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Committee reviews student-search and controlled-substances policy revisions; staff to tidy language

Wallingford-Swarthmore School District Policy Committee · November 4, 2025
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Summary

The committee reviewed first readings of Policy 02/26 (student searches), Policy 02/27 (controlled substances) and Policy 03/51 (staff controlled-substances), and asked staff to clarify legal thresholds, off-campus jurisdiction and AR language before a second reading.

The committee conducted first readings of interconnected discipline-related policies — Policy 02/26 (student searches), Policy 02/27 (controlled substances) and Policy 03/51 (staff controlled-substances) — and directed staff to clarify legal thresholds, cross-policy consistency and administrative regulations before the next meeting.

Staff explained that the search procedures in the proposed 02/26 AR align with state law standards: individualized searches require reasonable suspicion, while building- or schoolwide searches proceed under a different standard. Committee members asked whether parents must…

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