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District updates handbooks: 90% attendance standard, MTSS alignment, cell‑phone and discipline clarifications
Summary
Administrators proposed handbook updates across primary, middle and high school handbooks that center on a 90% attendance expectation, MTSS intervention procedures, updated cell‑phone rules, and additions describing the role of social workers and school‑based liaisons; board reviewed and accepted the changes for release to families.
Administrators presented revisions to student handbooks for primary, elementary, middle and high school that emphasize attendance, intervention structures and clarified conduct policies.
A central change across handbooks is a move from a days‑missed threshold to a 90% attendance standard (state‑mandated metric). Administrators explained the shift intends to focus on sustained attendance and to tie interventions to percent‑based thresholds; principals and social workers will monitor attendance and pursue supports prior to issuing parenting tickets or other statutory actions. At the primary and elementary levels staff emphasized family outreach, social‑worker involvement and supports before enforcement.
For secondary schools, administrators described a shift away from small percentage grade penalties toward consequences that can include loss of credit if attendance falls below required thresholds, coupled with expanded MTSS (multi‑tiered system of supports) processes. The high school handbook also formalizes a 30‑minute MTSS period for interventions and moves to semester‑long running grades (rather than quarter grades) for the first and second semester reporting.
Other updates include a clarified cell‑phone protocol at the high school (students asked to secure phones during class hours), additions describing school social workers and school‑based liaisons, and updated policies on extracurricular eligibility and allowable benefits/NIL considerations for student athletes. Administrators said the handbooks will be distributed to parents and that principals will present details at back‑to‑school events.
