The Bullhead City School Board spent its Dec. 16 workshop reviewing a broad set of policy changes recommended by the Arizona School Boards Association and by a district subcommittee, then approved several ASBA policy advisories on second reading during the regular meeting.

Board President Melinda Sebrasky called the workshop to order at 5:30 p.m. and walked trustees through the subcommittee’s recommendations. The board debated several items in the ASBA Section B package and agreed to use the electronic version of the board self-evaluation (EB) so trustees can complete evaluations remotely, a change trustees said would help members who travel or miss a meeting.

Trustee Barb Zirzicki raised a substantive objection to language in one draft that would "exclude from school all books, publications, papers, or audiovisual materials of a sectarian and partisan or denominational character," saying the paragraph as drafted risked removing diverse materials from schools. Zirzicki recommended striking that subsection for consideration; the board recorded the concern and left the item for further action in upcoming readings.

During the regular meeting the board adopted multiple ASBA advisories by motion and roll-call vote, including an advisory on school-district legal status (AA), bidding and purchasing procedures (DJE), staff grievance procedures (GBK) and support-staff qualifications (GDFA). The adoptions were recorded as second-reading approvals without additional amendments.

Several other items discussed in the workshop were set for first reading at a future meeting, including consolidated groupings of policy updates the superintendent said could be handled as a package rather than item-by-item. The board also discussed adding explicit open-meeting training language for new trustees, clarifying agendas and exhibits, and ensuring required postings are placed at the boardroom entrance as noted in draft Policy BEDH.

The board approved the package motions by roll call and closed the meeting after routine calendar and scheduling business. The district’s policy documents and meeting materials are posted on BoardDocs, the district’s public agenda system, where the proposed edits will appear in clean-copy form for the second-reading packet.