BUTLER TWP — The Butler Area School District School Board voted to appoint Jennifer Cummings as board president, and Jennifer Daniels-Wells to the position of board vice president at its Monday meeting.

Cummings was previously vice president of the board, and Al Vavro was the president. The board has a meeting each December for its members to make these appointments, and set the meeting schedule for the coming year.

Both newly appointed officials were nominated by board member Mary Waggoner, who said both women had expertise in education and experience with children and students, which made them good candidates for the leadership roles.

Following the board’s annual organizational meeting, a discussion regarding a potential policy concerning “reasonable self defense” took place which lasted more than an hour.

District solicitor Tom breath drafted new language to an existing policy on student discipline, which would have allowed students who are physically assaulted by another student without provocation to reasonably defend themselves from physical harm solely while attempting to end the situation.

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