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Committee recommends renaming advisory group, debates committee composition and kindergarten admission rules
Summary
Trustees removed the word 'citizen' from advisory committee language to be more inclusive, revised appointment/discharge rules, and discussed updating the kindergarten/admissions policy (7001) to authorize kindergarten at age 5 and consider increasing the dropout/attendance age to 17 pending legal review and a formal resolution.
The policy committee reviewed multiple non-instructional policies on May 6, including proposed edits to the advisory-committee policy and an update to kindergarten/admissions language (Policy 7001).
Members agreed to remove the word "citizens" and use "advisory committee" to make the language more inclusive. The draft was edited to require that…
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