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School committee adopts updated curriculum, remote-learning and reporting policies
Summary
After the policy subcommittee review, the school committee voted to adopt revised curriculum development language, a new remote-learning policy and a student progress-reporting policy, and accepted a package of other policy language updates.
The Bridgewater School Committee approved several policy updates and new-adoption items Tuesday after recommendation from the policy subcommittee.
The committee voted to adopt a merged curriculum-development policy (IGA/IGD) that clarifies the superintendent’s authority to approve new programs and that school-committee adoption is required for "extensive alteration in instructional content or approach." The committee also adopted a new remote-learning policy (IHBHE) to provide a standing policy framework for remote instruction in the event of a significant interruption to on-site schooling.
The school committee voted to adopt IKAB, a policy formalizing the district’s schedule for periodic student progress reports to parents and guardians; the policy reflects existing local practice (three reporting terms at the elementary schools and four terms at the junior–senior high school) and places that schedule in the policy manual.
Committee members worked through a larger packet of curriculum- and instruction-related policies; several were updated for cross-references or minor language changes. The policy subcommittee reported it reviewed Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) updates and recommended which language to adopt or retain in the district manual. The committee agreed to table a separate, recently revised policy (IMG/IMGA) for attorney review before final adoption because state regulations and legal guidance had changed.
All policy adoptions at the meeting were made in first reading after the committee waived a second-reading requirement for the items presented. The committee chair and subcommittee members said the packet reflected a substantial amount of subcommittee work and legal consultation in some cases.
