School Board Meeting

 UPDATE:

Please complete this survey of your observations on the 11/9/16 School Board meeting ASAP  The results will be shared with everyone in the program – no names identified.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DVQQWLM

Date: Wednesday, November 09

Time: 6:20 PM (Public Session) to 9:00 PM

Location:
Fluvanna County School Board Office
14455 James Madison Highway, Palmyra (next to new fire station);                                            #19 on map.  Meeting is in auditorium on the left hand side of the building.

Champions:
Bridgette Madison, Susan Daly, Susan Beattie

Closed session begins at 5:30; public session begins at 6:30 PM so plan to arrive no later than 6:20 PM if possible.  Please wear your name tag.  Our group may be recognized by the chair.  Try to sit together on the left of the room.

 Before you go:

The School Board’s meeting agenda and materials that support the board agenda are on the board’s website now:         http://fluco.org/school-board-home/

Scroll down to “School Board Meeting Agendas” & click on “2015-16”.  This will take you into the Board Docs program Ms. Washington described. Follow the link to the agenda for this meeting.

Here are some questions to consider as you observe the School Board meeting.

  • Think about the different roles that the School Board and the Board of Supervisors play in the community.  What are the limits of the School Board?  What are their responsibilities?
  • What seem to be the priorities of the School Board?  Are they consistent among members?
  • What are – and are not – the roles of the Superintendent of schools and the School Board members in the meeting?
  • How does the chairperson guide the Board through the meeting?
  • Did anything stand out to you about the discussion between School Board members?  Did you wish for more or less discussion?
  • What factors do School Board members take into consideration while making decisions?  Did any of the factors surprise you?  Did you wish they had considered factors they failed to mention?
  • Who attends School Board meetings, who speaks, what are their concerns, etc.?  Is the community as engaged as you expected?
  • Did anything about the meeting surprise you?

Instead of the usual evaluation form, we will post a Survey Monkey questionnaire about your observations after the meeting.  Please complete it within 2 or 3 days.   All responses will be shared with the rest of the class (without names).