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Board splits policy package, rejects changes to multicultural policy and deadlocks on video‑conferencing rule
Summary
The board split a policy package into 2 items, rejected proposed language changes to policy 43‑50, approved policy 4,400, and after lengthy debate failed to adopt revised video‑conferencing language (2325) — sending it to third reading with prior limits retained for further revision.
At its Nov. 20 meeting the Rochester Board of Education split a package of policy changes and took multiple votes after extended discussion about language and governance.
Commissioners raised concerns about a recommended change to policy 43‑50 (related to multicultural/multilingual language). Commissioner Santiago said she did not see a reason to remove the existing language and asked for the history of the change; General Counsel advised the changes appeared largely semantic but had no immediate…
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