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Board adopts multiple policy updates including strengthened wellness and student‑staff boundaries
Summary
The Pecatonica board approved several policy updates on second reading — including a substantially revised wellness policy covering nutrition and activity standards, and new language on student supervision and staff professional boundaries — all passed unanimously at the meeting.
On second reading the board approved multiple policy changes intended to update student‑safety and wellness expectations and meet state and federal requirements. Speaker 7 summarized the wellness revision as including "nutrition standards, smart snack requirements, physical education activity expectations, restrictions on using physical activity as punishment, water bottle procedures, staff wellness, wellness committee responsibilities, triennial assessment requirements, public updates, and the USDA nondiscrimination statement." The board approved the wellness policy and a set of related policies (student supervision, Title I family engagement and communications rules) by voice votes reported as carrying 6 to 0.
Board members asked clarifying questions about implementation steps and public notice; staff committed to posting required notices on the district website and to incorporate policy language into handbooks and coach guidance. Several policies are connected to newly revised handbook language (electronic communications, grievance timelines, and professional boundaries) that the administration said will be distributed as part of registration and staff onboarding.
