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High school outlines No Place for Hate rollout; board discusses student travel procedures and district mailer
Summary
Octorara High School staff described plans to pursue No Place for Hate designation next year and to run a student leadership summit; the board discussed proposed procedures for sponsoring national and international student-competition travel and reviewed a communications mailer proposal estimated at roughly $1.50 per parcel.
Octorara High School staff told the board on July 21 that they will pursue the No Place for Hate designation next school year and plan to bring students and staff through program steps and training.
Dr. Proper, representing the high school, said his assistant principal, Mr. Fryer, “will be attending a virtual information session with No Place for Hate on August 4” to learn updated policies and steps for program completion. Dr. Proper said the school intends to “turnkey this information to our staff during one of the opening days of the year” and that he will hold a student leadership summit on Aug. 18 with representatives from grades 9–12 to plan implementation; he emphasized the initiative is student-led with adult guidance.
The board also revisited proposed procedures for sponsoring national and international academic competition trips. Board discussion noted that private fundraising could be easier if a nonprofit such as the district’s Education Foundation handled donations and distribution; a board member suggested that shifting fundraising to a foundation could reduce the need for the board itself to adjudicate who is eligible for assistance. The board discussed a proposed cap of $1,500 per student as an initial guideline but acknowledged some international trips can be substantially more costly and that late invitations to competitions complicate fundraising.
Under communications, Dr. Cooper reviewed a proposed direct-mail piece developed with the CCIU to promote district programs and drive traffic to the district website. Dr. Cooper said the more substantial tri-fold mailer under consideration would cost about $1.50 per parcel for printing and folding, which he estimated would be a little over $10,000 for the district’s mailing list; postage would be additional. The mailer would include a QR code linking to videos and district webpages, and the district would use the mailing to gather broader community email addresses beyond parents’ contact information.
Ending — Board members generally supported moving these items forward and scheduled further discussion and approvals at August committee and board meetings.
