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Dist. U-46 Board approves code of conduct changes

By Seth Hancock
  The Board of Education in School District U-46 unanimously approved, via 7-0 votes, of updates to the Student Code of Conduct and a math curriculum proposal at its meeting on Monday, June 24.
  Mark Gonnella, coordinator of culture and climate, outlined the changes to the code of conduct in a memo.
  “Most of the changes are in regards to updating the language throughout the code of conduct, updated procedures for out-of-school suspensions, updated procedures for expulsion hearings, dress code, guidelines, high school student parking, random searches, restraint and isolated timeouts and seclusions, hate speech and harassment,” Gonnella wrote.
  On the process for updating the code, Gonnella added: “The current proposed changes to the Student Code of Conduct were reviewed by the Coordinator of Culture and Climate, the Assistant Superintendent of Schools and the Chief Legal Officer. The changes were reviewed and approved by the U-46 Safety Council, which is jointly chaired by the U-46 district administration and ETA leadership. Membership on this committee also includes teachers, building administrators, and parents.”
  The math curriculum proposal is a revision to middle school math to “standardize our expectations for student instruction across the district,” the proposal states. The current resources, Reveal Math, are expected to remain, and there is no cost estimated for the proposal.
  “U-46 uses an Understanding by Design (UbD) curriculum framework, which includes three stages in the framework model,” the proposal states. “Stage 1 is to identify the desired results, where the standards are unpacked to articulate what students should know and be able to do. Stage 2 is to determine the acceptable evidence, which includes our common rubrics and assessments. Stage 3 is to plan learning experiences and instruction.”