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Board adopts elementary handbook changes, including stricter cell-phone and AI rules and a kindergarten toileting expectation
Summary
Board approved multiple elementary handbook revisions: clarified attendance and grievance steps, limited on-person cell-phone use to IEP/504/health-plan cases or applicable law, added unauthorized-AI academic-integrity language, restated McKinney-Vento protections, set opt-out notice timing for human-sexuality lessons, and added an expectation that kindergarten entrants be toilet trained unless covered by an IEP/504/health plan.
Staff member (S6) presented a bundle of elementary handbook revisions the board approved by voice vote. S6 said most changes were editorial and policy-number updates; notable substantive additions included a stronger, specific cell-phone restriction — "The only way students are allowed to have cell phone on their person is if it's expressly required under the legal document, which is an IEP, a 504, a health plan, or applicable law" — and a new code-of-conduct clause forbidding unauthorized use of artificial intelligence for academic work.
S6 also described changes to notification and opt-out timing for fifth-grade human-sexuality lessons in compliance with state law and added a McKinney-Vento statement to ensure educational services for homeless students. The most prominent substantive change reads that children enrolling in kindergarten early-literacy programs "are expected to be toilet trained and able to independently manage their toileting needs while at school," with exceptions allowed only when documented in an IEP, 504 plan, or health plan; staff said occasional accidents would be handled with dignity and parents would be expected to assist with clothing changes when contacted.
Board members moved, seconded and approved the handbook revisions; the transcript records a voice vote of 'Aye' and 'Motion passes.'
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