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Board reviews rewritten suicide awareness and re-entry policy in first reading
Summary
The board received a first reading of a substantially revised suicide awareness, prevention and response policy that expands definitions, integrates threat-assessment and crisis-response teams, extends staff training expectations, references the Safe2Say program, and adds procedures for student re-entry; members asked for administrative regulations clarifying timelines and documentation.
The policy committee presented a comprehensive rewrite of Policy 8/19 (suicide awareness, prevention and response). The updated draft expands definitions, integrates threat assessment and crisis response teams, outlines staff training expectations across grade spans, references the Safe2Say program, tightens privacy language to reflect law, and expands the district's list of crisis resources.
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