HOWLAND — The Howland Board of Education heard updates about one of the district’s new policies for sporting events or activities, which were implemented earlier this month.

At Monday’s regular board of education meeting, Superintendent Kevin Spicher provided the board and residents with a quick briefing about safety and security updates, which the district’s administration announced Oct. 16 and utilized at a football and soccer game.

“The clear bag policy, we learned a bit from the first (event), and the good thing is, we don’t care if it’s a Ziploc bag or anything else,” Spicher said. “But what we’ve been learning in some of the conferences in Columbus is that everything from airport security, TSA, going into any game — I just went to a concert the other evening, and you are literally

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