Kiersten Stone
WDN Lifestyles Editor
The Weatherford Board of Education met for their regular meeting Monday evening.
The agenda for the night covered a multitude of topics in preparation for the new school year. A large portion the agenda was dedicated to the discussion of various policy revisions.
The board approved the policy changes to be in alignment with the Oklahoma State School Board Association changes.
Revision on Policy D-2: inquiries about nondiscrimination will now be directed to the Title IX Coordinator rather than the superintendent.
Revision on Policy E-37: strike foreign language and it will become world language, and beginning with students in 9th grade in 2021-22 will be required to pass a United States naturalization test before graduating from a public school.
Revision on Policy C-20: recommendation that searches for drugs, alcohol and contraband can only be conducted by the superintendent, a principle, a teacher or school security personnel and in accordance with state law and only with a specific student.
Revision on Policy E-27: revision from internetbased instruction policy to online instruction, thus changing the name and the definition slightly as well as guidelines.
Revision on Policy F-53: clarification of the statement that the search of a student per regulations will require reasonable suspicion and a check-list must be completed before a search.
Adoption of Policy DPD: adjunct teachers will now be allowed to teach as many class periods as needed, and an adjunct teacher can now also be a certified employee teaching outside their certified area or a person who does not hold certification of any kind.
Adoption of Policy GKF: the use of a bathroom will be based off of what is written on a birth certificate, while the school will also maintain a third option of having reasonable accommodation for students who do not wish to comply. For example: a one area, family-style bathroom.
Adoption of Policy EGG: the complaint process for the prohibition of race and sex discrimination in curriculum must have a policy in place that addresses the topic of CRT and gives the process of anyone that would like to file a complaint in any way.
All of the policies that were reviewed were to align the public schools with OSSBA policies and Gov. Kevin Stitt’s policies.