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"We live stream, record, archive and post our meetings."
"We do not reply at the meetings. Ever. I have a (longer and longer and completely ignored by most of the public) participation statement that is read at the beginning of the comments period AND which is handed out to the participants who sign up for…"
"We had a student rep for quite a while and then suddenly had a hard time getting any students to commit the time. I miss their presence and we have been trying to get someone to step up now that meetings are back in person."
"The Board President gives a short speech and shakes hands after the Superintendent and after the Principal hands them their diploma. Current or former trustees can give their child their diploma if they wish."
"Sarah, I like the idea of "learning walks" for the trustees. Thanks to everyone for sharing your experiences."
"We tour all of our 7 buildings annually, with up to 3 trustees on each tour. The Principal and VP of the building lead the tour, and we visit different classrooms as we walk through the building. One trustee sends a detailed report to all of the…"
"We work with our district clerk to set up learning walks at each of our buildings during the year for BOE trustees who are available. We generally visit a few classrooms with administration and then debrief. It has been a great opportunity to see…"
"We do tours once in awhile, our Superintendent completely supports them when they are done. We have 4 schools in our district so at our reorganization meeting in July each Board member signs up for a school. Each of us then goes to the school…"
"We have a board member that helps organize our building walk throughs. We usually do about three per year."
"Thank you for this question. In our district BOE tours or access to buildings has been minimal. Pre-Covid the Board would be invited to one or two school buildings each year for a tour with principal. That stopped with Covid. We have requested a…"
"I’ve been in all of our buildings buildings during the school day to view programs/assemblies but never a formal building tour."
"I’m from a 2,900 student district and we essentially have unfettered access. We wouldn’t show up unannounced, but a same day visit is possible with a phone call to our Superintendent who is very supportive of our visits. Our community likes seeing…"
Hi All!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…
"Not yet but we would have to have a board discussion and vote around this issue if it is something the board wished to pursue."
"We have a public participation flier that discusses the agenda, role of the board and public participation expectations and is available on our website at: https://www.henhudschools.org/Page/12626
And a statement that is read before the public…"
And a statement that is read before the public…"
"We are also back to in-person meetings as of July. We have had two meetings now where people have refused to wear masks (the most recent this past Wednesday). The three audience members refused to leave even with police insistence. We recessed the…"
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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.