The Lynn School Committee is currently working on a multi-year process to review all Lynn Public Schools policy documents. Thank you for your patience as this review continues. Please refer to our updated Policies, Code and Forms Page for the most recent policy postings.
El Comité Escolar de Lynn está trabajando actualmente en un proceso de varios años para revisar todos los documentos de las políticas de las Escuelas Públicas de Lynn. Gracias por su paciencia durante este proceso de revisión. Por favor consulte nuestra página actualizada de Políticas, Normas y Formularios para ver las políticas más recientes.
This manual contains the official policies of the School Committee (reproduced on white paper); the major regulations intended to implement policy (yellow paper); and certain reference or "exhibit" documents that relate to policies and/or regulations (green paper).
Policy development in a modern, forward-looking school system is a dynamic, ongoing process. New problems, issues, and needs give rise to the continuing need to develop new policies or to revise existing ones. This is why the committee employs the loose-leaf format for this manual. It is easy to keep up to date.
Each person holding a copy of this manual should make a diligent effort to keep it up to date as new policies, regulations, and exhibits are distributed by the central office.
How the Manual is Organized
The manual is organized in accordance with the classification system developed by the National School Boards Association. This system provides an efficient means of coding, filing, and finding policies an other documents. There are 12 major classifications, each assigned an alphabetical code. This manual is organized according to the following sections:
| A |
Foundations and Basic Commitments |
| B |
School Board Governance and Operations |
| C |
General School Administration |
| D |
Fiscal Management |
| E |
Support Services |
| F |
Facilities Development |
| G |
Personnel |
| H |
Negotiations |
| I |
Instruction |
| J |
Students |
| K |
Community Relations |
| L |
Education Agency Relations |
Subclassification under each heading is based on logical sequence and alphabetical subcoding. For an example of the subcoding system, examine the white pages immediately following the tab for Section AD - Foundations and Basic Commitments.
The white pages that follow the tab for each major section present the classification system, section by section, and serve as the tables of contents for each section or "chapter" of this manual.
It is the hope of the Lynn School Committee that this collection of policies and regulations will make greater harmony and efficiency possible in all areas of school operations. This will enable the committee to devote more time to its primary duty--the development of long-range policies and planning for the future of the school system.
Lynn School Committee