Home-School Policy Eyed

Home-School Policy Eyed
Accurate records at issue
Rebecca Leonard
News Staff Writer

TEMPLETON  Narragansett Regional School Committee members are considering making changes to the district’s home schooling policy.

School Committee member Deborah Koziol presented a draft of the new policy at a meeting Monday night.

“We need to fine-tune our home-school policy and update it so we are keeping accurate records,” stated Ms. Koziol.

According to Ms. Koziol, the new policy is still in the first stages of being written and they are trying to lay out parts of it before releasing a hard copy, which will be covered at the next School Committee meeting.

School Committee Chair­woman Rae-Ann Trifilo asked whether or not there was a previous policy.

“Right now (the old policy) has been in limbo,” Ms. Koziol responded, meaning that some parts of the policy are outdated and need a makeover.

Interim Superintendent Stephen Hemman will be in charge of assigning someone to enforce the new policy.

Mr. Hemman was also appointed interim super-School Committee secretary and Susan Varney will become the assistant secretary.

The point was made that Narragansett School District staff member Gary McEwen retired at the end of this past school year and the discussion of who would film the School Committee meetings was brought up. Mr. Hemman informed members about the Comcast cable hearings that took place Monday afternoon and evening. He explained that there were opportunities to “negotiate the contract with the company.”