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Bend‑LaPine board holds governance workshop, focuses on measurable ends and data use
Summary
At a Jan. 28 work session, the Bend‑LaPine Administrative School District No. 1 board completed a facilitated self‑evaluation exercise that highlighted accountability, use of data and the need for measurable board ends; participants split into small groups to identify next steps.
Marc Marcus LeGrande, chair of the Bend‑LaPine Administrative School District No. 1 Board of Directors, opened the Jan. 28 work session by calling the meeting to order and introducing board members and staff. “Thank you. Good evening. I will now call the January 28th meeting of the Ben La Pine, school board of directors to order,” he said.
The board spent the session in a facilitated governance review led by Dr. Lisa Burke, who framed the meeting as reflection and professional development. “I am sitting in a space today of facilitator for all of you,” Burke told members as she reviewed materials from the Oregon School Boards Association and the National School Boards Association and walked directors through a rapid survey and small‑group exercises.
Why it matters: board practice and how a school board frames its goals determine what the district measures and how it holds district staff accountable. Members said…
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