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Rochester board adopts policy-review calendar, approves revision to contracting policy; first readings proceed
Summary
The Rochester City School District Board of Education on May 1 approved a four-year policy-review calendar, accepted revisions to the contracting-for-professional-services policy and conducted first readings of multiple policies while debate continued over student harassment, parent engagement and planned rescissions.
The Rochester City School District Board of Education on May 1 approved a four-year policy-review calendar and accepted revised language for the district's contracting-for-professional-services policy during a special meeting to finish outstanding business.
Clerk Gwynne told the board that the policy manual is reviewed over a four-year cycle and that, under a new work-session model, the board will review about five policies per month. "Policies, the entire policy manual is reviewed over the course of 4 years," Clerk Gwynne said, explaining the calendar the board was asked to approve.
The calendar matters because it structures how advisory groups, administration and the full board will sequence review and comment. "The advisory groups all get the policies directly from us with a request to review it and they have a 30 day timeline," Clerk Gwynne said when…
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