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Former trustee urges Mountain View Whisman board to divulge superintendent designees, restore governance calendar
Summary
Board President Bill Lambert opened the Mountain View Whisman School District Board of Trustees special meeting on July 17 and the board unanimously approved the agenda.
Board President Bill Lambert opened the Mountain View Whisman School District Board of Trustees special meeting on July 17 and the board unanimously approved the agenda.
Former Trustee Nelson used the public comment period to press the board for greater transparency about delegated authority, saying the district’s bylaws reference the superintendent or a designee “more than 900 instances” and that a public records request produced “no documentation of who’s been designated any powers by the superintendent.” Nelson also urged the board to re-establish a board governance calendar and to review middle-school math performance for Hispanic and socioeconomically disadvantaged students.
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