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Board adopts 2026–27 handbooks; trustees debate dress code and lettering requirements
Summary
Trustees adopted multiple 2026–27 handbooks (elementary, secondary, staff, coaches) that include updates to dress-code language (restricting spandex-style/volleyball-length shorts) and revised lettering requirements for athletics. Members discussed communication and consistency concerns about different coaches’ lettering standards.
The board voted to adopt several 2026–27 handbooks, including elementary and secondary student handbooks, classified staff, and a coaches/sponsors handbook that contains updated lettering requirements and other technical edits.
Administrators said the handbook updates are mostly routine and include clarifications: a prohibition on spandex-style/volleyball-length shorts in the dress code, modest lab-fee adjustments for foods and sports medicine classes, and updated lettering criteria across sports to reflect new coaches and program needs. The changes will take effect for the upcoming seasons; administrators said summer weight sessions count toward the coming year’s lettering requirements.
Several trustees raised concerns about consistency across sports and communication to students and families. One board member said differences in coaches’ requirements can create perceived unfairness and urged clear, early communication: "When we have changes that those are articulated from the coaches down to the athletes and the parents and not just well it's in a policy handbook." Administrators said fall/winter coaches hold informational meetings and that the athletic director and coaches will distribute specific requirements to athletes and families.
The board adopted the handbook changes by motion and roll-call vote; trustees also discussed and approved other policy updates on second reading that reflect mandatory legislative language (e.g., library materials parent-access language).
