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Brookline School Board approves policy memo, schedules further review of weapons policy
Summary
The board approved a policy committee memorandum covering safety, emergency response, animals on school grounds, and agenda preparation changes, but deferred a weapons policy pending legal review.
The board voted to approve the policy committee’s memorandum, which included recommendations on people safety and violence prevention, crisis prevention and emergency response plans, animals on school grounds, and revisions to agenda preparation procedures.
Board members said the policy committee and district counsel reviewed the people safety and EOP language and that only minor edits were proposed. The EOP language clarifies that members of the public are not permitted to view the full emergency operations plan, and the board discussed plans to meet with local safety officials this summer to develop a coordinated district plan.
The animals policy was updated to prohibit animals on school grounds during school hours or school‑sanctioned events unless the building principal grants permission, while noting after‑hours exceptions for animals in vehicles or pickup lines. The policy memorandum will return for a full board vote in August when more members are expected to attend; the weapons policy was specifically held for further legal review before adoption.
The motion to approve the policy memo carried. The board also scheduled continued policy committee work and committee updates over the summer.
