Can somone explain to me why -
Hundreds of people can go to the beach, hundreds of people can go to Costco, hundreds of people can go to the supermarket but we can’t have 200 kids social distancing on a football field for high school graduation.
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I can say that heading into my 10th year as board president I never would have forseen this mess unfolding in regards to the annual school board election and budget vote. I hate to say that even before we set out budget, as we are waiting t
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I am curious to know if other boards engage directly with their teacher's union (or any of the other unions) on a regular basis? I have been on our board for 10 years and this is my third year as president and I have not had a union reach out to
Read more…There seems to be a disagreement about how a Board of Ed should approach the Superintendent's proposed Budget.
Some Trustees state that the Superintendent proposes a Budget and that the Board can modify (add/delete) any and all Budget items and assumi
Read more…Many of the Governor's executive Orders contradict current distict policies. We are following them while still having the policies in our book. I am wondering if this causes a problem. If so, is anyone considering passing a resolution stating that th
Read more…All the districts in our county closed on March 16 at the strong recommendation of our county health commisioner. The Governor is now saying that he authorized a closure as of March 18 so we need to account for the 16th and 17th, we only had one sno
Read more…Hello. I'm wondering about your board's involvement in the response efforts. In particular, as the district manages its response and activities, how is the board supporting, participating, providing input, or receiving communications/updates? I'm
Read more…As we consider budgetary responses to the global and local economic impact of COVID-19, aside from eliminating "discretionary spending" such as exterior painting, some software subscriptions, investments in new furniture, and the like, has anyone bee
Read more…Good morning! We have a board meeting tonight! Five of us will be calling in and four will be socially distanced apart in person. We will live stream the meeting to the public. We will be up and running with video conferencing that we can live stream
Read more…Hi, We have just appointed a new Superintendent who will be in his first superintendency. Both the board and the superintendent have agreed that some form of mentoring is desirable. Other than NYSCOSS, does anyone have any experience in finding mento
Read more…I too come from a small rural school. (one building p-12). This question came up at our recent board retreat with NYSSBA. We have had board members on interview committees for teachers in the past. The concern raised about this is that a board member
Read more…Our school district is a small, rural district. For many years there has always been a board member on hiring committees. I think the board liked having a heads up on candidates and the selected employees, especially in such a small community. Howe
Read more…In the era of the tax cap, I was wondering if your district still has a budget and finance advisory committee and if you do, what is the scope of their work? How involved are they in drafting or giving input on the school budget? Are there other proj
Read more…One more question I have is regarding the proposed legislation to make HPV vaccine mandatory for school attendance. One district in Suffolk has written a letter opposing the mandate. We in our district are considering doing the same. Have you discuss
Read more…What are maximum number of days a sub teacher can work in one school District per year.
Read more…To address the threats posed by cyber crimials and malware, we retained AppGuard to provide us with our Cyber Security Solutions.
I know this is a hot topic so I thought I would recommend them for any school districts looking to address this growing
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I'm a fairly new board member, less than 3 years, and serving 1st year as President. We recently hired a new District Clerk after the prior one retired after 36 years of service. I am considering attending the upcoming NYSSBA District
Read more…I have, over the years, had times where a BOE member who is also a parent has an "issue" with a teacher or Administrator. Instead of following the chain of command they have brought the issue in front of the BOE(usually in Exec. session). I generally
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