BROOKINGS (11-10-26) — At last night’s meeting, the Brookings School Board approves changes to the high school handbook aimed at addressing on absenteeism and truancy.
Board President Teri Johnson outlined a few of the changes… “The changes would include clarifying that students must be inside their designated classrooms when the bell rings; counting unexcused tardies across all classes rather than separately for each class, with tardy counts re-setting at the beginning of each quarter; issuing warnings for the first four unexcused tardies; assigning a thirty-minute detention for the fifth unexcused tardy and each additional occurrence; allowing administration to restrict school privileges for students who accumulate five or more unexcused tardies.”
Board Member Cassie Juba welcomed the changes… “The high school has done such a good job — as we saw during their presentation — of addressing absenteeism and student engagement, and I just really support these changes as they’re updating to best practices and things that will have students in classes as much as possible.”
The board passed the proposed handbook changes on a unanimous vote.
The BHS Learner Handbook with revisions can be viewed at: https://brookingspublic.ic-board.com/Attachments/a57b0c5a-008d-4e71-9f41-7a7268fe8bdc.pdf
— Brookings Radio News
