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Brentwood board adds parent engagement and teacher contract work to annual goals
Summary
The school board adopted a five-item set of goals that explicitly adds improved engagement with Swayze parents and a commitment to negotiate a fair contract with the Brentwood Teachers Association.
The Brentwood School Board on Wednesday adopted annual goals that underscore parent engagement at the elementary level and commit the board to work collaboratively with the Brentwood Teachers Association on contract renewal.
In a motion the board approved five guiding goals: keep students at the center of decision-making; review data to shape policy and resource allocation; improve engagement with Swayze parents and the Brentwood community; sustain the school through eco-friendly practices and fiscal responsibility; and work collaboratively with the Brentwood Teachers Association to renew the contract. A board member made the motion and another seconded it; the motion passed at the meeting.
Board discussion centered on boosting parent participation, especially ahead of the district meeting in March when voters decide on school funding. Members proposed brief board appearances at next week’s open houses, a simple slide with board emails and meeting dates, and monthly newsletter items explaining upcoming budget- and governance-related meetings. One board member urged a “relationships first” approach while also noting the importance of explaining the March district meeting and the municipal budget process to new parents.
The board also discussed a standing agenda item for report-card review and agreed to retain regular updates on grading discussions and the work of SAU committees to maintain transparency.
Discussion versus decision: the board formally adopted the five goals at the meeting (motion passed). Separately, members directed staff to prepare slides and messaging for open houses and to add report-card review updates to future agendas; those were programmatic directions rather than binding policy votes.
What comes next: board members volunteered to attend upcoming open houses and to provide a short slide and newsletter text; the budget committee’s calendar and the March district meeting date will be emphasized in outreach.
