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Board reviews proposed changes to student-assignment policy, considers employee and SRO privileges
Summary
First reading of proposed revisions to Policy 6.205 would expand out-of-zone privileges for some full-time employees and consider extending similar benefits to school resource officers; board discussed revocation criteria and administrative complexity around part-time staff.
The board reviewed proposed revisions to Policy 6.205 on student assignment and out-of-zone placement during a first reading.
Staff described two core changes: allowing full-time district employees to have their children treated as in-zone anywhere in the county and considering a comparable exception for school resource officers; and giving principals, in consultation with the director, authority to revoke out-of-zone placement for behavioral, attendance or academic reasons in extreme cases.
Board members raised operational questions about the effect on crowded schools, request timelines for parents (the draft referenced May 15 for parent submissions), and the administrative burden of treating various part-time positions as qualifying for the benefit. Staff said full-time status is determined by hours (over 30 hours per week) and noted past attempts to exploit part-time employment for placement advantages, so the district is cautious about expanding eligibility to part‑time employees.
The board discussed lottery processes at specific schools, limits on out-of-zone transfers to avoid adding teachers or creating class-size impacts, and agreed to return to the issue with additional study-session materials and clearer procedures for parent notification and the approval committee.
No votes were taken; the item was advanced as a first-reading discussion and staff were asked to prepare further details.
