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Board reviews redline changes to staff-student conduct and notification policy ahead of August vote
Summary
Legal services presented a substantial redline for the staff-student conduct/notification policy (Act 57/Act 89 context), clarifying reporting paths, adding grooming and favoritism examples, and recommending annual staff training plus an annual student-facing review in age-appropriate formats.
Legal services walked the board through revisions to a staff-student conduct and parental-notification policy that the board will vote on at the August 24 meeting. The redline clarifies three separate reporting streams (including Act 57 parental notification and Act 89 for inappropriate staff-student relationships), explicitly defines who counts as "staff" (MMSD and MSCR employees, volunteers, contractors and board members for training purposes) and adds examples of grooming behaviors and preferential treatment.
The presenter noted a substantive new element: "the largest change is that there is now a requirement for the district to annually review the policy with students in an age appropriate and developmentally appropriate way." Board members raised implementation questions about mandated-reporter protections, bathroom and locker-room expectations, and whether phone usage exceptions for international trips should be allowed; legal and staff said they would follow up with more detail and suggested principals and site leaders would set many site-level practices. The board scheduled the final vote for the August 24 board meeting to meet statutory timing.
