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School Board meeting highlights (Aug. 20, 2019)
Posted on 08/20/2019

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The School Board of Orange County held its regularly scheduled board meeting at 5:30 p.m. at the Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center. These are the highlights of the meeting:

 

School Board approves policy for the 2019-20 school year

Board Policy JICK: Threats

The School Board finds it essential that all schools be safe and orderly to provide environments that foster learning; therefore, all statements, written or non-written, actions, or gestures that threaten the safety of any person or any school facility, will be taken seriously regardless of intent. All threats of harm to oneself or others shall be immediately reported to school administration and/or law enforcement, if applicable. In addition, to further the goal of school safety and in accordance with Section 1006.7, Florida Statutes, every school shall establish a threat assessment team. View the specifics of the threat assessment team.

 

*Reminder* All board meetings are live streamed on the School Board’s YouTube page and will be accessible from web browsers on computers or mobile devices. To find the live stream, visit www.boardmeetings.ocps.net. 

 

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