BCLUW board approves changes to Sunday practices

After discussing the matter extensively over the last few months, the BCLUW school board voted to approve changes to the activities practice policy during Monday morning’s meeting.
           
Under the new policy, which passed a first reading last month, practices on Sundays will only be allowed in a window from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Practices will not be allowed on most major holidays unless a special exception is requested. It was noted that if students wished to come in a few minutes early to set up and prepare, that would be accepted, but that time would need to be limited without expanding the practice by a half hour, an hour or more. A motion to approve the change passed by a 4-0 vote (LJ Kopsa, Brian Feldpausch and Eric Engle were absent). A change to the good conduct code, which will change one of the criteria for a reduction in penalty from “community service” to “school based community service” was also approved.
           
Earlier in the meeting, the board voted to approve the fundraisers for the upcoming school year but made sure to point out some key revisions that aim to rein in some of the excesses that have occurred in the past. Athletic director Lynne Silver said that there will be no more door to door sales in Marshalltown, no selling after 9:00 p.m. and more rigorous monitoring of where the funds go due to complaints that some student athletes were profiting off of them. 
 
Read more in this week's Grundy Register.