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District proposes several policy updates including attendance timelines and student journalism review window

Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District Board of Education · November 13, 2025
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Summary

Board members reviewed multiple policy updates Nov. 10: an attendance policy that sets students' make-up time at one school day per day absent, student journalism procedures with a three-school-day administrative review window, revised language on administration of medical cannabis and updated lead-testing frequency (to every three years); the item

The Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District reviewed a package of policy changes at its Nov. 10 meeting that administrators said are intended to clarify timelines and reflect current law and practice.

Key changes presented included: a clarified attendance policy specifying that students receive one school day to make up work for each day absent; a student journalism…

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