Policies are updated frequently. Schools and district offices
that maintain policy books can compare the "Latest Revision Date" shown at the
end of each policy with the "Policy Revision Date" shown displayed on the Policy
Index.
By default the search engine tries to locate pages which have exact
matches for all of the words entered in your search query. If that
fails, it then tries to locate pages which contain any words in your
search query. If that happens a short message is displayed at the top of the
search results indicating this has been done.
In addition, there are several ways to modify the default search
behavior.
- phrase search
The search engine supports three types of phrase search.
- To match an exact phrase, use quotes around the phrase
Example: "free search engine"
- To match a near (within a couple of words) phrase, use square
brackets [around the words]
Example: [free search engine]
- To match a far (within several words) phrase, use braces {
around the words }
Example: {free search engine}
- + and - qualifiers
If you prepend a word with + that word is required to be on the
page.
If you prepend a word with - that word is required to not
be on the page.
Example: +always -never
- * wildcard
If a query word ends with a * all words on a page which start the
same way as that query word will match.
Example: gift*
- ? wildcard
If a query word contains a ? any character will match that
position.
Example: b?g
- boolean search
You can use the following boolean operators in your search: AND, OR,
NOT. These operators MUST be in capital letters.
Example: (contact AND us) OR (about AND us)
All of these techniques can be combined: +alway* -ne??r*
