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Board shortens public-comment time, adopts model policy updates after heated debate
Summary
The Newburgh City School District Board of Education on May 29 approved changes to its public-comment rules and adopted model policy updates supplied by the New York State School Boards Association, drawing objections from board members and public speakers who said the changes limit community input.
The Newburgh City School District Board of Education on May 29 adopted changes to its public-comment policy that reduce individual speaking time and moved several model policy updates forward after debate among board members and public commenters.
The board approved resolution 6.1 to shorten public-comment time from five minutes to three minutes and to move non‑agenda public comment to the end of meetings. “At 3 minutes, you hear from 10 [people],” said Mister Howard, a board member, quoting the committee rationale; Howard opposed the change during debate and called moving non‑agenda comments “a slap in the face” to parents and community members. The motion passed on a roll-call vote: Miss Mackenzie Boucher, Miss Victoria Boucher, Mister DeRay, Mister Stewart, Miss Christine Bello and Miss…
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