Faculty members voted on Monday to enact a revised room-visiting policy for the 2015-2016 school year that would allow for closed-door room visits for Seniors after January 1.
The approved policy, known as Proposal A, will replace the policy approved by the faculty last spring, known as Proposal B. The latter proposed that both Uppers and Seniors would maintain doors ajar during room visits the entire year.
Proposal A received 80 votes, representing 64 percent of voting faculty members, while Proposal B received 34 votes, representing 27 percent of voting faculty, according to an email from Paul Murphy, Dean of Students, to faculty members. 11 faculty members abstained from the vote. 125 votes were cast.
The Proposals are as follows:
**Proposal A:**
Ninth grade: none in fall; January to June: open doors/lights on with limited visiting as is the case in 2014-2015.
Tenth grade: Open doors/lights on all year beginning on October 15.
11th grade: Open doors/lights on all year beginning October 15.
12th grade: Open doors/lights on from October 15 to January 1; doors may be closed January to June.
**Proposal B:**
Ninth grade: none in fall; January to June, open doors/lights on with limited visiting as is the case in 2014-2015.
Tenth grade: Open doors/lights on all year beginning on October 15.
11th grade: Doors ajar (with a school-issued recycling bin)/lights on beginning on October 15.
12th grade: Doors ajar (with a school-issued recycling bin)/lights on beginning on October 15.
The original room visiting policy proposed last spring mandated that Uppers and Seniors had to keep their doors ajar the width of a school-issued recycling bin during room visits. Following student protest, including a discussion among students and faculty led by Student Council, faculty met again in January to vote whether to retain the room visiting rules passed in the spring or to implement a new alternative policy. In February, faculty voted to pass the revised policy, which is the Proposal A stated above.
