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Board adopts student-handbook changes on attendance and search-and-seizure, spells out wearable tech
Summary
Trustees approved revisions to the student handbook clarifying wearable technology (including watches and AI glasses), allowing non-invasive wand checks when a bathroom vape detector is triggered, and adopted stricter attendance consequences in the handbook; motions carried by roll-call votes.
Administration described two small but operationally important handbook changes: defining wearable technology (to include devices such as smartwatches and emerging AI eyewear) and adding language to permit use of a wand (metal detector) in limited circumstances when, for example, a bathroom vape detector activates. "We would like to be able to, in those situations, use a wand to just identify whether there is some unknown hidden piece of metal somewhere," the superintendent said, describing the non-invasive intent.
The board also approved student-handbook revisions designed to strengthen attendance enforcement and memorialize consequences for unexcused absences and chronic nonattendance. Trustees discussed the need for clear communication with parents and consistent staff implementation; administration said deans will focus on attendance follow-up and that the district plans to track tardies separately from other behavior metrics this year. Each handbook change was approved in a roll-call vote during the meeting.
