Policies
Foundations and Basic Commitments | Contains policies on the district’s legal role in providing public education and the basic principles underlying school committee governance. These policies provide a setting for all of the school committee’s other policies. | |
School Committee Governance and Operations | Contains policies on the School Committee and how it is appointed or elected; how it is organized; how it conducts meetings, and how it operates. | |
General School Administration | Contains policies on school management, administrative aspect of special programs and system wide reforms such as school or site-based management. It also houses personnel policies on administrators. | |
Fiscal Management | Contains policies on school finances and the management of funds. | |
Support Services | Contains policies on non-instructional services and programs, particularly those of business management such as safety, building and grounds management, office services, transportation, and food services. | |
Facilities Planning and Development | Contains policies on facility planning, financing, construction and renovation. | |
Personnel | Contains policies on all school employees. | |
Instruction | Contains policies on the instructional program: basic curricular subjects; special programs, instructional resources, and academic achievement. | |
Students | Contains policies on students admission, attendance, rights and responsibilities, conduct, discipline, health and welfare, and school-related activities. | |
School Community Home Relations | Contains policies on parent and community involvement in schools. | |
Education Agency Relations | Contains policies on the school district’s relationship with other educational agencies. |