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Resident urges policy restricting student access to superintendent for day-to-day complaints

3623800 · May 13, 2025
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Summary

During public comment Paul Rees suggested the district adopt a policy restricting students from contacting the superintendent directly about routine, building-level complaints and routing such matters to principals or public comment to the board.

Paul Rees, a member of the public, used the allotted public-comment time to urge the Policy & Government Relations Committee to adopt a rule or policy restricting direct access to the superintendent for day-to-day, school-level complaints.

"These are problems that you take to the—you first go to your vice principal and to your principal," Rees said, arguing that students and parents should use building-level administrators for day-to-day complaints. Rees said he does not contact the superintendent about such matters and believes the superintendent’s time should be reserved for districtwide operations.

Rees said if a school-level issue cannot be resolved at the building level, parents are free to bring the matter to a board meeting and use the public-comment process. He suggested the district consider a policy that would restrict students from approaching the superintendent directly about routine complaints.

The committee did not take action on the suggestion; the comment was heard during the public-comment portion of the meeting and recorded for the minutes.