"We too are at large, 5 person board rotating 2/2/1. We then determine the two seats during our reorganization meeting amongst the board members. One reason I feel this is helpful is, when someone starts their first year they aren't always ready for…"
"All of our seats are at large. We have a nine number board so we always have three seats up every year.
I agree that if you were running for a seat it could bring in a level and nastiness."
"All of our seats are "at large." No one runs for a specific seat. We use this approach because it avoids the potential "ugliness" of people negatively campaigning against a particular incumbent or person."
Hello all!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 LangoneLindenhurst UFSD
"Yes! We agree here in Massapequa. We have been contacting our local officials to help us to change these ridiculous guidelines. Our assemblyman wrote a letter to the governor with 30 bipartisan signers asking for a change to graduation and prom…"
Fellow BoE officers - I'm the VP of the Lindenhurst BoE, on Long Island. We were made aware of some new restrictions the governor and SED placed on proms & graduations.We're pretty reasonable, understand that restrictions are needed, but the ones…
"We utilize the Zoom "Webinar" feature. This allows us to start a session in Exec, in Zoom it's called Practice Mode. All Board members, admin, and legal are invited as Participants. We all use video. When it's time to move to public session, we…"