As part of the first of two summer meetings Monday, the Pella School Board will review changes to the school’s activities policy. The updates under consideration would revise the philosophy of participation in district sports and fine arts, calling them “The Other Half of Education.” Most of the changes clarify the purpose of each level of activities, how to handle conflicts between school functions and participation in club or other outside organizations in the same season, and further define the process for conflict resolution. The new handbook policy will reinforce that it is not appropriate for complaints to center around playing or performance time, team strategy, or statistics. Read more about the changes here. The Pella School Board will consider the updates at their meeting Monday, which begins with the groundbreaking of the Jefferson Intermediate and Pella Middle School connector project at 4 p.m., followed by the work session in the Pella Middle School library at 4:30.