School Committee Policies

The Monomoy Regional School Committee establishes official the policies that govern the operation of the school district. Below is a listing of the district's policies. Select a policy category to view the policies or enter a keyword in the Search dialog to search the entire catalog of policies. 

Generally, the role of a School Committee is to set policy and the role of the administration is to implement it through regulations. The following definitions provide clarity: 

POLICIES are principles adopted by the Committee to chart a course of action. They are broad enough to indicate a line of action to be taken by the administration in meeting a number of day-to-day problems while being narrow enough to give the administration clear guidance.

REGULATIONS are detailed directions usually developed by the administration to put policy into practice.

Committee policies and regulations, as well as negotiated agreements with staff bargaining units, must be read and interpreted in the light of the Massachusetts General Laws and State regulations. Wherever inconsistencies of interpretation arise, the law and state regulations prevail.