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Policy subcommittee backs MASC model and five‑year review to unclutter Fall River policies
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Summary
The Fall River Public Schools policy subcommittee discussed using MASC model services, reorganizing the district policy manual for easier parent access, and adopting a five‑year review spreadsheet to cycle updates; the committee asked IT and administration to prepare updates for the May meeting.
The Fall River Public Schools policy subcommittee on April 8 discussed reorganizing its policy manual to make core rules easier for families to find and suggested using Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) services to host an updated, sectioned manual.
Deputy superintendent (S1) opened agenda item 3‑1 and said the administration had received an updated policy packet. Committee member S2 proposed compiling all district policies into a dated spreadsheet and breaking review into a five‑year cycle so the oldest policies are reviewed first. S2 said the approach would “chunk” the workload and reduce repeated, ad hoc edits.
Committee members and staff described the current online policy as a hundreds‑page PDF that requires extensive scrolling. S5 and S8 said BoardDocs will be migrated to Diligent to improve formatting; S2 and others pointed to MASC examples where policies are presented as discrete, clickable sections to help parents quickly find rules relevant to Fall River.
For context, members noted many local policies repeat statutory language and recommended removing legal boilerplate where it merely restates Massachusetts General Laws. The subcommittee asked the administration and IT to produce an update on the spreadsheet and website reorganization for the May meeting so the group can prioritize which policies to review first.
The subcommittee did not adopt a final policy at the meeting; instead it directed staff to return with a formatted spreadsheet and proposed web changes that align district policies with the MASC model and improve public access.
