The Board of Education of the Enlarged City School District of Middletown directed members of its policy committee on July 1 to meet quickly with district staff to update three district policies: extreme heat conditions (Policy 813), student personnel — electronic devices (Policy 5695), and use of district credit card (Policy 531).

Board members said the business manager, district clerk and committee members will schedule meetings to review and finalize edits before the end of the month. Policy Committee Chair Mister Rhett identified immediate priorities and asked Clerk Crystal Monterrey and Business Manager Mike Tuttle to coordinate dates for working sessions.

During the board’s community and professional-development updates, a trustee summarized a recent U.S. Supreme Court per curiam decision that left in place a lower-court invalidation of a proposed Oklahoma religious charter school (the Isidore of Seville Academy). The trustee described the 4–4 split decision as non-precedential, and said it could mean similar charter-related litigation may return to the high court. He framed the topic as background the board should watch because funding and charter approvals can affect district enrollment and local tax revenues.

The board did not take formal action on charter-school policy or funding at the meeting; the comments were provided as an informational update and as context for local planning. Board members said they will monitor legal developments and keep the district’s policy review moving so that local rules are current.

The policy committee membership was discussed publicly: Dr. Patricia de Jesus, Mister Moore and Mister Rhett remain on the committee; Doctor De Jesus was added as a committee member for immediate policy work, and Pastor Williams requested assignment to the diversity committee and as a city liaison. The board president asked trustees to submit any preferred committee assignments within a week so the board can finalize committee and building liaisons.

The district clerk will circulate meeting norms and prior-year goals to inform the upcoming committee work and help prepare policy drafts for the board to consider at a future meeting.