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Board adopts multiple policies; graduation policy vote draws one dissent over TIDE privacy language
Summary
The board approved the school-year calendar (IC), career-exploration pathways (IKFG), and the graduation/academic requirements policy (IKF). Debate focused on whether the IKF policy should explicitly name the state's TIDE system for submitting civics results; several members warned naming a state vendor could create legal exposure and future maintenance burdens, and the IKF motion passed with one member opposed.
The Merrimack Valley School Board approved several policies Feb. 9 after committee review and debate. Board members voted to adopt the school-year calendar (policy IC), to sunset the redundant ICA policy, and to approve IKFG (career exploration, readiness pathways and credentials). The motions carried by voice votes.
The most contentious vote concerned IKF, the…
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