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RCS board approves MOUs, work-based learning agreements and multiple policy updates
Summary
The Richmond Community Schools board voted May 14 to approve memorandums of understanding with IU East and other partners, multiple work-based learning agreements, and several policy updates and rescissions; public commenters praised career programs and raised transportation concerns for new student opportunities.
The Richmond Community Schools board approved a package of memorandums of understanding, county work-based learning agreements and several policy updates at its May 14 meeting, voting unanimously or by recorded tallies on each item presented.
Board action highlights included approval of an IU East "College Now" memorandum of understanding and the "Tomorrow’s Teachers Today" agreement intended to expand local teacher pipelines. The board also approved Wayne County superintendents’ work-based learning agreements, which the board described as partnerships to increase student access to career-site experiences.
Public comment during the meeting underscored local support for career programs and flagged a transportation issue tied to the new agreements. Erica Pearson noted that the College Now and Tomorrow’s Teachers MOUs state that "the responsibility for transportation to those opportunities is…
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