Vanessa Warren replied to Kimberly Tully's discussion BOE Leadership selection
"We never discussed it in the past. Nominations at the re-org meeting were awkward at best. Most folks taking the “don’t look at me” posture. But we always surmised that our long time leadership team would step up. Since I became president I…"
Jun 10, 2023
Paul Haggett replied to Kimberly Tully's discussion BOE Leadership selection
"This is an interesting string. Our board has typically made nominations at the reorg meeting. We’ve never openly discussed who might seek nomination ahead of time. I’m ending my 2nd year as president and will probably seek a nomination for…"
Jun 10, 2023
Karen Burka replied to Kimberly Tully's discussion BOE Leadership selection
"At our last meeting of the school year (prior to reorg), our practice is to ask board members to announce if they will be seeking a nomination for either president or vp. This allows members to announce their intentions and for all board members to…"
Jun 9, 2023
Melinda Leising replied to Kimberly Tully's discussion BOE Leadership selection
"In my experience (about to start 6th year on the board), there isn’t a lot of competition for the leadership positions. I was asked to be VP my 3rd year by the then-president who had been in the role for several years. She was nearing the end of her…"
Jun 3, 2023
Kimberly Tully posted a discussion
Hi all - I'm wondering how other boards select who will be nominated for board leadership (president and vp).  Do you have a whole group discussion, do folks "campaign" for positions in the background, do you have multiple people nominated for one…
Jun 2, 2023
Kimberly Tully replied to Amie Fredericks's discussion Student Board Member
"We have 3 student board reps. There is a section in our agenda for “student representatives reports” where they share anything they deem necessary. And when appropriate, depending on the agenda item, we ask them for feedback/opinion on how it’ll…"
Dec 13, 2022
Dr. Mary Ann Costello replied to Kimberly Tully's discussion BOE member remote attendance
"We have have been in-person. My doctor has advised me that I should be remote since no one has to provide proof of vaccination to attend and the rate of infection in our county is very high around 11%. I do not want to open my home for participants…"
Dec 14, 2021
Carol Popolow Abraham replied to Kimberly Tully's discussion BOE member remote attendance
"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…"
Dec 3, 2021
Heidi Cambareri replied to Kimberly Tully's discussion BOE member remote attendance
"We resumed in-person meetings in June, after confirming that all trustees were in agreement with the change. Like Robbin, we have faced issues at 2 meetings with attendees from the public who refused to wear a mask. In both instances they disrupted…"
Nov 28, 2021
Sarah Carrier replied to Kimberly Tully's discussion BOE member remote attendance
"We have been meeting in person, generally. Given the flexibility to meet remotely until Jan 15, we have had two short special meetings via zoom, but our business meetings and work sessions have been in person."
Nov 21, 2021
Ed Fersch replied to Kimberly Tully's discussion BOE member remote attendance
"We have also been meeting in person as long as school is open for in-person learning. The problem arises when a member is in quarantine. Open meetings law says that a member may attend remotely as long as their address is posted and others can…"
Nov 19, 2021
Karen Burka replied to Kimberly Tully's discussion BOE member remote attendance
"We are meeting in person. Our view is that as long as our schools are fully open for in-person learning, our board should meet in person. If our schools are safe for students and staff, then they are safe for us too."
Nov 19, 2021
Robbin Griffin replied to Kimberly Tully's discussion BOE member remote attendance
"We returned to remote meetings after people outside our community came and refused to mask up or leave. A security officer could not get them to comply. Having a student on our board, it was decided to meet remotely for the time being. This…"
Nov 19, 2021
Matt Metras replied to Kimberly Tully's discussion BOE member remote attendance
"We have been fully in person meetings since July 2020."
Nov 19, 2021
Bill Grau replied to Kimberly Tully's discussion BOE member remote attendance
"We are fully in person. We were using zoom so community members could attend remotely if they wanted, they can attend in person too. We had little to now remote attendance so we stopped zooming."
Nov 19, 2021
Steven Hartman replied to Kimberly Tully's discussion BOE member remote attendance
"Kim, we have been having meetings in person. Unfortunately two meetings went remote as community members did not want to comply with the mask mandate."
Nov 19, 2021
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