...authority of a school board’s power to impose academic sanctions upon students for nonattendance. The named plaintiff in the class action suit, John A. Campbell, alleged that the school board’s policy exceeded the authority granted to them, and therefore was unconstitutional. The New Milford attendance policies in question were outlined in detail in the student handbook, which was distributed annually: • Students, who were absent, sans administrative waiver, for more than twenty-four class periods in a yearlong course, did not receive credit for the course. • After the first unapproved absence, each additional unapproved absence resulted in a five-point reduction in the course grade, with the reduction limited...
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...School Board/Superintendent Relationships School boards and superintendents across the country and world need to be able to work together for the common good: helping students become successful in society and life. This requires working together, promoting trust, and being able to find common ground when working towards that goal. At times, school board trustees or superintendents lose sight of that goal. How can superintendents and school board members maintain and nurture positive relationships in order to fulfil their duties and responsibilities? Whether the school district is large or small, each school board trustee and superintendent have the job of creating positive relationships with each other and the rest of the school district...
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...Introduced to the Palo Verde Unified School District board at the Oct. 17 school board meeting, as the elementary student of the month was eighth grade student Leah Rene Henry. Attending Margaret White Elementary since the early days of kindergarten, Principal April Smith shared with the board that it was an honor to introduce Henry as such. The daughter of Ron Henry and Angelina Rodriguez (stepfather Mikey Jimenez), Henry is also a sister to younger brother Michael, a third grade student at Margaret White and sister to Julia who is 23 and Jazmin, 21. According to Smith, “Leah loves spending time with her family. She enjoys going out of town, shopping and doing family activities, [and] Leah also enjoys spending time with her friends Melina and Jezebel. The three...
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...Access and input to decision making by public bodies, including school boards, is an important part of the American democratic system. Access to public bodies is important from both a constitutional and policy perspective. First, as public entities, school boards must be careful to adhere to constitutional principles, including free speech. From a policy perspective, as public bodies, school boards need to: be accountable to the public; have clear and transparent decision-making procedures; and be open to input from the public (Underwood, 2017). In this paper, I will discuss my experience at a local school board meeting. I will outline a) The purpose of the meeting, b) The flow of the meeting, c) Evidence of power, d) Public participation,...
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...I attended a Piedmont School Board meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to address issues pertaining to Piedmont school curriculum, funding and general well being of the entire system. The School Board holds meetings every two week that are open to the public. The major issues discussed at the meeting were the new curriculum for Science, specifically with regards to Piedmont Middle School and High School. Representatives from both those schools came to give a slide show about the options given by the government of ways to implement the new curriculum. Each curriculum had approximately three to four choices to structure to curriculum. The main difference in some of these choices was the integration of specified subjects into general age appropriate...
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...I was very excited when my fieldwork supervisor invited me to attend a board meeting with him as my very first fieldwork for this administrative program. He told me that many people are expected to attend this meeting since it was one of the first few meetings of the year. When he and I showed up at this board meeting, I was surprised to see so many administrators. I believe most principals in my district came. I was glad to be able to introduce myself to some of them. As we were waiting for the meeting to start, my fieldwork supervisor told me that it is mandatory for principals to attend a certain board meetings throughout the school year. As a future administrator, that got me thinking a little deeper, because I have always thought...
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...On March 13, 2017, I attended the Brookings School board meeting at 6:00 pm. The meeting was located at the Dakota Prairie Elementary School in room number 139. I counted 46 people in attendance at the board meeting, while attending for 1 hour and 50 minutes. This meeting did not particularly have just one agenda, however, it was approved. On the agenda form that I received, call to order/roll call, approval of the agenda, conflict of interest declaration, presentations, communication/discussion items, consent agenda, action items pulled from consent, action items-new and unfinished business, executive session-pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2 subsection- (4)- negotiations, and adjournment were on the list to discuss. The five members of the board voted electronically and the President, Van Fishback announced that the agenda. The process of the meeting was time consuming and had in-depth conversations. Presentations were an enormous part of this school board meeting. Three presentations were given,...
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...Meeting Summary Nacogdoches Independent School District Board Meeting Type of Meeting: Nacogdoches Independent School District (NISD) Board Meeting in Nacogdoches, Texas. Participants in Meeting: School board members, concerned parents, various NISD staff, NISD legal representation, local residents of Nacogdoches, TX etc… Gaining Access to Meeting: I viewed a recording of the September 15, 2016 meeting online. Atmosphere of Meeting: The overall tone of the meeting appeared to be professional. There were some parents that aired concerns that they were obviously very passionate about. The parents did not conduct themselves in an inappropriate manner though, they were very respectful. Issues Addressed Public Comments: There were a few...
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...ALCOHOL PROGRAM AND PAID FINES. I MADE A MISTAKE - 13 YEARS AGO - AND WORKED VERY HARD TO MOVE MY LIFE IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION, I READ THE DISTRICT’S WEBSITE AND IT FAILED TO CLEARLY MAKE ME AWARE OF THIS SPECIAL CLAUSE THAT I WAS MADE AWARE OF AFTER THE FACT. HAD I KNOWN ABOUT IT BEFORE HAND, I WOULDN’T HAVE APPLIED. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WOULDN’T HAVE LEFT MY PREVIOUS POSITION. INSTEAD OF GOING TO MY JOB, I’M LOOKING FOR ONE. PRIOR TO MOVING TO VERO BEACH, I WAS A GIRL SCOUT LEADER AND EMPLOYED BY MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THEIR LEVEL II BACKGROUND POLICIES. I VOLUNTEERED LAST YEAR AT BEACHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS A SCHOOL MONITOR. I FIND IT OUTRAGEOUS TO ALLOW AN APPLICANT WHO FAILS A DRUG TEST TO HAVE A CHANCE TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT A YEAR LATER, BUT NOT ALLOW SOMEONE WHO MADE A MISTAKE MORE THAN A DECADE AGO TO TAKE A POSITION THEY WERE OFFERED. I ASK THE BOARD FOR TWO THINGS: THE FIRST IS THAT YOU ADDRESS THIS SPECIAL CLAUSE. IF YOU KEEP IT, MAKE IT CLEARLY VISIBLE ON YOUR SITE. EVEN ON THE BACKGROUND QUESTIONAIRE/RELEASE OF RECORDS CONSENT IT ONLY STATES THAT A “YES”, YOU MAY NOT BE CLEARED FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT FURTHER EXPLANATION. I ALSO FEEL THAT HUMAN RESOURCES SHOULD HAVE A PRE EMPLOYMENT SCREENING. IF A POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE HAS CHECKED “YES” ON...
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...arbitrator in this matter I would have to agree with the public school district. I would award the school district the right to drive students (as long as they fit safely in the van) the right to be driven by the superintendent to any school sporting events or after school activities. It is stated that the schools definition of a field trip does not include sporting or after school trip is to be considered a field trip. If it was clearly written then it doesn’t matter what the school bus drivers decide to accept or not accept as a definition. 2. Identify the key, relevant sections(s), phrases, or words of the collective bargaining, agreement (CBA), and explain why they were critical in making your decision. I didn’t really find any relevant sections because they all seem to apply to how the drivers will be picked for trips. I am wondering where the paragraph about the definition of what constitutes as field trip is? In reading through this the only relevant thing I deemed appropriate to make the decision was how the school district defined field trip. If the bus company and its drivers knew this then there really shouldn’t be any type of grievance. If that wasn’t clearly defined then I do believe section six under Article XXXI would come into play. “Only classified bus drivers that are contract drivers with the board shall be assigned to any route or extra trip”. That paragraph would blow the school districts argument out of the water. I doubt the superintendent...
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...Did the School Board make the right decision? The school board has argued about the use of computers in classrooms, in their point of view computers are a distraction for students and they interfere in their learning. So they have decided that computers must not be allowed in classrooms. But is computer´s only function to distract students? In my opinion, computers are fast, fun and fantastic! Computers are an efficient platform as source of information. It gives the students many points of view and ideas of the topic they wanted to know about. Also, they can find information in just a click, faster than going to find a book about that topic. If students have any doubt and the teacher is not around they can access to the answer wherever they are, whenever they want. Nevertheless, a lot of people think that computers contribute to plagiarism, but the students that do...
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...Waunakee Community School District held a regular School Board meeting on November 9th. The open session portion of the meeting began at 7:00 pm and ended at 8:30 pm. During this time, the Waunakee School Board members demonstrated many levels of governance. They held discussions focused around a district vision and strategic plan, voted on proposals the would improve the district, and gathered information on student learning and district successes. When referring to the “Eight Characteristics of an Effective School Board” (Dervarics & O'Brien, 2011), the Waunakee School Board demonstrated many areas of proficiency. First, the Waunakee School Board has assigned clear roles to its members and established procedures so that meetings run efficiently. All of the communities which the Waunakee Community School District services had a representative present to ensure that all viewpoints were present. The School Board President, Peggy Hill-Breuing, facilitated the meeting. The Superintendent, Randy Guttenburg, and other administrators were present to communicate district information, but it was evident that the role of the School Board was to make the final decisions. At one point, a school board member suggested that they spend more time clearly defining the roles of the...
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...The Henderson School Board Meeting was intended to discuss many topics over HISD policies, programs, and spending. Anybody is welcome to come and listen out to what the board members have to say. The meeting began with Chairman Clay Wilder calling the meeting to order and welcoming guests. Also, Terry Everitt introduced the dual credit students and students involved in the CNA program who attended the meeting. The first program to be recognized was the Latino Family Literacy Program which has been an integral part in the development of young Hispanic children. Another topic brought up was the CNA program which seemed like a really good first step towards practice in the medical field. Students were given the clinical training of...
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...1 Chapter 1 NATIONAL SURVEY OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF SELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS REGARDING THE QUALITY AND CONDITION, MAINTENANCE, AND IMPROVEMENT AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES Introduction The quality and condition of existing public school facilities have been a topic of growing concern among educators across the country. Each year, the cost of maintenance, and improvement and renovation needed to maintain public schools continues to increase (Earthman, 1994). National studies conducted during the last fifteen years clearly indicate rising costs. In 1983, a random survey of school administrators in thirty-three states and the District of Columbia was undertaken by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). This study was also supported by the Council of Great City Schools and the National School Boards Association (NSBA). A previous study was completed twenty-three years earlier in 1960 by AASA. The 1983 report revealed that at least $25 billion would be needed to address facility maintenance, and improvement and renovation needs, not including funds needed for new construction (AASA, 1983). The study reported “ . . . schools throughout the nation, particularly those in the older inner cities, have deferred billions of dollars of repairs” (p. 13). Six years later (1989), the Educational Writers Association (EWA) published its study, Wolves at the Schoolhouse Door. This study analyzed information received from twenty-eight state departments...
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...Communication and Personality In Negotiation Linda short MGT 445 January 9, 2012 Sangeeta Walsh Communication and Personality in Negotiation Individual communicate on a daily basic, he or she negotiate with friends, coworkers, family, and at home. Each element of our personal lives entails negotiation talents. The capacity to negotiate determines the boost to accomplishments, prospects, and enhances relations. Negotiating talents are not considered aspects of this country's schooling; although negotiation is used more frequently than mathematics ability, each day of the week. These talents generate the center of occupational and private lives. In our negotiation process with prioritizing in most cases are under the rule of irrational escalation of commitment. According to Lewicki-Saunders-Barry, escalation of commitment is partly individual perception and judgment (2006). According to Lewicki−Saunders−Barry, we consider negotiation as a process between individuals, within groups, organizations, between groups reaching joint agreement about differing needs or ideas.” For some people, negotiating appears easy, but other people view the process of negotiation as a conflict (Lewicki, Saunders, & Barry, 2006). The purpose of this paper is to define communication and personality in negotiation and the roles of how they contribute or detract...
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