Good morning. We have an issue with one of our board members attempting to micromanage the district. We are a small elementary district with 1500 students. She is constantly emailing the superintendent with many questions . Most of the questions
Read more…I'm curious how other Boards are responding (if at all) to the recent State decision to allow high risk sports? My BOE is struggling with this issue and I've called a special meeting for Monday. There is concern about allowing a relatively small % o
Read more…Has any boards made any policy, regulation or rules dealing with photographers who photograph students for senior pictures, student events or sport teams? I am especially worried about when thoes pictures get posted on social media and the public mak
Read more…Hello all:
How many of you serve in districts where you have BOE member involvement in hiring of administrative positions? I personally feel there is a place for board members to be in on interviewing principals, key administrative staff and the like
Read more…I was wondering how many of you have a PTA representative as a regular part of your public board agenda or as an ex officio member at the board table.
Read more…Can a family member be employed by the same district as the Board member?
Read more…I am trying to get the board to adopt a Code of Ethics.
I found this one and have sent it to our the board for comment.
I would like to see other Codes of Ethcs from other boards and the proess they used to get them implimented. I am also in need
Read more…We are planning a retreat and wanted to see if anyone has a facilitator/trainer they would recommend. The topic I would like to focus on is the use of public discussions/new business/work sessions.
And I would welcome input on how you organize your B
Read more…Anyone have experience with appointing a candidate to fill a vacant BOE seat? We have 3 candidates for a seat. Interviewing? In or out of executive session? In or out of a public meeting (3 BOE members max. in attendance)?Thank you
Read more…Good Morning!
Wondering if any districts have other officers that aren't the President & Vice President?
I heard of some districts having two Vice Presidents.
Read more…Our board has written several letters of advocacy since the pandemic started and, through our PR committee, we have discussed how to increase their reach. We recognize the role of NYSSBA (and in our area LHEC) to advocate for us but we were also thi
Read more…Hey All,
I am from a small city school district.
We are preparing to return to in person Board Meetings.
Was wondering how other districts are doing public comment and if its just in person public comment or if any districts are offering "hybrid" publi
Read more…In terms of Board Committees do you limit the amount that a community member can serve on. For example a community member can only serve on two or can a community member serve on all the committees and how do you handle them speaking about it during
Read more…In follow up to the thread on public participation in a hybrid model I have a few questions:
Are there official guidelines to support navigating public participation over an online meeting?
For anyone who is allowing public participation which is not
Read more…Hey All,
I am from a small city school district.
We are preparing to return to in person Board Meetings.
Was wondering how other districts are doing public comment and if its just in person public comment or if any districts are offering "hybrid" publi
Read more…Is iit appropriate to have BOE Facebook page like a question and answer type of forum or do you just have/use your email to reach out to the community if they have questions. I know during this difficult time the BOE takes the blame mostly because th
Read more…At our board meetings, we are socially distanced and wear masks into the meeting. Our meetings have been moved from the library to the gym to accomodate the social distancing.
For me, I have a hard time hearing our soft spoken members when the masks a
Read more…Hello all,
We have an issue on our board where one of our members is refusing to wear a mask to meetings. The member states it is because of a medical condition. We have offered that member to join us remotely but they have insisted on attending our m
Read more…I am wondering how you have dealt with board members sharing confidential information to the public or to specific persons. This as become an issue as information from executive session conversations and from internal emails has been shared.
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I was dissapointed to see that NYSSBA is chraging $260 (early bird rate) to attend their convention virtually. I have attended 2 conferences for work that are normally in person and both have been at no charge. I think it is very insensitive of
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