Our district moved to a 4-day work week for the summer years ago as a cost saving strategy. (We have 9 buildings). Wondering if other districts do the same and if you've found this effective or not?
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Our district is interviewing for a new District Clerk and secretary to the superintendent this week. One of the major needs of this position is an ability to keep much information confidential.
Let's say the BOE was discussing s
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Our district currently elects trustees by seat. There has been some discussion into electing "at large".
Can any of you weigh on on the pros & cons of each?
thank you in advance!
Ed Langone
Lindenhurst UFSD
Read more…Looking for guidance and experiences of the group regarding the recording (and posting/archiving of Board Meetings). We currently stream our meetings live for the viewing public (as well as have in-person attendance), but do not save the recordings.
Read more…I am a member of our county school boards association and we are hosting an officers round table to discuss superintendent's evaluations. I am presenting as an "experienced" Board president. Air quotes intended. I have only been president for 3 yea
Read more…I'm curious how other boards handle inquires / comments from the public. We have a steadfast ruke to not comment during public expression and we also practice message control in that the superintendent is the only person that communicates with any p
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We have two board vacancies in our district this year, and so far, the only two candidates to circulate petitions are a former and a current district administrator. I'm concerned this may not be a good mix for our board.
Does anyone have
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We have an outstanding superintendent who is approaching retirement age (he would be a young retiree) and is approaching the final year of his three year contract with us (his terms).
I believe my board would leap at the chance to
Read more…It was recently brought up that BOE members should have access cards to the school primarily for the purpose of meetings, etc. I am wondering how other schools handle this and if your BOE members have this available to them or not.
Here is our curren
Read more…We're beginning to plan our summer retreat and would love to hear recommendations from other Board leaders about NYSSBA facilitators. We've worked with Barry Entwistle for years, and he is terrific. We're just thinking that it might be time for a dif
Read more…Currently our school has Booster Clubs specific to teams. Community members during our recent Superintendent Search asked why we did not have a unified one for all teams? Does anyone have only one Booster Club for all teams and if so how does that
Read more…Wondering if anyone includes a student on the Board and if so what do they participate in?
Read more…I read with interest the discussion about building tours. Our district had just started them in the spring of 2020 and COVID put a stop to them. Since it's been 2 years since we had any formal tours led by building principals, we now have teachers sa
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Other than SRO's I am wondering if you have any experience with a dedicated resource in charge of school safety? What is their title? Who do they report to? What is the scope of their role and responsibiliites?
Thank you.
Read more…I have a question about the compensation paid to a teacher when they take on an extra class. We have had to do this a few times in the past and it just came up again. We have a teacher going out on leave for a few months and were unable to find a sub
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How many of you conduct trustee tours of the school buildings that are led by the building Principal while the students are in session? (These would be in addition to facilities condition tours led by the facilities administrator, not part of
Read more…We recently had a community member contact us to ask us to send a letter to our Town Board stating that we did not want them to "opt-in" to sale of cannabis in our community. Our reaction is that the school district should not be involved in this dec
Read more…Can anyone share if they or a member of their board participated in Governor Hochul's meeting with school leaders yesterday(2/8/22)?
I sent a response to Danielle Grasso's email asking if NYSSBA could provide a list of districts that had member parti
Hello board members, At this week's Board Officer's Forum I heard a bit about the idea of planning an annual board agenda. Do any of you do this currently? I'd appreciate any templates or ideas on how to begin to plan this out for next school year. T
Read more…Hello! As part of our DEI task force we would like to do a "climate survey" to get an accurate assessment of our school and community environment, in order to identify issues and develop a plan for future curriculum, events, guest speakers, etc. Has
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