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Fairfield board adopts drug-free, tobacco-free policies and advances two other personnel-related policies
Summary
On March 17 the Fairfield County School District Board approved final readings of GBEC (drug-free schools) and GBED (tobacco-free schools) and advanced GBGD (workers' compensation) and GCMD (instructional staff extra duty) on first reading; votes were taken by show of hands.
The Fairfield County School District Board of Trustees approved revisions to two long-standing district policies and advanced two additional policy updates during its March 17 meeting.
On second and final reading the board approved revisions to policy GBEC (drug-free schools) and policy GBED (tobacco-free schools). Motions to adopt the revisions were made by Miss Harrison Williams and seconded by Miss Green; each motion passed by a show-of-hands vote. The operations presenter stated there was no feedback from staff or the community since the first reading.
The board also heard first readings for policy GBGD (workers' compensation) and policy GCMD (instructional staff extra duty). The presenter said the recommended GBGD changes are primarily language cleanups from the policy’s 1997 text and that employees will continue to have access to workers’ compensation. For GCMD, the presenter said the revision clarifies expectations for extra-duty participation and reaffirms stipends for certain activities. Miss Harrison Williams moved and Mr. Davis seconded motions to advance each policy on first reading; both motions passed by show of hands.
The presenter reminded staff and community members that all policies are available on BoardDocs for review and invited written feedback. No numerical vote tallies were recorded in the meeting minutes; votes were recorded as approved by members raising their right hands.
