Board sets Licensed Employee Advisory Committee meeting for April; cell phones, attendance to be discussed
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The board agreed to relaunch the Licensed Employee Advisory Committee (LIAC) with a meeting planned for April 23 at 4:00 p.m.; the initial agenda will focus on cell-phone policy and attendance/behavior issues, with the board planning small-group listening sessions.
The Jordan School District Board agreed March 25 to relaunch the Licensed Employee Advisory Committee (LIAC) with a first meeting scheduled for April 23 at 4:00 p.m., location to be determined.
Board members and staff described LIAC as a forum to hear educators’ perspectives. Miss Dean convened much of the discussion about LIAC format and membership. Several board members expressed concern that including building administrators might reduce candid feedback from licensed employees; Miss Dean and other members argued that keeping meetings focused by employee role (for example, separating elementary and secondary groups) helped participants speak freely.
Board members settled on a narrow first agenda: the cell-phone policy (with discussion by level: elementary, middle and high school) and a second topic covering attendance and behavior successes and challenges. The board discussed formats that would combine an opening orientation, small-group conversations, and a process to synthesize and prioritize feedback (for example, collecting top issues and allowing participants to vote with stickers). The meeting will start at 4:00 p.m. (the board heard requests to consider 4:30 and decided 4:00, with a note in outreach that staff may arrive later if needed).
Logistics: staff will reserve a centrally located room that can accommodate whole-group and smaller-group breakouts; the board asked staff to circulate suggested guiding questions and to accept emailed topic suggestions from board members in advance. Board members present signaled they would attend the April meeting as availability allows.
The board emphasized that the first LIAC session is intended as a structured listening session rather than an open-ended free-for-all: “welcome back to LIAC,” Miss Dean said, and the board will provide an orientation and specific guiding questions.
No formal policy change was adopted during the meeting; staff will return with meeting logistics and materials.
