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Board reviews major revisions to curricular/co‑curricular/extracurricular policy (JJA); several procedural changes recommended
Summary
District staff presented comprehensive revisions to Policy JJA and its procedures to align practice with consolidated school schedules, extracurricular travel and oversight. Changes include removing hard limits on days missed for activities, clarifying who sets schedules, and updating responsibilities for booster donations and activity audits.
The Garrett County Public Schools Board of Education received a detailed review of proposed revisions to Policy JJA (curricular, co‑curricular and extracurricular activities) and accompanying procedures intended to align written rules with current practice across the district.
District staff framed the proposal as primarily updating wording and removing provisions that no longer match operations. The presenter recommended striking language that limited how many student days groups could miss for activities and that restricted participation for elementary and middle school groups to "culminating only" events. Staff said the changes reflect new activities (for example Unified Bocce and…
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