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CUSD 201 presents student handbook updates: digital transition, delivery limits, recording ban and medical-language change
Summary
Assistant principal Adam Kordlewski presented proposed 2026'27 student handbook revisions based on the Illinois Principals Association model: digital format, added subgroup language, school bus safety rules, a prohibition on student deliveries to high school, replacement of specific medical-role terms with "licensed medical practitioner," and limits on unauthorized recordings.
Assistant Principal Adam Kordlewski presented proposed revisions to CUSD 201's student handbook for the 2026'27 school year at the March 18 board meeting.
Kordlewski, who chairs the handbook committee, said the district adopted a digital format based on the Illinois Principals Association model handbook to save money and streamline mandated language. "My name is Adam Kordlewski. I'm the assistant principal at Westmont High School, and I am the chairman of the handbook committee," he said at the start of his presentation.
Key proposed changes highlighted for the board included new subgroup-identification language throughout the handbook, a new school-bus safety rules section, and a prohibition on student-initiated deliveries to the high school (to limit unvetted visitors and safety concerns). Kordlewski explained the district will maintain a drop-off point in the vestibule for parents who need to deliver items.
The committee also proposed replacing references to multiple specific health roles ("nurses, school nurses, doctors, nurse practitioners") with the broader term "licensed medical practitioner" to encompass all appropriate providers. The handbook would also ban unauthorized recording devices to better protect privacy in classrooms, specifically noting concerns about small recording glasses and pens; only authorized recording devices (for example district-assigned Chromebooks) would be allowed.
Kordlewski said the model handbook makes it easier to implement state-mandated language and speed future updates. Board members asked about time savings from the new digital process; Kordlewski said the committee worked efficiently and could apply updates more quickly in digital form.
The board thanked the committee for the work; the presentation concluded with no formal vote recorded on the handbook at the March 18 meeting, and Kordlewski said the additions would be applied once approved.
