Board looks at library monitoringby Mary Le Arneal The North Bend Central Board of Education began its Feb. 9 meeting listening to the school’s director of media services, Sarah Castillo. She spoke about a new state law approved April 2025. The law says each school needs a library transparency policy. This means that parents can know what books are in the library and what books their children are reading. The school has until next school year to implement this law. The catch is that parents must sign up and opt in to have this notification each time their student checks out a library book. Castillo is working with the technology department to implement this option. Eighteen four-year-olds have signed up for Tiger Cub Preschool. The board once again discussed allowing children older than four to attend the preschool depending on space and staffing availability. Superintendent Patrick Ningen will look into policies to allow this and then check with the school attorney to make sure it is legal. Ningen will bring it to the March board meeting for approval. Another school policy that is being updated is on public comments at the school board meeting. Ningen brought up that a clear list of what the policy entails is needed. The board cannot respond or engage with the commenter. Those with comments are encouraged to talk to the people involved before going to the board. Above all else, the staff will be protected against offensive language toward them. “We essentially want to let people know what is expected during public comment time, and we will read our expectations each time someone is signed in to speak,” Ningen said.
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