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Board reviews drug, alcohol policy; members debate parent notification, nicotine, and 'controlled substances' wording
Summary
During its annual review of policy IGAEB, the Monroe SD 1J board discussed removing a parent-notification clause when police are involved, adding nicotine to the tobacco language, and replacing 'drug, alcohol' with 'controlled substances'; staff will bring modified language back next month.
The Monroe SD 1J board opened an annual review of its drug, alcohol and steroid-prevention policy (IGAEB), focusing on whether the policy's wording should be broadened and whether certain parental-notification steps remain appropriate.
A board member suggested removing a line that requires discussing incidents with student parents "if available and police have contacted," asking whether that step should be eliminated. The board member said, "I was just thinking if we can just maybe eliminate that," and invited discussion. The chair and other members noted they believed parent contact provisions were standard; one member said they thought the handbook required parental contact.
Members also discussed explicitly including nicotine in the policy's tobacco language and whether to reframe the policy to reference "controlled substances" rather than repeating "drug, alcohol." A staff member recommended including nicotine and replacing several references to "drug, alcohol" with a consolidated "controlled substances" approach, saying it would better encompass substances below age-related thresholds.
The board agreed to return the policy to a future meeting with the proposed edits for formal consideration. No final policy vote occurred; staff were directed to revise the draft language and bring it back next month for further review.
The discussion arose during the district's routine policy review and was framed as a technical update to align language with enforcement practice and emerging products such as nicotine vapes.
