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Board reviews proposed student-handbook revisions including recording ban and delivery limits
Summary
CUSD 201 administration presented proposed 2026-27 student handbook revisions (based on the Illinois Principals Association model), including a move to digital handbooks, added school-bus safety language, limitations on student deliveries to high school, a ban on unauthorized recordings and a consolidated term 'licensed medical practitioner.'
The CUSD 201 Board of Education heard proposed revisions to the 2026-27 student handbook on March 18, with administrators saying the district adopted the Illinois Principals Association model to streamline updates and maintain compliance with Illinois school code.
Adam Cordooski, assistant principal at Westmont High School and chair of the handbook committee, told the board the district moved away from printed handbooks to a digital format to save money and simplify updates. "We decided to move away from the paper handbook... save the district some money and go to a digital format," Cordooski said.
Committee members reviewed specific changes: added school-bus safety rules for inclusion across building handbooks; a new restriction at the high school that prevents student-directed deliveries (with a parent drop-off process at the vestibule available for needed items); replacement of multiple health-staff references with the inclusive term "licensed medical practitioner;" a new prohibition on unauthorized recordings and devices (allowing only authorized devices such as district Chromebooks); and changes to the athletic code that remove certain suspension-reduction supports that the district can no longer provide.
Board members asked about time savings and annual costs associated with the model handbook. Cordooski and other committee members said the centralized digital approach reduced duplication of work across five buildings and sped up the revision process. The committee thanked several staff members from individual schools who participated in drafting the revisions.
What happens next: the handbook revisions will be placed on the agenda for approval in a future meeting; the board requested the revisions be posted publicly once approved so parents and the community can access them online.
