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Rochester board pauses Code of Conduct vote after committee proposes broad revisions
Summary
Board members praised the Code of Conduct committee’s recommendations but raised concerns about data, implementation and wording. The board will assemble commissioner feedback for the committee and resume discussion at the April 7 work session; a public hearing is scheduled for March 17.
President Camille Simmons opened the March 10 Rochester Board of Education work session by thanking members of the Code of Conduct Committee and turning the floor to board clerk Charisma Travis to summarize the panel’s findings and the administration’s response.
Travis told the board the committee’s review found gaps in how the district collects and reports data: the school‑climate survey does not explain why respondents feel unsafe; suspension practices in some cases do not match the matrix of offenses; and dissemination of the code to students and families is inconsistent. The committee recommended clarifying prohibited language, revising disciplinary‑response parameters and the interventions chart, aligning the matrix codes with the…
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