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Beatrice Public Schools board reviews consolidated PK–12 handbooks, shifts lice policy, aligns conduct codes
Summary
The Beatrice Public Schools Board reviewed a consolidated PK–12 student handbook and related staff handbooks that standardize conduct codes, move to a live-lice policy, clarify electronic-device procedures, and align discipline reporting with state systems; handbooks will return for approval in July.
The Beatrice Public Schools Board of Education reviewed a newly consolidated PK–12 student handbook designed to align district practices and the strategic plan and to add school-level addenda for preschool, elementary, middle and high schools. Speaker 4 told the board, “You have, the handbooks in front of you. They are printed,” and described the handbook as a foundational system intended to make discipline and reporting consistent across the district.
District presenters said the handbook replaces an older “no nits” practice with a live-lice policy: parents will be asked to treat children’s hair and bring them back for rechecks; the district will…
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