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Board adopts updated alternative-education policy after extended debate on student behavior
Summary
The Berkeley County Schools Board voted Feb. 3 to adopt revisions to policy IGBH (Alternative Education) after an extended discussion of discipline, eligibility and supports for students who disrupt classrooms.
The Berkeley County Schools Board of Education voted Feb. 3, 2025, to adopt revisions to policy IGBH, Alternative Education, after a lengthy discussion about student behavior, eligibility and classroom supports.
The update to IGBH expands the district's definition of alternative placements to include homebound, virtual, partial in-person and other flexible settings and clarifies eligibility criteria to reference West Virginia Code 18A-5-1a for certain Level 4 offenses and to prescribe steps when students repeatedly violate the district discipline matrix. "Eligibility there now includes violations of West Virginia code 18 a dash 5 dash 1 a," the presenting administrator said as the package was introduced to…
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