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Board amends complaint language in handbook; trustees debate code of ethics and appointment criteria
Summary
The board voted to strike language referencing the superintendent from a complaint process in the board handbook, debated code-of-ethics provisions and considered (but rejected) an amendment about requiring applicants for board vacancies to have graduated from the district.
The Rochester Community School District Board of Education debated revisions to the board handbook and code of ethics, voted to remove language that applied the board’s public complaint process to the superintendent, and rejected an amendment that would have emphasized applicants’ family ties to the district.
Why it matters: changes to the handbook define how the public may bring complaints and how board members conduct themselves; trustees said the revisions aim to balance transparency, due process and legal limits on board authority.
Board members discussed whether a public-complaint route should apply to a superintendent. A trustee raised a…
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