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Board approves multiple Thrun policy updates, including AI and transgender-student policies, effective July 1
Summary
The Chelsea School District Board approved two sets of Thrun policy updates on April 7 covering staff communication, generative AI use, employee appearance, and multiple student policies including transgender-student guidance and search-and-seizure rules. All policies were approved 5-0 to take effect July 1, 2025.
The Chelsea School District Board on April 7 approved two sets of Thrun policy updates that the superintendent recommended to take effect July 1, 2025. The first set (Action Item 77-24-25) covers staff-related items including Personal Communication Devices (4216), Employee Dress and Appearance (4218), Acceptable Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (4229), Gifts and Donations (4605), Discipline and Termination (4606) and Non-Renewal (4607). The motion "to approve the Thrun policies 4216, 4218, 4229, 4605, 4606, and 4607 to be effective July 1, 2025" was moved by Sara Tracy and seconded by Erin Hunt-Carter and passed unanimously by those present.
The board then approved a second package (Action Item 78-24-25) covering student-facing policies: Student Expression (5101), Lockers (5102), Search and Seizure (5103), Age of Majority (5104), Collaboration with Outside Entities (5105), Transgender Students (5106), Hazing (5203), Student Appearance and Dress Code (5204) and Student Handbooks (5205). That motion, moved by Glenn Fox and seconded by Erin Hunt-Carter, also passed 5-0 with two members absent. The minutes record no substantive debate; the votes record unanimous approval from members present.
Board President Kate Henson was congratulated in the superintendent's report earlier in the meeting for earning MASB Level 2 Award of Merit; the policy approvals were routine votes recorded in the minutes.
