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Board moves to require staff to disclose serious student-safety information to parents and appropriate authorities
Summary
The board voted to change Policy 207 so information received "in confidence" from a student about health, safety, or welfare "shall" (not "may") be revealed to a student's parent, guardian, principal or other appropriate authority; members also discussed mandatory-reporting obligations.
The Conewago Valley School District board on Jan. 29 voted to amend Policy 207 (Confidential Communications of Students), replacing the word "may" with "shall" for disclosures about a student when the student’s health, safety, or welfare is clearly in jeopardy.
Nut graf: Board members and administrators debated whether the revised wording needs an explicit cross-reference to mandatory‑reporting laws. Administrators said mandatory‑reporting procedures already require prompt involvement of law enforcement or children and youth services where abuse is suspected, and that…
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