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Board advances attendance-area policy; staff clarifies mid-year waiver practice
Summary
Chief of Staff Sal Romero presented revisions to policy 4-02 (school attendance areas), including insertion of a regulation and a mid-year waiver allowing students who move to remain through the semester with principal and superintendent approval; the board approved the policy on first reading.
Sal Romero, chief of staff, presented policy 4-02 revisions and explained that model regulation text was moved into the policy for clarity. Romero said that when a student moves mid-year they are generally offered the option to remain through the semester and, if they wish to continue longer, they must submit a waiver approved by the principal and superintendent.
Board members asked whether semester timing aligns with neighboring divisions and how waivers are handled; Romero said the division coordinates calendars with Rockingham County, Augusta County and James Madison University and that waivers are routinely granted when students are in good standing. The board moved to approve policy 4-02 on first reading.
