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Board adopts multiple policy updates and approves transportation and staff‑sharing agreements
Summary
The board approved a set of policy adoptions and substantive updates (including student discipline, transportation, crisis management), authorized a foster care transportation agreement with Rice County and an instructional staff‑sharing agreement with ISD #829 Waseca.
The W‑E‑M School Board approved a suite of policy updates and two intergovernmental agreements at the Sept. 22 meeting.
Board members approved policies listed in the minutes, including 502 (Search of Students, Lockers, Desks, Personal Possessions, and Student’s Person), 506 (Student Discipline) and related forms, 722 (Public Data and Data Subject Requests) and 806 (Crisis Management), along with a range of substantive updates (for example, policy 414 Mandated Reporting of Child Neglect or Physical or Sexual Abuse and 418 Drug‑Free Workplace/Drug‑Free School). The minutes list a larger set of non‑substantive corrections and updates as well.
Administratively, the board approved a Foster Care Transportation Services Agreement between Rice County and WEM Public Schools and a 2025‑26 instructional staff‑sharing agreement with ISD #829 Waseca. Motions to adopt the policies and agreements are recorded in the minutes as passing with seven members voting in favor.
The minutes reference attachments for full policy language and corrections; the board record does not print the attached policy text in the minutes.
