School board to consider calendars

PONDERAY — The 2024-25 and 2025-26 school year calendars are expected to be discussed at Tuesday’s Lake Pend Oreille School District board meeting.

Other action items include approvals of revisions to advancement opportunities, sexual harassment, and student conduct code policies. The advancement opportunities policy will have added definitions for terms like “dual credit” or “overload course” and will also outline specific programs related to those opportunities. Wording about criteria for challenging courses has also been added, district officials said in the meeting packet. 

Revisions to the sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation policy mainly focus on the removal of the term “or gender” from the phrase “sex or gender.” For example, wording that approached protocol for harassment is now expected to say “sex-based harassment” instead of “sex and gender-based harassment.”

The student conduct code will see a minor addition that references student handbooks. 

The board will also go into executive session to consider a labor contract matter. 

Presentations by Washington Elementary School students and Clark Fork Jr./Sr. High School trap team will be given at the beginning of the meeting. Superintendent Dr. Becky Meyer will give her regular report and LPOSD chief finance officer Brian Wallace will offer a financial update.

The district’s counseling team will also give an update on the “One Trusted Adult” initiative. This initiative was launched in the fall of 2023 as an approach to ensure students feel supported in school and have healthy, secure relationships with staff, officials said. Through One Trusted Adult, students identify an adult they trust at school. 

The meeting will take place today at 5 p.m. at the LPOSD district office, 901 Triangle Drive, Ponderay.