Board packet includes first readings of model policies and 2025–26 handbooks; adult meal price listed at MDE minimum

The Rushford‑Peterson School Board’s Aug. 18 meeting packet contains full model policy text and handbooks for trustee review ahead of final action.

Policy language in the packet included model text for multiple policies: 407 (Employee Right to Know — exposure to hazardous substances), 408 (Subpoena of a School District Employee), 409 (Employee Publications, Instructional Materials, Interventions and Creations) and 534 (School Meals Policy). The agenda listed these as first readings for trustee review; the packet supplies model text and notes where districts should select local options.

District handbooks for elementary and middle/high school (2025–26) are included in the packet and contain standard topics: attendance requirements and absence protocols, discipline and progressive discipline processes, student conduct and dress expectations, transportation and bus rules, medication and health procedures, technology acceptable‑use rules, meal account policy and emergency drill procedures. The elementary section lists staff assignments for classroom and support roles; the MS/HS portion lists concurrent enrollment and AP/college credit offerings.

On the agenda the board listed an item to set the adult breakfast and lunch price for 2025–26 “to the MDE required minimum.” The packet includes the school meals policy model text that discusses free school meals provisions and unpaid meal‑charge procedures; the policy language notes options districts must select and provides guidance about notification and collection practices.

What was on the record: the packet shows materials and the agenda lists these items as first reading or review. The July 21 minutes record a separate approval of model policy updates earlier in the summer; the Aug. 18 materials place the policies and handbooks up for final review and action in upcoming meetings.