Policy and Planning - Matt Hartman/Margaret Driscoll

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▶ 30:46 Speaker 1: Okay, now moving into Policy and Planning.

▶ 30:53 Speaker 7: Good evening. This is the Policy and Planning subcommittee. We have three items on the agenda tonight. We're going to review one of the policies that we put on hold at our last meeting, and we are going to discuss our kindergarten admittance policy, and then finally we'll have a short discussion on our strategic planning process as we move forward. So starting off with a review of Policy KBA. This would be, again, potentially for a first vote. We've reviewed it a couple of times. There were some feedback at our last meeting around incorporating some of the language that MASC now includes around student conduct. There was some feedback from the superintendent about a desire to avoid unintended consequences of putting student conduct into a policy like this. And Attorney Lindquist went back and took the committee feedback, the feedback to the superintendent, and drafted some new language that you'll see in the packet. At this point in time, we can look at that language, consider it. We can also consider whether it even needs to be added at all. I've been reflecting on this policy and thinking about just what do we add with new language. I think the underlying goal of this policy is to establish an underpinning of communication between educators and families about how students are doing, where they can weigh in, and help their students progress. I think that's the general theme of the policy, and supporting the district's procedures as they work with that. And I think the reference to student development is sufficient in a lot of ways to encompass what it means to have a conversation with a family about whether there's a student conduct issue or a student behavior issue in the classroom, and how that's developing with the assistance of the family and the educators working together. So, I think looking at the language, considering the language that Attorney Lindquist has put together, I think there's certainly an avenue to think that maybe we don't need to add new language if it doesn't enhance the policy. So at that, I leave it with the discretion of the committee. But I'm leaning towards thinking about whether we actually need to add that, and if there's comments and feedback, we can go from there. But at this point, it's up to the committee. Open for discussion