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Bay County School Board approves change to enrollment policy to ensure both parents may be on student contact lists
Summary
The board voted to adopt revisions to policy 7.102 clarifying that both parents may be listed on a student's contact/pickup list unless a court order says otherwise, after staff described past problems when the registering parent could exclude the other parent.
The Bay County School Board on April 8 approved revisions to policy 7.102, clarifying how schools handle parent access to student contact and pickup lists. The board voted to advertise and adopt the policy change after a public hearing and staff explanation.
School board attorney Heather (first name provided in the meeting) told the board the major change "is just in how you deal with enrolling parents and who can or is entitled to be on a contact list for students." She said the revision is intended to make sure "each parent is treated equally…
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