Policy Committee forwards new Student Use of Gym/Weight Room policy to full Board

On Jan. 29, 2025, the Darlington Community School District Policy Committee voted to forward a proposed new policy, #700.23 — "Student Use of Gym/Weight Room" — to the full Board for consideration. The committee recorded the motion as: moved by Matt Crist and seconded by Jeff Riechers; the minutes state the motion "carried."

The recommendation was made during a short, procedural meeting called to order at 4:30 p.m. by Policy Committee Chairperson Carly Winslow. The committee did not record debate or amendments to the policy in the minutes; the entry in the minutes notes only the motion to recommend the policy and that the motion carried. As written in the minutes, the committee’s action was to refer the proposed policy to the Board — it did not adopt the policy itself.

The next step is review and action by the full Board. The minutes do not include the text of Policy #700.23, details of its provisions, any staff presentation, or a recorded roll-call vote on the recommendation; those details are "not specified" in the meeting record and would need to be supplied in materials to the full Board or in a subsequent meeting record.

Committee members present for the vote included Matt Crist and Jeff Riechers; the minutes list a full roster of attendees for the meeting and record that the committee carried the motion. The minutes were submitted by Carly C. Winslow (Clerk).