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Ross Local board reviews new AI, athletics and cell-phone policies; approves personnel, D.C. trip and calendars
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Rice presented several draft policies that the Ross Local board will vote on at a future meeting, while the board approved personnel actions, an 8th‑grade trip to Washington, D.C., and three years of school calendars by roll call.
Superintendent Dr. Rice reviewed a package of policy revisions and new policies that the Ross Local School District board discussed at its regular meeting and said the board will vote on the items next month.
Dr. Rice told the board the packet included revisions to IGDJ (interscholastic athletics) and IGD (co‑curricular/extracurricular activities) to reflect House Bill 147, which “expanded the ability for students to participate in interscholastic athletic activities at a district other than the one in which they are enrolled or which they are a resident.” He said districts may permit home‑educated students and students enrolled in other districts to participate, provided the student meets age and grade requirements and the same participation qualifications as other students.
The superintendent also presented two new policies: EHC (cybersecurity) and EDEC (artificial intelligence). “The goal of these policies is not to comprehensively cover both topics as they’re ever evolving,” Dr. Rice said, adding the policies establish basic expectations from which district and building…
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