After hours of discussion during their March and April meetings, the Ouray School Board approved updates to school policy concerning student code of conduct, discipline, suspensions and expulsions on Monday evening.

The changes are based on recommendations from the Colorado Association of School Boards and work done to tailor the policies to Ouray School by a committee headed by school counselor Jaceson Cole.

The changes are part of a total reworking of the school’s handbook that Superintendent ...