Shelbyville Central still needs handbooks approved for its middle and high school for the upcoming school year.  Those particular handbooks were denied passage at Wednesday’s school board meeting.

With several policy handbooks on the agenda for approval, school board member David Finkel requested that the books be considered and voted upon separately instead of as a single agenda item.  With that, Finkel made a motion, seconded by board member Jim Rees, that the handbooks for the middle and high school be denied.

The board voted 4-2 to approve that motion.  Board president Curt Johnson was not present with a death in the family.

Board members told the Shelby County Post that there continues to be debate about not just policy, but in some cases simply the wording of policy, on various points in the handbooks from student clothing to use of backpacks inside the school building.

Other handbooks for virtual programs, transportation, elementary and elementary athletics received unanimous approval.

The board also approved the continued use of Chartwells as the schools’ food management company.  The board was pleased to only have a reported six percent increase in the contract for the next school year.