"Unfortunately, I know exactly what you are going through. The only way to stop this is to do so quickly and as a board. What do your board guidelines say about working with the superintendent. NYSSBA has great board operation in procedures. The…"

"In my district, the board hires our superintendent and the internal claims auditor as these positions report to the board. When we issued RFPs for district counsel and auditors board members, the superintendent and assistant superintendents…"

"We have done that twice since I have been on the board. Once we used a former board member and the other time a runner up candidate from the previous election."

"We decided as a board back in March that we would forgo both the state and national conference this year because we were cutting conferences for staff. I am sure NYSSBA is losing quite a bit from the conference, summer conferences and workshops. I…"

"We use the Let's Talk program. If questions are for the Board then I respond. We did not have a Facebook page. It's too much to monitor. We explain the chain of command for responses. Teacher, principal, Superintendent, board or coach, athletic…"

"He should be held to the same standards as your staff. If he has a verified medical excuse, he should wear a shield at least or attend virtually. All of our BOE members wear masks at all times during the meeting and as they leave the building."

"The first word out of the governor's mouth when he mentioned budget cuts was 'education'. Quarterly updates are a disaster for school districts. We will all have to budget very conservatively."

"We had our first Zoom BOE meeting Wednesday night. Through the work of some IT folks and the district clerk it went of without a hitch. Some small bumps, but we had BOE members get on 1/2 hour early so we can be ready for the go live on FB event.…"

"The board is in one location, sitting 6 feet apart. We are using Facebook live and allowing people to post comments in the chat. We have someone reading the comments during the "public comment period." We did this on 3/17 and it was very…"

"We will be using Webex - doing some practice with the tech first. Has anyone incorporated public comment to a video/virtual meeting? Our team has differing opinions on how to handle this."

"Our district has been using Vimeo live stream to record and live stream meetings for over a year now. We use the Owl Labs camera which allows for 360-degree views and identifies the person speaking. It took us a couple tries to get it but we are now…"

"You publicly post the link amd anyone can join the meeting that would like to. An admin has control of mute for background noise. They can comment in tje public time period also."

"I should note we have been live streaming our meetings for a year and a half already so that’s not new for us."

"Last week we met and live streamed the meeting. We had one board member on the phone, remaining Boe (4) and essential central office staff and attorney in person. 10 people total. Next meeting we will video conference and live stream the video to…"

"We are going to use Google meet this Thursday, with a test run this evening."

"We are purchasing Zoom to use for our next meeting. I wish the Governor had been more flexible with OML and allowed us to record and post the meeting, not just live stream."