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Littleton board reviews 2026–27 parent/student handbook changes on phones, food and dress code
Summary
District staff presented updates to the 2026–27 parent/student handbook adding e-bike/e-scooter guidance, aligning phone limits with HB 2484, restricting ultra-processed foods per HB 2164, clarifying health guidance and dress-code language; trustees asked for clearer wording on spaghetti straps, drug-dog notices and expanded distribution of parent resources.
District staff presented a revised parent/student handbook for 2026–27 and the governing board discussed requested clarifications and next steps.
Ms. Garrison summarized the annual review process and the committee work, noting routine updates and stakeholder vetting. She described several substantive edits made this year: adding e-bikes and e-scooters to modes of student transportation, inserting language to comply with House Bill 2484 to limit student cell-phone use and social media access during the school day, and adding provisions tied to House Bill 2164 that may restrict serving or selling ultra-processed foods during the school day.
The handbook also includes an updated dress-code aligned with recent board policy and revised student health guidance clarifying symptoms that should trigger sending a student home and a reminder that unclaimed medications will be disposed of at the end of the school year. The handbook will be available in the parent portal, on the district website and in paper upon request.
Board members raised several specific items they asked the administration to clarify or add before final distribution: whether tank tops or spaghetti-strap tops are permissible under the dress code, a clearer statement about the districtpolicy for drug-dog searches, broader distribution of the parent "problem solving" guide and the parent involvement materials, and a review of lanyard/ID implementation so K–5 campuses have the required clips or breakaway lanyards in stock.
"House Bill 2484 requires that all public schools limit the use of cell phones," Ms. Garrison said when describing the phone rules, and she noted the handbook now clarifies expectations that personal electronic devices be turned off and out of sight during the day. On the nutrition changes she said, "this means that starting when we return next year, we may not serve, sell, or allow ultra-processed foods during the school day." Trustees requested minor drafting edits to reduce future disputes between families and staff and asked administration to return final language and placement-ordering prior to publication.
No formal board action was required at the meeting; administration will update the handbook language per trustees' questions and confirm distribution plans.
