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Rochester board begins governance overhaul with Council for Great City Schools; drafts guardrails, communications protocols
Summary
The Rochester City School District Board of Education met March 18 for governance training with the Council for Great City Schools and governance coach Cindy Ellsberg to draft guardrails, clarify roles and plan how the board will monitor student-outcome goals.
The Rochester City School District Board of Education met March 18 for a work session led by the Council for Great City Schools and governance coach Cindy Ellsberg to continue a multi-step effort to make the board more student-outcomes focused and to tighten governance procedures.
Executive Director Ray Hart opened the session by reviewing district performance data and a central principle of the training: “student outcomes don't change until adult behaviors change,” he said. Hart and Ellsberg guided commissioners through a sequence of topics including how the board should prioritize student outcome goals, how to distinguish "owner" concerns from "customer" requests, draft board guardrails and options for committees, communications and accountability.
Ellsberg summarized the board's stated purpose: "A student outcome is what students know and are able to do," and she urged the board to focus meeting time on monitoring those outcomes. The consultants proposed draft language for guardrails…
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