Kern County, CA | November 3, 1998 General |
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Make board meetings more conducive to participation from the public.By John R. AcklandCandidate for Governing Board Member; Rosedale Union School District |
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The board, as a direct liaison between the school and the community, needs to listen. The community should have greater input.The board meetings should be professionaly conducted and sensitive to the need for public input by parents, community, teachers, and staff. Greater indepth, clear agendas should be provided and posted at each school along with all the support materials available at each school site. The minutes of each meeting need to be more complete so they can be referred to year after year. They need to state clearly what previously happened. An example of the minutes not being complete was the June, 1997 board meeting when around fifty teachers had signed up to be put on the agenda to view their concerns. The minutes only stated that there was "public comment." There was no mention that the teachers even brought their concerns before the board. Is this being a responsible board? Did the board listen? The teachers were treated disrepectfully at this meeting. Why wasn't the board concerned with how the teachers felt to give them a fair hearing?
A "Great" School Board Member should have all of these qualities and more: 1. Be a patient listener. |
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