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Pulaski board to revise student handbooks after debate over essential oils, dress code and cellphone rules
Summary
At a board workshop, Pulaski Community School District staff presented proposed handbook updates for elementary, middle and high schools; trustees raised objections to an "essential oils" prohibition, detailed dress-code wording and cellphone enforcement and asked staff to return revised language next week after consulting Neola.
District staff reviewed proposed updates to the elementary, middle and high school handbooks and the board asked staff to return revised language for final approval at next weeks meeting.
Staff highlighted several changes across buildings, including added guardian language and an "advanced learners" section in the elementary handbook; a "sincerely held religious beliefs" opt-out clause introduced in the middle-school handbook (a Neola recommendation); and new high-school provisions including senior…
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