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Hope-Page policy committee recommends multiple policy adoptions, schedules April amendments
Summary
At its March 13 meeting, the Hope-Page Public School District 85 policy committee recommended adopting several district policies, agreed to non-substantive NDSBA edits for others, set review dates for the technology plan and scheduled amendments for the April board meeting.
The Hope-Page Public School District 85 policy committee met March 13 at Hope-Page High School and recommended that the full board consider adopting multiple district policies and approve non-substantive edits from the North Dakota School Boards Association (NDSBA). The meeting opened at 8:00 AM and adjourned at 9:00 AM.
The committee said it will recommend updated legal guidance and non-substantive edits from NDSBA to a set of existing policies, with formal amendments to be presented to the board at its April meeting. Policies named for amendment included DKA (Reduction in Force), KACA (Patron Complaints), KACB (Complaints at Personnel and exhibit KACB-E1), KADA (Weapons Prohibition on School Property) and KAB (District Level Parent and Family Engagement Policy). The committee also noted that KAB requires annual review and will be presented at the regular March board meeting.
On items the committee identified for adoption, members recommended adding language from DDC (Unpaid Leave) to the employee handbook for the next fiscal year rather than immediately adopting it as board policy. DGAA (Teacher Grievance Procedure) and its form (DGAA-E) were noted as part of the district's negotiated agreement and deferred for later review. The committee recommended adoption of DFFA (Teacher Evaluation), DGGA (Professional Development), FGDB (Student Handbooks) and ICCB (Disposal of School Equipment and Supplies).
Committee members also set a timeline for other policy work: the district technology plan will be reviewed by the committee in June and submitted to the board for annual approval in July. Alli Roller said she is creating a master document to track policy review dates to ensure scheduled and annual reviews are logged.
Curriculum matters were raised by Heidi Kingston and Ian Grande, who discussed current academic offerings and identified areas where curriculum updates are needed. The committee did not take final board-level action on curriculum at the meeting; the discussion was limited to identifying needs and next steps.
No formal roll-call votes were recorded in the transcript. The actions taken were recommendations and scheduling decisions to be forwarded to the board or implemented in handbooks and future reviews. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 AM.
The committee members listed as present were Rita Kainz, John Ihry, Alli Roller, Heidi Kingston and Ian Grande. The next steps noted were amendments to be prepared for the April meeting, a technology-plan review in June, and board approval of the technology plan in July.
