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Martinez Unified board adopts CSBA policy updates after debate over staff texts and student press rules
Summary
Trustees approved two CSBA-recommended policies — 5145.2 and 9322 — after public comment and questions about whether mandatory language in policy 5145.2 could unintentionally limit routine staff communications and student expression; the board pulled policy 9323 for further review and asked legal counsel to clarify options.
The Martinez Unified School District Board of Education on April 13 approved two California School Boards Association (CSBA) policy updates — board policy 5145.2 and board policy 9322 — after public comment and extended trustee discussion about the limits of mandatory statewide language.
Public commenter Jen Fennel told the board that the proposed 4000/5000 series and policy 5145.2 („Employee Communication/Staff Conduct”) appeared "overly broad and overly restrictive," offering examples in which routine personal texts (for example, coordinating a family meal or a chaperone meeting) could be swept up by the policy's requirements. She also urged the board to reconsider how student expression rules — she cited the…
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