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Board approves multiple policy updates; first reading held for district electronic-device policy
Summary
The Wayzata board approved a package of policy revisions at its March 10 meeting and held a first reading of a new personal electronic communication devices policy based on MSBA model language and a recent statutory requirement. Board members asked for additional principal input on building-level variations before the second reading.
The Wayzata Public School District Board of Education approved a set of revised policies and heard a first reading of a new student electronic-device policy at its March 10 meeting.
Superintendent Chase Anderson told the board a policy committee had reviewed a group of 12 previously updated policies covering items including volunteers, emergency closings, communications and facility use; the board approved those policies by voice vote with no recorded dissent.
“This group has been reviewed with the appropriate personnel,” Anderson said, noting the updates reflected statutory changes and administrative practice.
The board also received a first reading of a new policy titled “Personal Electronic Communication Devices,” which Anderson said reflects language developed by the Minnesota School Boards Association (MSBA) and responds to a statutory requirement for districts to adopt a cell‑phone policy. “This particular policy is titled personal electronic communication devices,” Anderson told the board, adding the policy will serve as an umbrella for building‑level protocols and that principals currently maintain handbooks and building rules.
Board members asked how the district will reconcile differences among buildings. Director Valentina Ayers, who chairs the policy committee, said principals’ input would be sought; Superintendent Anderson said principals could provide rationale at a policy meeting or work session. Director Dan Genestra said he appreciated the distinction in the draft between elementary, middle and high school approaches.
There was no board action on the electronic‑device policy at this meeting; Anderson said the policy is expected back for a second reading in April after committee review. The prior group of updated policies was enacted at this meeting as part of the consent and policy approval process.
No changes to building handbooks were enacted during the meeting; board members said they expect principals and the policy committee to work toward consistency where appropriate and return with more detail for final adoption.
