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Fremont City Schools approve written midterm notices for at-risk students, shift on attendance policy and adopt cyber response plan
Summary
The board approved first readings and actions to implement changes to progress reporting (written midterm notices when students are at risk), noted shifts under House Bill 96 toward intervention in attendance policy, and approved a cyber incident response plan required by state timelines.
The Fremont City School Board approved a set of policy updates and the district's cyber incident response plan at its regular meeting.
Superintendent Hertz told the board that policy IKAB will change how the district handles progress reporting: "The change will be that we will send that written communication home if the child is in danger of failing at the midterm piece," Hertz said, describing a move to make midterm alerts automatic when a student meets that risk threshold. The change will be incorporated into the student handbook and communicated to families at the start of the school year.
On student attendance, Hertz and board members discussed changes tied to House Bill 96: the law shifts the focus from punitive enforcement to intervention and family involvement. Hertz said the district will be required to track instructional hours and notify families when thresholds are met; board members asked whether the state’s reporting and accountability framework still leaves districts exposed on test-based metrics.
Separately, the board approved the district’s cyber incident response plan, a requirement the superintendent said must be in place by July under recent state policy updates. The motion to adopt the response plan passed on roll call.
Board members requested early parent communication and handbook sign-off at the start of the school year to help families adapt to the new progress-reporting process. The meeting record shows the board approved items 3–9 (policy readings and the cyber response plan) by roll call votes.
