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March 14 School Board Highlights

Faculty: IB Program at Richland Northeast High School
Chad Rochester, Middle Years Programme Coordinator for the IB Program at Richland Northeast High School, shared information about the process and development of students' personal projects. The projects are required as part of the IB Middle Years Programme. In creating projects, students explore interests, pursue research on those interests and develop products in preparation for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.

Special Recognitions
Students, staff, schools and the district were recognized for their achievements including the recent United Way campaign. Click here for a complete list of special recognitions.

Legislative Update
Board Secretary Craig Plank and Chief Financial Officer Harry Miley presented the board with a summary of related legislative information.

Voting Item: Policy Revisions - Policy AA (School District Legal Status), Policy AB (The People and Their School District), and Policy ADF/ADF-R (School Wellness)
The board voted to approve the policy revisions.

Policy AA
Policy AB
Policy ADF
Policy ADF-R

Voting Item: Policy Revisions – Policy GCE/GCF (Professional Staff Recruitment and Hiring)
The board voted to approve the policy revisions.

Policy GCE/GCF

Voting Item: Early Dismissal for Professional Collaboration for 2017-2018 Calendar
The board voted to approve the dates as submitted.

Proposed Early Dismissal Dates

Report: School Improvement Council
Tom Hudson, executive director of the S.C. School Improvement Council, presented an SIC Briefing.

Update: Policy JICA-R (Dress Code)
The board received information on changes to the administrative rule for policy JICA.

Policy JICA-R

Proposal: Revisions to Policy KI/KI-R (Visitors)
The board received information on proposed changes to policy KI and policy KI-R.

Policy KI
Policy KI-R
Presentation

A complete recording of each board meeting airs on the district’s cable access channel 12 R2TV on Time Warner Cable and on demand anytime through the district’s YouTube channel.

3/15/2017