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Policy committee reviews 5000‑series student policies; administrators report vaping covered in handbooks
Summary
The district's policy committee reviewed proposed revisions to the 5000 series (attendance, early graduation, drugs/alcohol, suicide awareness, discipline, searches, surveillance, weapons, bullying, harassment, and hazing). Committee members raised clarifying questions (for example about vaping language) and administration said handbooks and administrative procedures already address the practice.
Oxford Area School District’s policy committee conducted an informal review of proposed revisions to the 5000 series on April 14, 2026, and the group discussed clarifications and follow‑up items but raised no material objections to the proposed language.
Scope of the review: committee members walked through policies that govern student attendance and excused absences (5150), early graduation (5330), student possession and distribution of drugs and alcohol (5430), suicide awareness and prevention (5440), discipline for assault on employees (5450), a prohibition on corporal punishment…
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