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Board tables proposed non‑fraternization policy after concerns about scope and emergency communications
Summary
Trustees debated a draft non‑fraternization policy that would limit staff–student communications and require district‑managed channels. Members raised concerns about overbreadth, crisis response gaps and impacts on coaches/tutors; the board voted to table the policy and asked for legal review and clearer guardrails.
The Fayetteville‑Manlius Board of Education tabled a proposed non‑fraternization policy after an extended debate over how the draft would regulate staff–student communications.
The draft policy (second reading) included provisions that would require district‑managed communication tools when staff contact students and broadly prohibit personal devices for interacting with students on social media or by text. Several board members and administrators said they supported stronger guardrails but worried the language as written could unintentionally…
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