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Board hears handbook updates: acceptable-use policy, crisis hotline and device rules revised
Summary
A staff member summarized handbook changes including a revised network/internet acceptable-use policy, an updated crisis hotline tied to Sandy Hook Promise for 5th grade, adjustments to attendance language to match new legislation and added smartwatch language under electronic devices.
A staff member briefed the board on a group of handbook and policy updates, including a rewritten network and Internet acceptable-use policy and a new crisis hotline number. "Like the self report, I forgot to highlight the network and Internet accessibility policy... that mister Huffman updated," the staff member said.
The staff member said the district adopted the Sandy Hook Promise monitored hotline for 5th grade and that the hotline number is now included in the handbook. Attendance language was adjusted to conform to new legislation and the electronic-devices section was updated to add smartwatches to the existing phone policy.
The presentation was framed as a cleanup package to align local materials with recent state changes; staff noted these were not large substantive changes but necessary to reflect new statutory language. Board members asked clarifying questions about locker use and device implementation in elementary grades.
