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Board sends revised e‑learning policy back to committee after lengthy debate over flexibility and staff input
Summary
Directors debated whether to restore or redefine e‑learning days and whether to keep 'inclement weather' language in Policy 602; after concerns about education quality, bargaining‑unit input and operational impacts, the board voted to return the draft policy to the policy committee for further language and stakeholder feedback.
Board members spent an extended portion of the meeting discussing proposed revisions to Policy 602 (organization of the school calendar and school day) that would clarify e‑learning days and remove explicit "inclement weather" language to create broader flexibility. Administration presented the draft language and said the intent was to provide space for planned alternative-learning days that could be used in place of making up snow days at the end of the year.
Director comments reflected a sharp split. Some directors said a planned…
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