The Nelson County Schools operate according to policies established by the Nelson County School Board. The Board, which represents the state and local community, develops policies after careful deliberation, and the school administration implements these policies through specific regulations and procedures. The Board then evaluates the effects of its policies and makes revisions as necessary.
The policies are organized according to the classification system developed by the Educational Policies Services of the National School Boards Association. The system provides an efficient means of coding, filing, and finding policies, regulations, and other documents.
Sub-classification under each heading is based on logical sequence and alphabetical sub-­coding. Each of the 12 major classifications is tabbed. Following the tab page is a table of contents for that section.
Board policies and regulations must be read and interpreted in the light of the federal and Virginia statutes and regulations. Wherever inconsistencies of interpretation arise, the federal and Virginia law and regulations prevail.
No. The manual contains all the current written policies of the School Board. But there is a continual need to adopt new policies and revise old ones. Additionally, state and federal laws and agency regulations change. No matter how well conceived and well developed, a policy manual can never be 100% complete and 100% up-to-date. Policy development is a continuing process.
All copies of this policy manual are the property of the Nelson County Schools.
It is the hope of the School Board that this collection of policies will make a greater harmony and efficiency possible in all areas of school operations. This will enable the Board to devote more time to its primary duty-the development of long-range policies and planning for the future of the school system.