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Proposal tightens hiring checks

School board sees gaps after arrest

By Evan Allen

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  December 25, 2011

The Wellesley School Committee last week proposed a new Criminal Offender Record Information policy aimed at closing gaps in how the district conducts background checks on prospective employees. The plan, drafted by School Committee members Diane Campbell and Ilissa Povich, is designed to be stricter and more thorough than the current policy, which has come under scrutiny since the arrest of a school custodian in October.

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