DISTRICT TIGHTENS CHAPERONE RULES.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer OAK PARK - The school board plans to adopt new field-trip guidelines - including a mandatory chaperone chaperone /chap·er·one/ (shap´er-on) someone or something that accompanies and oversees another. molecular chaperone for students - after an underage drinking incident in July prompted a review of district supervision regulations, officials said. The Oak Park Unified School District's school board members decided at Tuesday's meeting that guidelines provided by the California School Board Association for off-campus school-related events would be more specific than the district policy currently in place. The board is scheduled to vote on the issue in October. ``We're not going to constrict con·strict v. To make smaller or narrower, especially by binding or squeezing. kids from going out (on trips); we're just going to manage it more properly,'' said Jim Kalember, the board's vice president. Some members of the Oak Park High football team were disciplined after being caught drinking alcohol while at an out-of-town football tournament this summer. The football coach was also disciplined. The CSBA CSBA California School Boards Association CSBA Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments CSBA Canadian School Boards Association CSBA California Small Business Association CSBA Canadian Swedish Business Association CSBA Customer Service Benchmarking Australia guidelines are more detailed than the information provided in the district policy concerning supervision, Kalember said. Compared with the two-sentence supervision entry in the district policy, the CSBA policy lists seven separate requirements, including a mandatory age for chaperones of at least 21. All chaperones must be assigned a prescribed group of students, whom they must monitor continuously, the CSBA policy states. Adults must also clearly apprise the students of their responsibilities before the trip. Assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. Bob Fraser For the Due South character, see . Bob Fraser is an American television producer, writer, and actor. Fraser's most notable work is on the TV show Benson said the district's existing policy does not address the number of chaperones who should accompany students on trips, and other issues. The staff will prepare modified guidelines for the board to review next month, officials said. ``We obviously know we need to tighten up Verb 1. tighten up - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" constrain, stiffen, tighten confine, limit, throttle, trammel, restrain, restrict, bound - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the procedurally. We didn't have a really clear policy on the procedures,'' Kalember said. ``We don't want to take anything away from the athletic department. The guidelines were there (with the district policy), it's just that the management structure wasn't.'' |
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