACN (accommodations for nursing mothers), GBAM (accommodations for pregnancy and related medical conditions for personnel) and IHBCA (accommodations of pregnancy and related medical conditions for students). Each of those second-read adoption votes was recorded in the meeting as carrying seven-zero.
Administrators also presented three policies for first read: IHBA (program for pupils with disabilities), IHBA-R (notice to parents related to Section 504 rights), and JLDBB (suicide prevention and response plan). During discussion of JLDBB, board members and administrators clarified how the district will designate a district suicide prevention coordinator (identified in the meeting as Molly Greeley, district guidance director) and building liaisons (the school counselors), and confirmed plans to update and disseminate the plan over the summer.
On professional development, the board reviewed and accepted the draft Laconia School District Professional Development Master Plan, a document the district updates every five years and submits to the Department of Education. Board members asked how the plan will be kept fluid and what data will be used to evaluate the mentoring program; administrators said the plan committee meets annually, the strategic plan provides assessment data, and staff use Frontline to track goals, reflections and recertification documentation.
Board members asked for clearer language in the suicide-prevention policy to identify which district personnel serve as the district coordinator and building liaisons; administrators agreed to revise wording for clarity before final adoption. The policy adoptions and the master plan acceptance were recorded as approved in the public meeting record.
