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School committee amends AHS handbook to add consequence language for students who refuse searches
Summary
The committee voted to amend the Ashland High School student handbook to add specific language allowing consequences when a student refuses a suspected-search; related materials on alternatives to in-school suspension and an AI guidance document were discussed but deferred for later review.
The School Committee voted July 11 to amend language in the Ashland High School student handbook to specify that if staff have a reasonable suspicion of an infraction and a student refuses a requested search, the student may receive consequences consistent with the suspected infraction.
"That is something that we don't use very often, but we wanted to make sure that if we are in the situation of having to search a student for a…
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