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Board clarifies visitor-pass rules and pushes cellphone/Yondr language
Summary
Trustees agreed to simplify visitor language to require all visitors to report to the office and obtain a pass while keeping background-check requirements targeted to volunteers; they also moved to align cellphone rules with Yondr-bag usage and consider making the rule mandatory.
Trustees agreed to tighten visitor wording so the handbook states every visitor must report to the office upon entering a school and obtain a pass. Members clarified that routine short visits (drop-offs, parent-teacher conferences) are not the same as volunteers who require background checks, and asked staff to remove language that could be read as allowing free movement through the building with just a pass.
On cellphones, the board discussed referencing the Yondr-bag policy and changing permissive language to mandatory wording. One trustee suggested changing 'may' to 'shall' for clarity: "Students may have their cell phones in their Yondr bag" was the existing phrasing under review, and members debated whether to require (shall) or allow (may) the practice.
