"In addition to many of the replies here, this year the Superintendent's report includes a section for the response to last month's public comments. That way all the members of audience hear the answer."

"My district is dealing with frustration around this. The public thinks the board doesn't care or isn't informed because we don't respond. Either the Superintendent or I respond after the meeting. More and more responses are being rejected and the…"

"At our board meetings, we do answer questions that have been asked during public session. Typically, the superintendent replies, or the board president. Sometimes, we answer by saying that we will find out on our side and reply to the person at a…"

"At our meetings we let the guests know during each comment period that we may not have an answer that evening. We briefly explain it is so we can have the best and answer for them. We do correct misinformation or statements that are not factual or…"

"It is our practice not to respond during a meeting to comments made during Hearing of the Public. That said, we do schedule our first public comment period ahead of the Superintendent Report on the agenda, so that if there was a factual inaccuracy…"

"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…"

"Given what's happened at board meetings across the state, we now have a strict policy not to respond to or engage with visitors who comment during public comment. I read an intro (from the NYSSBA template) that sets the rules for visitor comments…"

"I guess it really depends on how the inquiries from the public are received and what the topic is.
While not required to there are many times that the Superintendent or a Board member may respond durning public comment session of a meeting. If it’s…"

"Hi Tom:
We try to stick to the same principle most of the time, but honestly, we have not had a whole lot of contentious public comment at our meetings. The last time we did have someone tell us “we think your teachers are teaching critical race…"

"The President always responds or designates a board member to respond. I feel it's important the public get a response from their elected official. At the actual meeting we read a statement that responses will come via email and at the meeting we…"

"Our superintendent was involved through NYSCOSS but NYSSBA did not reach out for either participation or our opinion which I wa last not pleased with."

"We have a board member that helps organize our building walk throughs. We usually do about three per year."