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Forest Grove SD board approves instructional-time waivers, alternative high school exemption, DECA trip and superintendent evaluation timeline
Summary
With a quorum present after Director Pete Truax arrived, the Forest Grove School District board on Oct. 14 approved Division 22 instructional-minute waivers for 2025-26, exempted Tualatin Plains High School from standard seat-time rules under ORS 336.615, authorized an out-of-state DECA trip and approved the superintendent's 2025-26 evaluation timeline.
With a quorum present after Director Pete Truax arrived, the Forest Grove School District board on Oct. 14 approved a cluster of routine motions, including Division 22 instructional-minute waivers for 2025-26, an exemption for Tualatin Plains High School under ORS 336.615, out-of-state travel for the high school DECA program, and the superintendent evaluation timeline for 2025-26.
Why it matters: Oregon districts use Division 22 rules to calculate required instructional minutes. The board's waivers allow the district to include up to 30 hours of kindergarten recess, 60 hours of recess for grades 1'3, 30 hours of staff professional development and 30 hours…
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