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School board workshop debates cutting opening comments, trimming recognitions and moving to one monthly meeting
Summary
Board members discussed limiting opening remarks, reducing recognition items and possibly moving to one regular monthly meeting with an optional consent meeting; staff warned calendar and agenda‑submission timelines must be adjusted and communications staff would need time to reconfigure production.
Volusia County School Board members spent the June 24 workshop reviewing meeting practice changes: limiting early board comments, shortening member remarks and considering a shift to one regular monthly meeting plus an optional consent meeting or offset workshop.
Chief of staff John Cash and Board Attorney Dr. Gilbert Evans presented comparisons from neighboring districts and summarized the district’s current meeting cadence: two board meetings per month in most months and 13 workshops this year. Cash told the board the district holds a high volume of agenda items and that changes would require recalibrated submission deadlines and a…
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