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Stoughton School Committee debates handbook updates: tardy policy, middle‑school 'structured day' and AI guidance
Summary
The Stoughton School Committee on May 20 discussed proposed student handbook updates — including a middle‑school ‘structured day’ as an alternative to suspension, a tardy threshold of seven or more tardies in 30 days, and language addressing artificial intelligence within cheating and plagiarism rules — and members requested clearer wording and more transparency before formal adoption.
The Stoughton School Committee took up proposed student handbook updates May 20, focusing on middle‑school disciplinary procedures, tardiness consequences and a new reference to artificial intelligence in cheating and plagiarism language.
Principal Crowley outlined changes piloted at the middle school this year, including an early‑Thursday program used for professional development that the school repurposed to allow administrators to meet with students assigned to a short “structured day” in lieu of in‑school suspension. Crowley said the school defined “repeatedly late to school” for the pilot as seven or more tardies within a 30‑day window; students make up lost time and deans supervise the program. She told the committee the pilot typically handled one or two students at a time because of staffing constraints.
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