East Stroudsburg Area SD committee votes to post multiple revised policies for public review

The East Stroudsburg Area School District policy committee voted to authorize administration to post a set of revised policies for public review in May, with subsequent board action scheduled for June. The committee motion covered a package of policies spanning athletics, student trips, employee conduct and speech, technology use, service animals, student activity funds, and related housekeeping changes.

The committee said the list of policies to be posted included policy 123.3 (interscholastic athletics), 204.2 (nonschool-district-sponsored educational trips), 317 (conduct/disciplinary procedures), 320 (freedom of speech by employees), 618 and 618.1 (student activity funds/special activity funds), 718 (service animals), 815 (acceptable use of technology), repeal of policy 225, and policy 235 (with noted revisions). The motion authorized administration to post the items for public review during May and bring them back for board action in June.

Committee members moved and seconded the motion; the committee chair called for a voice vote and the motion was approved with —aye— responses. The motion text directed administration to post the specified policies for public review and to present them to the full board for action at the June meeting.

The committee did not record a roll-call vote in the discussion excerpt; the meeting transcript records only a second and a unanimous voice approval. Administration confirmed the posted policies will include legal references and that the public had access to draft language online for review.

The posted package spans both policy texts and accompanying administrative regulations and is intended to collect public comment before final board consideration in June. Additional public comment was solicited at the end of the session; none was recorded in the provided excerpt.