It is the intent of the school district to develop policies and put them in writing so that they may serve as guidelines for the successful and efficient functioning of the district’s schools. There are two types of policy that apply to the school district: Board policy and administrative policy. Together they are referred to as district policies.

The Board of Education considers policy development its chief responsibility and has developed its own process for policy development and monitoring. In its policies, the Board directs the superintendent to operate within certain parameters and to make reasonable progress toward the achievement of stated ends results. Pursuant to the Board’s direction, and to facilitate operation of the school district and achievement of the Board’s ends, the superintendent has developed these administrative policies. However, due to statutory requirements or for other reasons, the Board has retained adoption of various administrative policies. These administrative policies will specifically state that they are “adopted by the Board.”

This manual contains administrative policies of the district (reproduced on white paper), regulations intended to implement administrative policy (yellow paper) and certain reference or $exhibit$ documents that relate to policies and/or regulations (green paper)