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Board reviews handbook and policy updates, flags state cell-phone requirement for 2025
Summary
Administrators presented annual handbook and policy updates driven by statutory changes and MSBA guidance, highlighting a required Minnesota cell-phone policy to be adopted by 2025 and clarifying Chromebook misuse, recording, attendance and preschool procedures.
Administrators presented a bundle of handbook and policy updates required by statutory changes and MSBA guidance. The Superintendent highlighted policy 524 (acceptable use/cell phone policy) and said Minnesota requires school districts to adopt a cell-phone policy by 2025; the board will receive redlined handbook language and consider the changes at a future meeting.
Secondary-school changes include clarifying Chromebook misuse rules (cost responsibility for lost chargers and harsher consequences for intentional misuse or recording in private areas), limiting phones and earbuds during instructional time for grades 6–12 (with allowances at passing time and lunch), and revising credit-recovery procedures to emphasize in-person remediation for retaken mathematics courses where appropriate.
Preschool and elementary updates realign health and immunization screening protocols with K–12 procedures, reflect that midday transportation has not been provided for two years, and request updated emergency-contact forms. Food-service language was updated to reflect current lunch pricing and a la carte account procedures; the activities handbook contained only date and coach-name updates.
Board members asked clarifying questions but did not delay the first reading; administrators said they will return redlined policies next month.
