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Forest Grove board reframes role around community engagement, sets timeline to finalize purpose statement
Summary
Board members discussed a new purpose statement that would prioritize community engagement and advocacy while aligning board activity to district strategic goals; board agreed to refine language and consider adoption at the next meeting.
Forest Grove School District Board of Directors members spent the bulk of their meeting discussing a new board purpose statement and how to measure engagement with students, families and local elected officials.
The proposed statement frames the board's role as creating conditions and providing oversight for the district's strategic plan, monitoring academic growth, aligning the budget to priorities, ensuring fiscal accountability and supporting the superintendent's goals. "We want the school board to support the goals of the district," Chair Kocchi said, urging a focus on relationship-building…
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