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Board reviews and advances multiple student-handbook revisions, tightens AI penalties for dual-credit cheating
Summary
Principals presented handbook revisions across buildings, including renaming e-learning to 'synchronous learning,' attendance/makeup-work alignment, updated cafeteria and recess rules, and stiffer cheating penalties for dual-credit classes involving AI; no formal omnibus vote on handbooks was recorded in the provided transcript.
Building principals presented proposed revisions to student handbooks for Rose Hamilton, Centerburg Elementary, Centerburg Junior High and the high school, and trustees discussed specific edits and clarifications.
At Rose Hamilton staff said the district will rename the e-learning procedure to 'synchronous learning' and remove an outdated health and human growth section. Centerburg Elementary proposed aligning makeup-work windows to days absent, clarified cheating language (including AR comprehension quizzes) and added a gym-shoe requirement for recess basketball to reduce injuries. Centerburg Junior High's packet introduces defined academic and social probation levels, updated cafeteria rules, added toys/fidgets to misconduct definitions, expanded referral behaviors (including unauthorized locker entry) and moved academic policy content to a separate academic handbook to be considered by the board in two weeks.
High school staff raised concerns about student misuse of artificial intelligence tools and proposed steeper consequences for cheating in dual-credit courses: staff described a first offense consequence of a zero and a long detention and said a second offense could include denial of dual credit. Staff emphasized that AI use will not be banned outright but must be disclosed when appropriate and that acceptable versus unacceptable AI use will be spelled out in guidance.
Trustees asked clarifying questions about wording and mechanics (for example, whether a sentence about short-notice requests for makeup work was misplaced) and asked staff to refine language for consistency across buildings. The transcript does not record a consolidated board vote on the entire handbook package during the provided segments; principals presented the changes and trustees discussed specific items.
