"Our policy is that the Student Council's President will serve in this role, or a student designated by the Superintendent (which could happen if the Student Council President refused, and in this case the Super would look for a student interested in…"

"I agree with Randy Kerr's comment below. I really like his suggestion of informally asking families/community members/staff "how do you think we are doing" at any point in the year."

"I shared this information back in July regarding another question. But it may be helpful here as well:
"NYSSBA has a 2 page document called "16 Tenets of the Effective Board-Administrative Leadership Team". I have shared this document yearly with my…"

"I don't have any suggestions, but I am truly sorry your district is in this predicament. We are a small district also, and are still missing a science teacher. One of our Board members is a retired science teacher and graciously agreed to volunteer…"

"If anyone would like a copy of the "16 Tenets of the Effective Board-Administrative Leadership Team" please let me know (message me through here). I will email it to you as I cannot figure out how to upload a document to this forum. Thank you!"

"NYSSBA has a 2 page document called "16 Tenets of the Effective Board-Administrative Leadership Team". I have shared this document yearly with my Board since becoming the President. It has great info for both the Board and the Superintendent."

"At our district the Board Pres hands out the diplomas, along with the Superintendent. Speaking is reserved for the Super, principal, and selected students."

"No one from our district participated. I do not recall receiving information from NYSSBA about being able to attend (or invited)."

"Steven Sabo: thank you for your input. Very helpful!"

"Hi Andrea,
Our district has changed it policy for BYOD this year due to the fact that we are short devices in the schools with so many being on loan for remote learning.
In regards to using personal cell phones, I can tell you that we encourage our…"

"Cara Lajewski: thank you for your reply. We also have policies mostly geared towards use of school internet/personal devices. I have had another Board member, whose wife works in the district as a TA, express concern that his wife was over stepping…"

"Hi Andrea,
I'm not sure I have a great answer to your question but I wanted to bump it up to see if it catches any other attention.
In the past, we have had a "personal device" policy, but that was really dealing with the use of personal devices…"

"I agree with the responses listed. Your school's website should have a BOE page or tab that community members can access and that should link somehow to your email addresses (and the emails should not be personal emails--they should be school email…"

"Our super has put all BOE members on the "all" emails that he sends to all staff. This has helped with disseminating information as all staff and BOE members get to see the info as it is rolled out. The super does consult with myself as board…"