If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation to access the meeting facilities or participate, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. To request such an accommodation, please contact the Putnam County School District (200 Reid Street, Palatka, Florida 32177; 386-329-0538) at least six (6) days in advance of the date the service is needed.

The District School Board of Putnam County will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 3:30pm in the School Board Meeting Room, 200 Reid Street, Palatka, Florida 32177 for the purpose of adopting, deleting and amending school board bylaws and policies listed below.  At the regular meeting of the Board on December 16, 2025, the Board authorized advertising these policies for consideration of adoption and amendment.

Authority for amending, deleting and adopting policies is found in Article IX, Section 4(b), Constitution of the State of Florida and in Florida Statutes 1001.41, 1001.42.

Adoption of Amended and PCSD Policies:

• Bylaw 0124 - Standards of Ethical Conduct

• Policy 1120 - Employment of Administrators

• Policy 1139 - Educator Misconduct

• Policy 1210 - Standards of Ethical Conduct (technical correction)

• Policy 1213 - Student Supervision and Welfare

• Policy 1242 - Professional Learning

• Policy 1410 - Compensation

• Policy 2205 - Daily Progress & Lesson Plans

• Policy 2215 - Program of Instruction

• Policy 2260 - Nondiscrimination & Access to Equal Educational Opportunity

• Policy 2280 - Physical Education

• Policy 2410 - School Health Services

• Policy 2417 - Comprehensive Health Education

• Policy 2421 - Career & Technical Education

• Policy 2431 - Interscholastic Athletics

• Policy 2431.01 - Participation by Transfer Students

• Policy 2455 - Dropout Prevention & Academic Intervention

• Policy 3120 - Employment of Instructional Staff

• Policy 3130 - Appointment, Assignment, Transfer & Promotion of Instructional Staff

• Policy 3139 - Educator Misconduct

• Policy 3210 - Standards of Ethical Conduct (technical correction)

• Policy 3213 - Student Supervision and Welfare

• Policy 3242 - Professional Learning

• Policy 3410 - Compensation

• Policy 3700 - Teachers' Bill of Rights

• Policy 4120 - Employment of Support Staff

• Policy 4210 - Standards of Ethical Conduct (technical correction)

• Policy 4213 - Student Supervision and Welfare

• Policy 4242 - Staff Development

• Policy 5136 - Wireless Communication Devices

• Policy 5200 - Attendance

• Policy 5223 - Absences for Religious Instruction

• Policy 5330.01 - Self-Administered Medication & Epinephrine Use

• Policy 5410.01 - Promotion, Acceleration, Placement & Retention

• Policy 5460 - Graduation Requirements

• Policy 5500 - Student Conduct

• Policy 5514 - Use of Bicycles

• Policy 5530 - Drug Prevention

• Policy 5600 - Student Discipline

• Policy 5630 - Corporal Punishment & Use of Reasonable Force & Restraint

• Policy 5780 - Student/Parent Rights

• Policy 6661 - Instructional Materials Allocation

• Policy 7510 - Use of District Facilities

• Policy 7540.02 - Web Content, APPS, & Services

• Policy 7544 - Use of Social Media

• Policy 8407 - Safe-School Officers

• Policy 8420 - Emergency Management, Emergency Preparedness & Emergency Response Agencies

• Policy 8452 - Automated External Defibrillators (AED)

• Policy 8462 - Student Abuse, Abandonment, and Neglect

• Policy 8475 - Criminal Background Screening for Contractor Access

• Policy 8651 - School Board Owned Vehicles

• Policy 8800 - Religious and Other Ceremonies and Observances

• Policy 9200 - Volunteers

• Policy 9800 - Charter Schools

Name of person presenting and approving the proposed amendments: Dr. Richard M. Surrency – Superintendent

Explanation of the purpose and effect of these proposed amendments: Compliance with State Statute changes

Economic impact of the proposed amendments: Cost of copying and advertising

 A copy of the proposed additional and amended policies can be viewed here.

The Putnam County School Board will meet on December 16, 2025 at 3:30 p.m. The meeting will take place in the the board meeting room at the Putnam County School District Administrative office, 200 Reid Street, Palatka, FL 32177.

The Putnam County School Board Insurance Committee will meet on November 20, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. The meeting will take place in the ESE Meeting Room, CL Overturf District Administrative Center, 1100 S 18th Street, Palatka, FL.

School Facilities Naming Committee

The Putnam County School District School Facilities Naming Committee will hold the first meeting on December 3rd, 2025 at 1:00 PM to consider renaming the batting cages at the Jim McCool Field located at the Azalea Bowl to the "Ben Bates Batting Cages". The meeting will take place in the Putnam County School Board Meeting Room located at 200 Reid Street, Palatka, FL. (posted November 13, 2025).

Bond Oversight Committee Meeting

The Putnam County School District Bond Oversight Committee will meet February 11th, 2026 at 6:00 PM. The meeting will take place in the Putnam County School Board Meeting Room located at 200 Reid Street, Palatka, FL. (posted November 20, 2025).