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Board approves updated handbooks; middle school schedule expanded with added I‑Ready class
Summary
Trustees approved revised parent/student and athletics handbooks. The district will standardize handbook language, introduce weekly feedback on learning habits (replacing prior 'citizenship' scores), and implement a new seven‑period middle‑school day that adds an I‑Ready remediation class.
The board approved updated parent/student and athletics/activities handbooks on July 27 after principals answered questions about volunteer procedures, attendance/excused‑absence language and student expectations.
Administration said it intends to standardize handbook language across buildings to make policies easier to navigate and to reduce annual workload for principals. The board discussed volunteer language suggestions to make sign‑up and background‑check requirements clearer and more welcoming for new parents.
A separate discussion covered changes to how the district reports nonacademic skills: the board approved replacing a trimester 'citizenship' score with more frequent feedback on learning habits and student agency, including updates at weeks 4 and 8. Middle‑school leaders described a new seven‑period day that adds an hour to accommodate an I‑Ready remediation class for sixth graders in math and English and additional encore options for students; principals said the schedule change is designed to close skill gaps from 5th to 6th grade.
