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Board updates handbooks, moves to restrict student personal devices and adds AI/academic-honesty language
Summary
Administrators reviewed handbook revisions that will require personal communication devices to be turned off and stored during school hours, added academic-honesty language addressing student AI use, and listed required trainings for extracurricular staff and adjunct teachers; several policies will return for formal approval.
Administration presented a package of policy and handbook updates intended to be put before the board for formal approval at a future meeting.
On personal-communication devices, administrators said students will be required to power down and store devices (cell phones, smart watches and wireless headphones) during school hours. "Everything has to be wired or we will provide the technology," one administrator said, summarizing the intention to limit wireless personal-communication devices in school. The board will update handbooks for different school levels to reflect the rule, with implementation guidance to be communicated to staff, students and families.
Principals described a new academic-honesty section addressing AI use after observing middle-school students exploiting AI tools; the handbook will restore explicit disciplinary language tied to academic honesty and outline how staff will handle AI-related infractions. District technology staff described summer limits on Chromebooks for students who keep devices at home (currently set to shut down 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. with possible adjustments under consideration to accommodate some summer-school needs).
Other policy updates include expanded required trainings for extracurricular supervisors (concussion, heat, sudden cardiac arrest, suicide prevention and protection from abuse every two years) and training requirements for adjunct teachers. The board reviewed changes to staff-evaluation reporting procedures that will require principals to present summary evaluation results to the board (aggregate counts rather than individual names) and a supplemental-pay list update that aligns pay bumps to credentials such as literacy endorsements and master's degrees.
Board members asked for clarifications about rollout and communications; administrators said the revised policies and handbooks will be posted for review and returned for final approval at a later meeting.
