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Norwood committee advances policy package and sends several new policies for public input; friends seek clarity on grounds access and capital definitions
Summary
The committee voted unanimously to send multiple revised and new policies for public input and approved two graduation/competency policies. Members debated an access-to-school-grounds policy and asked the finance commission to clarify a $50,000 capital threshold in a newly created capital stabilization policy.
At its Dec. 3 meeting the Norwood School Committee advanced a broad package of policy changes — voting to send several revised and new policies for public input and approving two graduation-related policies after a lengthy subcommittee review.
Policy subcommittee members and district staff walked the committee through multiple policy sections. The policy set included non-substantive consent items and several substantive changes: safety and emergency plans, access to buildings and grounds (ECAB), revisions to student transportation and student-conduct-on-buses rules (EEAC R), meal-modification and universal school-meal language (EFBA, EFC), a new civil-rights complaint policy tied to child-nutrition programs (EFE), district data-security and records-retention policies (EHAA, EHB), and…
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